Alkaline Diet

[aminahcc]

Hi aldiemincey and all,

I'm still making changes in my diet, and knowing perfectly well that I am not a full-blooded "Traditional" Dr. Young Alkovarian (more "Conceptual" type with my Milk and occasional meat/fish) and wanted to get an idea of what your "regular" daily consumption is.

This may help those wanting to follow Dr. Young's proposal in a more "Real Life" situation. Your input may also help in further change considerations.

Any input from anyone may help. Full Day's "typical" eating habits inclusive of drinks and/or supplements. Input from both camps, those "Conceptual" and "Traditional," welcome.

Thanks in Advance,

Ceci.
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[aldiemincey]

I've taken Dr. Robert Young's approach to the next level -> with a 100% raw food twist ) Technically, I follow Gabriel Cousen's Rainbow Green Live Food protocol. Not incidentally, Cousen has been greatly influenced by Young's.

Having done Adkins and The Zone for years, I feel like I've come full circle..but in another dimension. The ideal pH Miracle program is low-carb, w/ moderate protein and fat.

On an average day:

8am - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + juice of 1/2 lemon

9am - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp of powdered greens + 1 tsp clay

11am - 1 1/2 mi power walk -or- 20 mins of Ashtanga Yoga

Noon - blended soup:
1 avocado
3 kale leaves
1 lg stalk of celery
1/2 lemon (w/o outermost peel)
1 tsp sea salt
1/4 sm onion -or- 1 clove garlic
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
2 Tbsp mixture of ground flax and sesame seeds
optional garnish: chopped sprouts, green/red peppers, nori flakes, cucumber

1p-3pm - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp of powdered greens

3pm - dehydrated flax bread with mock salmon spread, sprouts, two slices of tomatoes, home made mustard, 1 carrot on the side

mock salmon spread:
finely chopped celery, onion, shredded carrots, kelp powder, wasabi powder, hijiki, mustard powder, sesame butter

home made mustard:
freshly ground mustard mustard seeds, lemon juice, olive oil

4pm-6pm - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp of powdered greens + 1 tsp clay

6pm - 1/2 cup guacamole w/ some flax crackers + home made cole slaw

home made cole slaw:
grated red cabbage, grated carrots, grated daikon (white japanese radish), sesame butter, freshly ground celery seeds, lemon juice, sea salt

7pm-9pm - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp of powdered greens

8pm - 1 1/2 mi power walk -or- 20 mins Pilates

9pm - small salad: baby spinach, soy+mung bean spouts, celery, onions, hydrated dulse, red radishes, sun dried tomatoes, 2 tsp flax oil, 2 tsp coconut oil, 1 tsp sea salt, tsp lemon juice

10pm-Midnight - 1 qt water with 2 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp of powdered greens + 1 tsp clay

Once a month or so, when I'm feeling naughty, I'll very lightly steam 1 cup acorn or some other winter squash and dress it with extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, lemon juice and sea salt (sinfully delicious)

So, that's an average day. Note that the mustard, cole slaw, mock salmon spread, guacamole, hummous, etc. are prepared in advance once or twice a week. I make monthly batches of flax bread and crackers (in a variety of flavors as well).

Again, Dr. young does strongly suggest that 80% of alkalinizing vegetables be eaten raw, but he does not expressly endorse 100%. He claims to eat tofu a few x/wk and fresh wild salmon once/mo. The pH Miracle program also includes legumes (e.g., except cashews and peanuts), which, in the right combinations, can be excellent sources of protein and fiber.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I missed the mark.

I LOVE food. I LOVE being alkaline. I deserve it!

Warmth,
Aldie

[aminahcc]

[aminahcc]

My 20/80 Daily Menu:
“Conceptual” (I consume Animal Products and Fruit)

I’m a very heavy liquid consumer.

