Alkaline dietary supplement. Foods that are alkaline and acidic

 Acidic foods have a different level of impact on pH values: some are slightly acidic, others are highly acidic. List of acid-forming foods:

• root crops (potatoes without peel);
• legumes (split peas, beans, lentils, peanuts);
• cereals (chickpeas, white rice, wheat, rye, buckwheat, oats);
• nuts (walnut);
• flour and yeast products (bread, pastries, pasta);
• confectionery (cakes, sweets, chocolate, cookies);
• vegetable oils (corn);
• dairy products (cheese, cottage cheese, butter, ice cream, yogurt, milk);
• animal products (eggs, meat, fish);
• sweeteners (white and brown sugar, molasses);
• drinks (black or flavored tea, coffee, cocoa, soft drinks, beer).

Features of an alkaline diet. Menu, recipes, recommendations

To make it much easier to adjust your diet and choose the right products for your menu, you can use this hint table, which clearly illustrates which product belongs to which group.

Product group	Weak oxidation	Medium oxidation	Strong oxidation
Vegetables, fruits, berries	Plums, beans, tomatoes	Cherries, cranberries, corn, boiled peeled potatoes	Blueberries, canned fruits and vegetables
Seeds and nuts	Pumpkin and sunflower seeds	Cashew	Walnuts and peanuts
Cereals and flour products	Rye, black bread, buckwheat	Oats, corn, rice except brown	Wheat, pasta and flour products
Meat products, seafood	Venison	Lean veal, turkey	Fatty meat, mussels, squid, octopus, oysters
Milk and vegetable oil products	Butter, almond butter, cream	Melted cheese, palm oil	Sweet curds, hard cheese, cottonseed oil
The drinks	Black tea	Coffee, canned juices	Alcohol

Product group	Weak alkalization	Medium alkalization	Strong alkalization
Vegetables, fruits, berries	Strawberries, grapes, peaches, olives, sweet peppers	Citrus fruits, apples, pears, asparagus, pumpkin	Watermelon, papaya, mango, onion, garlic, broccoli, cauliflower
Seeds and nuts	Chestnuts, sesame	Almond
Cereals and flour products	Wild rice
Meat products, seafood	sea ​​kale
Dairy products and vegetable oils	Soy products, including cheeses, milk, olive oil
The drinks	Tea	Green tea, ginseng tea	Water with lemon juice, lime juice, vegetable juices

Maintaining a normal acid-base balance is the key to your health and longevity. Of course, you should not immediately torment yourself with a strict diet and exclude acidic foods from the menu, however, you should correctly calculate the amount of alkaline and acidic food you need for your body.

Supporters of alternative medicine believe that the diet helps to get rid of ailments and certain conditions of the body that have arisen because the balance of acids and alkalis is disturbed:

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• chronic fatigue syndrome and reduced tone;
• runny nose, nasal congestion;
• frequent respiratory infections, colds;
• cystic formations on the ovaries, in the mammary gland;
• regular headaches;
• overweight.

A diet high in alkali reduces the risk of kidney stones, obesity due to age-related metabolic disorders, and osteoporosis (brittle bones). Since a lot of dietary fiber appears in the human diet (the main alkalizing foods are vegetables), blood pressure normalizes, the intestines are mechanically cleansed, the blood composition improves, and the hormonal background improves.

Gradually, the proportion of foods with an oxidizing effect in the diet is reduced to 20% (the table above lists such foods) in order to restore the acid-base balance.

Vegetables are consumed boiled, juice is squeezed out. Fruits are eaten raw, fresh juices, mousses, jelly are prepared.

Fish (boiled or baked, low-fat varieties) are eaten no more than 3 times a week. From meat, preference is given to veal, poultry. It is sometimes allowed to use honey, molasses, cane sugar, maple syrup. The diet allows snacks, which consist of juices, dried fruits. The main fats in the diet are sunflower, peanut, olive oil.

The diet does not allow drinking coffee, black tea. To maintain water balance, they use water, herbal infusions, juices. Wash down the main meal with herbal teas.

Food is chewed thoroughly, making 30-50 chewing movements.

• Breakfast: fresh red and green vegetables, a glass of soy milk or natural sugar-free yogurt, a peach or an apple.
• Lunch: chicken meat (boiled) - 150 g, vegetable side dish, herbal tea.
• Dinner: baked fish - 150 g, vegetable salad, natural yogurt.

The topic has not been explored in depth. Therefore, before changing the diet, it is recommended to consult a doctor, especially in case of chronic diseases, when a different diet is prescribed, or health worsens. Violated acid-base balance can lead to negative consequences.

