Discover the Most Alkaline Foods and Let Them Work for Your Wellness

The purpose of this short article is to show you that you don’t need to splurge on exotic and expensive “fad super foods” to stay healthy. The best way to keep your body and mind happy and energized is to add more alkaline foods into your diet. Here, I refer to the most alkaline foods ever that are also common-sense and easy to get. You see, some foods are mildly alkaline, some foods are neutral, some foods are acidic, some foods are super acidic and… some foods are super alkaline. In this article, we are going to focus only on alkaline super foods. If you want to learn more about alkaline and acid forming foods, check out my post: Alkaline Foods vs. Acid Foods. As always, I will try to make it as simple, doable and practical as possible. I am just about to list the most alkaline foods you can get and show you how you can make friends with them.

A Few Words about Alkaline Foods

I know that this can be kind of confusing for alkaline diet beginners this is why whenever I talk about the “alkaline diet” or “alkaline foods”, I feel like starting with a few facts:

When we say “alkaline foods”, we don’t refer to the alkalinity of a food itself but the effect it has in our body after it has been digested. All we are interested is how foods affect our pH levels after they have been eaten not before.

About 90% charts and information on the alkaline diet and alkaline foods you get on-line are inaccurate. Why? They focus on alkalinity of a food in itself or they use something called the PRAL method. They basically burn the foods first. The burning process burns away yeast and sugar- and these always have an extremely acidifying effect in our bodies. Foods that are high in sugar and yeast are super acidic. This is why many health coaches praise some fruits as highly alkaline, whereas most fruits are actually mildly acidifying. Again- wrong method and wrong information.

The charts that I use are based on Doctor Young’s research. He has really revolutionized the world of the Alkaline Diet and what he teaches totally makes sense to me. He has spent many years doing numerous tests and research. He focused on determining the effect of foods in our body. This effect can be highly alkalizing, moderately alkalizing, neutral, moderately acidifying or highly acidifying. In this post, we are going to focus on the most Alkaline foods ever (again, even though we commonly say “alkaline foods” we actually refer to their effect in our body).

If you are new to the Alkaline Diet and want to learn more about it, I invite you to grab my free Alkaline Diet Guide. It also contains some really amazing recipes. You can grab your free copy here at no cost. It will introduce you to the world of Alkalinity/balanced diet/alkaline lifestyle creation.

The Alkaline Diet is not a diet really but more of a lifestyle. This lifestyle can be combined with other diets and nutritional patterns. Simply try to add more alkaline foods– you can never go wrong with that. It doesn’t matter whether you are a vegan, vegetarian, Paleo, raw foodist or a mix of everything. You can always use alkaline foods to help you get more energy without having to depend on caffeine (caffeine is acid-forming by the way!).

The Most Alkaline Foods: Rebalance Your pH and Get Your Wellness Back!

If you want more energy levels, I recommend you enrich your diet by adding more alkaline foods:

Cucumber

Sprouts (soy, alfalfa)

Kale

Kelp

Spinach (baby and grown)

Parsley

Broccoli

Sea Vegetables (Kelp)

Grasses

pH 9.5 alkaline water

Himalayan salt

All of the above-mentioned foods are also compatible with the Paleo Diet. You can never go wrong by adding more fresh green veggies and sprouts into your diet.

How to Enhance Your Diet with More Alkaline Superfoods: Practical Tips

Make vegetable juices

Cucumbers are great for juicing. They have a really nice, soft taste and are wonderful for hydration. What makes them so highly alkalizing is their high mineral and vitamin content: they are packed with Vitamin A, Pantothenic Acid, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Manganese, Vitamin C, Vitamin K and Potassium.

Spinach and Kale are miraculous juice ingredients. If you can’t stand their taste, simply add some fennel, ginger, and a couple of carrots. It usually does the trick for most people. In general, you don’t want to juice sugary fruits, however it’s OK to add a bit of fruit for better taste. I usually go for green apples. Or…I just drink vegetable juices the way they are. I think that this alkaline thing has made me toughen up a bit. I simply look at it as a natural medicine.

Enhance your vegetable juices with oils. By adding a bit of some good quality cold-pressed oil like coconut, avocado or olive oil to your juices, you make the nutrients easier to absorb. I also love adding some lemon juice to my vegetable juices.

Juice grasses as well. I personally like to juice grasses and then use them to alkalize my smoothies.

I very often get asked which juicers are the best. If you want to get one, I recommend you choose a low-speed one as it does not take the nutrients away. The juicer I am using now, is the famous Omega juicer. The best health investment I have ever made. It’s also great for juicing greens and grasses and easy to clean.

1. Make sure you have at least 1 raw salad a day

To make it easy, create a few new habits. For example, you buy some leafy greens, you get back home, you wash them, dry them, cut them and put them in Tupperware containers. Add some other veggies. They are ready to store in your fridge. All you need to do when you are hungry, is to grab your salad and spice it up with some oils and spices. Easy peasy and a real time saver!

