Practicing the alkaline way begins with eating whole foods that contribute minerals that buffer, healthy fats, and alkaline amino acids that exist around the periphery of the grocery store. This means including fresh fruits and veggies, lentils and beans and pulses, healthy seeds and nuts, sprouts and herbs, and natural whole foods. We don't want foods that are packaged. Eat whole, vine ripened, local, fresh food you'll be eating healthy foods. Phosphoric acid is a major contributor to the epidemic of mineral deficiencies. Protein foods should be a condiment on your plate. Eighty percent of foods should be alkaline; the other 20 percent can be acid forming foods. When you upset this balance illness is the result. Our diet was much healthier 100 years ago and we were healthier in our senior years than today.