I will try to explain to you in a popular way, without complex scientific terms. Some foods, after complete digestion, leave alkaline waste. Others form acids, which, in excess, cannot be completely neutralized or excreted from the body. As a result, acid begins to prevail over alkali, which leads to the development of rather unpleasant ailments.

According to statistics, most urban residents daily consume up to 90% of acid-forming foods.

Strong oxidizing agents pH 4	Weak oxidizing agents pH 5-6	Slightly alkaline pH 8-9	Strongly alkaline pH 10
White bread, rolls, flour products from white flour, semolina	Meat, poultry, offal, sausages, smoked	All kinds of fruits are boiled. baked, including citrus fruits	All fresh fruits
Alcoholic drinks, beer	Sea and river fish	Greenery	Asparagus
Sweet soda	Nuts: peanuts, walnuts, cashews	Whole grains, unprocessed cereals, grains and millet	Watermelon
Sugar and all foods containing it	fermented milk products, boiled milk, cheeses, plums. butter	Almonds, soaked nuts and seeds, coconut	sea ​​kale
Confectionery, sweets, desserts	sesame, sunflower, melon seeds	Mushrooms	Sprouts of beans, peas, cereal grains and seeds
Dried beans, wheat, corn, rice	Eggs	Fresh raw milk, cottage cheese	All fresh vegetables and raw root vegetables, celery, cucumbers, avocados (except peas and beans)
Fats, oils, lard	Pasta	Fresh green beans, peas	alkaline mineral waters - hydrocarbonate
Tobacco, black tea and coffee	All types of vegetables after cooking	cooked root vegetables	Garlic

1 day

• First breakfast: omelette with milk, two cucumber salad
• Second breakfast: grated raw carrots
• Lunch: baked chicken and vegetable salad
• Afternoon snack: a glass of tomato juice
• Dinner: grilled fish, leaf salad with herbs

2 day

• First breakfast: buckwheat porridge, tomato
• Second breakfast: grated apple
• Lunch: two pieces of boiled chicken, cauliflower salad with herbs and wheat germ
• Afternoon snack: grated raw beets
• Dinner: shrimp, tomato, cucumber, avocado salad dressed with olive oil, lemon juice and sprinkled with herbs, flax seeds and sesame seeds

3 day

• First breakfast: oatmeal on the water with fresh berries
• Second breakfast: carrot juice
• Lunch: roast veal, seaweed salad with lemon juice
• Afternoon snack: fresh low-fat cottage cheese with herbs and garlic, sprinkled with grated almonds
• Dinner: stewed fish, cabbage-cucumber salad with herbs

If you understand the principle of menu planning, you can easily create an alkaline diet menu for yourself for a week or more.

Also, potatoes are very useful for these purposes, which are not quite deservedly often excluded from diets, for their high starch content. Believe me, there are many other, more harmful products that many people eat constantly and do not even realize how many harmful substances they contain. If you need to quickly achieve balance, you can include 1-2 baked or boiled potatoes in their "uniform" in the daily menu - there will be no harm to your figure from it.

Another important tip: the ratio of greens and protein dishes on one plate should be 3:1.

To make your knowledge of the acid-base balance even stronger, I made a small table for an alkaline diet, which indicates the exact ratio of the content of acid and alkaline elements.

Looking at this plate, you will know exactly which products are useful to you, and which ones are better to refuse for a while. When the condition returns to normal, you will again be able to eat a little more acidic foods.

Name of products	The content of acidic and alkaline elements in%
acids	alkalis
Eggs	72.7	27.3
Rice	72.6	27.4
White bread	72.0	28.0
Beef, lean pork, chicken	70.8	29.2
Cottage cheese	70.1	29.9
Pasta	69.7	30.3
Fish	68.8	31.2
Legumes	61.8	38.2
Salo	58.9	41.1
Butter	56.1	43.9
Cheese	54.4	45.6
Rye bread	53.9	46.1
nuts	52.2	47.8
Cocoa	51.8	48.2
Beet	45.6	54.4
String beans	42.3	57.7
Spinach	40.9	59.1
tomatoes	38.0	62.0
Strawberry	37.4	62.6
Potato	36.6	63.4
Onion	35.5	64.5
Carrot	28.9	71.1
Apples	27.3	72.7
Gooseberry	25.5	74.5
cucumbers	25.0	75.0
plums	23.1	76.9
Lemons	20.5	79.5

I want to share with you the feedback on the alkaline diet that my patients give. I often give them dietary changes to improve overall well-being and to help them lose weight.

History 1.

Recently, a very obese woman, 54 years old, Lyudmila, came to the reception, she works as a cashier in a supermarket. She has been overweight since her youth. Even before giving birth, she weighed 93 kg, but now her weight has exceeded 120 kg. Her health left much to be desired: high blood pressure, joint problems, constant back pain, knee pain, shortness of breath, gastritis, increased gas formation, etc.

issues that I won't talk about here. I recommended her an alkaline diet, reduced calorie intake, and avoiding many foods such as sausages, sugary soda, and fatty meats. An individual nutritional diet was compiled for her, in which there were mainly alkalizing foods, a small amount of protein foods.

