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The pH Diet is organized in three steps, or levels. All three levels are easy. In fact, they get easier as you move through them. They involve lifestyle as well as dietary changes.

In Level 1, you learn how to reduce the toxic load on your body. You do this by cutting back on the acid-forming liquids and anti-nutrients in your diet. These include:

• Milk

• Caffeine

• Nicotine

• Alcohol

Don’t worry – you won’t have to go cold turkey. You gradually reduce your intake of these toxins at a pace that suits you. You’ll soon begin to feel the benefits, giving you the incentive to move up to Level 2.

In Level 2, you’ll increase your alkaline reserves. This involves reducing wheat and including suggested alternatives, and introducing the 80 alkaline-forming super foods (see pages 43–87). There are lots of vegetables and vegetable juices in this part of the diet to rebuild the alkaline reserves. Vegetables are used for healing and are more alkaline-forming than the fruits used in Level 3. You can expect to be on Level 2 until alkaline reserves are in place. This could be six to eight weeks or longer, depending upon your previous levels, diet and lifestyle.

Level 3 concentrates on maintaining the balance. It explains how to eat a true alkaline-forming diet with less cooked food and more emphasis on raw foods. You’ll also include more fruit and fruit juices in your diet. (Although fruits are mildly acidic, you can begin to eat them at this stage as you’ll have built up more alkaline reserves, enabling your body to deal more efficiently with the acids they produce.)

We’ve included three dietary plans to help you choose your meals. There is one plan for each of the three levels, together with sheets for you to record your daily progress.