Healthy diet for healthy living

Well food can be broadly classified as: Alkaline and Acidic. Food that we usually take is 70% acidic and 30% alkaline which in fact must be opposite for healthy living. Human body is Alkaline in nature so; it has to maintain slightly alkaline body plasma.

Alkaline fruit:
Lemon, Lime, Avocado, Tomato, Grapefruit, Watermelon (is neutral)
Apple & watermelon are diuretic in nature and helps reduce salts in body and keep kidney healthy.

Alkaline green vegetables:
most of them but not potato, corn and lentils

Alkaline seeds nuts and grains:
Almonds, Pumpkin, Sunflower, Sesame, Flax, Buckwheat Grouts, Cumin Seeds, Any sprouted seed

Alkaline Drinks:
'Green Drinks', Fresh vegetable juice, Pure water (distilled or ionized), Lemon water (pure water + fresh lemon or lime), Herbal Tea, Vegetable broth, Non-sweetened Soy Milk, Almond Milk, Never tea, coffee and carbonated drinks like colas.

Fat and oils:
Flax, Hemp, Avocado, Olive, Evening Primrose, Borage, Coconut Oil

These points should also be taken care of for healthy living:

• Fats and oils should not exceed 10-15 ml per day (3 tea spoons)
• Carbohydrate based foods should be minimized as much as possible.
• Avoid sugar and salt as much as possible.
• Drink lot of water (3-4 liters a day in summers).
• To avoid Dental problems, use mouthwash at night.