Cirion
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I have been starting to look more into this since I suspect the balance of acidity/alkalinity is the basis for a lot of my health issues.
So typically, when I measure my urine pH, it's actually fine or even slightly alkaline. So, that would mean I'm fine and can handle some acid foods in the diet, right? Well, the opposite seems to be the case. If I even touch an acid forming food, I'm in trouble. In particular is meat. Granted, though, I only started measuring pH once I removed meat from my diet. Meat also lowers my metabolism, reduces my temperatures (especially waking temperatures the next day) etc. So clearly, meat and me do not mix. Maybe the meat does indeed cause an extreme acid response, I'd have to actually measure to see for sure.
Also, I'm confused on salt. A book I am reading now (Cracking the metabolic code) says that Sea salt is alkalinizing, whereas people like Dr. Morse say ALL salts are acidic. Which is it?
I was interested to see in cracking the metabolic code that they say whey and yogurt are two options for alkaline dairy if you want to eat dairy but not have the acidity problems of milk and ice cream. FWIW, they say ice cream is heavily acidic (much more than milk), and anecdotally I find that to be true. I feel awful after ice cream, and instantly gain lots of weight. Yogurt is not spoken of favorably in peat-land but I am thinking of experimenting with it now.
The book says that Beef in particular is the heaviest acid forming of all meats. And, that seems to be true. I can not even tolerate 8 oz of beef without a heavy blow to my metabolism.
So typically, when I measure my urine pH, it's actually fine or even slightly alkaline. So, that would mean I'm fine and can handle some acid foods in the diet, right? Well, the opposite seems to be the case. If I even touch an acid forming food, I'm in trouble. In particular is meat. Granted, though, I only started measuring pH once I removed meat from my diet. Meat also lowers my metabolism, reduces my temperatures (especially waking temperatures the next day) etc. So clearly, meat and me do not mix. Maybe the meat does indeed cause an extreme acid response, I'd have to actually measure to see for sure.
Also, I'm confused on salt. A book I am reading now (Cracking the metabolic code) says that Sea salt is alkalinizing, whereas people like Dr. Morse say ALL salts are acidic. Which is it?
I was interested to see in cracking the metabolic code that they say whey and yogurt are two options for alkaline dairy if you want to eat dairy but not have the acidity problems of milk and ice cream. FWIW, they say ice cream is heavily acidic (much more than milk), and anecdotally I find that to be true. I feel awful after ice cream, and instantly gain lots of weight. Yogurt is not spoken of favorably in peat-land but I am thinking of experimenting with it now.
The book says that Beef in particular is the heaviest acid forming of all meats. And, that seems to be true. I can not even tolerate 8 oz of beef without a heavy blow to my metabolism.