Detox Juice

Detoxify the Body- Glutathione Super Boost Juice

3 stalks of asparagus
2 tomatoes
2 carrots
1 cup of spinach
1 cup of broccoli heads

Asparagus is the vegetable with the most abundant amount of glutathione, but it doesn’t taste so great juiced! Adding carrots and tomatoes to the greens, makes this juice more palatable

Energy on the Run juice

Apparently people on this alkaline diet like to juice a lot, so when in Rome... (blehhhh)

One day- I will love this, right?!?

Energy on the Run juice

• 1 small wedge of cabbage (about 4 oz.)
• 2 medium stalks celery
• 1 medium carrot
• ½ large beet
• ½ large red pepper
• ½ lemon, peel and white pith removed

Process all vegetables and citrus fruit through your juice extractor into a juice pitcher. Stir well to blend the flavors. Pour into short cocktail glasses.

To serve, garnish with a small celery stalk.

Makes about 1¾ cups (2 to 3 servings).

Black Bean Soup with Veggies

Black Bean Soup with Veggies

Number of Servings: 8

Cups of Fruits and Vegetables per Person: 0.5

Preparation time: 10 hours

Ingredients:

3 carrots, thinly sliced 2 celery ribs, sliced

1 onion, chopped 4 garlic cloves, diced

20 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained 28 oz can low sodium vegetable broth

15 oz can crushed tomatoes 1-1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp chili powder 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cover. Cook on LOW for 9-10 hours.

Stuffed Avocados

Stuffed Avocados

Scientists have proved that a certain toxin present in avocados is able to kill cancer cells.

Potassium in avocado can regulate pressure of blood, and oleic acid in avocado can be used to lower cholesterol level in the blood.

Ingredients for 1 person

1 Avocado, ripe!!
½ tomato
1 tsp. minced onions
1 tbsp. fresh basil
1 tsp. oregano
1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
4 tbsp. cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
Some sea salt and pepper

Directions

Cut avocado in half and remove seed. Then season both halves with salt and pepper.

Now mix the chopped tomato, the minced onion, the lime juice as well as the olive oil and place it in the avocado pit holes.

Last but not least, sprinkle basil and oregano on top and serve with a spoon.

Taken from: http://www.balance-ph-diet.com/alkaline_recipes_stuffed_avocados.html

The Do's and Don'ts

See below for a short list of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Guess I'm going to have to learn to love things like barley grass as much as I love macaroni and cheese!

Healthy Alkaline Foods - Eat lots of them! Vegetables Alfalfa Grass +29.3 Asparagus +1.3 Barley Grass +28.1 Brussels Sprouts +0.5 Cabbage Lettuce, Fresh +14.1 Cauliflower +3.1 Cayenne Pepper +18.8 Celery +13.3 Chives +8.3 Comfrey +1.5 Cucumber, Fresh +31.5 Dandelion +22.7 Dog Grass +22.6 Endive, Fresh +14.5 French Cut Green Beans +11.2 Garlic +13.2 Green Cabbage December Harvest +4.0 Green Cabbage, March Harvest +2.0 Kamut Grass +27.6 Lamb's Lettuce +4.8 Leeks (Bulbs) +7.2 Lettuce +2.2 Onion +3.0 Peas, Fresh +5.1 Peas, Ripe +0.5 Red Cabbage +6.3 Rhubarb Stalks +6.3 Savoy Cabbage +4.5 Shave Grass +21.7 Sorrel +11.5 Soy Sprouts +29.5 Spinach (Other Than March) +13.1 Spinach, March Harvest +8.0 Sprouted Chia Seeds +28.5 Sprouted Radish Seeds +28.4 Straw Grass +21.4 Watercress +7.7 Wheat Grass +33.8 White Cabbage +3.3 Zucchini +5.7 Root Vegetables Beet +11.3 Carrot +9.5 Horseradish +6.8 Kohlrabi +5.1 Potatoes +2.0 Red Radish +16.7 Rutabaga +3.1 Summer Black Radish +39.4 Turnip +8.0 White Radish (Spring) +3.1 Fruits Avocado (Protein) +15.6 Fresh Lemon +9.9 Limes +8.2 Tomato +13.6 Non-Stored Organic Grains And Legumes Buckwheat Groats +0.5 Granulated Soy (Cooked Ground Soy Beans) +12.8 Lentils +0.6 Lima Beans +12.0 Soy Flour +2.5 Soy Lecithin (Pure) +38.0 Soy Nuts (soaked Soy Beans, Then Air Dried) +26.5 Soybeans, Fresh +12.0 Spelt +0.5 Tofu +3.2 White Beans (Navy Beans) +12.1 Nuts Almonds +3.6 Brazil Nuts +0.5 Seeds Caraway Seeds +2.3 Cumin Seeds +1.1 Fennel Seeds +1.3 Flax Seeds +1.3 Pumpkin Seeds +5.6 Sesame Seeds +0.5 Sunflower Seeds +5.4 Wheat Kernel +11.4 Fats (Fresh, Cold-Pressed Oils) Borage Oil +3.2 Evening Primrose Oil +4.1 Flax Seed Oil +3.5 Marine Lipids +4.7 Olive Oil +1.0

