Yes, your acid/alkaline balance will be a part of helping with your condition. The foods that are on your meal plan, eaten in the order that is proposed will be very helpful in maintaining your acid/alkaline balance. The celery and carrots should be excluded based on their purine levels that may contribute to you slow oxidation and possibly and imbalance that would not be benefitial. Hopefully this helps you.
Good Health,
Glen ND
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Glen, There are two books on the market for ph balance. They seem to be opposite of eachother. One book says tomatoes, lemons, grapefruit are acid, the other says alkaline. Which diet should we follow?
Another excellent book on acid/alkaline balance is "The Hay Diet Made Easy" by Jackie Habgood. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in improving your ph balance. Page 63 states: Alkali forming foods are: salads and vegetables, millet and jacket potatoes, most fruits, including dried fruit.
But how can acid fruits be alkaline forming?
"Acid fruit" just means these fruits need acid digestion, like protein. The acid they contain leaves the body within an hour, mostly via the lungs, and the remaining alkaline minerals are deposited in the system and kept in reserve. The more acid-tasting a fruit is, the more alkali-forming it will be. Citrus fruits, especially lemons, are richest in minerals. Some truly acid-forming exceptions are plums, rhubarb, and cranberries.
The proper acid/alkaline balance can be obtained the way many others do. Do a search for "acid alkaline machines", and start reading. A couple of good links are: http://ionizers.org/ for some good articles look under Articles on the left side of the page.
Another good site is: http://watershed.net/default.aspx for some of the best prices on water alkalizers. These machines are like toasters as you can buy the cheapest one on the market and it does the job as well as an expensive one. One in four (so I have read) households in Japan have oe of these machines.
I highly recommend them.
Also check out http://www.watercure.com/index.html for much valuable info on the value of drinking a minimum of one ounce of water daily for every pound of body weight.
Let me know how you do at knarrrj (then the @ symbol) ori.net
Ronald Knarr Indianapolis Indiana