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THERE ANYWAY TO ASSURE I STAY ALKALINE WHILE TRAVELING?
Travel puts stress on the body and whenever
the body is under stress this can change even the best alkaline lifestyle
to acid. I have found that
I will test toward 6.0 while traveling. I try to keep my
urinary pH at 7.5 to 8.0 or blue when tested with pH paper. Sometimes
with the excitement of travel, anticipation of seeing old friends again,
or the joy to be flying off, this creates stress in my life. In
addition to eating alkaline, Try these suggestions to remain alkaline:
1. Lemon
juice freshly squeezed about every hour or two. I try to bring my
own lemons and squeeze them into either apple juice or cranberry juice
or bubbly mineral water. I also bring a thermos of hot lemon water
with tupelo honey to drink while driving. Liquids are no longer allowed while boarding airplanes.
2. Green
drinks. I will stop in at an airport juice bar and get a shot of wheat grass juice
with a fresh orange slice.
3. Citrus
juice –while still at home I will make a freshly squeezed grapefruit
juice (caution grapefruit interferes with many medications.) I have
found this prevents my legs from swelling during the long plane ride.
4. Potassium
citrate–the day of the flight I will take 9 Over the counter
tablets of potassium citrate. This is the equivalent of one prescribed
urocit tablet.
5. I drink cabbage juice with almonds, just prior to leaving
for my flight.
6. If allowed fresh produce
on the flight, I will bring a veggie wrap from either subway or Quiznos
sandwich company. I also carry dates, almonds, chamomile tea bags and dried mango.
WHAT
DO YOU EAT WHILE TRAVELING?
I go to the local markets and purchase a big bag of golden delicious,
Fuji, or gala apples, Myer lemons, pears, tangerines or oranges, melons
in season, fresh dates, almonds, avocado, corn tortillas, grapefruit and bottled
spring water. I also bring a baggie filled with Himalayan pink salt crystals and make solé once I reach my destination. My first choice for produce is a local farmers market. These are closed
during the fall and winter months. If I am lucky enough to find a
market with locally grown produce, such as the beautiful gravensteins
of Sebastopol, then I make a beeline for this unusual colorful shopping
experience with its interesting open air shopping stalls that are
often filled with fresh, crisp, organic produce that is definitely
in season and grown in the same area where I happen to be traveling at the time. While in Fresno California I came across the plumpest, juiciest raisins I have ever eaten. I bought all he had for sale. These were so good. Another time I found miniature golden and white carrots so deliciously sweet.
My second choice is to
find a warehouse store such as Costco, Cost-U-Less, or Sam’s
Club to lessen the price of all these standard purchases. I will buy
a case of bottled spring water for about $5. I realize it comes in plastic,
but I say health each time I drink the water, informing the water
that it is healing me, bringing me optimism. I feel it is much better
to stay hydrated that to be too concerned that it comes in plastic
bottles. If this is not possible then I will let tap water remain
in a glass pitcher overnight to rid it of any residual chlorine. I
will drink this water. Each morning and throughout the day I eat fresh
fruits, raw vegetables, dried unsugared mango, almonds, chestnuts,
tiny carrots, radishes, cucumbers, radish sprouts, broccoli sprouts, romaine lettuce and more.
My lunch menus vary. I
might try a sandwich shop that specializes in wraps. I usually order the vegetable
wrap without cheese and sprinkled with lemon juice and olive oil. Or a Chinese
take out that serves brown rice, found near universities or
colleges. I eat steamed
vegetables called Buddha's Delight. One day we may get a Greek Salad. Another day it could be salad from a fast food.
I avoid meats and cheeses. One day
lunch could be black bean soup and salad. When in Florida
and there is a chain called Pollo Tropical, which specializes in Cuban
food. The take out or drive through menu has freshly prepared
items like fried sweet bananas (platanos), boiled yucca root, yellow rice, black beans, and corn on the cob.
I eat frequently, usually eating every two hours, 5 almonds, a slice
of dried mango, a few baby carrots, or a vegetable juice. My personal hunger
times are consistently at 10:30 am and at 3:30 pm. I rarely eat food
after 5pm. Sometimes I do not get hunger signals. I know I am in need
of nourishment because I get cold and my body will sometimes involuntary
shiver. When I travel to Europe I make sure to fax ahead to the restaurant, and explain any dietary restrictions to the
chef and ask if he can prepare meals for me that do not use wheat,
animal protein, sugar, milk, cheese, soy, cream, butter or eggs. I have experienced
some delightful and delicious meals that are both new interesting dishes
that I would probably have not ordered if were not that I had wired
ahead of time.
