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Originally Posted by escapee  Do we have a food that's healthy and acidic ? Organic egg and organic grass fed beef ? walnuts ? Cocoa ? Olives ? Avacado Oil ? Blueberries ? Do you eat the acidying walnuts ( the "king of nuts" ) that's rich in both omegas?
ALKALINE AND ACIDIC FOOD CHART Alkaline and Acidic Food Charts
For me, organic, non processed and a well balanced diet that modeled over Okinawan diet is what i considered to be the ultimate healthy diet.
I don't watch video that preaches Alkaline diet because it doesn't make "scientific" sense. I'm glad that you studying to be nutritionist. You will find out that the PH value of the "healthy" food is not as important as you initially thought. |
The diet doesn't say to eat ONLY alkalizing foods. What it says is to eat 70-80% alkalizing foods and 20-30% acidic. So, for example if I want to have a nice big salad, and then sprinkle some acidic walnuts like you mentioned, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, as the walnuts don't make up more than 20% of the salad.
For example, take a look at the picture on this blog post I made:
Workout Results - Day 7 | HealthyFitGuy.com
It's a stir-fry my wife cooked for me. If you look at the plate, visually you can see that the there is some brown rice on the right hand side which makes up about 15-20% of the plate and the rest is veggies. The rice is acidic while the veggies are alkaline. I also used brown rice, not white. This is how I put together my meals. It's easy, it's visual, I don't have to count calories, and if I'm hungry after eating a big plate like that, I'll just go and get seconds and just make sure to take seconds in the same 80/20 proportion like that.
Same thing with salads. For example I had a seafood salad the other day and it was a giant salad with grilled salmon on top. At the restaurant I was at, they made the salmon probably about 30-40% of the salad, so the meal was a bit acidifying in general, but I only eat out once in a while and at home I generally stick to alkalizing meals.
If it doesn't work for you, then forget about acidic foods and alkaline foods, and just focus on eating foods that are nutritionally healthy regardless of their pH. Blueberries and walnuts are not going to kill you, unless you're allergic to them.
