THE ALKALINE / ACID BALANCE
From Elaine

Aloe Vera juice will help you to enjoy your coffee without the pain of acid reflux. I use Swanson's brand. It’s cheap and it tastes just fine. Aloe Vera coats the stomach, repairs damage and helps to restore the mucosal lining.

If you aren’t crazy about the taste, just add it to any non-acid juice like orange or tomato first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything else. Grape, cranberry and apple juices are good choices.

The only other suggestion is to make your juice 2/3 juice and 1/3 water to cut down on the amount of sugar intake. This helps with weight control and the added water helps lubricate the joints.

Please let our friends know that drinking the proper amount of water for your weight in ounces helps improve any pains occurring in the body. The suggested amount is ½ ounce for every pound of body weight.

Remember that the body is 75% water and needs to maintain that delicate balance to transport vitamins and minerals throughout the important organ systems.


Below is a list of foods that help keep the body in an alkaline/acid balance.


Alkaline Foods

Acidophilus badlium Agar-agar
Alfalfa sprouts Almond Butter Almonds Amaranth Apple cider
Apple Cider vinegar Apple Juke
Apples ApQots Arrowroot starch Artichokes Asparagus Avocado Baking soda (A&H) Bamboo shoots Bananas
Barley, greens Beans, green Beans, lima (mesh) Beans,snap Bee greens
Beets Beet sugar (neutral) Billdus lacto bacillius Blackberries
Boysenberries Brewster's yeast (Red star) Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, red or green Cactus, fruit
Cactus, leaf Cantaloupe Carob Carrots Cauliflower Cayenne pepper Celery
Chart, Swiss Cherries Cherry juice
Chestnuts (raw or roasted) Chia seeds, sprouted Chicory
Chicory beverages Cinnamon Citron
Coconut (mesh)
Coconut milk (fresh) Coconut water Collard greens Cornstarch Cucumbers Currants
Curry Dandelion greens Egg whites Eggplant Elderberry tea Endive
Essene bread Fruit punch Garlic
Ginger Gooseberries Granola Grapefruit Grapes Green beans Guava
Honey, raw (generally alkaline) Horseradish
Kale Kelp (ocean) Ketchup Kiwi
Kohlrabi Kombu (kelp) Kurbqust Leeks
Lemons Lettuce Lima beans (fresh)
Limes Loganberries Mangos Margarine (near neutral) Melons
Milk, goat's Milk, soy h4illet
Mineral bouillon Miso
Moss, Irish Mushrooms Mustard Greens Navy beans Nectarines Ocean kelp
Oil, vegetable- pH7
Spinach Squash Strawberries String beans
Sugar, beef (neutral) Sugar, sucanat Sweet potatoes Swiss, chard Tangerines Taro
Tea, green
Tea, Lipton lemon flavor Tempeh
Tofu Tomatoes Tropical fruits Turnip greens Umboshi plums Vinegar, apple cider Vinegar, brown rice Wakame (kalp) Wassabi
Water chestnuts Watercress Watermelon Wheat grass
Whey (cow's milk) Whey ( goat's milk) Wine dry or sweet Wine, organic Yogurt, plain (neutral)

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