She came to see me a month later, and enthusiastically began to talk about the fact that her blood pressure had returned to normal, the pain in her back and joints that had tormented her from her youth had disappeared. She lost 4 kg, said that now she literally flies, even the manifestations of gastritis have disappeared: constant heartburn and heaviness in the stomach.

History 2.

Here is another example from my practice. Anton, 43 years old, entrepreneur. Tired of excess weight, which caught up with the 100 kilogram mark. He came to me indignant, saying that all doctors are charlatans, because their recommendations only harm health. He read on the Internet that the Dukan diet, in which there are practically no vegetables and fruits, will help to lose weight, especially in the early stages. (cm.

here the Dukan diet) He withstood the first phase of the “Attack”, in which you can’t eat fruits and vegetables at all, proceeded to the second phase of the “Cruise”, in which protein days alternate with protein-carbohydrate ones. In fact, he so “acidified” his body that he did not even have the strength to go to work. He fell asleep in transport, felt aching joints and muscle pain.

In addition, he developed chronic constipation. In addition, his immunity was so reduced that, although it was summer outside, he caught a cold three times in the last month alone. This had never happened to him before. “And how can I lose weight?” He was sincerely indignant. “No matter what I do, no matter how I show willpower, I have already given up everything.

Weight, however, has decreased, but at what cost? - his indignation was very fair, because it is better to be full and healthy than thin, but constantly ill. He was also put on an alkalizing diet, high in fiber, to cleanse the body of the acidic residues of protein foods. The results were not long in coming.

History 3.

Dish recipes

Prepare simple, delicious dishes, enter them into a healthy menu. Components for an alkalizing diet are available and inexpensive.

Spicy sweet salad

• Time: 17 minutes.
• Servings: 3 persons.
• Difficulty: easy.

The salad has a neutral taste due to leafy greens and vegetables. The piquancy of the cold appetizer is given by a rich spicy sauce with a slightly spicy aftertaste due to garlic and vinegar. Notes of sweetness are felt due to pomegranate seeds.

Ingredients:

• lettuce - 1 large head;
• cucumber - 1 medium or half a large fruit;
• avocado - 1 piece;
• pistachios in the shell - 40 grams;
• pomegranate seeds - 1/3 cup;
• olive oil - 120 grams;
• apple cider vinegar - 60 g;
• garlic - 1 clove.

Cooking method:

1. Tear lettuce with your hands and transfer to a bowl.
2. Slice avocado and cucumber.
3. Combine all ingredients.
4. Prepare dressing (mix oil and vinegar with chopped garlic).
5. Toss salad and serve.

Soup with white beans

• Time: 60 minutes.
• Servings: 5 persons.
• Difficulty: easy.

The soup has a rich hearty broth thanks to white beans. Tomatoes give the dietary first course a rich tomato flavor, and arugula - a little sour with a barely perceptible bitterness. Spicy notes in the soup are created by fragrant black pepper.

Ingredients:

• low-fat chicken broth - 200 milliliters;
• white beans - 500 grams;
• fresh arugula - 140 g;
• tomatoes - 400 g;
• olive oil - 60 g;
• garlic - 2 large cloves;
• black pepper - ¼ teaspoon.

Cooking method:

1. Prepare chicken broth (you can do without it).
2. Bring beans to readiness.
3. Heat up a frying pan, pour vegetable oil.
4. Saute chopped garlic (1-2 minutes).
5. Add the tomatoes, cut into medium-sized pieces, to the garlic.
6. Pour the finished beans, mix with tomatoes and garlic, pepper.
7. Simmer vegetables and legumes for 5-7 minutes.
8. Put the prepared ingredients in the hot broth, add the arugula.
9. Keep the soup on fire for 2-3 minutes until the greens soften.
10. Turn off the fire, let the first dish brew.

Stuffed eggplant

• Time: 30 minutes.
• Servings: 2 persons.
• Difficulty: easy.

Eggplants baked with vegetables are quick to prepare. The dish has a delicate slightly spicy aftertaste. Tomatoes give the eggplant a unique tomato sweet and sour taste. Black beans make a hearty, protein-rich vegetable dish.

