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Balance Your Body's pH to Improve Health

This article is brought to you by NatureGem Nontoxic Living.

Too high of an acidic pH can cause serious health concerns, and the

majority of foods found in the typical American diet can leave a

highly acidic ash in the body that can accelerate aging and disease.

It is possible to be too alkali also, but not as common. Ironically,

eating foods that seem acidic, actually create alkali ash in the

body, and eating alkali foods create an acid ash in the body. Your

dietary intake ideally should consist of about 75% alkalizing foods

and 25% acidifying foods to keep your body in balance. Chewing well

also helps your body absorb the most nutrients directly into the

blood stream before the food reaches the gut and helps maintain a pH

balance.

pH is very important. The pH of your body can even help determine

the sex of the child you have. Highly acidic women tend to bear

girls and highly alkali women tend to have boys, simply because each

of these conditions is conducive to what environments sex cells

flourish in. For years many women in foreign countries have

regularly use natural alkaline douches to raise the chances of their

having a boy.

If you're not sure if your body is acidic or alkali, test your urine

and saliva using pH Test Strips that will indicate if you are pH

balanced or not.

Then use the list below and the NatureGem web site at

http://www.naturegem.com as your guide to select the right

alkalizing foods or acidifying foods to help combat aging and

disease and improve your overall health and well-being. Don't forget

to try to select organic or natural chemical-free foods to ensure

optimal health.

Alkalizing Foods (75% of Diet):

Vegetables: Garlic, asparagus, fermented vegetables, watercress,

beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower,

celery, chard, chlorella, collard greens, cucumber, eggplant, kale,

kohlrabi, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, dandelions, edible

flowers, onions, parsnips (high glycemic), peas, peppers, pumpkin,

rutabaga, sea veggies, spirulina, sprouts, alfalfa, barley grass,

wheat grass, wild greens, nightshade, and other veggies (except

potatoes and squashes). Try to buy fresh organic or frozen with no

additives. Eat raw or cook/steam vegetables in a small amount of

water at low temperatures so as not to destroy enzymes necessary to

your health.

Fruits: Apples, apricots, avocados, bananas (high glycemic),

cantaloupe, cherries, currants, dates, figs, grapes, grapefruit,

lime, honeydew, melon, nectarines, oranges, lemons, peaches, pears,

pineapple, berries (except cranberries and blueberries), tangerines,

tomatoes, tropical fruits, watermelon, and other fruits (except

plums and prunes). Try to buy fresh raw organic, organic dried

fruits, or frozen with no additives.

Protein: Eggs, whey protein, cottage cheese, chicken breast, yogurt,

almonds, chestnuts, tofu (fermented), flax seeds, pumpkin seeds,

tempeh (fermented), squash seeds, millet, sprouted seeds, and other

nuts (except cashews, brazil nuts, peanuts/peanut butter, pecans,

tahini, and walnuts). Try to buy chemical-free natural or organic

products.

Grains: Sprouted grains.

Spices/Seasonings: Cinnamon, curry, ginger, mustard seed, chili

pepper, sea salt, miso, tamari, and all herbs. Try to buy fresh or

natural non-irradiated organic herbs and spices.

Sweeteners: Stevia (natural leaf sweetener also good for diabetes,

obesity, and food and tobacco cravings).

Oriental Vegetables: Maitake, daikon, dandelion root, shitake,

kombu, reishi, nori, umeboshi, wakame, sea veggies.

Beverages: Probiotics / probiotic beverages, veggie juices, green

juices, fresh fruit juice, organic milk (unpasteurized and

preferably unhomogenized), mineral water, distilled water, green

tea, herbal teas, dandelion tea, ginseng tea, banchi tea, red tea,

and Kombucha.

Other: Apple cider vinegar, bee pollen, lecithin granules, and body

alkalizing supplements.

Acidifying Foods (Limit to 25% of Diet):

Drugs and Chemicals: Chemicals, drugs, tobacco, processed sugar made

with chemicals, medicinals, caffeine, pesticides, herbicides, and

fertilizers, and chemical preservatives and additives in foods. Read

more on the Dangers of Medicinal Drugs.

Fats and Oils: Avocado oil, canola oil, corn oil, hemp seed oil,

flax seed oil, olive oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, and sunflower

oil. Only use oils sparingly, and don't heat to high temperatures or

fry as changes occur chemically at high temperatures and may become

carcinogenic. Always heat oils at low temperature -- this makes food

taste better too!

Nuts & Butters: Cashews, brazil nuts, peanuts, peanut butter,

pecans, tahini, and walnuts.

Fruits: Cranberries, blueberries, plums, prunes, and squash.

Dairy: Cheeses (except cottage cheese) including cow cheese, goat

cheese, processed cheese, milk, butter. When you do eat dairy

products, try to buy chemical-free organic.

Animal Protein: Beef, carp, clams, fish, lamb, lobster, mussels,

oyster, pork, rabbit, salmon, shrimp, scallops, tuna, turkey, and

venison. When you do eat meats, try to get naturally raised, hormone-

and chemical-free organic, and with the least fat since this is

where toxins store.

Grains: Rice cakes, wheat cakes, amaranth, unpearled barley,

buckwheat, corn, oats, quinoa, brown rice, rye, spelt, kamut, wheat,

hemp seed, and flours. When you do eat grains, make sure they are

whole-grain and natural.

Pasta: Only eat whole grain noodles, macaroni, spaghetti, and other

whole-grain pastas. Never eat chemical-tainted and bleached white

bread, " enriched " bread or products which are not whole-grain, white

rice, semolina, or other white pastas.

Beverages: Coffee, caffeinated black tea, and alcohol, including

beer, spirits, hard liquor, and wine. If you occasionally choose to

drink alcohol or use it in cooking, as wine in particular in

moderation can be good for your health (red wine for the heart,

white wine for the lungs), try to buy organic products free from

sulfates. If you have a drinking problem, visit both our treatment

page and click here to learn more about how alcohol, processed

sugars, and chemicals affect your brain, mood, and health, and find

out what you can do to successfully combat alcoholism, hypoglycemia,

chemical dependencies, and other related brain-chemical and chemical

imbalance problems so your body can heal.

Beans & Legumes: Black beans, chick peas, green peas, kidney beans,

lentils, lima beans, pinto beans, red beans, soy beans, navy beans,

soy milk, white beans, rice milk, almond milk, and other dry beans.

Other: Distilled vinegar, wheat germ, iodized salt, and potatoes.

For more information on how to help your body heal itself naturally

without chemicals, information on drug side effects, and harmful

disease-causing chemicals in the foods you eat and your environment

and how to avoid them, please visit the NatureGem web site at

http://www.naturegem.com.