Foods you should only consume moderately Fruits (In Season, For Cleansing Only Or With Moderation) Apricot -9.5 Banana, Ripe -10.1 Bananna, Unripe +4.8 Black Currant -6.1 Blueberry -5.3 Cantaloupe -2.5 Cherry, Sour +3.5 Cherry, Sweet -3.6 Coconut, Fresh +0.5 Cranberry -7.0 Currant -8.2 Date -4.7 Fig Juice Powder -2.4 Gooseberry, Ripe -7.7 Grape, Ripe -7.6 Grapefruit -1.7 Italian Plum -4.9 Mandarin Orange -11.5 Mango -8.7 Orange -9.2 Papaya -9.4 Peach -9.7 Pear -9.9 Pineapple -12.6 Rasperry -5.1 Red Currant -2.4 Rose Hips -15.5 Strawberry -5.4 Tangerine -8.5 Watermelon -1.0 Yellow Plum -4.9 Non-Stored Grains Brown Rice -12.5 Wheat -10.1 Nuts Hazelnuts -2.0 Macadamia Nuts -3.2 Walnuts -8.0 Fish Fresh Water Fish -11.8 Fats Coconut Milk -1.5 Sunflower Oil -6.7

Unhealthy Acidic Foods - Try to avoid them! Meat, Poultry, And Fish Beef -34.5 Chicken (to -22) -18.0 Eggs (to -22) Liver -3.0 Ocean Fish -20.0 Organ Meats -3.0 Oysters -5.0 Pork -38.0 Veal -35.0 Milk And Milk Products Buttermilk +1.3 Cream -3.9 Hard Cheese -18.1 Homogenized Milk -1.0 Quark -17.3 Bread, Biscuits (Stored Grains/Risen Dough) Rye Bread -2.5 White Biscuit -6.5 White Bread -10.0 Whole-Grain Bread -4.5 Whole-Meal Bread -6.5 Nuts Cashews -9.3 Peanuts -12.8 Pistachios -16.6 Fats Butter -3.9 Corn Oil -6.5 Margarine -7.5 Sweets Artificial Sweetners -26.5 Barley Malt Syrup -9.3 Beet Sugar -15.1 Brown Rice Syrup -8.7 Chocolate -24.6 Dr. Bronner's Barley Dried Sugar Cane Juice -18.0 Fructose -9.5 Honey -7.6 Malt Sweetener -9.8 Milk Sugar -9.4 Molasses -14.6 Turbinado Sugar -9.5 White Sugar -17.6 Condiments Ketchup -12.4 Mayonaise -12.5 Mustard -19.2 Soy Sauce -36.2 Vinegar -39.4 Beverages Beer -26.8 Coffee -25.1 Fruit Juice Sweetened Fruit Juice, Packaged, Natural -8.7 Liquor -38.7 Tea (Black) -27.1 Wine -16.4 Miscellaneous Canned Foods Microwaved Foods Processed Foods

The Alkaline Diet

Hello Blog World!

On Monday, I am going to start a 3-4 month "diet" called the Alkaline Diet and want to blog my journey on here- recipes, health info, etc. I thought this blog might help keep myself accountable since I know cheeseburgers and milkshakes will be taunting me haha.

What is an Alkaline Diet?

A diet with little to no acidic foods. The current typical Western diet is composed of many acid forming foods (proteins, cereals, sugars, coffee, etc). With this alkaline diet, you will eat alkaline producing foods such as vegetables, whole grains, fish, eggs, etc. With close adherence to the diet, balance within the body's pH can be accomplished in 2-3 months. At that time, a normal diet can be resumed.

What is the purpose?

To restore balance in intestinal flora. Due to diet, lifestyle, medications, etc, this has become out of balance. Acid foods don't make your body acidic, they prevent your body from eliminating acid waste.

What does too much acid (Acidosis) do to the body?

Research shoes that unless the body's pH level is slightly alkaline, the body cannot heal itself. If your body's pH isn't balanced, it has a much harder time absorbing vitamins, minerals, and food supplements. Excess waste causes organ dysfunction, which can lead to illnesses including asthma, allergies, eczema, migraines, arthritis, insomnia, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, cancer, and many others.

The (very basic) science behind food's acidity:

A Food's acid or alkaline forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, meet will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves acidic residue in the body. Likewise, lemons are very acidic, yet they are alkaline forming in the body. This is because the food is oxidized to form water, carbon dioxide, and an inorganic compound. The alkaline and acidic nature of the inorganic compound formed determines whether the food is alkaline or acid producing. If it has more sodium, potassium, or calcium- it is classified as an alkaline food. If it has more sulphur, phosphate, or chloride- it is classified as an acid food.