2. Balance non-alkaline foods with super alkaline foods

The Alkaline Diet is not about eating only alkaline foods. You can have some non-alkaline foods occasionally, but try to balance them with Alkalinity. You want some scrambled eggs? OK, that’s fine. Even though eggs are acidic. First of all, go for organic, free-range eggs. Serve them on some spinach, or even better (and yummier), stir-fry some spinach in coconut oil and garlic. Then add the eggs. The same tip applies to meat. If you are a meat lover, or maybe you follow something like a Paleo Diet, simply balance your meat (meat is highly acidic) with big heaps of green salad. Personally, I always encourage people to eat less and less animal products, but I don’t like preaching to people. The choice is yours.

3. Fall in love with sprouts!

Sprouts, such as alfalfa sprouts or soy sprouts are great for salads, smoothies and wraps. You can get them fresh, or in a form of a powdered supplement. Alfalfa is packed with minerals and great for healthy hair.

Sprouts can also be a great snack, especially when you combined them with guacamole or other tasty alkaline dips spiced up with some herbs. I am getting hungry now…

4. Make vegetable soups and creams

Broccoli and green leafy veggies are great quick-prep recipes. All you need to do it to blend them, add some oils, garlic, spices, maybe some other veggies and some alkaline-friendly vegan milk or cream, for example coconut milk, almond milk or coconut cream.

Try to keep your soups as raw as possible. Don’t overheat them. Keep the temperature below 100 Fahrenheit (or 30 Celsius).

To learn more about raw foods and how to make them delicious, check out my book: “Vegan Raw Food Cookbook“.

5. Try to have at least 1 green smoothie a day. One green smoothie a day will keep the doctor away!

When I say “green smoothies” I refer to real, green alkaline smoothies. Not everything that is green is super alkaline. For example, kiwis are green and even though they are healthy and natural and packed with vitamin C, they are not really that alkaline because they are sugary fruits. Kiwis are actually mildly acidifying. I am not saying you should not eat fruit. But, if you want to alkalize fast, focus on alkaline ingredients first. Again, this free alkaline guide will show you how to create a healthy balance.

Use almond milk, coconut milk and coconut water with your smoothies. As already mentioned above, these are alkaline-friendly.

Spices such as cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg will make your smoothies taste amazing.

You can add some banana slices or dried fruit to make your smoothies taste better, but as a general rule, if you want to make them highly alkaline, you should keep away from sugar, even if it’s natural and it comes from fruit. Still, you can do it to add some taste and avoid getting bored with your green smoothies. I do it!

So here are some of my favorite alkaline-friendly smoothies. These recipes are gluten-free and grain-free and also compatible with a Paleo Diet.

Green Energy Super Alkaline Smoothie

Ingredients:

1 cup almond milk

1 cup coconut water

Half avocado

½ cup spinach

½ cup alfalfa sprouts

A few leaves of fresh mint

Pinch of powdered ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg to taste

Instructions:

Blend and enjoy! Ice cubes are optional!

Sweet Alkaline Smoothie

This smoothie is great for beginners and those who are not used to this “green taste” sort of thing. I love this smoothie for energy, and it gives me more super powers before I hit the gym.

Ingredients:

1 cup coconut milk

½ cup kale

Half banana

A few dates, pitted

Ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon powder to taste

Instructions:

Blend and enjoy!

Roibos Alkaline Smoothie

I love herbal infusions for blending. Roibos is jam-packed with minerals such as magnesium and iron and is virtually caffeine-free.This is why it’s really good friends with the Alkaline Diet.

Ingredients:

1 cup of roibos tea, cooled down

1 cup of almond milk

A few banana slices

½ cup of alfalfa sprouts

Half an avocado

1 inch ginger

Half a cucumber (peeled)

Instructions:

Blend and enjoy!

Back to our alkaline tips….

7. Himalayan salt is super alkaline

Just like there are good fats and bad fats, there are good salts and bad salts. Himalayan salt is really miraculous and it will make your meals taste great. Make sure you use Himalayan salt.

8. Finally: drink lots of filtered, ionized, alkaline water

Don’t drink tap water and also avoid bottled water. Investing in a good quality alkaline water pitcher and filters is all you need to do to take your health to the next level. It’s also much cheaper than spending money on bottled water. I personally recommend a pitcher with filters. You can always take it with you and it’s really inexpensive to get as well. Invigorated living currently has a great deal on Amazon. You can get one really cheap.

More Alkaline Tips:

Move your body, it will help you get rid of toxins and reduce stress, stress is really acidifying!

is really acidifying! Dive into the world of personal development and self-growth. Alkaline lifestyle is not only about what you eat but also about how you live and what you think.

is not only about what you eat but also about how you live and what you think. Take baby steps and don’t beat yourself up if you go off track. Just get back on track as soon as you can and keep going!

Happy and healthy alkalizing!

Questions? I am here to help!