My experiences alkalizing/acidifying foods

[estopatitiana]

so it all started with a super fat swollen lymph node on the left side of my jaw it began to hurt and get larger when i decided do some research on how to cure it. alot of this stuff is on the website already im sure but i figured id give first hand perspective

heres what i found... (this all worked great for my blood type apos). in my nutrition almanac it said things that help fight infection are all the b vitamens, vitamen c, vit a, and lots of water and protein*which i try to get from natural sources,

i tried this for a few days it kep getting worse, so i looked around some more, i found a bunch of randomn hit and miss home remedies which just didnt seem right.

what did it was an article on body ph, i went and got some litmus paper from petco, tested my urine and boy, im suprised it didnt burn through the strip it was so acidic, like 3. i was confused because im a vegan.

what else i discovered was that certain foods that seem acidic dont necessarily make your ph acidic, like oranges and citrus heres a basic list
acid forming foods

• all meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken) and fish

• rice (white, brown, or basmati)

• cornmeal, oats, rye, spelt, wheat, bran

• popcorn

• pastas

• breads and most other grain products like cereals (hot or cold), crackers, pastries

• the following beans (unless sprouted in which case they become alkaline-producing): pinto, navy, mung, lentils, black, garbanzo, red, white, adzuki, and broad

• cheese (parmesan is the worst, followed by other sharper cheeses)

• sunflower and pumpkin seeds

• wheat germ

• the following nuts: walnuts, pecans, cashews, dried coconut, (fresh coconut is alkaline producing), pistachios, macadamias, filberts, brazil nuts and peanuts.

• colas and carbonated drinks

• alcoholic drinks

• coffee and other caffeinated drinks

• sweetened yogurt

• most forms of sweeteners (artificial sweeteners, cane sugar, beet sugar, barley syrup, processed honey, maple syrup, molasses, fructose, lactose)

• refine table salt

• soy sauce

• mustard (dried powder and processed)

• ketchup (unless natural and homemade)

• mayonnaise (unless natural and homemade)

• white vinegar (apple cider and sweet brown rice vinegar are less acid-producing and preferred)

• nutmeg

• tobacco

• practically all drugs

alkalizing foods

• almost all vegetables (except peppers, beets)

• practically all fruits with the exception of blueberries, plums, prunes, and cranberries. even citrus fruits such as lemons, which we think of as being acidic, are alkaline-producing in the body. they are rich in organic salts, like citrates, which are being converted into bicarbonates.

• beans such as string, soy, lima, green and snap

• peas

• potatoes

• arrowroot flour

• grains such as flax, millet, quinoa, and amaranth

• nuts like almonds, pignoli, fresh coconut and chestnuts

• sprouted seeds of alfalfa, radish and chia

• unsprouted sesame

• fresh unsalted butter

• milk

• cream

• goat's milk

• eggs

• whey

• plain yogurt

• sweeteners like raw, unpasterized honey, dried sugar cane juice (sucanat), brown rice syrup

• fruit juices

• all vegetable juices

• most herbal teas

• garlic

• cayenne pepper

• gelatin

• most herbs

• miso

• most vegetable and unprocessed sea salt

• most spices

• vanilla extract

• brewer's yeast

• most unprocessed, cold-pressed oils are neutral or alkaline-forming


so then i realized that i eat loads of carbohydrates, all whole grain complex carbs but lots of it, and my diet was about 70% grains and the rest was fruit and veggeies. so i reversed it to what edgar cayce suggested, 80% fruits and veggies(mostly veggies) and the rest my usual grains and misc stuff. and ive been drinking huge quantities of water (now i know why david does this too). within 48 hours i had a solid akalized ph, verified by my saliva and urine.

another great way i discovered to guage my toxin load is my body odor and stool odor, along with breath and what my tongue looks like

.( i learned this from a chinese herbalist)if your tongue is a solid deep pinkish red color all over then your in good shape, if its whitish/grayish or yellowish on more than 50% of it then you have a heavy toxin load..all of our toxins secreted from the body are acidic in nature. and if you reek like poo and your feces rip paint off the walls then you have some work to do. before the diet change mine was about 50-60% nasty colors. after it was about 10-20%

i also found a positive attitude alkalizes the body, a negative one acidifies it, so does stress in general... even though the body is naturally buffered at blood ph of 7.4 ish, if it sways just a tiny amount in either direction its not good, lower ph is worse.

and today was my best day, the swelling has reduced its size by about 30% in 24 hours just by a diet change alone, no body cleansers or antibiotics or anything of that nature, just a diet change and wow i have see a huge improvement in my attitude and everyting, i even had a breif obe this morning!

so i thank my higher self for making me have an infected lymph node, what a blessing in a fat pus filled disguise!!!!

so my only problem now is the fluoride in my h2o!!!

