It wreaks havoc in the body, and most of us are suffering from it due to
our highly acidic diets (ie.diets filled with junk foods, refined sugars and animal products — especially dairy), some of these animal products are worse than others, but most are highly flammatory.
While your body has a natural defense system against having an acidic blood pH, it is possible for these buffers to get worn out over time — especially if several factors are present that negatively impact your pH, such as stress and
a highly acidic diet.
Not exact matches
Here are a few other commonly reported irritants in
diets: excessive caffeine (including chocolate); flavorful spices such as garlic, curry, cumin, and cinnamon (interestingly enough, women in countries where spicy foods are a staple don't seem to report these problems on average);
highly acidic foods like tomatoes, citrus fruits and their juices; gas producing vegetables like onions, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, bell peppers, and cucumbers; and very spicy foods.
This modern time, our overall lifestyle (an
acidic diet and a
highly sedentary and stressful life) contributes to fuel the body acid excess.
Um meats and eggs are
HIGHLY acidic and yet you are suggesting them for breakfast (active or not), those are not healthy alternatives if you are trying to achieve a PH balanced
diet especially for the most important meal of the day!
But when your
diet is
highly acidic (from eating processed foods, meat, dairy and sugar), red blood cells become clumped together, causing a «traffic jam» in your bloodstream that robs your cells of oxygen and robs you of energy.
There's no question that the modern
diet largely comprises of carbohydrates and caffeine, both of which are
highly acidic and inflammatory foods affecting the natural acid - base balance in the body.
ACID - ALKALINE BALANCE: This could be all you need to know: in order to roughly balance mineral - based acid / alkaline potential of your
diet, have a single weight unit of vegetables for each unit of moderately
acidic foods, and two to three units of vegetables for each unit of
highly acidic foods.
But in some cases, an
acidic diet can make this bacteria
highly aggressive and it can literally drill itself inside of a normal cell to get away from the acidity in the blood, as discovered by Robert O. Young, Ph.D..
So if you love nuts, they're an ideal variety include in your
diet in comparison to peanuts, which have a score of +8 and are
highly acidic.
In fact, our modern
diet, high in grains, dairy and meat is
highly acidic.
The typical American
diet that is
highly acidic and high in saturated fats, processed grains, meat fats, refined sugar and low in fresh vegetables, fruit, fish, fiber, antioxidants and seaweed has been shown in many studies to either increase or decrease testosterone and androgen levels, respectively.