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Should you eat 'acid foods' or not? ...with Ilyse Jones

Nutrition Science Bites with Professor Clare Collins AO

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Should you eat 'acid foods' or not? ...with Ilyse Jones

In this episode, Laureate Professor Clare Collins talks with Ilyse Jones about whether 'acid' food is a thing - or not! They cover what a pH level is, what acidity and alkalinity are in relation to foods, plus how the body metabolises food and makes pH adjustments so that blood pH is regulated within a very narrow range. They discuss Potential Renal Acid Load (PRAL), a score that estimates the amount of acid a food produces within the body after digestion and in response to filtering processes in the kidneys. While food pH may not impact your health or blood pH, the body's regulatory mechanisms are crucial for maintaining optimal pH levels and kidney health and overall health and wellbeing.

For more information about kidney health, check out the Kidney Health Australia website: https://kidney.org.au/

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What is healthy eating?

Eating healthy is making sure you enjoy a wide variety of foods from each of the five major food groups daily, in the amounts recommended. The five major food groups as recommended by the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating are:

  1. vegetables and legumes/bean
  2. fruit
  3. lean meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, legumes/beans
  4. grain (cereal) foods, mostly wholegrain and/or high cereal fibre varieties
  5. milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives, mostly reduced fat.

Foods are grouped together because they provide similar amounts of key nutrients and eating a variety of foods from the list above helps to promote good health and reduce the risk of disease.

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Your HEQ score and personalised feedback report is based on the frequency and variety of healthy core foods you usually eat. This is important because no single food contains all the nutrients we need to stay healthy. Some foods are higher in nutrients than others and people who have a lot of variety in the foods they eat are more likely to be healthy and to stay healthy. In other words, if you can eat a large variety of vegetables as opposed to only 2-3 types of vegetables, the benefits are much greater. This type of diet also helps you to feel better, think better and perform better during your usual daily activities.

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