MuscleNet Tip: After exercise, muscles produce lactic acid, which can easily cause soreness and fatigue. Therefore, it is recommended to eat alkaline foods. to relieve discomfort.
Normal people's body fluids are weakly alkaline. After physical exercise, people feel muscle and joint soreness and mental fatigue. The main reason is that sugar, fat, and protein in the body are decomposed in large quantities, and lactic acid is produced during the decomposition process. , phosphoric acid and other acidic substances. These acidic substances stimulate human tissues and organs, making people feel muscle and joint soreness and mental fatigue. At this time, if you simply eat meat, eggs, fish, etc. that are rich in acidic substances, the body fluids will become more acidic, which is not conducive to the relief of fatigue. Eating vegetables, sweet potatoes, citrus, apples and other fruits, due to their alkali-forming effect, can eliminate excess acid in the body, reduce the acidity of urine, increase the solubility of uric acid, and reduce the possibility of acid forming stones in the bladder.
Therefore, after physical exercise, people should eat more alkaline-rich foods, such as fruits, vegetables, soy products, etc., in order to maintain the basic balance of pH in the human body, maintain human health, and eliminate the effects of exercise as soon as possible. of fatigue.
What are alkaline foods?
Strongly alkaline foods: Chamagu, tea, cabbage, persimmons, cucumbers, carrots, spinach, cabbage, lettuce, taro, kelp, citrus, figs, watermelon, grapes, raisins, chestnuts, coffee, wine, etc. .
Weakly alkaline foods: tofu, peas, soybeans, mung beans, bamboo shoots, potatoes, shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, rapeseed, pumpkin, celery, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, onions, eggplants, radishes, milk, apples, pears, bananas, cherry blossomsPeach and so on.
Supplement:
Strongly alkaline foods: grapes, tea, wine, kelp, citrus, persimmons, cucumbers, carrots, and walnuts.
Medium alkaline foods: dried radish, carrots, soybeans, tomatoes, bananas, strawberries, egg whites, prunes, lemons, spinach, etc., oranges.
Weakly alkaline foods: red beans, apples, cabbage, tofu, cabbage, rapeseed, pears, potatoes, onions, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, apricots, cashew nuts, sesame seeds.