Knowing and understanding the healthier acid diet food options is crucial in maintaining the alkaline and acid balance within our bodies.
Keeping healthier acidic foods at about 30 percent of your food intake will help the ph balance of your body.
Fruits Healing Power
Most fruit offers us life sustaining nutrients and natural phytochemicals(plant chemicals) that have medicinal properties.
Reaching for a piece of fresh fruit is a great way to satisfy a sugar craving. Although sugar in fruit will add to the acidic pH levels in the body the huge nutritional value far out weighs the acidic effect.
The typical North American diet does not include enough fresh fruit. The majorit of nutrients and other substances that help protect our bodies from disease is found in fresh fruits and vegetables.
Berries Healthiest of Fruits.
Did you know that blueberries, raspberries and strawberries all have liberal amounts of polyphenols. This a natural substance that helps prevent oxidative damage in the blood, brain and tissues.
Blueberries are the super food in the berry family. Regular consumption of blueberries can improve brain health in the aging process for people. Research shows that a regular diet of blue berries can be very effective for pain and inflamation.
While blueberried are in the acidic diet food list they should definately be included in the 30 percent of healthy acidic foods in your daily diet.
Although fruits like lemons, limes, grapefruits, tomatoes, avocado are acidic they tranform into alkaline in the body. There for making these fruits a major healthy influence in our bodies.
The Sea’s Natural Gift
Natures weapons againest brain disease is found in the fish and fish oil. Research into diets rich in DHA(docosahxanoic acid) has found an increase in promoting healthy brain cells. Omega 3 fats (DHA) enhances nerve transmission in the central nervous system and helps give protection to the energy centers of the cells (nitochrondria) from damage.
More energy in the mitochrondia not only promotes good brain health it helps provide energy for most of our bodily function.
According to the healthy living facts eating fish is a wise acid-forming choice. Awareness of where your fish has come from can help you decrease or eliminate toxins and heavy metals. Fish with high levels of mercury should be avoided. Salmon from fish farms are frequently coming up with mercury levels as well as antibiotic residue.
To avoid toxins wild salmon is the better choice. If you are not a fish eater , pick up a high quality fish oil supplement.
Grains
Grains open up varying degrees of wise acid food choices. Wild rice, brown rice and oats are moderate acid foods and should make up 30 percent of your diet. The nutrients from these grains are necessary healthy foods for the body.
In amongest the array of vitamins, protiens and fibre, oats help stabilize blood sugar, and lower cholesteral. Armaranth,kashi(buckwheat) millet and triticale are even less acid forming choices. These alkaline forming grains are also packed with protien, fibre, different vitamins and flavors.
We will discuss the merits of these healthier acid food options in the grain family in another posting.
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Wanda Hamilton
Healthy for Life Consultant
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