8 to 12 glasses Filtered water with Total Day’s Consumption of:

2 tsp. Baking soda (I've lowered my BS with the updated data on Bicarbonate, see above post, to no more than 1 teaspoon a day when I use it)
1 Tb. Spirulina
4 Tb. Apple Cider Vinegar (homemade)
1 tsp. Magnesium (Epsom Salts) (Occasionally)
1 tsp. MSM and Glucoamine Blend (Occasionally)
pinch Stevia (in Cider Mixture)

12 cups Home Grown flown in from Mom in Costa Rica Coffee (acidic and with caffeine, but is high in Potassium, Glutamic Acid, and Riboflavin) I don't recommend coffee, btw, its my "vice".

6 Cups Milk (Organic Whole, Grass fed… therefore nutritious and Alkalizing)

6 to 12 Cups Herbal Tea (Home blend mostly of Pau D’Arco, Dandelion, Ginger, Green tea, Burdock, Hibiscus, and Licorice, can vary… add Stevia to sweeten)

Breakfast:
Usually, Home Blend of Granola type cereal, ½ cup Almonds, ½ cup home dried Bananas, Organic rolled Oats, ¼ cup Wheat germ, 2 to 4 tablespoons Flax Seed, Soaked Bulger, 1 Tbs. Coconut Oil. Variety of fruits (whatever is in season).

An Avocado with a little lemon juice.

A couple links of Turkey sausage or an egg(home grown) when I see that my B12 is low from previous day.

Lunch:

Toasted Nori, A salad of home grown veggies usually: Lettuce, Carrots, Almonds and Brazil Nut slices, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Mung sprouts, Alfalfa Sprouts, Amaranth, Moringa Leaves, Spinach, Daikon and Red radishes sliced up, and some Apple slices. Tofu added as a “cheese” if feeling like I need a boost.

Dressing: Apple Cider Vinegar,Olive Oil, Lemon Juice and herbs from the Garden (Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Moringa, Basil, Thyme etc…)

Brown rice with sautéed in Olive oil Ginger, Garlic, and Burdock with a veggie or two, broccoli and red cabbage being my favorite.

Dinner, sometimes just a snack depending if I ate a lot at Lunch:

Snack type Dinner:

Toasted Nori, Home made tomato soup (tomatoes cooked down with Turmeric, Celery seed, and Moringa leaves, could do this "fresh" but this is how Aaron will eat it), Cheese mixed in when I’m feeling sinful, salad or a fresh veggie combo. Favorite: Fresh Cauliflower and Broccoli dipped in Mustard Ginger Sauce and Organic Whole Grain Saltine crackers.

Full Dinner,

StirFry is a Standard…. Olive Oil, Red and Green Cabbage, Yucca, Broccoli, Mung Sprouts, Amaranth Leaves and Seeds, Horseradish, Yellow squash (I love squash, this can be any of them), Almond slices, and whatever other type of veggie I have on hand. All this is made up with Fresh Ginger, Burdock Root, and a half a head of Garlic, sprinkled with Flax seed upon serving.

Served over Oriental Noodles or Brown rice. I want to try the Cottonseed as a better alkalizing “starch”, just haven’t gotten around to it. I use Quinoa, on occasion.

Company… I throw in Chicken, Turkey, or Beef depending on the person(s) and usually add Soy Sauce.

Or I cook up a Stuffed Salmon (chopped up Lemons with peels, Ginger, Burdock, Carrots, Broccoli Flowerets, Brown Rice) or the like with Steamed Veggies… green beans being everyone’s favorite.

Kids… now there’s where I get really “Hung-Up”

Most children in my area are used to meals consisting of Country fried chicken, mashed potatoes, beans cooked to mush, etc…. And Soft drinks, it amazes me and the Redline use. I walk softly around the mommas regarding this and am very careful when I talk about ADD and diet. Most folks around here are “the doctor said this or that” and hang tough with the docs Aaron always gets the “No.” and I’m then a “mean Mommy” (But he also says I’m the best in the whole wide world often enough )

I take care of kids (one child of my own and friends’ children often) so I’m experimenting with better sweets with Stevia alternative. Will see how the Ginger Bread cookies turn out.

