If your body is acidic, like mine is (remember 6.2 on the scale?) You will need to concentrate on eliminating acidic foods from your diet (not forever) but for at least 6-8 weeks. You will also need to add alkaline foods - alot!! Once your body is alkaline, you will need to work to maintain it by consuming more alkaline foods than acidic. Makes sense? Absolutely!
Oils/Fats: For cooking, use only grape seed, rice bran or coconut oils. They have a low smoke point. For adding onto foods like salad, vegetables and fish, use raw, cold pressed virgin olive, avocado, flax or hemp oils. Try Organic Earth Balance as a replacement for butter if you can't go without something. KEEP ALL REFRIGERATED!
Bread/Grains: Eat spelt, kamut, rye, hemp, millet, amaranth, whole rye grain, wasa crackers or Ryvita. No white breads of any kind. No corn tortillas, use only spelt or sprouted wheat. In place of white rice, pastas and noodles, eat organic brown rice, soba noodles, buckwheat and quinoa.
Proteins: Cut animal proteins and cheese and instead choose wild-caught fish, avocados, hummus, lentils, black-eyed peas, beans, tofu and raw almonds. Replace milk with organic unsweetened soy or almond milk.
Coffee, Black & Green Teas & Soda (Reg or Decaf): These are the most acidic and dehydrating! Replace these with wheatgrass, spring water (test your water for proper PH), and herbal teas.
Fruit & Juices: Fruit, unfortunately is acidic due to the sugar content. Definitely add this back into your diet after the 8 weeks. However, depending on how much you eat, you may need to reduce the amount consumed to maintain a balanced PH. A few fruits are OK to consume during this cleansing process: grapefruits, green bananas & fresh whole coconut. (This has been the most difficult for me as I have been a large fruit consumer).
Vegetables: Here is where you go hog wild!! 70% of your food intake needs to be veggies. Preferable leafy greens! (I'm not quite ready for salad for breakfast, but avocados are OK)!
Sweets & All Sugar (including honey): These should be eliminated completely. They are quite corrosive to the body.
Wheatgrass Tea: Go hog wild here again!! However, you need to be selective of what kind of wheatgrass you consume. The only product we recommend is INS Wheatgrass Tea. Why?
Because it is the only 100% organic, grown aeroponically in purified oxygen so that the leaves and the roots of the wheatgrass are included and consumed. For more information on the wheatgrass and how you can purchase it, go to http://www.gotwheatgrass.com/ How much to consume? One liter per 40 pounds of body weight. So if you weigh 150 pounds, you will want to consume almost 4 liters. Please do this slowly!! If you are not already drinking wheatgrass or other greens, start with as little as 1/2 a packet and work your way up over time. Also, only make up as much as you can drink within a 30 minute time frame. Both your taste buds and body will thank you!
(This diet information was provided by a certified Microscopist. If you are interested in speaking with her, please email me at gotwheatgrass@gmail.com).
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