Ok, to get this Alkaline lifestyle on its way I needed to figure out what foods I actually want to eat. After much research, I've found the high alkaline foods which I want to incorporate into my diet. The list is ordered with highest alkaline foods at the top and the lowest ones at the bottom. Surprisingly enough, according to this list, watermelon and lemons are the highest alkaline foods (which is great by me because I love both of those foods )
I"m not going to lie, finding this list of foods was pretty difficult because their's no concensus on which foods are alkaline and which aren't (isn't that odd? why is it so hard to find a list of "acid vs alkaline foods"). On one site they'll say that ripe bananas are acid forming but then another will say its fairly high in alkalinity (is that spelled right?). So I'm basing my food list on this website because it easily showed the acidity of foods (they separated the foods for me from high to low alkalinity/acidity). All the foods on this list are high in alkalinity (1), mid high (2), mid (3), and low-neutral (4).
Grains 6 ounces | Vegetables 2.5 cups | Fruits 1.5 cups | Milk 3 cups | Meat & Beans & nuts 5 Ounces | Other |
Arrowroot, Flour Quinoa millet amaranth | 2. Kelp Watercress Seaweeds Asparagus Vegetable juices 3. Avocados Alfalfa sprouts Carrots Celery Lettuce Peas Pumpkin (sweet) Spinach. 4. Bamboo shoots Beans (fresh green), Beets Bell Pepper Broccoli, Cabbage ;Cauli, Kale Lettuce Parsnip Potatoes & skin Raspberry Strawberry Squash Sweet corn Turnip 5. Artichokes Brussels Sprouts Cucumbers Leeks, Mushrooms Okra, Olives ripe Onions, Tomatoes taro sweet | 1. Lemons Watermelon 2. Cantaloupe Dried dates & figs Limes Mango, Melons, Papaya Seedless grapes Kiwifrui Fruit juices Passion fruit Pears Pineapple Raisins plum 3. Apples sweet Apricots , Bananas (ripe) Berries Currants, Dates & figs (fresh) Gooseberry, Guavas, Grapefruit Nectarine, Peaches Oranges 5. Cherries Coconut Rhubarb | goats milk whey | 5. almonds egg yolks chestnuts | 2. Cayenne Parsley 3. Garlic Herbs (leafy green sea salt Ginger persimmon 4. Vinegar (apple cider) 5. Barley-Malt (sweetener-Bronner) Brown Rice Syrup Honey Spices oilve oil mustard |
The recommended servings amounts next to the food group name are from www.nutrition.gov.
Now, my question is how to get more meat alternative, grains, and milk alternative options into my diet?
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Indeed an Alkaline Foods List can help you balance your inner terrain so as to make you a healthier and energetic human being. You can live a stress free and fulfilling life if you watch your food intake.
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