How do I keep my system alkaline without starving?

Question

Starting today, I have to keep my urine/digestive system alkaline for a week, for health reasons. I have a list of foods that will help me do that, and a list of foods to avoid, as they would increase the acidity of my urine.

However, most of the foods that I should be eating are fruits and vegetables. Most dairy products (except milk) and meat are forbidden, as are pasta, rice, grains, legumes, refined sugar, etc....

How am I supposed to survive on this? I know that consuming baking soda and calcium/magnesium will make my urine more alkaline; does this mean that I could eat some bread or turkey and then take some Tums to sort of cancel out the acidity of the other foods? Or do I have to strictly avoid acid-forming foods all together? I love fruits and vegetables, but in order to sustain myself on them, I have to eat them pretty frequently (but since I cannot eat while I'm working, and I have a 5+ hour shift tonight I can't do that). I hate tofu, so that's not an option...

Has anyone been successful in sustaining themselves on an alkaline-forming diet and would be willing to share some secrets as to how to do so?

Answer 1

A week of fruits and vegtables won't kill you in fact it might help super charge your system

Answer 2

i would try to eat a 2-1 ratio of alkaline to acidic. that way you are still making alkaline efforts and you will still be surviving.

i tried a completely raw diet and it caused intense abdominal pain which was worse than the UTI i was trying to cure by eating the alkaline diet. maybe some bodies can thrive off of that but i needed some grains ( not wheat, i don't think many people can handle the gluten in wheat) and some protein matter.