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Basic Cayce Diet: Acid-Alkaline Balance

The Basic Cayce Diet recommends maintaining acid-alkaline balance by consuming 80% alkaline foods like vegetables and fruits and 20% acid foods like meat and grains. It advises avoiding certain food combinations that are hard to digest like two starches or milk with citrus. A typical day's menu would include citrus or cereal for breakfast, a raw vegetable or fruit salad for lunch, and steamed vegetables with fish or poultry for dinner. Foods should be prepared by steaming, not frying, and using fresh local ingredients with no aluminum cookware. One's mental attitude is also important, as negative emotions can turn even healthy foods toxic.

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Basic Cayce Diet: Acid-Alkaline Balance

The Basic Cayce Diet recommends maintaining acid-alkaline balance by consuming 80% alkaline foods like vegetables and fruits and 20% acid foods like meat and grains. It advises avoiding certain food combinations that are hard to digest like two starches or milk with citrus. A typical day's menu would include citrus or cereal for breakfast, a raw vegetable or fruit salad for lunch, and steamed vegetables with fish or poultry for dinner. Foods should be prepared by steaming, not frying, and using fresh local ingredients with no aluminum cookware. One's mental attitude is also important, as negative emotions can turn even healthy foods toxic.

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Basic Cayce Diet

The following summary describes the Basic Cayce Diet recommended for
healing and health maintenance for most people. These diet concepts provide a
framework for meal planning.

ACID-ALKALINE BALANCE
Edgar Cayce frequently emphasized the importance of maintaining a proper acid-
alkaline balance by eating mostly alkaline forming foods. A comprehensive list of
foods is included in this section. The following summary will give you a quick
overview of acid and alkaline-forming foods.

Alkaline-Forming Foods (80% of the daily diet should contain these foods):
• All vegetables except dried beans, lentils, asparagus tips, and garbanzos
• All fresh fruits except cranberries, plums, olives, prunes, and blueberries
(preserves and canned fruits are usually acid-forming)
• Almonds, chestnuts, Brazil nuts, and hazelnuts

Acid-Forming Foods (20% of the daily diet should contain these foods)
• All meats except beef juice and bone meal
• All grains, cereals, and bakery products except for soybeans
• All dairy except buttermilk, yogurt, raw milk, and why
• Peanuts, pecans, and walnuts

FOOD COMBINATIONS TO AVOID


Certain food combinations are difficult to digest and may cause problems in the
digestive system. Here is a brief list of food combinations to avoid:
• Two or more starchy foods at the same meal
• Sugary foods and starchy foods
• Milk and citrus fruit or juice
• Cereals and citrus fruit or juice
• Large quantities of starchy foods with meat or cheese
• Coffee with milk or cream
• Raw apples with other foods

A TYPICAL DAY’S MENU


Develop a variety of daily menus which suit your taste and conform to the dietary
principles in this section. Here is a simple outline for a typical day’s menu:

Breakfast
Either citrus fruit or cooked or dry cereal
Lunch
Raw vegetable salad with dressing or fruit salad

Dinner
Steamed vegetables served with fish, poultry or lamb

FOOD PREPARATION
Proper food preparation is important to preserve nutrients and avoid toxicity.
Here are some suggestions:
• Steam vegetables in their own juices (i.e. patapar paper)
• Never fry foods
• Use fresh, locally grown vegetables and fruits whenever possible
• Avoid aluminum cookware

ATTITUDES AND EMOTIONS


Edgar Cayce stated that even the most nutritious foods can turn to poison in the
system if eaten while a person is in a negative frame of mind. Never eat when
angry, worried, or extremely tired.

*** Information excerpted from http://www.cayce.com

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