What is Acidification and How Does it Happen?
Written by Rachel
So, what is acidification and how does it happen?
Here at Pain-Free Foods, we have discovered most of all tummy problems develop from over-acidification. This comes from your digestive system producing excess acid to digest your meals instead of the body's natural enzymes. This overproduction of acid can leave many people with pain, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, reflux, bloating, and gas. If you suffer from any of these conditions, your in for a treat. We believe to combat these symptoms you much change a lot of what you know about eating and is why we developed the Pain-Free Foods Program.
For long term relief of symptoms of acidification, we recommend following the Pain-Free Foods Program. What you need is a way to eat at home or anywhere else, and to make it work with food that you already eat, this is a CRITICAL part of our program. You just need to group differently. Using our eating guide, you can eat much as you do now, at almost anyone's home, or at any restaurant. Just eliminate any single item or items that violate the food grouping rules. You still have to avoid trigger foods, but you will be able to eat almost everything you are accustomed to. With that said, you still need to understand, if you want to heal, a few things that you now hold dear are about to change.
You will find the lists simple, and yes, not every food is listed.
• The protein foods are easy to remember; meat, nuts, eggs, and cheese. These foods are the (P) group.
• Starch foods are easy as well; all fruit and any vegetable that yields sugar or starch such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, beets, carrots, beans, winter squash (most yellow and orange meat squash), and most grains. These foods are the (S) group.
• Watery veggies are all the rest, including almost all juicy, crispy, and leafy vegetables. These foods are the (W) group.
Three groups, one rule; never mix proteins with sugar/starch (carb) foods in the same meal. For our purposes, sugar, carbohydrates, and starches are all the same thing and the terms are used interchangeably here. These are the (S) group.
So, the answer as to how to heal you from most digestive disorders is determined by the way you are grouping the foods that you eat every day. You only have one main thing to remember: Foods fall into three groups, i.e. protein, starch, and watery, and you do not mix proteins and starch. Ever.
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We are a family-owned business that’s helped over 100 thousand clients reduce stomach acid production to help with digestive troubles. We are sharing our information to help people eat without digestive pain and share our tips and tricks.
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