| In the diet during disease, breakfast may consist of | | | | classified as acid-forming or |
| fresh fruits, lunch may comprise raw vegetables with | | | | alkaline-forming.The effect of food stuffs upon the |
| acid and sub-acid fruits, and for dinner raw and | | | | alkalinity of the blood depends upon their residue |
| cooked vegetables, or light starchy vegetables like | | | | which they |
| beet, carrot, cauliflower, egg-plant and squashes may | | | | leave behind after undergoing oxidation in the body. |
| be taken. Sweet fruits may be added to this diet | | | | It is an error to presume that because a |
| after seven days.Foods are classified as | | | | food tastes acid, it has an acidic reaction in the |
| acid-producing or alkaline-producing depending on their | | | | blood. For instance, fruits and vegetables have |
| reaction on the | | | | organic acids in combination with soda and potash in |
| urine. Calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium | | | | the form of acid salts. When the acids are |
| present in foods contribute to the alkaline | | | | burnt or utilised in the body, the alkaline soda or |
| effect, while sulphur, phosphorous and chlorine | | | | potash is left behind. Hence the effect of the |
| contribute to the acidic effect. Depending on the | | | | natural fruit acids is to increase the alkalinity of the |
| pre-dominating constituents in a particular food, it is | | | | blood rather than reduce it. |