Alkalinizing your diet

12 Oct

Alkalinizing your diet

The following inforomation regarding an alkaline diet it given to our naturopathic patients in Mississauga. We hope that this information is helpful for you too! If you have questions, contact us in Mississauga!

Who should try an alkaline diet?

This type of diet is especially recommended for those patients who experience the following symptoms: high acid in stomach (burning), high uric acid in the blood and those who have low pH in their saliva and urine.

However, by following these suggestions, most people will get an overall benefit from eating this way, regardless of their health concerns.

Recommended – 60% ALKALINE and 40% ACID forming foods.

Try some of the suggestions below to move your diet more towards an alkaline diet:

Drink the juice of half a lemon or lime in water as a beverage

Eat lots of vegetables and fruits as most are alkalinizing (except currents, blueberries, cranberries, plums, carob)

Eat 1 cup equivalent of alkalinizing greens daily (kale, collard, mustard greens) or

Make blender drinks or juices using green powdered supplements and fruits

Eat millet and quinoa as an option to the acid forming grains (wheat, brown rice)

Eat fish and lamb for less acid forming animal protein

Use olive oil as it is less acid forming than other vegetable oils

Drink herbal teas

Reduce intake of red meat, most dairy products, alcohol, sugar, and most nuts (except raw almonds, chestnuts and brazil nuts are alright).

Alkaline Forming Foods

Food	Most alkaline	More Alkaline	Low Alkaline	Least Alkaline
Condiments	Baking soda Sea salt Mineral water	Spices Cinnamon Molasses Soy sauce Pepper	Herbs (most) Green tea Rice syrup Apple cider vinegar	Ginger tea Umeboshi vinegar Ghee
Grains				Oats, Quinoa, Wild rice
Nuts, seeds	Pumpkinseed	Poppy seeds, Chestnuts	Primrose oil, sesame seeds, cod liver oil, almonds	Flaxseed oil, coconut oil, olive oil, other seeds
Vegetables, Legumes	Lentils, onion, seaweed, burdock lotus root, sweet potato yam	Kohlrabi, parsnip, garlic, kale, endive, mustard greens, ginger, broccoli	Potato, bell pepper, mushrooms, cauliflower, ginseng, eggplant, pumpkin, collard greens	Brussel sprouts, beets, chives, cilantro, okra, squash, lettuce, jicama
Fruit	Limes, nectarines, persimmons, raspberries, watermelon, tangerines	Grapefruit, cantaloupe, honeydew, citrus, olives, loganberries, mangoes	Lemons, pears, avocado, pineapple, apples, blackberries, cherries, peaches, papaya	Oranges, apricots, bananas blueberries, currants, raisins, grapes, strawberries

Acid Forming Foods

Food	Most Acid	More Acid	Low Acid	Least Acid
Condiments	Jam/jelly, table salt, yeast, sugar, cocoa, white vinegar, wheat germ	Nutmeg, coffee, saccharin	Vanilla, black tea, alcohol, balsamic vinegar	Curry powder, honey maple syrup, rice vinegar
Dairy	Processed cheese, ice cream	30-day cheeses, soymilk, casein	Cow’s milk, aged cheese, soy cheese goat milk	Cream, yoghurt, goat cheese
Animal protein	Beef, pheasant	Pork, veal, squid lobster, chicken	Lamb, boar, shellfish, goose, turkey	Eggs, gelatin, organs, venison, fish, wild duck
Grains	Barley	Maize, barley groats, corn, rye, oat bran	Buckwheat, wheat, spelt, teff, kamut, semolina, white rice	Triticale, millet, kasha, amaranth, brown rice
Nuts, seeds	Hazelnuts,walnuts, brazil nuts,	Pistachio seed, chestnut oil, pecans, palm kernel oil	Almond oil, sesame oil, safflower oil, tapioca, seitan	Pumpkinseed oil, grape seed oil, sunflower oil, pine nuts, canola oil
Vegetable, Legumes	Soy beans, carob	Green peas peanuts snow peas, carrots, chickpeas,	Tofu, pinto beans, white/red beans, azuki beans, lima beans, chard	Spinach, fave beans, kidney beans, string beans, rhubarb
Fruits		Cranberries, pomegranates	Plum, prune, tomatoes	Guava, pineapple (dry), figs, dates

(Ref: Serammune Physicians Lab. Virginia, 1995).

Things that increase the acidity of urine:

Cranberries
prunes

Things that reduces the acidity of urine:

Bananas
melons
oranges
milk
beans
potatoes

Acid Ash Foods

Beef, pork, liver, lamb, veal, ham, poultry (all), Fish (most all), Shellfish, Eggs (whole)
Buttermilk, Yogurt, Natural cheese
Bran, Wheat Germ, white rice, most whole grains, Cooked prunes (no sugar)
Most nuts (except almonds and brazil nuts)
Lentils, soy beans, dried peas, dried beans
Cooked tomatoes, cooked rhubarb
Coffee (black only), tea (no sugar)

Alkaline Ash foods

Dates, figs, raisins, currants
Honey, molasses, maple syrup
Pumpkin, Squash
Fresh tomatoes
Apples, grapes, peaches, pears, pineapple, plums, melons, bananas, cherries, apricots, cantaloupe, watermoelon
Lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit
Brown rice, millet, buckwheat
Almonds, brazil nut, peanuts
Baked potatoes
White sugar, brown sugar, jams, jellies, macaroni, oily nuts, white flour, processed cereal, candy, cakes, pastries, ice cream
popcorn

Bulk Forming Foods (Neutral)

Asparagus, Celery
Collards, cabbage, lettuce, beet tops, endives,broccoli, kale
Water cress, chives, cucumber
Garlic, onion
Eggplant, radish, spinach, green pepper, okra, sorrel, leek
Peppermint, dandelion
Artichokes, parsley, beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, rutabagas, root celery, mushrooms, brussel sprouts, avocado
Butter, olive oil
Cottage cheese

Dr. Kirsten Almon

Dr. Kirsten Almon has a Naturopathic Family Practice in Mississauga at Erin Mills Optimum Health with special interest and training in fertility (helping couples conceive naturally as well as improving outcomes for couples using assisted reproductive technology), pregnancy, birth, postpartum and pediatric care. She loves seeing children for “naturopathic well child visits” and consults on common issues such as food introduction, how to avoid colds, flus and ear infections. Dr. Almon is the co-author and instructor of a Doula course specifically designed for Naturopathic Doctors and teaches across Canada.

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