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pH Paper with the proper graduation Acid - Alkaline Foods Print Version Acid conditions (consequences)   (Dr. Ted Morter "Your Health, Your Choice") * Your cells produce acid as they function, and your lungs eliminate it every time you exhale. That is good! * Our body must constantly contend with acid, the one it produces is relatively weak and does not cause problems. The one we get from eating too much proteins and other acid-producing foods is stronger and causes many problems. * Put inferior gas in your car and the engine will run very poorly. The same applies to our body. * The term pH stands for "Potential of Hydrogen" . The pH of a substance is measured on a scale from 0.00 to 14.00. The midpoint, 7.00, is neutral: it is neither alkaline nor acid. Water, in most cases has a pH of 7.00. The lower the number the more acidic, the higher, the more alkaline. An excellent rule to follow... We should eat ONLY 20% acid forming foods ALKALINE ASH FORMING FOODS Almonds Apples Apricots Avocados Bananas Beans, dried Beet greens Beets Blackberries Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chard leaves Cherries, sour Cucumbers Dates dried Figs, dried Grapefruit Grapes Green beans Green peas Lemons Lettuce Lima beans, dried Lima beans, green Limes Milk, goat's* Millet Molasses Mushrooms Muskmelon Onions Oranges Parsnips Peaches Pears Pineapple Potatoes, sweet Potatoes, white Radishes Raisins Raspberries Rhubarb ** Rutabagas Sauerkraut Soy beans, green Spinach, raw Strawberries Tangerines Tomatoes Watercress Watermelons * Recommended only for infants for whom mother's milk is not available ** Leaves an alkaline ash, however it has other properties detrimental to the body NEUTRAL ASH FOODS THAT HAVE AN ACIDIFYING EFFECT Corn Oil Corn Syrup Refined sugar Olive Oil ACID ASH FORMING FOODS **Remember... We should eat ONLY 20% acid forming foods Bacon Barley Beef Blueberries Bran, oat Bran, wheat Bread, white Bread, whole wheat butter Carob Cheese Chicken Codfish Corn Corned Beef Crackers Sodas Cranberries** Currants Eggs Flour, white Flour, whole wheat Haddock Honey Lamb Lentils, dried Lobster Milk, cow's ** Macaroni Oatmeal Oysters Peanut butter Peanuts Peas, dried Pike Plums** Pork Prunes** Rice, brown Rice, white Salmon Sardines Sausage Scallops Shrimps Spaghetti Squash, winter Sunflower seeds Turkey Veal Walnuts Wheat germs Yogurt ** These foods leave an alkaline ash but have an acidifying effect on the body Notes: 1. Changing your diet to a more healthful balance of acid ash and alkaline ash should be done slowly. Quick, radical changes may lead to long-term health but short term misery. 2. When advising friends, family members or clients, always recommend treating the digestive system first, maybe with a light cleansing to start. If one does not digest and assimilate properly the body will not benefit from a healthier diet. ELIMINATE FROM DIET   REPLACE WITH Red meat - beef and pork Fish, organic turkey or chicken - baked broiled or roasted White sugar Raw Honey, maple syrup White bread Fresh rye, stone-ground whole wheat flour Prepared cereals Cooked whole grains “Dead” foods - processed or canned Fresh foods, raw or lightly steamed 60% Fluid with meals Fluids 30 minutes before or after meals Iced beverages with meals Room temperature beverages if taken with meals Sodas, coffee, black tea, alcohol Herb teas, fruit or vegetable Juices Table salt, black pepper Vegetable seasoning, kelp, capsicum Cow’s milk products, pasteurized Goat’s milk products, raw, tofu milk Head lettuce Leaf lettuce (dark green) Preservatives Foods that spoil Fried foods Raw or lightly steamed foods Tap water Mineral water (Notes from FWNC - Evian and/or Celtic are best) Foods containing hydrogenated oils Foods containing natural oils Cook with Grapeseed Oil (and make salad dressing with it... add fresh lemon) ACID CONDITIONS Catarrh, Mucus, Phlegm (Iridology volume II by Dr. Bernard Jensen, DC., N.D.) Enzymes that catalyze certain reactions in the process of cell metabolism cease to function when the acid-alkaline equilibrium is unbalanced in either directions. Acid wastes are developed as a consequence of cell metabolism and are carried away through the elimination systems. Hyperactivity represents an accelerated effort by the body to throw off acids so that cell metabolism may be restored to normal. For that reason, catharral buildup is frequently associated with an acid condition as the body metabolizes all its resources to rid itself of acid wastes. Acid produced by muscle activity are neutralized by potassium. Calcium, sodium and phosphates are also used in the process of buffering acids. When the sodium falls too low in the blood stream it is removed from the wall tissue of the digestive tract. When calcium is too low, it is removed from the bones. If sodium and potassium are in short supply in the blood stream, the kidneys filters these chemicals from the urine and return them for reuse. This is successful only to the extent that there are sufficient amounts of these biochemical in the first place. When sodium is lacking, the digestive system is affected. When calcium is short, our nerves get edgy. The most alkaline food element is organic sodium (NOT table salt), and next is magnesium. Other alkaline food elements are: potassium, calciums (BUT NOT ALL CALCIUMS), manganese and iron. Potassium performs an alkaline function in the muscles (the heart is also a muscle). Calcium, in the bones. Magnesium, in the nerves. Manganese, in the brain. Iron, in the blood. Sodium, in the alimentary tract and in many bodily secretions. When cells cannot function, they die (aging process). When the acid that causes the problem is still present, cells cannot form to replace the dead ones. This condition can only deteriorate, unless something is done. Chlorine (not the one going inside a pool!) deficiency contributes to a sluggish liver and is associated with glandular swelling. This element is the cleanser in the body, expelling waste, freshening, purifying and disinfecting. (Goat's milk, cucumber, radishes, carrots, leeks will help replenish chlorine) Catarrh, mucus, phlegm (a thick mucus): * Mucus lining the wall of the nasal passages, throat, bronchial tubes and the rest of the respiratory system picks up dust, pollutants and microorganisms which are expelled by ciliary activity or destroyed by phagocyte. * Mucus along the intestinal walls protects and lubricates tissues as food and wastes are moved along by peristaltic action. It also binds fecal particles together and buffers small amounts of acid in the bowel. * Catarrh is mucus which has reached the running stage when the body is waging an all-out fight against these foreign substances. * Phlegm is a drying catarrh, a thick, stringy substance that may be brought up from the throat by the cough reflex. * Catarrh can be discharged from the mouth, the nose, the ears, sinuses. It can also come out through the breasts, uterus, vagina, ovaries and tonsils. * A tumor can result from a blockage of catarrh, a localized catarrh congestion. We must keep the elimination channels clear and opened. * If we use unnatural methods such as over the counter drugs, cold and cough remedies to suppress catarrh, it will dry and harden the tissues along with the toxins carried with it. Doing so is to prolong the day of reckoning! * Kidney stones may develop. Bladder stones can be forrned by certain waste acids. Good nutrition (digestion and assimilation) builds the body up; good elimination keeps the body clean.