what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to
alkalize the body?

Erica MM

  >Subject: Alkaline foods From: ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) Date:
  >7/10/02 6:17 PM Mountain Daylight Time Message-id:
  ><20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com>
  >
  >what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
  >the body?
  >
  >Erica MM
  >
  >

All fruits and vegetables..

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On 11 Jul 2002 00:17:05 GMT, ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) wrote:

  >what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
  >the body?
  >
  >Erica MM

pot cit /sodii bic.

Potassium citrate/sodium bicarbonate solution.

jl

In article <20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com>,
ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) wrote:

  > what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
  > the body?
  >
  > Erica MM

Hi Erica, I'm not an expert, but someone who suffered a long
time from heartburn and acid reflux, and finally had to make
some dietary changes. I haven't had any heartburn in several
months now, and I just can't believe it. The three biggest
things I eliminated are coffee, sugar and chocolate.
(sigh..........) However, I feel fantastic.

I searched a while back on this very topic and found a few
very good websites....however no one totally agrees on
everything....although basically green vegetables are the
best. One of my favorite summer foods, watermelon, is
excellent. Also celery or parsley are very good for an
acid attack.

http://www.risingstarlc.com/acidalk.htm

http://www.healthfree.com/nutrition/robbins/acidalk.htm

http://www.racingsmarter.com/alkaline_diet.htm

http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html

Good luck - I'm interested in what others have to say... gina

Hi,

I had great results with my acid reflux after nearly 4 years
of taking prilosec and than that stopped working.

For 6 weeks, I gave up coffee, tomatoes/tomato based
products, chocolate, wheat based products, butter, dairy
(which I never really ate anyway). I limited my eating
routine to millet, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, almond milk,
salmon nearly nightly cooked totally plain (delicious wild
alaskan salmon), steamed vegetables, lots of water, and I
discovered a product called Glutagenics byu Metagenics made
from glutamine, licorice and aloe that replaced prilosec and
after about 3-4 weeks of really keeping true to this routine,
in addition to losing a bunch of weight, my acid reflux got
waaaaaaaaay better and now after about 2 months is still a
scary memory nonetheless I havent needed to even take the
Glutagenics any more.

Ken

"gina" <gina~noaddress.ca> wrote in message
news:gina-40E6CE.21203912072002~news.videotron.net...
  > In article <20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com>,
  > ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) wrote:
  >
     > > what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
     > > the body?
     > >
     > > Erica MM
  >
  >
  >
  > Hi Erica, I'm not an expert, but someone who suffered a long
  > time from heartburn and acid reflux, and finally had to make
  > some dietary changes. I haven't had any heartburn in several
  > months now, and I just can't believe it. The three biggest
  > things I eliminated are coffee, sugar and chocolate.
  > (sigh..........) However, I feel fantastic.
  >
  > I searched a while back on this very topic and found a few
  > very good websites....however no one totally agrees on
  > everything....although basically green vegetables are the
  > best. One of my favorite summer foods, watermelon, is
  > excellent. Also celery or parsley are very good for an
  > acid attack.
  >
  >
  > http://www.risingstarlc.com/acidalk.htm
  >
  > http://www.healthfree.com/nutrition/robbins/acidalk.htm
  >
  > http://www.racingsmarter.com/alkaline_diet.htm
  >
  > http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html
  >
  > Good luck - I'm interested in what others have to
  > say... gina

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 21:20:39 -0400, gina
<gina~noaddress.ca> wrote:

