The list of acid forming foods in the average American diet is daunting. We have become a nation raised on junk food. Many of us never learned what it truly means to eat a healthy diet and all too often we end up paying the price. It is tragic that so many people have created disease in their body by the way they eat! Fortunately more and more doctors and health practitioners are becoming aware of the critical role diet plays in maintaining good health and helping to educate the public on better ways to eat. It’s no accident that organic and whole foods are the fastest growing segment in the food industry.

Acidic foods are any foods that are high in sugar,  most grains, diary, Legumes, most beans and legumes, all meat and alcohol. This is by no means a all complete. But an easy way to think about it is if it is green and has its live water still in it in most cases it is not acid forming. Think veggies

Here are some of the common side effects of eating too many acidic foods. Heartburn, stomach and intestinal ulcers, mouth sores etc. Many alternative health practitioners are convinced that in addition to the health issues listed above dozens of other diseases can be attributed to acid build up in the system. I am not a doctor but I can say this from my own experience. Since I started eating more alkaline food and paying attention to my bodies pH, which has been about 5 years now, I have never gotten a cold. I used to get them every year.

So the if you find yourself craving acidic foods here is what you can do. You need to get your body back in balance. Include lots more veggies in your diet, drink at least one green drink made from fresh organic vegetables ever day. In the beginning you many want to drink more than one. It really helps to have a good masticating juicer like the Samson Green Power GB-9001 so that you can make your own juice.

Finally here is my personal favorite green juice recipe of all time, my girlfriend and I have affectionately named it Green goo.

Green Goo

1 half an organic cucumber
2 stalks organic celery
1 large fist full of spinach

Happy Juicing!