The acid-alkaline diet for optimum health: restore your health by creating pH balance in your diet

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Cover Image Title Page Table of Contents Introduction Part One: Defining Acidity Chapter 1: What Is Acid–Alkaline Balance? WHAT IS AN ACID? WHAT IS AN ALKALINE? HOW ACIDITY IS MEASURED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRONG AND WEAK ACIDS pH AND HEALTH HOW THE BODY DEFENDS ITSELF AGAINST ACIDIFICATION THE BUFFER SYSTEM HOW ACIDIFICATION MAKES THE BODY SICK ILLNESSES CAUSED BY ACIDIFICATION ACIDOSIS: A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM HEALING THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ACIDIFICATION Chapter 2: Detecting Acidification TEST 1: ANALYSIS OF URINARY pH TEST 2: ANALYSIS OF SYMPTOMS TEST 3: FOOD ANALYSIS TEST 4: LIFESTYLE ANALYSIS TEST 5: EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION TEST 6: DETECTING INABILITY TO METABOLIZE ACIDS Part Two: Diminishing Acidification Through Diet Chapter 3: Acidifying, Alkalizing, and Weak-Acid Foods ACIDIFYING FOODS ALKALIZING FOODS WEAK-ACID FOODS EIGHT RULES FOR AN ACID–ALKALINE BALANCED DIET Chapter 4: Classifying the Acidification Potential of Foods FRESH FRUITS DRIED FRUITS OLEAGINOUS FRUITS VEGETABLES CEREAL GRAINS DAIRY PRODUCTS MEAT AND FISH LEGUMINOUS PLANTS (BEANS) BEVERAGES Chapter 5: Acidifying Meals and Alkalizing Alternatives BREAKFAST MIDMORNING SNACK BREAK LUNCH MIDAFTERNOON SNACK OR TEA EVENING MEAL Part Three: Neutralizing And Eliminating Acids Chapter 6: Water and Deacidification WATER AND THE PRODUCTION AND ELIMINATION OF ACIDS ALKALINE WATER AND DEACIDIFICATION Chapter 7: Alkaline Supplements COMPOSITION OF ALKALINE SUPPLEMENTS ALKALINE SUPPLEMENT INTOLERANCE ALKALINE SUPPLEMENT DOSAGES MONTHLY MONITORING LENGTH OF TREATMENT Chapter 8: Other Important Supplements GREEN FOOD ENZYME SUPPLEMENTS PREBIOTICS AND PROBIOTICS ANTIOXIDANTS Chapter 9: Draining Acids ACID DRAINAGE THROUGH THE KIDNEYS ACID DRAINAGE THROUGH THE SKIN ACID DRAINAGE THROUGH THE LUNGS INTESTINAL DRAINAGE ARE FASTS AND MONO DIETS EFFECTIVE METHODS OF DEACIDIFICATION? SAMPLE ALKALINE AND DETOXIFYING DIET Chapter 10: Alkaline Energy Boosters Urinary pH Record Resources Footnotes About the Author About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company Copyright & Permissions