sooo… let’s get back to the acid-base relation.
If you paid attention well, then you already know from my first entry about that topic that an optimal ratio between acids and bases is 2:8.
Now you can simply remember that an optimal diet should consist of 20% acid-forming and 80% alkaline-forming foods.
So which food should we eat? Since we don’t have to worry about acids at first, we will get into the basics right away:
- To replenish your mineral deposits, you can eat plenty of:
– almost all kinds of vegetables (raw, uncooked)
– mushrooms
– green salads
– ripe fruits
– potatoes
– almonds
– germinated nuts, pulses and sprouts
(the emphasis is on germinated! Nuts and pulses not germinated are acid-forming.
–> more about germination )
– spices, herbs
– quinoa, amaranth, millet, buckwheat
–> here you can find a list of foods with their corresponding acidic or alkaline effect)
– bitter constituents also help a lot, as they promote digestion, stimulate metabolism and thus accelerate the elimination of acids
-> bitter substances are for example contained in dandelions, artichokes, turmeric or yarrow - So that the acids can leave the body as quickly as possible, drink enough! (trust your sensation of thirst!) and by that I mean non-carbonated water; you don’t want to overload your body additionally 🙂
- also the conscious breathing helps enormously to excrete carbonic acid via the lungs, since they belong to the organs of excretion
- try to use alkaline body care products (you remember that the skin is our biggest excreting organ?)
- If you have some time left (and if your health is important to you), you can take a nice alkaline bath (at least 45 minutes, 1-2 times a week).
Caution:
it is generally important that they are not over the body temperature, that means around 98.6 °F, otherwise it takes more energy than it gives to your body and you feel rather tired than recovered!
(I use this bath salt);
If you want a lower effort, you can only treat yourself to a footbath, because we can also deacidify trough the soles of your feet very well. - also to be recommended are dry brush massages to leverage the lymph flow.
I personally use this one. - as we have already learned in the first entry, sport is very good, as we also drain acids through the skin with sweat.
- a personal and literally hot tip from me: a hike (maybe also a bit faster, regarding point
7.) with the destination of a Spa. Of course, saunas also support sweating.
With all the tips I’ve given you, the most important thing for me is that you don’t have to do everything right away.
That is, as always, up to you.
But if you are seriously willing to relieve your body, I recommend that you first pick out one to three points and try them out for three weeks and really consciously reflect on how you feel afterwards. Then you can always add more points.
Otherwise you run the risk of losing your motivation too quickly.
The goal should be in the end:
1. to support the body’s own acid drainage, so that the already existing acids leave the body as quickly as possible.
2. to stop the acid flood from the outside
(this is mainly about nutrition, but you can read more about acidifiers in my 1st entry on this topic)
That means in plain language: grab point 1. from the To Do list and try to integrate some of these foods into your everyday life. Then take a second point, e.g. moderate exercise, and focus on that first. After some time you can always add more.
If you need any tips for further implementation or have general questions on this topic, feel free to contact me! 🙂
Good luck with the implementation,
Tara
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