This means eating sufficiently from both acid and
alkaline food groups.
Not exact matches
Hence, we can divide
foods into two
groups: acid - forming
foods (animal products, cereals, sugars) and
alkaline - producing
foods (vegetables, fruits).
In the Diabetic Acid -
Alkaline Food Chart given below
foods are
grouped in four categories depending on their glycemic index GI:
The
foods we eat are divided into two
groups:
alkaline - forming
foods (fruits, vegetables), and acid - producing
foods (cereals, sugars, animal products).
In the primitive races I have found practically no difference between the acid balance meat diet of the isolated Eskimos of the far north and the less acid vegetable and milk diet of other
groups as efficient factors in the control of caries... our bodies have a mechanism for maintaining proper acid and alkali balance in the blood and this varies through only a very narrow limit whether the balance of the total
food eaten is acid or
alkaline.»
So you see, this is NOT the same story as eating right for your type, the blood
group diet,
food combining or acid vs.
alkaline foods, OR ANY OTHER DIET «THEORY».