List of acidic and alkaline foods.

[big brown horse]

Just wanted to share:

http://www.perque.com/HSC_AcidAlkChart_7-07FINAL.pdf

I've been trying to learn more about their effects of acidic and alkaline foods on our bodies. Does anyone have any useful info on this? Thoughts?

 

[Neko-chan]

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[mrbstephens]

I always thought too much acid could trigger mouth sores (my cousin would get them, because she liked eating spaghetti sauce straight up). Not very scientific though. Hubby and I were just talking about it last night.

I always heard it was from a lack of vitamin B.

 

[big brown horse]

Here is something I dug up: http://www.livestrong.com/article/319484-blood-alkalinity-and-weight-loss/

 

[lwheelr]

They've taken a few pieces of legit science and mixed them up with a bunch of folklore that has no credibility.

This particular bit of myth tends to be passed on by people who want to sell a solution for "correcting" your acid/base balance. The catch is, you never can. The criteria they set is completely false, and so is their premise of which foods cause it, and which ones do not.

If you eat a natural diet, and stay active, weight loss happens naturally. The appetite regulates itself, and compulsive eating stops completely. Eating MORE veggies does help. Eliminating meat or animal proteins does not.

This is not to say that high uric acid in the blood can't happen, or that it isn't bad when it does (they aren't talking about uric acid at all). That is a separate issue - caused by malfunctioning kidneys, most often caused by overexposure to preservatives and other damaging chemicals designed to sterilize food. Kidneys just aren't designed to filter all that stuff out, and it has the same effect on the kidneys that it has on the bacteria.

 

[big brown horse]

Hmm. Ok.

I swear I remember my daughter's dietitian saying some food was acidic...I can't for the life of me remember what she was talking about. Too much info all at once I suppose.

I just happened to find that article first. I am not concerned about weight loss re acidic/alkaline foods, rather cancer, inflammation etc.

 

[patandchickens]

Well obviously different foods have different pHs and some are strongly acidic (vinegar, lemons) while others are to the basic (alkaline) end of the spectrum from neutral (milk, baking soda)...

...but the body has its own very complex whole set of mechanisms for regulating the pH of your blood/gut/tissues. And unless there is something *wrong* with you, you just can't get your body to "let" its pH budge hardly at all.

Pat