Top 7 Alkalizing Foods to include in your diet
What’s all this talk about Alkalizing and Alkalizing Foods? There are serious conditions that can occur to the body when it is in a state of acidic. Yeast and bacteria can thrive in your digestive tract. Cancer cells thrive as well. But when the body is in an Alkalizing state these serious issues can all but be removed.
Eating foods that are Alkalizing is a great natural way to reverse the signs of your body being acidic. Diets consisting of highly alkaline foods which include fresh vegetables, fruits and unprocessed plant-based sources of protein, resulting in a more alkaline urine pH level, which helps protect healthy cells and balance essential mineral levels.
Top 7 Alkalizing Foods
#1 Lemons – Lemons are one of the most alkalizing foods. I start my morning off with a tall glass of warm Lemon, Cayenne, Ginger detox water. This gets the inners moving. 🙂
#2 Leafy Greens – These are the big boys! Swiss Chard, Kale, turnip greens, and spinach are great Alkalizing Foods. Prepare a big salad and you are good to go!
#3 Cucumbers and Celery – These are Alkalizing foods that we all have in the fridge. They aid in digestion and are practically calorie-free.
#4 Root Vegetables – Rutabaga, radishes, beets, horseradish, carrots, and turnips are another group of Alkalizing Foods.
Not a big salad eater? Make some Skinny Baked Spinach Chips
#5 – Garlic – Another Alkalizing Food that you probably have in the fridge. Garlic is straight up all around good for you as it is.
#6 – Cruciferous Vegetables – Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts and Cauliflower are all highly Alkalizing Foods. These foods neutralize acids and help with digestion. Eat them raw, with some dip or add them to a salad.
#7 – Avocados one of my favorite Foods. Avocados have those good fats that we want in our diet. Lots of good amino acids and essential vitamins.
adecheine
April and Dave are the creators of Skinny Over 40 which is about living a healthy lifestyle over 40, and under. We give you the skinny on detoxing and weight loss.
25 Comments
Penelope Guzman
I love salad, avocados, and most of this list!
Liz Mays
I’d like to try those spicy spinach chips. I like salads a lot too!
Tammy
I never knew there was a good “health” reason to have lemon in your water, I always just assumed people did it to make the water taste better!
adecheine
Me too, for years. My husband started getting really interested in Alkalizing the water we drink when we were on the farm. That is when we started researching Alkalizing foods, love the lemon water 🙂
Robin {Mom Foodie}
Lemon surprises me, because it is used as an acid in cooking. I must be pretty alkalized. These are a lot of my fave foods.
Rachel Lacy
Those are all of our favorite veggies … yay for us!
Marcie W.
Just knowing that I incorporate so many of these in my diet on a regular basis makes me feel great. I’d like to work on eating even MORE leafy greens though.
Donna Chaffins
I love all these veggies! And I want to try the lemon water with cayenne and ginger.
mickey coutts (@ahelicoptermom)
Very interesting. I love lemon and ginger, but don’t know about the cayenne. 🙂
Tricia @ Night owl mama
such wonderful tips. What does alkalizing your body do for you. I love lemon water but had no idea bout the other ingredients
adecheine
When your body is acidic it does not function inside the way it should. Which can breed disease and sickness, not to get technical. When it is Alkaline your body thrives disease can not live here. So when toxins are removed your body can flush fat, gain muscle, beautify your skin and give us energy. 🙂
faithandfamilyreviews
We eat and grow almost all of those veggies! I love lemon water and Kale chips,I’ve never had spinach chips those sound good!
Toni
I could eat avocado’s all day long!!
Angela
This is a really good list of alkalizing foods to eat. My favorites are kale, lemons, garlic, and avocado.
Colleen
I would go with lemons and avocados from your list.
pohto9
I probably don’t get enough of any of these in my diet. Will have to change that.
Swa-Rai (@swaraiblog)
I’m definitely going to try that detox and adding more leafy vegetables.
TerriAnn van Gosliga
I’ve heard of the lemon detox but haven’t tried it personally. I’m also glad to see avocados on the list – love ’em 🙂
Shell Feis
I love a lot of the foods on this list- time to stock up!
Vanessa: thequeenofswag
I’m actively trying to get more veggies in my diet.
HilLesha
I love Brad’s Raw Crunchy Kale, but the Baked Spicy Spinach Chips sound more budget-friendly! 😉
Lucero @earthformed
I didn’t realize until talking to my mom about this how important including alkalizing foods in our diets was. It is incredible how we can balance our pH through our diet to improve our overall health. Our bodies are wonderful things.
Lolo
My friend did that Holiday Detox. It worked great for her!
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy.com
I love most of those items but I’m the only one in the family that does. I need to start serving them more though and hope that my family eats it.
kelseyapley
Mmmm a good salad sounds amazing right now. That spicy spinach chips sound good. Never had anything like it!