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From: "Ashley Moran" <[log in to unmask]>
> Hi Kath
>
> What was causing your body to be acidic? What specifically is acidic,
> your blood? (I don't know anything about this issue.)
Hi, Ashley. We've discussed it on this forum....3/07 may be a good place to
look in the archives.
My body was acidic due to my diet at the time my cancer was growing.
>
> And what did you change in your diet to make it less acidic?
I stopped all dairy & added more fruit & veg. Basically, egg yolk & hard
cheeses are very, very acidic. Meat, grains, dairy are all acidic to some
extent. My ancestors are Frisian (from Holland) & we ate some meat but a
ton of cold water fish. The objective is to balance the body.
Here's some info re. PH (I have a large online folder on PH as cancer loves
an acidic environment) from Loren Cordain:
Acid/Base Balance
In the U.S. calcium intake is one of the highest in the world, yet
paradoxically we also have one of the highest rates of bone demineralization
(osteoporosis). Bone mineral content is dependent not just upon calcium
intake but upon net calcium balance (calcium intake minus calcium
excretion). Most nutritionists focus upon the calcium intake side of the
calcium balance equation, however few realize that the calcium excretion
side of the equation is just as important.
Bone health is substantially dependent on dietary acid/base balance.
All foods upon digestion ultimately must report to the kidney as either acid
or base. When the diet yields a net acid load (such as low-carb fad diets
that restrict consumption of fruits and vegetables), the acid must be
buffered by the alkaline stores of base in the body. Calcium salts in the
bones represent the largest store of alkaline base in the body and are
depleted and eliminated in the urine when the diet produces a net acid load.
The highest acid-producing foods are hard cheeses, cereal grains, salted
foods, meats, and legumes, whereas the only alkaline, base-producing foods
are fruits and vegetables. Because the average American diet is overloaded
with grains, cheeses, salted processed foods, and fatty meats at the expense
of fruits and vegetables, it produces a net acid load and promotes bone
demineralization. By replacing hard cheeses, cereal grains, and processed
foods with plenty of green vegetables and fruits, the body comes back into
acid/base balance which brings us also back into calcium balance. The goal
is to avoid a net acid load on your kidneys.
The Paleo Diet recommends an appropriate balance of acidic and basic
(alkaline) foods (i.e., lean meats, fish and seafood, fruits, and
vegetables) and will not cause osteoporosis in otherwise healthy
individuals. Indeed, The Paleo Diet promotes bone health.
In addition to promoting bone demineralization, a net acid-producing
diet also contributes to the following maladies and illnesses: calcium
kidney stones, age-related muscle wasting, hypertension, stroke, asthma and
exercise-induced asthma.
The following table lists the acid, base values for 114 common foods.
Base-producing foods are fruits and vegetables, whereas grains, meats, fish,
cheese and salted processed foods are acid-producing.
PRAL (Potential Renal Acid Load per 100 grams)
(Negative numbers indicate base or alkaline-producing foods and
positive numbers are acid-producing foods)
Beverages
Beer, draft -0.2
Beer, pale 0.9
Beer, stout bottled -0.1
Coca-cola 0.4
Cocoa, made with semi-skimmed milk -0.4
Coffee, infusion 5 minutes -1.4
Mineral water (Apollinaris) -1.8
Mineral water (Volvic) -0.1
Red wine -2.4
Tea, Indian infusion -0.3
White wine, dry -1.2
Fats and Oils
Butter 0.6
Margarine -0.5
Olive oil 0.0
Sunflower seed oil 0.0
Fish
Cod fillets 7.1
Haddock 6.8
Herring 7.0
Trout, brown steamed 10.8
Fruits and Fruit Juices
Apple Juice, unfiltered -2.2
Apples, 15 varieties flesh & skin, average -2.2
Apricots -4.8
Bananas -5.5
Black currants -6.5
Cherries -3.6
Grape juice, unsweetened -1.0
Kiwi fruit -4.1
Lemon juice -2.5
Orange juice, unsweetened -2.9
Oranges -2.7
Peaches -2.4
Pears, 3 varieties flesh and skin, average -2.9
Pineapple -2.7
Raisins -21.0
Strawberries -2.2
Watermelon -1.9
Nuts
Hazlenuts -2.8
Walnuts 6.8
Grain Products
Bread, rye flour mixed 4.0
Bread, rye flour 4.1
Bread, wheat flour mixed 3.8
Bread, wheat flour whole meal 1.8
Bread, white bread 3.7
Cornflakes 6.0
Crispbread, rye 3.3
Noodles, egg 6.4
Oat flakes, rolled oats 10.7
Rice, brown 12.5
Rice, white, easy cook 4.6
Rice, white, easy cook, boiled 1.7
Rye flour, whole 5.9
Spaghetti, white 6.5
Spaghetti, whole meal 7.3
Wheat flour, white plain 6.9
Wheat flour, whole meal 8.2
Legumes
Beans, green/French beans -3.1
Lentils, green and brown, whole, dried 3.5
Peas 1.2
Peanuts, plain 8.3
Meat and Meat Products
Beef, lean only 7.8
Chicken, meat only 8.7
Corned beef, canned 13.2
Frankfurters 6.7
Liver sausage 10.6
Luncheon meat, canned 10.2
Pork, lean only 7.9
Rump steak, lean and fat 8.8
Salami 11.8
Turkey, meat only 9.9
Veal, fillet 9.0
Milk, Dairy Products
Buttermilk 0.5
Camembert cheese 14.6
Cheddar cheese, reduced fat 26.4
Cheese, Gouda 18.6
Cottage Cheese, Plain 8.7
Creams, fresh, sour 1.2
Fresh Cheese (Quark) 11.1
Full fat, soft cheese 4.3
Hard cheese, average 4 types 19.2
Ice Cream, dairy, vanilla 0.6
Whole milk, evaporated 1.1
Whole milk, pasteurized 0.7
Parmesan cheese 34.2
Processed cheese, plain 28.7
Yogurt, whole milk, fruit 1.2
Yogurt, whole milk, plain 1.5
Eggs
Eggs, chicken, whole 8.2
Egg white 1.1
Egg yolk 23.4
Sugar, preserves and sweets
Chocolates, milk 2.4
Honey -0.3
Madeira cake 3.7
Marmalade -1.5
Sugar, white -0.1
Vegetables
Asparagus -0.4
Broccoli, green -1.2
Carrots, young -4.9
Cauliflower -4.0
Celery -5.2
Chicory -2.0
Cucumber -0.8
Eggplant -3.4
Leeks -1.8
Lettuce, average 4 varieties -2.5
Lettuce, iceberg -1.6
Mushrooms, common -1.4
Onions -1.5
Peppers, green -1.4
Potatoes, old -4.0
Radish, red -3.7
Spinach -14.0
Tomato juice -2.8
Tomatoes -3.1
Zucchini -4.6
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