I sweeten Kool-Aid with the Stevia, and make lots of homemade Spaghetti and the like to satisfy their “traditional not good for you” taste preferences. It’s gotta look and taste like the school’s cafeteria’s if they are going to eat. Anyone with “Kid friendly” recipes, I’m definitely “all ears.”

I settled on Lemons in the water for the kid’s water consumption and this seems to be working fine.

That’s pretty “typical” with my day’s meals and preparations.

I have a small farm, so exercise is an all day event in its care and upkeep. Plus Aaron and I love to dance and we play ball with our dogs and each other daily.

My diet is very high in the A and K Vitamins as well….However, I keep my vitamin C, B12, Iron, and Folate High to help offset this with my average consumption.

Ceci

Ps. Almonds are a great source for Vitamin E. I found that I was having a hard time getting this needed nutrient when I first started using the 20/80 Acid/Alkaline guidelines. This simple addition corrected that nicely.
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[bj]

I fall into the 30/70 on a good day, and I feel very good about it. I have been so bad throughout my life that even changing some things gives me great pleasure. Here is a typical day if I am doing well:
Breakfast--I drink a 16 oz bottle of alkalized water (pinch of bs/tsp lemon). I have a scoop of Colonix intestinal cleanser with 1/4 cup of organic juice or soy milk. Then I eat as much fruit as I want (I like the watery ones the most for breakfast=plums, grapes, melons), or strawberry/banana salad.
Break: after another bottle of water, mid-morning I have a small box of raisins, or, handful of brazilnuts or almonds with a cup of hot alkalizing tea of choice.
Lunch: usually a big salad of fresh organic spinach, tomatoes, half avocado with sliced almonds or spiced pumpkin seeds, sometimes I wrap it up in a spelt tortilla or two and add organic hot sauce. If I go out for lunch when I am invited, I have a salad (usually not organic and I don't like that so I try to only go occasionally)
Break: After drinking another alka-water I have a large organic apple, or whatever fruit might be around, but I like to eat at least one apple a day.
Before leaving work I usually have downed another alka-water.
I fix another 16 oz on my arrival home. I usually have chicken stir fry with all kinds of veggies on hand, if I eat meat. Rarely I have beef. I love salmon so I occasionally invest in that, with whatever veggies I can throw together. Spinach is my favorite. I love a light saute of spinach, onions & mushrooms. I love all veggies slightly roasted in olive oil, however I know that minimizes the water content.
Then I will have raisins, nuts or fruit again later if I'm hungry, with another 16oz bottle water before I go to bed. Right before bed I usually have a hot 12 oz cup of chamomile/lemon to help me relax for sleep. I try to get 6 of the 16 oz waters a day. I should probably drink more but that seems to be the best I can do without moving too close to the meals, which I don't drink anything with, but a sip of water if I need to.
I walk 2 miles 3-4 times a week and that is trying to get 7 days in, it seems there is always something coming up to prevent me from going. I sometimes dance, or yoga at home but hate it. I don't like doing anything after working all day Anyway, most of my days look like this with variations that are similar--I am very much a creature of habit.
I supplement with Omega 3-6-9, coral calcium, enzymes, Flora Protect, and a Life Source multivitamin, last I take cinnamon & chromium picolinate to balance my sugar (since I have been diagnosed with diabetes - I don't take prescription medication, but keep it down with this diet, medium exercise and these two products. It stays around 100-145

[aminahcc]

Bringing this back up Keep posting daily menus as this is helpful to our newbies in seeing practical, real life menu/consumption choices....
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[Patricia]

Thank you ... p

[aminahcc]

Topic: Bee Pollen and Food Combining
http://acidalkalinediet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1343

[Patricia]

Thanks for the ideas. I appreciate it.

