Home Remedies for Acidity

Acidity can be prevented by maintaining a proper ratio between acid and alkaline foods in diet. All flesh foods leave highly acid ash in the blood. Fruits, green and root vegetables are highly alkaline foods and help to alkalize the blood. Daily Diet should consist of four-fifths of alkaline forming foods such as fresh fruits, tubers, legumes, leafy and root vegetables and one- fifth of acid forming foods such as meat, fish & bread.

Diet during Acidity: –

Breakfast may consist of fresh fruit.

Lunch may consist of light-starchy vegetables like beet, carrot, cauliflower. Desserts and fruits may be added to this.

Home Remedies for Acidity:-

Raisins: - It has excess alkalinity, is helpful in maintaining the acid balance of the body.

Spinach: - Helpful in cleaning blood and preserving the alkalinity of the blood.

Tomatoes: - Increase alkalinity of the blood.

Avoid:- Tea, Coffee, Sugar, White flour, all products made with sugar and white flour, all refined foods, fried foods, pickles, alcohol, cigarettes, tobacco and carbonated beverages.