Alkaline Diet Snacks

Alkaline Diet is based on the principle that specific foods leave an alkaline ash or residue in our body causing to tilt off the balance of the body’s pH range.

A sample meal plan recommends eating heavy breakfast, morning snacks, medium lunch, afternoon snacks and lite dinner.

Here are some alkaline diet snacks that can fill you up and satisfy your hunger:

1. Unsalted Almonds – almonds are not only alkaline-forming food but also contains good portion of protein and good oils.

2. Fresh Organic Bananas – Bananas are rich in alkaline content and most importantly contains a good amount of calcium needed by the body.

3. Dried Fruit and Nuts – dried fruits like dates, figs and raisins are rich alkaline-forming healthy snacks as long as the dried fruits are without sulphur.

4. Freshly Squeezed Carrot Juice – Carrots with their skin on provide alkalinity and can get a boost and aid to weight loss when mixed with green apples and celery.

5. Bean smack – consisting of three pieces of organic tomatoes chopped roughly, one can of chick peas, kidney beans, cannelini beans, butter beans, four broccoli florets, fresh raw organic spinach, a dash of himalayan salt and black pepper. Mixed everything together except the spinach in a small pan over a low heat without any oil, let the beans get warmed and heated then throw in the spinach and wilt lightly.  Remove pan from heat and pour into a bowl

6. Sprouts – eat sprouts regularly, as they are nature’s wonder food, rich in the essential alkaline minerals, and are the most nutrient dense foods available to humanity.  Sprouts provide abundant enzymes too.  Enzymes are important for our body to work efficiently; they are biological catalysts that can start or cause an activity to speed up.  All living things need enzymes for proper well being.

Snacking this alkaline diet helps you avoid episodes of over eating especially of foods that does not have any nutritional content.  Make it a habit to pack healthy snacks for your and the rest of your family.  You will thank yourself later!