[Foxyred]

Aldie, Im sorry, but your average day's eating sounds about as appealing as eating a slug. This is the very reason why I am struggling so much with this whole alkaline thing. Boring, boring, boring. I'm too much of a chicken and salad or spaghetti bolognaise person. I've learned to live with fatigue...got used to it now! If I sound cynical or negative, apologies in advance, but i only live one life. I may as well enjoy the food I eat which, compared to most people who live on junk food and takeaways in the UK, is really rather good. I love my salads and vegetables, but all these other bizarre sounding foods? NO thanks.

[Foxyred]

6 litres of a day is far too extreme - your kidneys can't cope with this amount of water, and any doctor will tell you drinking too much water is dangerous. The general accepted average is about 2- 3 litres a day.

[aminahcc]

"It's Not How Much You Drink, It's How Fast You Drink It!

"The kidneys of a healthy adult can process fifteen liters of water a day! You are unlikely to suffer from water intoxication, even if you drink a lot of water, as long as you drink over time as opposed to intaking an enormous volume at one time. As a general guideline, most adults need about three quarts of fluid each day. Much of that water comes from food, so 8-12 eight ounce glasses a day is a common recommended intake. You may need more water if the weather is very warm or very dry, if you are exercising, or if you are taking certain medications. The bottom line is this: it's possible to drink too much water, but unless you are running a marathon or an infant, water intoxication is a very uncommon condition. "
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm

This site covers what over consumption of water does, however it's hard to imagine anyone drinking 15 liters in a single day. 8 to 12 cups being minimum recommendation, 2 to 3 liters ideal.... 6?? Although it seems excessive and for most not needed...Aldie is drinking it throughout the day. My total liquid consumption is high as well... 4 to 6 liters/quarts, always have been heavy on the liquids and never really thought about it until now. The first thing I did this morning was drink two tall glasses of lemon water...

The Forum's program recommends that we should drink half our body weight in onces... active, 3/4 weight to onces. 130 lb / 2= 65 onces or 2 liters.
Active translate to 3 Liters.
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[Mona~on~Wheels]

Not to appealing to me either.

I will try my best to get to alkaline, but I can't do that.

For one I'm paralyzed and paid workers fix my meals.
I couldn't afford the time in the kitchen for them to do that,
and I'm sure they would quit in a week if I asked them too.
Esp. what money I can pay.

I will eat veggies raw & cooked.
I already eat whole grains & virgin olive oil.
I'll substiture tofu for meat as much as possible.
I'll stay on the alkaline list as much as possible.

Then I'll pray for God to make it alkaline.
We're in this together.

I appreciate Ceci's help alot.
She's a sweetheart for helping.

I'll pray each of you meet your goal.
God Bless~

Mona

[aminahcc]

Hi Mona,

These are menus members have incorporated into their lifestyle, we each have varying tastes and needs. The menus listed offer ideas for those wanting to see "real life" menus used by our members. you've been doing great with your efforts and you seem to be coming to the understanding of what the diet is composed of with your listed items above.

keep up the good work,

Yours,

Ceci

ps. Folks, there are four menus in this thread, more input from others may assist more in "real life" food inclusions for our newbies.
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[lmh79]

I have a green drink in the morning
a big glass of freshly juiced greens
and a bowl of hot quinoa with sesame seed milk

at lunch a big salad with every type of yummy raw veg drizzled in mint dressing - oil sesame seed paste, mint blended up

for dinner there are some really yummy alkaline dinners out there like Eggplant pizzas and basil and tomato couscous (fits in the 20/80)

I snack on Almonds, seeds, fresh sweet snap peas and juice cucumbers. I drink a green drink if I need it.

I can do a 9 hour shift with a room full of 3 year olds- high energy demand- and I crave or hunger for nothing. I have steady and constant energy levels, I go home to my son and give him the attention he needs now-I'm not the burnt out mother that slept on the couch when she got home.

Don't get scared off people, I was scared at first at the strict blandness yet now I experience such a variety in my diet, your tastesbuds will begin to crave the foods that are good for you. Take it small. Just change your breakfast to something that is good for you and that you enjoy. Search for recipes, get a whole data bank saved on your computer then try one a week. Before you know it you will realise the possibilities and the freedom.