A person can be healthy provided that his body has a normal metabolism. And a balanced diet – it is not only the ratio of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, but also the correct ratio of alkaline and acidic foods.
In the last hundred years, human nutrition has changed quite noticeably, and, basically, not for the better, which is certainly reflected in health. The acid-base balance is disturbed, as a result of which favorable conditions are created for the development of serious diseases. But with the right approach to your diet, alkaline foods will help restore the natural balance and eliminate the ailments associated with acidity.
Products containing acids: you need to know the enemy in person
Most grains, meat and dairy products, coffee, sugary drinks and foods have the most acidifying effect.
For example, everyone knows that one should not get carried away with sweet products. But for those who try not to use it, you need to remember: sugar is hidden in sausages, semi-finished products, ketchups. And the composition of the Pepsi-Cola drink beloved by many, in addition to sugar, also includes not at all useful phosphoric acid: we can say that with the participation of the latter, an additional blow is dealt to the acid-base balance.
How and why to maintain acid-base balance
How to "turn" acidic products to alkaline
It may come as a surprise to many that most fruits acidify the blood. But you can not discount the fact that the composition of fruits also includes minerals that alkalize the blood. At the same time, the amount of sugar in very sweet fruits outweighs the quantitative composition of minerals. We should not forget that other (unsweetened) fruits are rich in vitamins and antioxidants, and their acidifying effect is still minimal. And in this case – it is good to use everything in moderation.
As for animal food, which acidifies the blood, the following is known. The meat of game or those animals (birds, fish), whose nutrition is provided by natural food, acidifies the blood much less than the meat of their "relatives" fed with compound feed.
With milk, the situation is as follows: the effect of acidification has a pasteurized product, while raw milk, on the contrary – alkalizes. In this connection, we hasten to praise those mothers who feed their babies with breast milk for as long as possible – at least up to a year: it is precious in that it has a mild alkalizing effect.
In eggs, acid "pest" is protein (in addition, it also contains a considerable amount of allergens), but the yolk, in fact, is neutral. It is better to use it soft-boiled.
And if you want to leave cereals on your menu, which also have an oxidizing effect, then you should keep in mind: the most harmless – millet, buckwheat, and pseudograins such as quinoa or quinoa.
Acid alkalizing products and alkalizing champions
Incredibly, but sour-tasting fruits and berries (mainly lemon, orange, lime, cranberry, cherry), having convertibility properties, during the digestion reaction and alkalize the blood.
The following fruits and berries will not disturb the acid-base balance: pears, grapefruit, mango, watermelon, unsweetened coconut, raspberries, dates, bananas.
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And the leaders in alkalization are vegetables.
In this sense, they are all good, but some of the most alkaline – cucumbers, avocados, celery. "Unreliability" in terms of alkalization, only potatoes saturated with starch differ. The latter, once in the intestines, instantly turns into sugar.
Those who have difficulty digesting fiber, in particular insoluble fiber, need to eat both raw vegetables and cooked ones. You should not just resort to over-processing vegetables.
So, if you want to prolong your life, eat according to the recommendations of yogis, who have long divided food into acidic and alkaline. And if the use of the first is fraught with various diseases, then the second, on the contrary, gives strength and prolongs life.
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