The use of meat and sugars tends to make the urine acid and the use of vegetables favors its alkalinity, rendering it less acid. Therefore it becomes necessary to eliminate meat from the diet, to cut down the fats and carbohydrates, and to eat freely of fruits and vegetables.
Alcohol is absolutely prohibited.
In acute cases a diet of bread and milk, or toast and milk, with light vegetable broths, should be followed for from one to three days.
In chronic cases the diet may consist of the following:
Soups.—Vegetable broths.
Fish.—Fresh fish, shell fish, raw oysters.
Meats.—It is better to omit all meats. If meat is eaten at all, it should be confined to game, chicken, and fat bacon.
Farinaceous.—Cereals, crackers, dry toast, milk toast, macaroni, graham or whole wheat bread, rye bread, oatmeal, and any of the breakfast foods.
Vegetables.—Celery, lettuce, watercress, all greens, without vinegar, string beans, green peas, potatoes, carrots, and beets.
Fruits.—All fruits, stewed or fresh. Unpeeled apples are especially recommended. (Greens, without vinegar and unpeeled apples, increase the action of the kidneys.)