- Vegetables
- Root Vegetables
- Fruits
- Nuts
- Seeds
- Fats (fresh, cold-pressed oils)
- Alkaline diet
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Latest tips and data
- Alkaline foods
- What is pH and how does it work?
- Problems and shortcomings
This list brings together 80 alkaline foods that are beneficial for the body's pH. We can get an idea of its approximate alkalinity contribution per 20 grams by observing the +.
The higher the figures, the greater the contribution of alkalinity that the food in question will contribute to our body, and consequently, to our pH.
Vegetables
- Alfalfa grass +29.3
- Asparagus +1.3
- Barley grass +28.1
- Brussels sprouts +0.5
- Cabbage lettuce, fresh +14.1
- Cauliflower +3.1
- Cayenne pepper +18.8
- Celery +13.3
- Chives +8.3
- Comfrey +1.5
- Fresh cucumber, +31.5
- Dandelion +22.7
- Grass Dog +22.6
- Endive, fresh +14.5
- French green beans cut +11.2
- Garlic +13.2
- Green Cabbage or December Harvest +4.0
- Green Cabbage, March harvest of +2.0
- Kamut Grass +27.6
- Canons +4.8
- Leeks (bulbs) +7.2
- Lettuce +2.2
- Onion +3.0
- Peas, fresh +5.1
- Peas, ripe +0.5
- Red Cabbage +6.3
- Rhubarb stalks +6.3
- Savoy Cabbage +4.5
- Grass shave +21.7
- Sorrel +11.5
- Bean sprouts +29.5
- Spinach (except March) +13.1
- Spinach, March harvest of +8.0
- Germinated Chia Seeds +28.5
- Sprouted radish seeds +28.4
- Lawn straw at +21.4
- Watercress +7.7
- Wheat grass +33.8
- White cabbage +3.3
- Zucchini +5.7
Root Vegetables
- Beet +11.3
- Carrot +9.5
- Radish +6.8
- Kohlrabi +5.1
- Potatoes +2.0
- Red radish +16.7
- Black Summer Radish +39.4
- Turnip +8.0
- White radish (spring) +3.1
Fruits
- Avocado (protein) +15.6
- Fresh lemon +9.9
- Limes +8.2
- Tomato +13.6
- Unstored organic grains and Legumes
- Buckwheat Groats +0.5
- Granulated soybeans (Low soybeans) +12.8
- Lentils +0.6
- +12.0 beans
- Soybean meal +2.5
- Soy lecithin (Pure) +38.0
- Soy nuts (soybeans soaked, then dried) +26.5
- Soy, +12.0
- Spelled +0.5
- Tofu +3.2
- White beans (White Beans) +12.1
Nuts
- Almonds +3.6
- Brazil nuts +0.5
Seeds
- Caraway seeds +2.3
- Cumin seeds +1.1
- Fennel Seeds +1.3
- Flax seeds +1.3
- Pumpkin seeds +5.6
- Sesame seeds +0.5
- Sunflower seeds +5.4
- Wheat Kernel +11.4
Fats (fresh, cold-pressed oils)
- Borage oil +3.2
- Evening primrose oil +4.1
- Flax Seed Oil +3.5
- Marine lipids +4.7
- Olive Oil +1.0
In addition to this great list, we can add other less frequent types of alkalizers in our diet such as bee pollen, vegetable juices, sprouts. Also, although it is not on the list, do not forget the mineral water itself.
In addition, there is another way to know how to regulate the pH: through the minerals that food contains. The following table represents the amount of pH that each mineral contributes to the body:
- Calcium: pH 12
- Cesium: pH 14
- Magnesium: pH 9
- Potassium: pH 14
- Sodium: pH 14
Alkaline diet
In the following lines I show you an example of a three-day diet that combines 60% alkaline foods and 40% acids.
Day 1
- Breakfast: bowl with apple mixed with pieces of watermelon, accompanied with almond milk.
- Lunch: arugula salad with black olives and red grapes. Serve with a bowl of hummus (chickpea paté).
- Snack: natural melon juice.
- Dinner: baked pumpkin and scrambled asparagus omelette.
Day 2
- Breakfast: green tea with whole wheat pita bread and cherry tomatoes.
- Lunch: portion of spinach and garlic omelette accompanied by a salad of avocado, walnuts, celery and arugula.
- Snack: almond milk.