Ingredients:

• eggplant - 1 large;
• onion - 40 grams;
• tomato - 50 g;
• black beans - 50 g;
• spices - salt (preferably sea or rock), thyme, red and black pepper to taste;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• olive oil - 50 g.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the eggplant, remove the pulp with a spoon.
2. Heat the pan, put the eggplant halves skin side up, fry for 5 minutes.
3. Fry separately chopped onion with chopped garlic for 2-3 minutes.
4. Attach the eggplant pulp, tomatoes, black beans (cook in advance), spices to the browned spicy root crops, mix, simmer until tender, until the excess liquid has evaporated.
5. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
6. Transfer the prepared mixture to the eggplant halves, send to bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

About acid-base balance

Proponents of alternative medicine believe that the need for alkalizing food is inherent in nature. So, blood is more alkaline in nature, since its pH is 7.35–7.45. Therefore, food with an acidic environment disrupts the harmony of the body, balance, resulting in diseases. And then you need an alkaline diet.

According to this theory, acidic environments in the intestine provoke decay processes, pathogenic microbes multiply in the organ, and toxins are formed. Alkaline food neutralizes acids, helps cleanse the body, remove toxins, and prevents their re-formation.

The pharmacy sells litmus paper - the same as used in chemistry classes. This is a tool that measures the parameters of the environment. Two biological fluids are examined - urine and saliva. Urine is checked after the second trip to the toilet. The first morning urine that is taken for analysis is always acidic, because excess acid is excreted from the body through the kidneys during the night. Measurements are carried out repeatedly, and the arithmetic mean value is derived from their results.

Results:

• pH up to 7 - oxidation;
• pH above 7.5 - alkalization.

For myself, I have long compiled a list of products for an alkaline diet, which can quickly change the elevated acid background, making it neutral, or shifting towards alkaline.

As soon as I feel:

• prostration;
• lack of energy in the morning;
• rapid fatigue in the middle of the day;
• early symptoms of colds

I am now adding these foods to my diet. I would like to share this list with you. So this is:

1. All kinds of greenery. Especially quickly changes the acidic background of celery, but dill, fresh parsley, all types of leaf lettuce will undoubtedly benefit.
2. Lemons and lemon juice. Do not see that this product is characterized by high acidity. When digested, it is converted into an alkaline compound. Add lemon to tea, season salads with its juice. There is absolutely no need for sugar!
3. All types of raw root crops: radish, radish, carrot, beetroot, parsley root, parsnip - almost instantly shift the balance in the right direction. In boiled or baked form, this quality is reduced, but neutral acidity can be achieved. In addition, these vegetables act as a brush for the digestive system, because they are rich in fiber, which is able to carry all harmful substances on its fibers.
4. Garlic, onion. There is probably no need to praise the properties of these vegetables, famous for their healing power. They have antiviral, antifungal properties, restores reduced immunity. In addition, it is enough to eat them regularly, and your acid-base balance will always strive for the ideal.
5. All types of cabbage: broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, white cabbage. As soon as you feel an excess of protein foods, for example, as happens after the holidays, after an abundance of meat dishes, make yourself a light cabbage salad, season it with fresh herbs, add a spoonful of lemon juice. You will see, you will immediately feel a surge of strength!
6. Celery is good in all forms: you can use its greens, grate its roots, add to salads and cut instead of carrots. It normalizes the alkaline background, saturates the body with useful vitamins and minerals.
7. Avocado. Contains useful fatty acids, antioxidants, has a pleasant nutty taste. It goes well with other vegetables, in addition, it is one of the leaders in the rapid restoration of pH balance.
8. Coconut - you don't have to eat it whole. Rub a little shavings on any dish, this will be enough to change the pH for the better.
9. Seedlings of oats, wheat, millet. In case of any ailment, loss of strength, germinate these grains and eat them. Not only do they normalize the alkaline balance, they also saturate with vitamins and provide energy.
10. Fresh cucumbers. These vegetables should always be kept on hand. Even if they are grown in a greenhouse. Cucumber salad should accompany any protein dish, be it chicken, chop or regular scrambled eggs. So your body will not have a single chance to oxidize.

If you feel signs of ailment, fatigue, include any of these products in the menu.

My advice: with the onset of autumn, when there is little greenery in the markets, sow the seeds in an oblong flower pot and put it on the window. Don't forget to water your mini flower bed and soon you'll have fresh sprouts to add to every meal. Beautiful, interesting and very useful! You can involve children in the process of raising children.

What is this diet: features and nuances

The development of the program belongs to nutritionists (specialists in the field of nutrition) Vika Enjson and Natasha Korret. In their professional opinion, our menu mostly consists of foods that give an acidic reaction. Their constant use leads to disruption of the normal acid-base balance in the body. The result is the loss of beneficial trace elements and an increase in the number of pathogenic intestinal microflora. In parallel, the release of enzymes necessary for normal digestion slows down. All this is a powerful impetus to a mass of negative consequences: including the formation of excess weight.