  >In article <20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com>,
  >ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) wrote:
  >
     >> what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
     >> the body?
     >>
     >> Erica MM
  >
  >
  >
  >Hi Erica, I'm not an expert, but someone who suffered a long
  >time from heartburn and acid reflux, and finally had to make
  >some dietary changes. I haven't had any heartburn in several
  >months now, and I just can't believe it. The three biggest
  >things I eliminated are coffee, sugar and chocolate.
  >(sigh..........) However, I feel fantastic.
  >
  >I searched a while back on this very topic and found a few
  >very good websites....however no one totally agrees on
  >everything....although basically green vegetables are the
  >best. One of my favorite summer foods, watermelon, is
  >excellent. Also celery or parsley are very good for an
  >acid attack.
  >
  >
  >http://www.risingstarlc.com/acidalk.htm
  >
  >http://www.healthfree.com/nutrition/robbins/acidalk.htm
  >
  >http://www.racingsmarter.com/alkaline_diet.htm
  >
  >http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html
  >
  >Good luck - I'm interested in what others have to say... gina

Does the original poster want to alkalinise the body, or
counteract too much acid production in the stomach?

To effectively reduce chronic stomach acid problems, an H2
histamine antagonist is the go. Zantac?

To alkalinise the body (you should only do this under medical
supervision for a specific reason) potassium citrate/ sodium
bicarbonate solution is often used.

I would have thought that a normal varied diet in a normal
individual, would have very little effect on the body's pH.

jl

Thanks, Ken --- I forgot to mention dairy!

I do have some lapses, but now don't get a burning reaction
when I ocasionally cheat.

gina

In article <ago0ol$7vr$1~bob.news.rcn.net>,
"Ken H" <ken~removehassman.com> wrote:

  > Hi,
  >
  > I had great results with my acid reflux after nearly 4 years
  > of taking prilosec and than that stopped working.
  >
  > For 6 weeks, I gave up coffee, tomatoes/tomato based
  > products, chocolate, wheat based products, butter, dairy
  > (which I never really ate anyway). I limited my eating
  > routine to millet, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, almond milk,
  > salmon nearly nightly cooked totally plain (delicious wild
  > alaskan salmon), steamed vegetables, lots of water, and I
  > discovered a product called Glutagenics byu Metagenics made
  > from glutamine, licorice and aloe that replaced prilosec and
  > after about 3-4 weeks of really keeping true to this
  > routine, in addition to losing a bunch of weight, my acid
  > reflux got waaaaaaaaay better and now after about 2 months
  > is still a scary memory nonetheless I havent needed to even
  > take the Glutagenics any more.
  >
  > Ken
  >
  >
  >
  > "gina" <gina~noaddress.ca> wrote in message
  > news:gina-40E6CE.21203912072002~news.videotron.net...
     > > In article <20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com>,
     > > ericam2~aol.com (Ericam2) wrote:
     > >
       > > > what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to
       > > > alkalize the body?
       > > >
       > > > Erica MM
     > >
     > >
     > >
     > > Hi Erica, I'm not an expert, but someone who suffered a
     > > long time from heartburn and acid reflux, and finally had
     > > to make some dietary changes. I haven't had any heartburn
     > > in several months now, and I just can't believe it. The
     > > three biggest things I eliminated are coffee, sugar and
     > > chocolate. (sigh..........) However, I feel fantastic.
     > >
     > > I searched a while back on this very topic and found a few
     > > very good websites....however no one totally agrees on
     > > everything....although basically green vegetables are the
     > > best. One of my favorite summer foods, watermelon, is
     > > excellent. Also celery or parsley are very good for an
     > > acid attack.
     > >
     > >
     > > http://www.risingstarlc.com/acidalk.htm
     > >
     > > http://www.healthfree.com/nutrition/robbins/acidalk.htm
     > >
     > > http://www.racingsmarter.com/alkaline_diet.htm
     > >
     > > http://www.naturalhealthschool.com/acid-alkaline.html
     > >
     > > Good luck - I'm interested in what others have to
     > > say... gina

"Ericam2" <ericam2~aol.com> wrote in message
news:20020710201705.06316.00000138~mb-cn.aol.com...
  > what kind of foods, outside of asparagus, help to alkalize
  > the body?
  >
  > Erica MM

This whole concept of alkalizing/acidifying the body confuses
me. The bicarbonate buffer system totally regulates blood pH.
What else is there to consider?

Larry