| To understand why pH-neutral blood is a critical element of good health, it helps to understand the role oxygen plays in disease prevention.  Oxygen-rich blood is essential to good health.  If oxygen levels in the blood fall, the body is less able to fight off infection and disease.  Think of it this way: oxygen is cancer’s enemy.
 
 Most people are born with a body tissue pH near or around 7 — considered a neutral pH. If you can keep your body tissue pH somewhere between 6.5 - 7.0, it is very difficult to get sick. Although your blood serum’s pH never fluctuates, your body tissue pH level changes, depending on what kind of foods you consume.  Acidic foods cause the body tissue pH levels to fall, whereas more alkaline foods help keep body tissue pH neutral.  Alkaline tissue holds 20 times more oxygen than does acidic tissue. An oxygen-rich environment is critical for combating the growth of anaerobic bacteria (i.e.: bacteria that grow in the absence of oxygen)  In contrast, cancer can thrive in an oxygen-deficient (hypoxic) environment.  Most cancer patients tested have very acidic body tissue pH, around 4 or 5.
 
 If the pH level of your saliva or urine is too acidic, you can help alkalize your body with supplements and food.  But the first step it to purchase some disposable litmus strips of paper that measure pH level either with a saliva or urine sample.  These litmus paper strips work very quickly, allowing you to get a reading in just a few seconds.  This is the best way to monitor your body’s response to foods and supplements.
 
 If your pH level is too acidic in the 4 to 5 range, calcium lactate supplements can be introduced to help alkalize (i.e. reduce the acidity in) the body.  When taking calcium lactate supplements, is important to test your pH regularly to assure that your body does not become too alkaline. If you are a breast cancer patient undergoing treatment, be sure to first consult with your integrative healthcare professional and oncologist before taking calcium lactate or any supplement.
 
 But the surest way to assure a constant and consistent neutral body pH is by watching what you eat.  Every food we eat and digest leaves either an acid or an alkaline ash in the body, depending on the mineral composition of the food.  Meats and dairy products are highly acidic foods, whereas green vegetables and tuberous fruits are alkaline.  To maintain a neutral pH in your body’s tissues, about 75% of the foods you eat should be alkalizing.
 
 The following Acid-Alkaline food chart can be used to help guide your food choices:
 
 
  
 
 ALKALIZING FOODS
 
 VEGETABLES
 Garlic
 Asparagus
 Fermented Veggies
 Watercress
 Beets
 Broccoli
 Brussel sprouts
 Cabbage
 Carrot
 Cauliflower
 Celery
 Chard
 Chlorella
 Collard Greens
 Cucumber
 Eggplant
 Kale
 Kohlrabi
 Lettuce
 Mushrooms
 Mustard Greens
 Dulce
 Dandelions
 Edible Flowers
 Onions
 Parsnips
 Peas
 Peppers
 Pumpkin
 Rutabaga
 Sea Veggies
 Spirulina
 Sprouts
 Squashes
 Alfalfa
 Barley Grass
 Wheat Grass
 Wild Greens
 Nightshade Vegetables
 
 FRUITS
 Apple
 Apricot
 Avocado
 Banana
 Cantaloupe
 Cherries
 Currants
 Dates/Figs
 Grapes
 Grapefruit
 Lime
 Honeydew Melon
 Nectarine
 Orange
 Lemon
 Peach
 Pear
 Pineapple
 All Berries
 Tangerine
 Tomato
 Tropical Fruits
 Watermelon
 
 PROTEIN
 Eggs
 Whey Protein Powder
 Cottage Cheese
 Chicken Breast
 Yogurt
 Almonds
 Chestnuts
 Tofu (fermented)
 Flax Seeds
 Pumpkin Seeds
 Tempeh (fermented)
 Squash Seeds
 Sunflower Seeds
 Millet
 Sprouted Seeds
 Nuts
 
 OTHER
 Apple Cider Vinegar
 Bee Pollen
 Lecithin Granules
 Probiotic Cultures
 Green Juices
 Vegetable Juices
 Fresh Fruit Juice
 Organic Milk (unpasteurized)
 Mineral Water
 Alkaline Antioxidant Water
 Green Tea
 Herbal Tea
 Dandelion Tea
 Ginseng Tea
 Banchi Tea
 Kombucha
 
 SWEETENERS
 Stevia
 
 SPICES/SEASONINGS
 Cinnamon
 Curry
 Ginger
 Mustard
 Chili Pepper
 Sea Salt
 Miso
 Tamari
 All Herbs
 
 ORIENTAL VEGETABLES
 Maitake
 Daikon
 Dandelion Root
 Shitake
 Kombu
 Reishi
 Nori
 Umeboshi
 Wakame
 Sea Vegetables
 
 ACIDIFYING FOODS
 
 FATS & OILS
 Avocado Oil
 Canola Oil
 Corn Oil
 Hemp Seed Oil
 Flax Oil
 Lard
 Olive Oil
 Safflower Oil
 Sesame Oil
 Sunflower Oil
 
 FRUITS
 Cranberries
 
 GRAINS
 Rice Cakes
 Wheat Cakes
 Amaranth
 Barley
 Buckwheat
 Corn
 Oats (rolled)
 Quinoi
 Rice (all)
 Rye
 Spelt
 Kamut
 Wheat
 Hemp Seed Flour
 
 DAIRY
 Cheese, Cow
 Cheese, Goat
 Cheese, Sheep
 Milk
 Butter
 
 NUTS & BUTTERS
 Cashews
 Brazil Nuts
 Peanuts
 Peanut Butter
 Pecans
 Tahini
 
 ANIMAL PROTEIN
 Beef
 Carp
 Clams
 Fish
 Lamb
 Lobster
 Mussels
 Oyster
 Pork
 Rabbit
 Salmon
 Shrimp
 Scallops
 Tuna
 Turkey
 Venison
 
 PASTA (WHITE)
 Noodles
 Macaroni
 Spaghetti
 
 OTHER
 Distilled Vinegar
 Wheat Germ
 Potatoes
 
 DRUGS & CHEMICALS
 Chemicals
 Drugs, Medicinal
 Drugs, Psychedelic
 Pesticides
 Herbicides
 
 ALCOHOL
 Beer
 Spirits
 Hard Liquor
 Wine
 
 BEANS & LEGUMES
 Black Beans
 Chick Peas
 Green Peas
 Kidney Beans
 Lentils
 Lima Beans
 Pinto Beans
 Red Beans
 Soy Beans
 Soy Milk
 White Beans
 Rice Milk
 Almond Milk
 
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 Source: The Wolfe Clinic
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