Alkaline foods, or better yet, alkaline forming foods, are those
foods that have an alkalizing effect in our body. You see,
everything we eat has either an alkalizing or an acidifying
effect on us, and it is our body’s work to respond to that
effect in order to maintain balance. The pH in our cells and
blood is slightly alkaline, and as long as our body is able to
keep it stable, it will be able prevent disease and decay. This
is why we place so much emphasis in eating alkaline foods and
living an alkaline lifestyle, to help our body maintain that
balance hence stay healthy. While it would be very hard and
unrealistic to completely eliminate acidifying foods from our
diet, it is of vital importance to eat more of the alkalizing,
and less of the acidic. The ideal proportion would be 70%
alkaline foods and 30% acidic foods. What determines the pH
effect of a certain food? Basically 2 things, it’s nutritional
value, and the processes it has gone through before getting to
our plate. Let’s look at these two in mor