Experts do not recommend following the alkaline weight loss program for a long time due to the imbalance of her diet. Even being on a diet for a short time, it is better to use vitamin-mineral complexes in parallel. In any case, your doctor will explain all these and other subtleties to you personally even before you start this experiment.

Recommendations

Any diet should not be taken casually, and the alkaline method is no exception. According to experts, it is primarily indicated for those who suffer from high levels of acidity in the stomach. But how do you know your level? Again - going to the doctor, taking tests ... And before contacting a specialist, the acidity of your stomach, firstly, can be judged by clinical signs: fatigue, increased irritability, unsatisfactory condition of hair, skin, excess kilograms. As you can see, all the signs are generalized and non-specific, so for a reliable diagnosis, do not be too lazy to consult a doctor. A specialist, having ordered a blood test, will give a 100% correct answer.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like almost any method, the alkaline diet has its advantages and disadvantages.

Pros:

• improvement of the condition of the skin, hair, memory, concentration of attention, the functioning of the immune system;
• disappearance of bags under the eyes;
• normalization of digestion;
• cheapness, availability of products.

Minuses:

• a decrease in the level of calcium in the blood, which is due to the limited intake of proteins;
• you will have to radically change your taste habits, paying more attention to fruits and vegetables;
• possible deterioration, drowsiness, irritability due to a sharp restructuring of the body.

Contraindications

With short-term use, the alkaline technique usually has a positive effect on health. But, even despite this, a number of contraindications still exist.

The diet is prohibited in the following cases:

• pregnancy;
• breast-feeding;
• children, old age;
• liver pathology;
• metabolic disorders;
• diseases of the cardiovascular system;
• kidney pathology;
• diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in the acute phase;
• decreased stomach acidity.

A person practicing the alkaline technique is quite difficult to tolerate changes in the menu. In this regard, vegetarians have an easier time, because this is their lifestyle. We are used to eating meat, fish, and dairy products, and this diet implies a restriction on all of the above. In addition to stress for the body against the background of refusing your favorite food, one can also state a decrease in calcium and proteins in the blood. Therefore, we once again recommend that you contact your doctor for advice on time.

Foods that alkalize and oxidize the body: acidic foods

Most of the protein products that not quite knowledgeable people recommend to you as a guarantee of weight loss are just able to oxidize, upsetting this very balance. That is why, if you decide to lose weight on the Kremlin diet (read here about the Kremlin diet) or other similar ones that abound in meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, then most likely this will lead to a gradual oxidation of the body.

Moreover, these products do not taste sour at all, they just release acid during processing.

Why is excess acid so dangerous? But what:

1. Have you ever felt overwhelmingly tired in the morning? Do you feel sleepy all the time during the day even though you got enough sleep? Is there a feeling that through the body, as if “a cart has passed?” - these are signs of excessive oxidation of the body.
2. An excess of acidic products neutralizes alkalis, while reserve reserves are used, which are contained in the bones, in the teeth, in the blood. This leads to the fact that osteoporosis develops, teeth are destroyed, the skin becomes flabby. Lack of calcium and magnesium leads to pain in the muscles and the development of cramps, a feeling of numbness in the limbs.
3. The signal about the lack of calcium is sent straight to the brain. The body responds to this by releasing calcium into the blood, which is then not used for its intended purpose, but is deposited inside the excretory organs. This is how stones appear in the kidneys, gallbladder, urolithiasis, and various cysts develop.
4. The risk of developing cancer increases, since cancer cells actively develop in an acidic environment.
5. Oxidation contributes to the development of cataracts, clouding of the lens.
6. The cardiovascular system also suffers, which is forced to work with overloads.
7. Anxiety, irritability, insomnia, swelling appear, immunity decreases, frequent colds, malaise, weakness occur.
8. Many organs begin to work for wear, metabolism slows down, the digestive system works worse.

It is worth starting to eat alkaline foods, as these ailments can go away on their own, as the body begins to work in the correct mode. Acid-alkaline diet for weight loss simultaneously cleanses and heals the body.

They can also be harmful

For a long time, nutritionists and other experts have divided all products into those that alkalize and those that oxidize our body. Using this knowledge, you can adjust your diet, the consumption of acidic and alkaline foods, and thereby improve your health.