- Dinner: caramelized carrots with cinnamon accompanied by brown rice with avocado, raisins and almonds. Serve this combination sautéed in lemon juice.
Day 3
- Breakfast: pear juice with a cup of tart cherries, pieces of watermelon and hazelnuts or almonds to taste.
- Lunch: chicken omelette with cherry tomatoes, garlic and asparagus accompanied by a salad of celery, arugula, walnuts and pieces of apple.
- Snack: green tea.
- Dinner: baked potato with olive oil and accompanied by salmon and apple smoothie.
Latest tips and data
- Normally, in the western world, breakfast is about the most acidic food of all. If you do not opt for the options that I have mentioned, try to make it as fair as possible.
- Don't forget the almond milk. Without a doubt it is one of the best alkaline foods that we can find. Rich in protein, fiber and composed of a multitude of nutrients, they will provide you with everything you need.
- An alkalizing exercise is based on correct breathing. Part of the pH dysregulation occurs due to respiratory poisoning. Therefore, spend about five minutes a day to breathe out and breathe in, and you will see how your body will thank you.
- Avoid acidic foods such as legumes, cheeses, corn, preserved fruits, alcohol, and rice and pasta.
- There is a third food group in terms of pH regulation. We are talking about neutral foods. As you can guess from their name, they have neither acidity nor alkalinity. Its intake does not affect our pH in any way. This group is made up of a single member: water from the tap
- Performing physical exercise is essential. This keeps our body and metabolism ready for the elimination of toxins. In this way, our pH will be regulated more effectively.
- Another reason for deregulation is due to the stress caused. Enrique González, technical director of Bioenergía Humana explains that "we need an adequate state of mental and emotional health to help us achieve an alkaline body."
This leads me to advise you to avoid stressful situations and relax, otherwise you will not add anything good to your pH levels.
Alkaline foods
An alkaline food has the ability to neutralize acids and raise our pH. According to Dr. Colbert, author of The Seven Pillars of Health, "the body develops in an alkaline environment, as it is better able to detoxify in such an environment than in an acid one."
That is why the ideal way to maintain adequate pH levels is a diet that combines 60% alkaline foods and 40% acid foods.
To avoid deficiencies and different health problems, you should eat foods such as fruits, vegetables and liquids such as almond milk or mineral water.
What is pH and how does it work?
Before explaining what an alkaline food is, different concepts should be clarified. One of them is the pH.
The acronym pH corresponds to the term “hydrogen potential”, a coefficient that shows the degree of acidity or alkalinity present in some type of solution, whether it is bodily or not.
So what is alkalinity?
When a solution is alkaline, it means that it can neutralize acids. This is expressed according to the degree of pH within a scale that goes from 0 to 14.
If a pH is at 7, it will mean that it is neutral, while between 7 and 14 it will be alkaline. Between 0 and 6 it will be acidic. The ideal amount of pH for our health should be between 7.35 and 7.45, tending slightly towards an alkaline state.
As soon as our pH is not within these parameters, we will tend to suffer from a series of problems and organic deficiencies.
The process by which the pH varies its levels begins the moment we eat any type of food. From this, we extract its energy in the form of calories, producing a residue that can be alkaline or, on the contrary, acid. This will depend on whether our pH will be in the correct range or not.
Problems and shortcomings
If the pH is not between 7.35 and 7.45, we will enter what is scientifically called the "symptom-disease range".
The cause of suffering unevenness can be given for several reasons:
- The stress. A busy and stressful life can lead to dysregulation of levels.
- Poisoning that manages to deprive cells of oxygen or other essential nutrients. Be careful especially if you are in a city, because there the levels of intoxication are higher.
- Eating problems with diets where we introduce foods with high levels of acid such as those of animal origin, sugars or dairy. This drawback is the main cause of deregulation currently known.
Now, the consequences that your body will suffer will be:
- Decreased ability to absorb different minerals and nutrients.
- Decreased energy production in cells.
- Decreased ability to repair cells that have been damaged.
- Decreased capacity and speed of detoxification of our immune system.
- Decreased capacity that protects our body against different tumor cells (since cancer needs an acidic environment to appear).
The consequences of a difference in pH can be fatal for our body. Get used to the idea that with a 6.9, you run the risk of falling into a coma, or directly, dying.
Despite this, there is no reason to be alarmed. Our body is prepared with buffer systems, a regulatory solution that prevents and protects us against these types of problems.