[astraya]

so my only problem now is the fluoride in my h2o!!!

i just found a great new gravity water filter that also adjusts the water to alkaline!

i've had one for about two weeks and i love it...
[please pm for link]

but i think it's only available in canada :-(.

[Zajats]

well, it is also good to know alkaline/acidic level. for example red meat is a lot higher than fish or chicken. i also try to look glycocemic index. sugar and banana shoots up blood sugar and insulin will drag it down. so for me balancing my eating takes time.....

[metaman]

i have been consuming powdered grass drinks for 4 years. i lost 60 lbs. in the first six months due to my body no longer needing to hold the fat. the body holds the fat so that it can store the acids somewhere before you sweat, or loose them another way.

i had also been hypoglycemic my entire life. within one week i was no longer hypoglycemic and it has never returned since. the reduction in inflamation alone is very noticable to anyone that wakes up with pain within the first week. it also prevents free radical (electrons associated with acids) from damaging your cells and your dna.

[shorty]

[quote=metaman;40739]i have been consuming powdered grass drinks for 4 years. i lost 60 lbs. in the first six months due to my body no longer needing to hold the fat. the body holds the fat so that it can store the acids somewhere before you sweat, or loose them another way.

hi metaman, what kind of grass powder , how many days per week , what brand? tell us more

thanks shorty

(mod note: - as the advertisement of specific products is not allowed on the forum, i would ask that anyone wanting to know this pm metaman)

[estopatitiana]

well, it is also good to know alkaline/acidic level. for example red meat is a lot higher than fish or chicken. i also try to look glycocemic index. sugar and banana shoots up blood sugar and insulin will drag it down. so for me balancing my eating takes time.....

thats correct, but the refined sugars are what is the worst because they do not provide any other nutrients to help your body absorb the sugars, which most fruits provide.

[metaman]

[quote=metaman;40739]i have been consuming powdered grass drinks for 4 years. i lost 60 lbs. in the first six months due to my body no longer needing to hold the fat. the body holds the fat so that it can store the acids somewhere before you sweat, or loose them another way.

hi metaman, what kind of grass powder , how many days per week , what brand? tell us more

thanks shorty

(mod note: - as the advertisement of specific products is not allowed on the forum, i would ask that anyone wanting to know this pm metaman)

there are quite a few that i have tried. i have bought and consumed at least 10 different brands. almost all health food stores have a section where you can find them. they are usually called greens. they have many different grasses like wheat grass, barley grass, alfalfa grass, and also concentrated vegitable and fruit extracts. they all accomplish basically the same thing. i have not found one that does not work. it is really up to what your particular taste is. the one i have used the most and have now come back to is the best value, and also works the best in my opinion. i will have to pm you the name of it to keep in line with the rules of the forum.

[johnasmodeus]

good for you, estopatitiana!

i did the exact same thing a couple of years ago (i even bought a juicer and drank a salad everyday to make it to 80% - i have little time at home) and pretty much cured my rsi. now whenever it starts to come back i make small adjustments to my diet until it subsides.

good to know this is working for others!
:d:d

[estopatitiana]

good for you, estopatitiana!

i did the exact same thing a couple of years ago (i even bought a juicer and drank a salad everyday to make it to 80% - i have little time at home) and pretty much cured my rsi. now whenever it starts to come back i make small adjustments to my diet until it subsides.

good to know this is working for others!
:d:d

hey, thanks john. is rsi similar to carpal tunnel or tendonitis? i might try to blend or juice some salads too since i find myself eating like 5 or 6 a day, sometimes more. i definelty go crazy on the fresh squeeezed o.j. its the only kind i will buy. ive also started taking some acidophilus(bacteria) after hearing some loose internet claims that they also can help break down toxins, and given my dairy free diet i figured they are probably starving down there.
thanks for all you replys, happy cleansing any way you see fit!

