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Chapter 4: The Miracle of Nutritional CleansingChapter 4: The Miracle of Nutritional Cleansing
Be cautioned, though, that you should gradually introduce raw foods into your
diet. If you switch all at once to a raw food diet, you will likely get ill and
experience a severe healing crisis as your body attempts to detoxify too quickly
and you get overwhelmed with toxicity being released from your system.
The next chapter of this book will address diet and nutrition in much greater
detail, but here we'll provide an overview of the kinds of foods that tend to be
acidic and alkaline.
In general, the only naturally alkaline foods are vegetables, as well as a few fruits
like bananas. Most grains are acid-forming, except millet and buckwheat, which
are considered to be alkaline. And sprouted seeds and grains become more
alkaline in the process of sprouting.
Most vegetable and fruit juices are alkaline. The most alkali-forming juices are fig
juice, green juices of all green vegetables and tops, carrots, beet, celery,
pineapple and citrus juices. Vegetable broth is also a great alkalizing drink.
Most fruits and dairy products are mildly acidic. Most meats are mildly to heavily
acidic; fish and chicken are the least acidic, and beef and pork are more acidic.
Lastly, the worst culprits for acidity are drinks! Coffee, soda, and alcoholic drinks
are all extremely acidic. Teas are acidic too, with black tea being more acidic
than green tea. If you want to make a shift in your lifestyle to get more alkaline
without needing to change what you eat, a simple solution is to eliminate acidic
drinks and replace them with water (or, even better, alkalized water!)
If this sounds like a lot to take in at once, be comforted to know that once your
body gets cleaner it will naturally crave healthier foods and you won't even miss
the acidic junk anymore. And, as always, it is not recommended that you make
too many changes in your lifestyle all at once. Start with just a few changes, refer
back to this book often, and add more every couple of weeks as you gradually
transform your health, your body, and your lifestyle!
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