Foods to Eat to Maintain pH Balance
Maintaining
the proper pH balance in your body may sound technical and
difficult, but in reality, it is quite simple. First, understand
that your body needs to maintain a slightly alkaline environment
to survive and thrive. Then adjust your diet to eat more
foods that have an alkaline effect on your body. This does
not mean you should totally avoid acid producing foods,
just limit them. Your diet should not cause your body to
become too alkaline or too acidic. For pH, it’s all
about balance.
Foods
to eat to maintain pH balance include a certain amount of
alkaline forming foods and a certain amount of acid forming
foods. In general, you should aim for 75-80 percent alkaline
forming foods and 20-25 percent acid forming foods. Pure,
distilled water is typically neither acid forming nor alkaline
forming.
Alkaline
forming foods are mostly vegetables like asparagus, artichokes,
lettuce, onion, peas, spinach, carrots, green beans, and
broccoli, to name a few. Fruits include lemon, tomato, avocado,
and grapefruit. Other alkaline forming foods are sprouts,
legumes, nuts, seeds, herbal tea, and vegetable juice.
To
maintain pH balance, you should eat a minimal amount of
acid forming foods. Examples of acid forming foods are meats,
poultry, most seafood, sweets, white bread, white pasta,
chocolate, coffee, soda, fruit juice, and most oils. You
don’t have to totally avoid eating these foods to
maintain pH balance, but keep these foods within the 20-25
percent proportion of your diet.
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