Alkalinizing foods include:

• Green vegetables - cucumbers, fresh peas, cabbage, onions, celery
• Tomatoes, zucchini, peppers
• Lemons, oranges, grapefruits
• Apples, peaches, apricots, bananas
• Dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, etc.)
• Dairy products and their whey
• Carrot
• Greenery
• sea ​​kale

Alkalinizing Oxidizing
products include:

• Granulated sugar
• Nuts other than almonds
• Chocolate and chocolate products
• Vegetable oils
• Flour, flour products
• cereals
• Alcohol
• Fat meat
• Seafood

Oxidizing

Alkaline Weight Loss Program

American world-famous nutritionist Robert Young in one of his books called “The pH Miracle” talks about a healthy lifestyle and how pH affects the state of the body as a whole. The author believes that the cause of many diseases is just a violation of the acid-base balance. To eliminate doctor visits from your schedule, it is enough to go on an alkaline diet and follow the recommendations described in the book by Robert Young. It is also worth keeping a table with a list of food products and their pH values.
The main task of an alkaline diet is to maintain the desired acid-base balance in the body. Increased acidity of the blood often leads to bad consequences, among them the following problems should be noted:

1. General state.
   Frequent fatigue, long recovery after exercise, decreased activity, loss of tone, frequent colds, low immunity, irritability, anxiety.
2. Teeth and oral cavity.
   Sensitivity of the teeth, cracks in the enamel, caries, set on edge during the use of sour, hot or very cold foods. The appearance of cracks in the corners of the lips, inflammation of the gums and tonsils.
3. Leather.
   Redness and dryness of the skin, cracks between the fingers and nails, acne and itching.
4. Stomach and intestines.
   Gastritis, ulcer, increased acidity of the stomach, belching with a sour taste. Anal fissures, abdominal cramps, discoloration of stools by liver enzymes, burning sensation in the rectum.
5. Bladder and kidneys.
   Sour urine, the occurrence of stones in the kidneys and urinary tract. If you observe the above symptoms, you should consult a doctor, who may just advise you to go on an alkaline diet. Along with losing weight, you will improve your health and bring your body back to normal.

How to determine your own pH at home

There is a simple method for determining deviations in the acid-base balance of the body. To independently determine this parameter, it is necessary to measure blood pressure and pulse at rest.

1 Measure your lower diastolic pressure.

2 Find your heart rate. Well, if you have an automatic blood pressure monitor that immediately shows this data.

3Compare these two figures:

• The lower pressure is greater than the pulse - your pH is alkaline (alkalosis);
• The lower pressure is below the pulse - you have an acidic environment (acidosis).

4Reveal the degree of imbalance. If the difference between the lower value of the lower pressure and the pulse is more than 20, then they speak of a significant deviation from the norm.

For example, your lower blood pressure is 65 and your heart rate is 72 beats per minute. The body is slightly acidified.

How to diet. Phases

Before changing the old habitual diet to a new one, it is advisable to prepare your body so that the transition is not too abrupt. You should try not to eat after 19.00, stop cooking heavy meals. Make a list of the necessary products in advance and make sure that they are always present in the refrigerator. During the diet, you need to monitor your well-being. Pay attention to such small things as carefully and slowly chew food. After the meal, it is recommended to take a cup of warm herbal tea. This will allow you to get results faster. The standard course of the alkaline diet lasts 3 weeks. Each week corresponds to a certain phase.

First phase

At this point, the body is rebuilt to an alkaline environment. The blood is saturated with oxygen, carrying it to all organs. Slags and toxins are removed, the body is cleansed. During this period, you can feel a slight malaise, weakness, drowsiness, heaviness in the stomach. If the alarming symptoms do not go away, the diet should be stopped. In the first week, the weight is reduced by 4 kg. At this time, you need to completely eliminate foods with a high acid index: white bread, alcohol, cheese.

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Second phase

In the second week of the diet, the acid-base balance levels off to a normal level. Weight goes more slowly, from 1 to 2.5 kg. The state of health improves, ailments disappear. The adjustment period is over.

Third phase

The final week of the diet is designed to consolidate the result. At this point, there is still a weight loss of up to 1 kg. The pH balance is completely restored. This results in improved well-being. The organs of the body are filled with alkaline blood, endurance and working capacity increase. If necessary, you can continue to follow the diet, but it is better to make it the norm.

What foods are acidic

By itself, questions arise - what foods do you need to eat in order to maintain the notorious balance? Should You Avoid Acid Foods? The answer can be unequivocal: both types of products are needed, but in the right ratio.

An alkaline diet for weight loss is considered the most acceptable, since eating only acidic or only alkaline foods upsets the very balance that is responsible for health.

• for healthy people, it is necessary to consume 50% acidic and 50% alkaline foods. If there are pathologies, or you feel a loss of vigor, the appearance of chronic fatigue, a decrease in efficiency, it's time to switch to another mode, in which 20% will be acidic products, and 80% alkaline;
• the recommended alkaline balance is from 7.36 to 7.44 pH. With an increase in this indicator, we can talk about excessive alkalization, and with a decrease - about the oxidation of the body.

I have compiled an easy-to-use table for you, in which you can immediately see which foods are acidic and which are alkaline.

alkalizing

How to get back to normal eating?

