When I was undergoing chemo, everybody was saying eat whatever I can as my body needed the nutrients to be able to withstand the chemo. I tried to eat as much as I could.
But when I stopped my chemo after the 5th dose, it was whoa! It was like I had to jam on the emergency brake because the strongest line of defence was gone. Now, I am quite careful with what I eat. I avoid white sugar and table salt.
I don't take chicken, unless it's kampung chicken (hopefully it's not been jabbed with hormones). I take some pork, mostly fish and eggs, beans and nuts and some fruits.
It is said that acidic foods tend to cause a lot of health problems. That it is best to balance our diet more in favour to the alkaline side.
Sometimes, certain foods that are classified as acidic on one website are classified as alkaline on another. Oh crap! This is so frustrating. How do they measure it anyway? Oh well, if I follow strictly to the charts, I am probably going to stress myself out.
Fortunately I am not such a foodie and generally, I find abstinence from certain foods manageable. But sometimes, I see delicious foods displayed before me and it takes some willpower to stop myself from giving in to temptations. Maybe, when my time comes, and I hope that I am given enough warning, I probably can go on a no-holds-barred binge.
Having such a diet restriction can be very frustrating. Sometimes, I look at the stuff around me and I don't know what to eat. How nice it will be if we can just survive on fresh air and water alone. Eating can be such a chore.
Anyway, it is not just food alone. I might have mentioned this before, that anger and stress can cause our body to be acidic.
For reference, these are the websites for alkaline and acidic food charts:
http://www.essense-of-life.com/info/foodchart.htm
http://www.ctds.info/acidic-foods.html
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