ACID-FORMING & ALKALINE-FORMING FOODS

It must be noted that because a food is acid it is no indication that it REMAINS acid in the body. It can turn alkaline. Honey and raw sugars produce alkaline ash, but because of a high concentrate of sugar become acid-formers. Those fruits marked with an * should not be eaten with other foods. They are acid externally but alkaline internally.


ALKALINE FRUITS
Apples/cider Apricots Avocados Bananas Berries (most) Cantaloupe Carob (pod only) Cherries Citron Currants Dates Figs Grapes *Grapefruit Guavas *Kumquats *Lemons (ripe) *Limes Loquats Mangos Nectarines Olives (ripe) *Oranges Papayas Passion Fruit Peaches Pears Persimmons Pineapple (fresh) Pomegranates Melons (all) Raisins Sapotes Tamarind *Tangerines Tomatoes (fully ripened)


ACID FRUITS
All preserves All canned with sugar Cranberries Dried-sulphured, glazed Olives (Pickled) Plums Prunes Blueberries


ALKALINE VEGETABLES
Alfalfa sprouts Artichokes Asparagus Bamboo shoots Beans (green, lima, wax, string) Beets broccoli Cabbages Carrots Celery Cauliflower Chard Chicory Com Cucumber Dill Dock Dulse Eggplant Endive Escarole Garlic Horseradish Jerusalem artichokes Kale Leeks Lettuce Mushrooms Okra Onions Oyster plant Parsley Parsnips Peas Peppers (bell)

ACID VEGETABLES
Asparagus tips (white only) Beans (dried) Garbanzos Lentils

ALKALINE DAIRY
Acidophilus milk buttermilk yogurt Milk (raw only -- human, cow, or goat) Whey

ACID DAIRY
Butter Cheese (all) Cottage cheese Cream Custards Margarine Milk (boiled, cooked, malted, dried, canned)

ALKALINE VEGETABLES (continued)
Potatoes (skin is best part) Pumpkin Radish Romaine lettuce Rutabagas Sauerkraut Soybeans Spinach Sprouts Squash Turnips Watercress Yams, sweet potatoes

ALKALINE GRAINS
Amaranth Quinoa Buckwheat & millet are thought to be either neutral or alkaline.


ACID GRAINS
All grains and grain products except buckwheat & millet


ALKALINE, MISC.
Agar Coffee substitute Honey Kelp (edible) Tea (herbal & Chinese) Egg yolks


ACID MISC.
Alcoholic drinks Cocoa Coffee, Indian teas Condiments (all) Dressings Drugs Eggs (whites) Flavorings Mayonnaise Tapioca Tobacco Vinegar


ALKALINE NUTS
Almonds Chestnuts (roasted) Coconut (fresh)


ACID NUTS
All except above Coconut (dried)


ALKALINE FLESH FOOD
Beef Juice Blood & bone (only bonemeal is alkaline)


ACID FLESH FOOD
All meats Fowl, fish, shellfish, Gelatin




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