This condition is known as acidosis or hyper alkalinity. It is breeding ground for most diseases. Nephritis or Bight s disease, rheumatism, premature old age, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, skin disorders and various degenerative diseases are traceable to this condition. Acidosis can be prevented by maintaining a proper ratio between acid and alkaline foods in the diet. All flesh foods leave highly acid ash and lower the alkali reserve of the blood and tissue fluids to a very large extent.
Eggs do the same but less strongly then meats.
Cereals of all kinds, including all sorts of breads are also acid-forming foods, though much less than meats. All fruits, with exceptions like plums and prunes and all green and root vegetables are highly alkaline foods and help to alkalinize the blood and other tissue fluids. Eating sensibly in this manner will ensure the necessary alkalinity of the blood, which will keep the body in perfect health. Whenever a person has acidosis, the higher the ratio of alkaline forming foods in his diet, the quicker will be the recovery. Acids are neutralised by alkalis.