How to Reduce Acidity in Cooking

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Sprinkle small amounts of baking soda gradually into food during cooking to reduce the acidity in the food.

   Taste the food often, until the tart flavor of the food is reduced.
   
   Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, which is a form of salt.
   
   If you are concerned about your sodium intake, add as little baking soda as possible until the food's tartness (and acid) is sufficiently reduced.
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   Step 2: Cook dishes for the shortest time possible so that water isn't cooked away and acid isn't concentrated in a smaller volume of food.

   Simmering soups, casseroles, sauces and other dishes reduces water. , If you are making spaghetti and meatballs, cook the sauce and meatballs separately, then add them together just before serving.
   
   This will prevent the meat from soaking up acid. ,, For example, to reduce acids in meat or fish casseroles, add peas, carrots or eggs, which are alkaline. , In addition to reducing the acid, soaking beans in hot water makes your body better able to absorb the nutritious minerals in the beans.
   
   Reduce the phytic acid content of grains by soaking them the same way you soak beans. ,, Canola oil is low in acid and healthful in other ways. ,,,,
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   Step 3: Prepare meat

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   Step 4: fish or fowl separately from the sauce so the meat doesn't absorb acids from the sauce.

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   Step 5: Get protein in your diet by eating lean meats

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   Step 6: London broil steak

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   Step 7: skinless chicken

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   Step 8: fish and egg whites as they are foods low in acid.

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   Step 9: Incorporate high-alkaline foods into high-acid foods

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    Step 10: as the alkalinity reduces the acidity.

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    Step 11: Reduce the phytic acid in legumes and beans by soaking the beans in hot water overnight before cooking.

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    Step 12: Reduce acid in a balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing by making the dressing with equal amounts of vinegar

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    Step 13: oil and strong tea.

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    Step 14: Cook with extra virgin olive oil or switch to a different type of oil

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    Step 15: as olive oil is more acidic than other oils.

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    Step 16: Incorporate low acid fruits into your diet by eating sweet apples

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    Step 17: mangoes

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    Step 18: bananas and melons.

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    Step 19: Increase your consumption of vegetables

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    Step 20: as most vegetables can be prepared with little oil.

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    Step 21: Eat low-fat foods to avoid acid

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    Step 22: including skim milk

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    Step 23: goat cheese and lower-fat or fat-free prepared foods.

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    Step 24: Avoid onions

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    Step 25: which are high in acid.

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