[runetang]

a tick bite on my lower back caused a lymph node in my groin to swell up, it was quite strange, i thought i had a hernia... was scared. didnt hurt too much, ached a bit .. really was weird because my neck nodes didnt swell.

and my neck nodes have a tendency to swell, they were swollen when i was born, the doctors called it "shoddy adnopathy" lol .. or a crappy lymph node system. but ive never had a health problem involving them and im 26.

i know you can get limes disease from ticks, this one i caught early on and no rash formed afterward, so i am good to go. i think i left a piece of his jaw in my flesh which triggered the reaction in the lymph node.

ps: your information on alkalizing and acidic forming foods is great!!

i am completely re-doing my diet. i am doing alright surprisingly for my lifestyle, i think its because im a very light eater period .. and thus i tend to go a little acidic but not in high enough level to really affect my health. although after i try this .. i will be open to improvements in health.

[astraya]

i was just reading about tourmaline and it's ability to alkalize water.

"t ourmaline is prized as a beautiful, semi-precious gem.

now, as a mineral, it has become a focus of research at universities and research centers worldwide.
the reason - infrared tourmaline is the only one mineral to show permanent electricity on the earth and is also a natural (non-manufactured) source of negative ions and far infrared (fir) rays.
it is also known to be helpful for improving circulation, relieving stress, increasing mental alertness and strengthening the immune system function (niwa institute for immunology, japan. int j. biometeorol 1993 sep; 37(3) 133-8).

around 1986, it was found in a research station in japan that, even though tourmaline was broken down in smaller pieces, a positive and a negative electrode existed on both end of the crystal, and the electrodes never disappeared unless tourmaline was boiled near 1000°c.
in addition, when the positive and the negative electrodes of a tourmaline crystal were connected to each other, it was proven to show low electricity of 0.06ma."

from this website (not an endorsement) http://www.ionizers.org/tourmaline.html

so, i'll probably through some tourmaline stones in my water filter...

[morawaj]

hi all!

i came upon a edgar cayce reading today about food consumption. the consumption of pork was specifically mentioned as a no-no. i have read this in other cayce readings in the past and as i've been paying attention to my food intake more closely these days i felt the urge to send out the question to you fine people if you have any idea what is up with that suggestion?

i do know that human dna is very close to that of the pig. but otherwise i have no idea why beef and chicken was mentioned as ok but pork was called out as no good.

peace,
john

[Liam]

most of cayce's dietary advice was based on whether foods had an acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body and i think his advice on the avoidance of pork was because it is a particularly acidic meat. unlike cows and chickens, pigs are omnivores and are far less picky than what they eat. i have read before that pork contains a lot of toxins and possibly parasites although i would imagine these are killed if the meat is cooked properly. in fact i have found an article which may back up cayce's views on this matter: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/103744/why_you_should_cut_pork_out_of_your.html

[FooSnik]

i can't remember where i read it but i learned somehow that the arthritis that runs in my family is due to an acidic diet and acid crystals collecting and deteriorating my joints. so i tried raw apple cider vinegar and it worked! raw apple cider vinegar apparently dissolves acid crystals and flushes them out of the body.

if the ph balance of the body is off it can cause all types of problems. in america the food is not just acidic it is toxic sludge.

eat your veggies ppl!

[Berni]

back in the '70's in our "hippie" days, my ex-husband and i came across a recipe for something called "switchel" (can't remember how it's spelled) that is good for getting over a cold.

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon honey
put the above in a glass of hot water and drink while still hot (as hot as you can take without burning yourself).

what it does is adjust your internal ph and makes your body uninhabitable for the cold virus.

it really helps! we passed this recipe along to our kids as they were growing up, and i always keep apple cider vinegar on hand during the winter just for that.

[morawaj]

most of cayce's dietary advice was based on whether foods had an acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body and i think his advice on the avoidance of pork was because it is a particularly acidic meat. unlike cows and chickens, pigs are omnivores and are far less picky than what they eat. i have read before that pork contains a lot of toxins and possibly parasites although i would imagine these are killed if the meat is cooked properly. in fact i have found an article which may back up cayce's views on this matter: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/103744/why_you_should_cut_pork_out_of_your.html

the thought of the ph levels being different between those meats never even occurred to me :o. i do know cayce did talk often about having a balanced body ph level. so you may have indeed hit the nail on the head!

the "cleanliness" of the animal and it's body makeup may have been relevant too. but i would opt for the ph level more as the reason for the aversion.

peace,
john