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The key is to include these acidic foods as part of a healthy whole food diet in combination with plenty of non acidic fruits vegetables and plant based proteins as well. But let s just touch on the main points as to why i quite literally never touch colas lemonades sports drinks and other fizzy carbonated beverages.
When the acid levels in your body increase it leads to inflammation and messes with your overall health.
Foods that come out acidic. In general foods that carry a high dietary acid load include meat cheese soft drinks and processed grains. Conversely fruits and vegetables have a low dietary acid load and tend to be alkaline. Other healthy foods that are classified as acidic include oats eggs whole grains and citrus fruits like lemons limes and oranges.
The key is to include these acidic foods as part of a healthy whole food diet in combination with plenty of non acidic fruits vegetables and plant based proteins as well. Generally fruits are the most acidic foods. Lemon juice vinegar 3 to 4.
Apples blueberries cherries grapes grapefruit nectarines peaches pears pineapple plumbs raspberries. The seven most acidic foods. Cola has to come in at number one and i could write a whole thesis on why.
But let s just touch on the main points as to why i quite literally never touch colas lemonades sports drinks and other fizzy carbonated beverages. Full of sugar chemicals sweeteners and ingredients that are actually known and proven as being. There are some foods which push you ph levels to the acidic side and result in the accumulation of toxins in the entire body.
When the acid levels in your body increase it leads to inflammation and messes with your overall health. It weakens your immune system and makes you more vulnerable to diseases. The effect foods have on urine ph may be quite different than the ph of the foods themselves.
For example orange juice is a highly acidic food due to its high citrus acid content but after being metabolized it will cause urine to become alkaline.