Acid vs. Alkaline Dietary Balance

 

Acid vs. Alkaline Dietary Balance

Copyright © 2011 Wayne Pickering

 

Getting the right acid-alkaline balance in the body can help diminish stress levels. Lets also look at how the acid-alkaline balance works with disease and the healing process within the body. First off, a quick note: go to www.TheMangoManDiet.com  and you’ll find a program that it has a list of all the foods that are acid- and alkaline-forming in the body. The Diet Mini-Program also talks about the proper acid-alkaline balance.

 

Once each meal is eaten and digested properly, your body retains an ash that’s used daily to maintain good health. That ash retained will either be acid or alkaline, depending on the foods you’ve eaten. It is important that a proper balance of that ash –- 80% alkaline and 20% acid –- be maintained.
The 80% – 20% balance varies somewhat during each season, but the balance is always heavily in favor of alkalinity.

 

Foods that are ALKALINE = watery type fruits and vegetables and their juices. And here’s what we want the seasonal alkaline balance setup to look like:

• Spring ……… 60-80% alkaline
• Summer …..    80-90%
• Fall ………      60-70%
• Winter ……..   50-60%

 

Foods that are ACID = the heavier or solid foods (PROTEINS, STARCHES, SUGARS, FATS & OILS). And here’s what we want the seasonal acid balance setup to look like:

·         Acid-Based    Proteins     Fats

·         Spring              20-25%         5-10%

·         Summer           10-20%         5%

·         Fall                  20-30%       10%

·         Winter             25-40%       15%

 

The ACID-ALKALINE chart is the key to properly balancing your intake of acid-alkaline foods! If you go by the seasonal percentages (as I just mentioned and we get into that in our www.TheMangoManDiet.com program and make references to the “ACID-ALKALINE’ columns, you’ll never have to worry about diets or food chemistry ever again!

 

All the Best