LIST OF FOODS WHILE TRAVELING
| almonds |
apples |
avocado |
| bananas |
bottled water |
carrots |
| chamomile tea |
corn tortillas |
cranberry all juice |
| grape juice |
grapefruit(caution drug interactions) |
lemons |
| mineral water |
olive oil |
oranges |
| pears |
saffron |
spelt non yeasted bread |
| roasted grain beverage |
tangerines |
tupelo honey |
BREAKFAST
| fresh fruit, juice & herb tea |
yogurt fresh fruit parfait hot lemon (I leave most of the yogurt) |
oatmeal with herb tea |
| spelt toast almond butter herb tea or grain beverage |
rye toast avocado with tahini and grain beverage
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fresh fruit in season: ripe figs & kumquats
or persimmons and apples |
| papaya and mango with lemon water |
sliced grapefruit and oranges |
corn tortilla & avocado |
LUNCH or DINNER
Quiznos veggie wrap without cheese |
Subway veggie wrap without cheese |
Soup and Salad |
| Chinese style brown rice & vegetables |
Salad (at a fast food place) with juice
and rye crisp. |
Vegetable wrap-raw salad in a spinach
tortilla |
| Take out: corn on the cob,cole slaw, apple juice |
Fast Food boiled beans, corn tortillas,salad,
corn on the cob |
Greek Salad or Chicken salad without chicken |
| Taco salad (hold the meat & sour
cream) corn chips, beans, avocado. |
Brown rice with vegetable curry |
Soba buckwheat noodle soup |
| Health food store brown rice and steamed veggies |
All vegetable brown rice sushi with pickled
ginger like cucumber carrot |
El Pollo Tropical yucca, corn on the cob, beans,
yellow rice |
| Thai Chicken salad (hold the chicken add rice noodles,
almonds, toasted sesame seeds. |
Mexican corn tortillas, beans, salad, guacamole
or avocado. |
Juice bar, beet carrot parsley juice & lentil
soup or Mango banana smoothie |
| fresh fruit cup of melon and fruits from market |
On the plane I order vegetarian vegan dishes or bring my own. |
Beef with broccoli, hold the beef |
| Broccoli with garlic sauce over brown rice. I have
tried eating white rice, but it really causes kidney aches |
Chinese without MSG and less oil. |
Corn tortillas, avocado, broccoli sprouts, radish
sprouts, a little cucumber & onion. |
| Airports I get the
grilled veggie special, hold the cheese. |
Soup and salad is always satisfying with fresh fruit. |
Markets have a deli section with soup and salads
for take out. |
| A vegetable appetizer from a restaurant. The portion
is smaller and easier for me to digest. |
Salad bars where I can pick and choose. |
Vegetarian Living Food such as Roxanne's in Larkspur,
California. |
SNACKS
| raw carrots, especially white miniature
variety |
organic brown rice cakes |
almonds, oats, cashews, pumpkin seeds |
| rye crackers |
dried fruit, fresh dates with 5 almonds, tangerine,
orange, grapefruit, pear, banana, apple (not allowed on flights
to and from Hawaii) |
roasted grain beverage packets |
herb tea
roastaroma, apple tea, honey lemon, hibiscus rose hips tea,
linden flower tea. |
Mrs. Mays organic snacks: almond crunch, sesame
crunch, cashew crunch, pumpkin seed crunch. |
Apple beet juice or carrot or melon juice |
| cranberry juice with perrier and a lemon slice |
raw vegetable platter |
Bottled water, shots of wheat grass juice in airport
juice bars. |
OTHER ITEMS I CARRY WITH ME OR PURCHASE ALONG THE WAY
| stainless steel knife, fork, spoon |
porcelain bowl |
porcelain or glass cup for tea |
| citrus reamer or juicer |
knife to cut fruit and vegetables |
glass for drinking |
A few fast food places in the USA and food choices I try when traveling:
BURGER KING the veggie burger. Hold the mayonnaise add extra lettuce, and veggies. This is high in sodium and contains soy.
SUBWAY the veggie wrap. Hold the cheese and olives and tomatoes and fill it full of all the rest of vegetables with a lemonade and I add
extra lemons.
QUIZNOS - the heated veggie wrap. Hold the cheese, olives, tomatoes. Or a soup and salad is a good weight loss lunch. I ask for a cup of hot water and I dilute the soups with the extra water or if possible I add extra veggies to the soup.
EL POLLO LOCO sides of corn on the cob, steamed veggies. Hold the margarine. Pinto beans. Salad. Corn tortillas. If one must have meat the Chicken taco al Carbon is a better choice with 225 mg of sodium.
EL POLLO TROPICAL sides of platanos (fried plantain bananas). Black beans with rice and boiled yucca root.
MACDONALD'S In Hawaii I have the rice, egg, fresh pineapple for
breakfast. In California I have the breakfast burrito hold the sausage
or the apple grape salad or sometimes the all fruit parfait; for the
nutritional breakdown of the fruit and yogurt parfait.
CAPTAIN DEE'S or LONG JOHN SILVER'S Sides of green beans, white beans, corn on the cob; for the nutrition breakdown.
DOWN UNDER STEAK HOUSE baked sweet potato and salad.
I carry with me a thermos filled with lemon water tupelo honey or a previously cooked vegetable broth. Now I can no longer carry liquids on the airplane so I ask for hot water with lemons or limes. In a pinch I use my own tea bag of chamomile or I love lemon tea or hibiscus and rose hips.
If you can spot a Lebanese take out with gyros and pita bread, they usually have a salad with lamb that is a good alternative to beef. These are not the best, but they are better suggestions. Take out is so very high in sodium. One of the things that makes it especially hard is that so many foods use potassium-based preservatives so try to eat fresh whenever possible and try some of the foods in the green-wise/health food aisles. Low fat foods compensate by increasing sodium and sugar so watch those as well.
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