According to nutritionists, you can “sit” on an alkaline diet for a long time. The diet is balanced in such a way that it contributes to saturation with all the necessary substances. After sitting on an alkaline diet, most people do not want to change the regime. If such a need nevertheless arises, then you should not start eating sweets or marinades on the very first day. Gradually, you need to introduce cereals and other foods, not excluding vegetables and fresh fruits from the menu.

For snacks, it is recommended to drink fermented baked milk every day, eat dried fruits, vegetable salads and juices. For dinner, only light foods are suitable: vegetables, fish, cottage cheese. By following simple rules, you can continue to lose weight and improve your health, including in the menu foods prohibited by other diets in small quantities.

Acidic and alkaline foods: benefits and harms

Any food can bring both harm and benefit to our body. It all depends on how you use food - wisely or not.

Alkalinizing foods are good for our body because they:

• They feed us with useful vitamins and minerals
• Cleanse the body, removing toxins from it
• Normalize the functioning of body cells
• Easily digested by the body, so they do not cause discomfort and do not disrupt the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract

Also, alkaline foods can harm our body:

• Due to the excessive consumption of alkaline foods, the body may begin to suffer due to the large amount of alkali.
• In such an organism, the digestive function slows down, as a result of which the toxins that are contained in the digestive tract will enter the bloodstream.
• There may also be problems with the liver.
• With an excess of alkali in the body, skin diseases can appear.
• Bad breath is another problem that occurs due to excess alkali in the body.

Alkaline foods as healthy
As for acidic foods, our body needs them just as much as alkaline foods, however, in smaller quantities:

• Enrich the body with vitamins and minerals
• Together with alkaline foods, they ensure the normal functioning of our body.

However, the harm from acidic foods is much greater than the benefits:

• Such products are of animal origin, they are very difficult to digest by our body, are poorly digested and complicate the work of the stomach.
• Being processed in the body, acidic products leave behind slags and various toxins, which, when collected in our body in significant quantities, lead to the development of many diseases.
• Constant and excessive consumption of sour food leads to a decrease in immunity, the body begins to work for wear, systems and organs begin to suffer from various ailments.
• Skin ailments may appear.
• Acidic foods cause calcium to be flushed out of the body, which in turn leads to problems with bones and teeth.
• Also, a person with high acidity in the body will constantly be accompanied by fatigue, irritability, drowsiness, heaviness in the stomach, flatulence and belching.

It is believed that a product with an oxidizing effect is determined by taste. But this is an erroneous opinion. Often acidic fruits and foods, such as lemon, alkalize the environment.

The table contains a list of the main foods from the daily diet. The numbers in the column on the right (1-4) indicate how pronounced the acidifying / alkalizing properties are.

Fruits
Fruit boiled with sugar	1–3
Bananas are green	2
Plums - compote, marinated	2
Grape juice sweetened	3
Orange juice with sugar	3
Lemon juice with sugar	3
Vegetables, herbs, legumes
dried beans	one
Peas dry	2
Baked beans	3
Cereals
brown rice	one
Spelled	one
Sprouted wheat bread	one
Bread black	one
Barley	one
Buckwheat	2
Starch	2
Corn	2
Hominy, corn flakes	2
white flour	2
Rice white	2
Rye	2
White bread	2
Barley grits	2
dairy group
Soft cheese	one
Cream, butter	2
Hard cheese	2
Nuts, vegetable oils
Corn oil	one
Sunflower seeds and oil	one
pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed oil	one
peanuts	2
Cashew	2
Pecan	2
Peanut	3
Walnuts	3
Eggs
Egg (whole)	3
Egg white	4
Meat
Game	1–4
Lamb stew	one
Bacon is greasy	one
Beef	one
Boiled lamb	2
Bacon skinny	2
Lean fresh ham	2
Turkey	2
Hen	2
Lean pork	2
beef liver	3
chickens	3
Fish, seafood
Fish	2–3
mussels	3
Halibut	3
crayfish	4
oysters	4
Confectionery, sugar and substitutes
processed honey	one
Syrup	one
White, brown sugar	2
Cocoa	3
Sweeteners	3
Chocolate	3
The drinks
Black tea	one
Coffee	2
Alcohol (strong and weak), beer	4
Sweet sparkling waters	4

