Acidic forming foods |
| All Meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken) and fish |
| Rice (white, brown, or basmati) |
| Cornmeal, oats, rye, spelt, wheat, bran |
| Popcorn |
| Pastas |
| Breads and most other grain proucts like cereals (hot or cold), crackers, and pastries |
| The following beans (unless sprouted in which case they become alkaline-producing): pinto, navy, mung, lentils, black, garbanzo, red, white, adzuki, and broad |
| Cheese (parmesan is the worst, followed by other sharper cheeses) |
| Sunflower and pumpkin seeds |
| Wheat germ |
| The following nuts: walnuts, pecans, cashews, dried coconut, (fresh coconut is alkaline producing), pistachios, macadamias, filberts, Brazil nuts and peanuts |
| Colas and carbonated drinks |
| Alcoholic drinks |
| Coffee and other caffeinated drinks |
| Sweetened yogurt |
| Most forms of sweeteners (artificial sweeteners, cane sugar, beet sugar, barlet syrup, processed honey, maple syrup, molasses, fructose, lactose) |
| Refine table salt |
| Soy sauce |
| Mustard (dried powder and processed) |
| Ketchup (unless natural and homemade) |
| Mayonnaise (unless natural and homemade) |
| White vinegar (apple cider and sweet brown rice vinegar are less acidic-producing and preferred) |
| Nutmeg |
| Tobacco |
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Alkalizing Foods |
| Almost all vegetables (except peppers, beets) |
| Practically all fruits with the exception of blueberries, plums, prunes, and cranberries. Even citrus fruits such as lemons, which we think of as being acidic, are alkaline-producing in the body. They are rich in organic salts, like citrates, which are being converted into bicarbonates. |
| Beans such as string, soy, lima, green, and snap |
| Peas |
| Potatoes |
| Arrowroot flour |
| Grains such as flax, millet, quinoa, and amaranth |
| nuts like almonds, pignoli, fresh cocout and chestnuts |
| Unsprouted sesame |
| Fresh unsalted butter |
| Milk |
| Cream |
| Goat's Milk |
| Eggs |
| Whey |
| Plain yogurt |
| Sweeteners like raw, unpasterized honey, dried sugar cane juice (Sucanat), brown rice syrup |
| Fruit juices |
| All vegetable juices |
| Most herbal teas |
| Garlic |
| Cayenne pepper |
| Gelatin |
| Most Herbs |
| Miso |
| Most vegetable and unprocessed sea salt |
| Most spices |
| Vanilla extract |
| Brewers yeast |
| Most unprocessed, cold pressed oils are neutral or alkaline-forming |
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