pH Question
I think you said it all here, Joe. I would agree that this is the way to go!
Even as a type A on the bt and scd, I eat a surprising amount of protein
(salmon, pickerel, organic chicken & eggs, mainly — if I were an O I would have
some of that wonderful grass fed beef that dh is always having!)
What else makes you alkaline?
Which fruits and dried fruits? What about nuts and seeds? (I also eat a lot of
nuts…)
Frances
Joe wrote:
More animal protein, less vegetables are probably the way for me to
lean towards since I’m not supposed to eat any or much grain, or
legumes.
February 22nd, 2006 at 1:27 am
Hi Frances,
protein (salmon, pickerel, organic chicken & eggs, mainly — if I were
an O I would have some of that wonderful grass fed beef that dh is
always having!)
I’ve been eating 4 to 8 frozen bananas at night lately. I get a “sweet
tooth” at night about 9 PM. It may have to do with my anabolic
imbalance, but it’s a little better now that I’ve increased magnesium
to 600 mg. daily.
Bananas [type O HB] are not an overly alkaline fruit - they’re close
to neutral, like pear[n], peach[n], cherry [HB], blueberry [hb], etc.
I just ate some peanuts, which are type O avoids, so I screwed up my 5
day ER compliance, but peanuts are scd legal and acid producing.
I didn’t anticipate that coconut oil would make me get alkaline, so
right now I’m dealing with that.
I was eating a lot of HB carrots the last 3 days, and this was too
much alkalinity for me right now with the coconut oil dosage.
I’ll probably do fine just by limiting foods like carrot, even if they
are HB. I should focus more on other HB food like walnuts, etc.
Every time I eat, 3 or 4 different diets go through my head. I ask
myself : Should I eat brown rice? It’s acid producing, ER neutral, SCD
illegal, and Paleo illegal. Should I eat refried pinto beans? They’re
SCD illegal, ER neutral, Paleo illegal, but may be acid producing.
It’s confusing. I’ve got a good foods list that tells a lot of food pH
values. I need to avoid the over alkaline foods, and I’m also going to
avoid all ER avoids very soon, and cheat on ER very seldom, probably
never.
For breakfast I had sardines [HB] in tomato [N] sauce, walnuts [HB],
and peanuts {A].
One really important thing for me is to make sure that I eat regular
proteins, and keep up coconut oil, and no grain [I think].
I’m confused.
Thanks for the input.
Joe
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:41 am
Hi Ann,
I used to be on a program called Life Balances to balance my pH. My
anion/cation ratio was about 19 [very alkaline] when I started it, but
came down to normal [12] after 30 days. They also cut my cholesterol
and LFTs, ALT and AST in half in that time. Chol from 289 to 148.
This is a pain in the neck. I’ve considered going back on that again -
even with all the milk drinking - just to balance my pH and continue
taking coconut oil. I’m confused. Being alkaline sucks.
Sometimes I just say screw it and have spaghetti and beef for dinner -
it’s acid producing and will not screw up the beneficial effects of
the coconut oil.
I’m wonfdering how my bowel function would be if I ate only meat for a
few days. Do you think I’d get constipated? Maybe I should ask a
caveman.
For some people over alkalinity can be a problem - like me.
I also have had weak gastric HCL production for several years.
Regards,
Joe