Fruits, juices
Berries	2–4
Cranberry	one
ripe bananas	2
Grape	2
Grape juice natural	2
Cherries	2
Raisin	2
Dates	2
Fresh, dried apples	2
fresh apricots	3
oranges	3
watermelons	3
Avocado	3
melons	3
Peaches	3
dried plums	3
Currant	3
Lemon juice without sugar	3
Orange juice without sugar	3
Fruits (almost all)	3
Prunes	3
Cherries	3
dried apricots	4
Grapefruit	4
Dried figs	4
Lime	4
Lemons	4
Mango	4
Papaya	4
Vegetables, herbs, legumes
Green pea	2
Onion	2
Fresh beans	3
Broccoli	3
Potato with skin	3
vegetable juices	3
Dandelion (green)	3
Parsnip	3
Peppers	3
Parsley	3
Radish	3
Asparagus	3
Cauliflower	3
spinach raw	3
lettuce	4
Carrot	4
raw cucumbers	4
raw tomatoes	4
Celery	4
Raw beets	4
Cereals
Amaranth	one
Wild rice	one
Quinoa	one
Millet	one
Oat groats	3
dairy group
Kefir, curdled milk	one
Goat cheese	one
Goat milk	one
Whole milk	one
Soy cheese, milk	2
Serum	3
Cottage cheese	3
Nuts, vegetable oils
Linseed oil, seed	2
Almond	2
Olive oil	2
Rapeseed oil	2
Meat
pork fat	one
Sugar, honey
fresh honey	one
raw sugar	one
The drinks
Green tea	2
Ginger tea	2
lemon water	3
herbal teas	3

Fundamental rules

Compliance with these simple rules will ensure a positive result of the diet:

1. It is allowed to eat foods with an acid-forming effect, but not more than 20% of the total food per day.
2. From liquids, you need to drink clean water, herbal teas and natural juices. After eating, you can only drink tea.
3. Fish, seafood and grains are allowed on the menu only 3 times a week.
4. Fruits and vegetables should be eaten raw. Because some of them, during heat treatment, change their nature from alkaline to acidic.
5. The last meal should be no later than 19 pm.
6. Do not cook food with milk fats (such as butter). Permitted corn, olive, linseed oil of the first pressing.
7. Strengthened physical activity is approved.

The main thing is a gradual transition. Give your body time to get used to the new healthy diet. Gradually replace one product with another. Give up smoking and alcohol. This way you will be successful faster.

Conclusions about the alkaline nutrition system

In order not to get confused among the abundance of data, let's draw general conclusions. They will help you navigate yourself when choosing the right products for you.

• all types of culinary processed products, polished cereals, wheat, flour have an acidic nature of transformation;
• meat, fish, chicken dishes, eggs have a high degree of oxidation;
• legumes that are stored for a long time, boiled for a long time - have high acidity;
• at the same time, if you use fresh, green legumes, or sprout them, they become alkaline;
• boiled or pasteurized milk is an acidic product, while fresh milk is alkaline;
• all products made from milk that have been heated or fermented become acidic;
• citrus fruits: lemons and oranges, grapefruits, which initially have a sour taste, turn into alkaline during digestion. The same can be said about sour berries, apples, cranberries, prunes, dried apricots. All of them transform their original pH, becoming alkaline;
• Peanuts are the most acidic food, almonds have a lower degree of acidity, but coconuts are alkaline even in nature.

To follow the rules of a balanced diet, you need to choose one of the acid-forming foods and combine it with an alkaline one. So you will be able to get closer to the golden mean.

sample menu

Planning is essential in any endeavor. This also applies to diets. It is better to start alkaline nutrition with a detailed menu for the coming week. This approach will save you from the temptation to eat something harmful.

Monday

Breakfast: Oatmeal with fruits. You can add half a spoonful of honey for taste. One cup of green tea.

Lunch: Vegetable soup. String beans (steam). Fresh juice.

Dinner: Baked eggplant with goat cheese. Fruit salad.

Tuesday

Breakfast: Omelet from two eggs. Slice of grain bread. One grapefruit.

Lunch: Cream soup of mushrooms and vegetables. Bran bread. Chicory drink.

Dinner: Boiled veal. A fresh vegetable salad. Mint tea.

Wednesday

Breakfast: Unsweetened natural yogurt with berries or fruits. Rosehip decoction.

Lunch: Vegetable stew with chicken breast. One boiled egg. A glass of milk.

Dinner: Boiled potatoes. Braised cabbage with onions and carrots. Herb tea.

Thursday

Breakfast: One toast with jam or honey. Fruit salad. Green tea.

Lunch: Fish broth. Pearl barley.

Dinner: Buckwheat porridge. Tomato salad with cheese. Tea with lemon balm and mint.

Friday

Breakfast: Cottage cheese with the addition of one banana.

Lunch: Boiled brown rice. Vegetable salad. Rosehip infusion.

Dinner: Fish (any white) baked in the oven. Salad of sprouted wheat and vegetables.

Saturday

Breakfast: Unsweetened muesli with natural yoghurt. One toast. Green tea.

Lunch: Beet soup. Salad of boiled soybeans and herbs. Natural juice.

Dinner: Steamed chicken breast. Fresh vegetables (tomato, cucumber).