The Infertility Diet – Alkaline vs Acid Diet – An Introduction
I recently read a great article entitled The Infertility Cure by Dr. Randine Lewis. He made a few suggestions and one of them was to eat alkaline rather than acid foods. Until I took a course in Holistic Nutrition I had no idea what alkaline and acid foods were and how they affected our bodies and health.
In a nutshell, the chemical processes have an ideal pH at which they are most efficient and the human body functions at a slightly alkaline pH between 7.0 and 8.0. The pH of blood is slightly alkaline and the body has many stores of alkalizing minerals to keep it that way.
Where do we get these minerals? Our food supplies our minerals (not including vitamin and mineral supplements). The total balance of minerals in a particular food is either acid or alkaline. A food is not classed as acid or alkaline by how it tastes. It has everything to do with the residue that remains once the food has been metabolized.
When food is metabolized to produce energy, a residue remains that is either acid, alkaline or neutral. It is important to note that although a food may taste acidic, it may leave an alkaline residue.
Alkaline-forming foods include vegetables, fruits, soybeans, almonds, most legumes, potatoes with skin, bananas, millet and buckwheat. Acid-forming foods include meat, fish, eggs, cheese, most grains and nuts, and peanuts. Neutral foods include fats and oils.
Many diseases and allergic reactions are associated with an over-acid condition of the body fluids. Symptoms such as pain and weakness may indicate that the alkaline reserves of the body are exhausted.
In addition, taking large amounts of Vitamin C especially as synthetic ascorbic acid increases the body’s acidity.
There are many references to read to gather further information about the Acid Alkaline Balance including Alkaline Acid Diet, Acid – Alkaline Balance, and Balancing Your Body by Understanding Alkaline and Acid Forming Foods.
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November 16th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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