Beginning to find better foods
Hi, Joe!
Yes! It IS hard to find stuff at first.
It was much harder when I began here, and there was not a wealth of past posts on the topic to search through for suggestions. The regulars here have struggled with the search, too, and left behind a wealth of info.
One of the hardest things to find in my area this year is greens that are not too poor to eat.
So, I have just increased the kelp in my alkali
sing drink and in my diet.
In general, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots usually of acceptable quality.
With your grains, there are several indirect ways to test.
If you can compare the dry weight of the same volume of the same variety, the heavier one will be the highest quality. This is because the variety of alkaline minerals in it are heavier than the water and sugar constituting most of poorer quality stuff.
Also, grain and bread products that are top quality are very resistant to mold. So, products that last a long time, especially if they do so without refrigeration, may be good choices.
There are a few tricks that can improve your grains if eaten whole.
You can pre-soak and sprout them.
You can add a pinch of ES when you cook them
More on all this if U use the search engine for this forum.
Di
BTW, I could not eat the tomatoes U mention. I used to eat them down to around 4.5 S [sharp] but now refuse ANY below a 6 or so. Then, it most be grown by someone I know for a fact has replenished their soil.
After several years of using a refractometer and pH strips as well as observing my responses to poor foods, I would rather go on a fast than eat them. That is why I now concentrate on finding and preserving some extra of excellent foods.