Acid Alkaline Foods - PDF Version 1
Acid Alkaline Foods - PDF Version 1
Acid Alkaline Foods - PDF Version 1
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An acidic pH can occur from, an acid forming diet, emotional stress, toxic
overload, and/or immune reactions or any process that deprives the cells of
oxygen and other nutrients. The body will try to compensate for acidic pH by
using alkaline minerals. If the diet does not contain enough minerals to
compensate, a build up of acids in the cells will occur.
An acidic balance will: decrease the body's ability to absorb minerals and
other nutrients, decrease the energy production in the cells, decrease it's
ability to repair damaged cells, decrease it's ability to detoxify heavy metals,
make tumor cells thrive, and make it more susceptible to fatigue and illness.
A blood pH of 6.9, which is only slightly acidic, can induce coma and death.
The reason acidosis is more common in our society is mostly due to the
typical American diet, which is far too high in acid producing animal products
like meat, eggs and dairy, and far too low in alkaline producing foods like
fresh vegetables. Additionally, we eat acid producing processed foods like
white flour and sugar and drink acid producing beverages like coffee and soft
drinks. We use too many drugs, which are acid forming; and we use artificial
chemical sweetners like NutraSweet, Spoonful, Sweet 'N Low, Equal, or
Aspartame, which are poison and extremely acid forming. One of the best
things we can do to correct an overly acid body is to clean up the diet and
lifestyle.
To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods and
40% acid forming foods. To restore health, the diet should consist of 80%
alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods.
Generally, acid forming foods include: meat, fish, poultry, eggs, grains, and
legumes.
This chart is for those trying to "adjust" their body pH. The pH scale is from 0
to 14, with numbers below 7 acidic ( low on oxygen ) and numbers above 7
alkaline. An acidic body is a sickness magnet. What you eat and drink will
impact where your body's pH level falls. Balance is Key !!!
UNKNOWN:
There are several versions of the Acidic and Alkaline Food chart to be
found in different books and on the Internet. The following foods are
sometimes attributed to the Acidic side of the chart and sometimes to the
Alkaline side. Remember, you don't need to adhere strictly to the Alkaline
side of the chart, just make sure a good percentage of the foods you eat
come from that side.
Brazil Nuts Maple Syrup
Brussel Sprouts Milk
Buckwheat Nuts
Cashews Organic Milk (unpasteurized)
Chicken Potatoes, white
Corn Pumpkin Seeds
Cottage Cheese Quinoa
Eggs Sauerkraut
Flax Seeds Soy Products
Green Tea Sprouted Seeds
Herbal Tea Squashes
Honey Sunflower Seeds
Kombucha Tomatoes
Lima Beans Yogurt
* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and
are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease; research is ongoing.
Here's a chart that ranks foods from most alkaline to most acidic.
Lemons, watermelon.
Alkaline Forming
Moderately Alkaline
Slightly Alkaline
Chestnuts (dry, roasted), egg yolks (soft cooked), essene bread, goat's
milk and whey (raw), mayonnaise (homemade), olive oil, sesame seeds
(whole), soy beans (dry), soy cheese, soy milk, sprouted grains, tofu,
tomatoes (less sweet), and yeast (nutritional flakes).
Neutral
Butter (fresh, unsalted), cream (fresh, raw), cow's milk and whey (raw),
margine, oils (except olive), and yogurt (plain).
Moderately Acidic
Molasses (unsulferd and organic), most nuts, mustard, oats (rye, organic),
olives (pickled), pasta (whole grain), pastry (whole grain and honey),
plums, popcorn (with salt and/or butter), potatoes, prunes, rice (basmati
and brown), seeds (pumpkin, sunflower), soy sauce, and wheat bread
(sprouted organic).
Extremely Acidic
Baking soda, sea salt, mineral water, pumpkin seed, lentils, seaweed,
onion, taro root, sea vegetables, lotus root, sweet potato, lime, lemons,
nectarine, persimmon, raspberry, watermelon, tangerine, and pineapple.
Most herbs, green tea, mu tea, rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, sake, quail
eggs, primrose oil, sesame seed, cod liver oil, almonds, sprouts, potato,
bell pepper, mushrooms, cauliflower, cabbage, rutabaga, ginseng,
eggplant, pumpkin, collard green, pear, avocado, apples (sour),
blackberry, cherry, peach, and papaya.
Vanilla, alcohol, black tea, balsamic vinegar, cow milk, aged cheese, soy
cheese, goat milk, game meat, lamb, mutton, boar, elk, shell fish,
mollusks, goose, turkey, buckwheat, wheat, spelt, teff, kamut, farina,
semolina, white rice, almond oil, sesame oil, safflower oil, tapioca, seitan,
tofu, pinto beans, white beans, navy beans, red beans, aduki beans, lima
beans, chard, plum, prune and tomatoes.
Nutmeg, coffee, casein, milk protein, cottage cheese, soy milk, pork, veal,
bear, mussels, squid, chicken, maize, barley groats, corn, rye, oat bran,
pistachio seeds, chestnut oil, lard, pecans, palm kernel oil, green peas,
peanuts, snow peas, other legumes, garbanzo beans, cranberry, and
pomegranate.
8.5 Agar Agar 3, 5.5 Beef, Carbonated soft drinks & fizzy drinks 38,
Cantaloupe, Cayenne Cigarettes (tailor made), Drugs, Flour (white, wheat)
(Capsicum) 4, 39, Goat, Lamb, Pastries & cakes from white flour,
Dried dates & figs, Kelp, Pork, Sugar (white) 40
Karengo, Kudzu root, Limes,
Mango, Melons, Papaya, Beer 34, Brown sugar 35, Chicken, Deer, Chocolate,
Parsley 5, Seedless grapes Coffee 36, Custard with white sugar, Jams, Jellies,
(sweet), Watercress, Liquor 37, Pasta (white), Rabbit, Semolina, Table
Seaweeds salt refined and iodized, Tea black, Turkey, Wheat
bread, White rice, White vinegar (processed).
Asparagus 6, Endive,
Kiwifruit, Fruit juices 7, Grapes
(sweet), Passion fruit,
Pears (sweet), Pineapple,
Raisins, Umeboshi plum,
Vegetable juices 8
Moderate Alkaline - pH 7.5 Moderate Acid - pH 6.0 to 6.5
to 8.0
8.0 Apples (sweet), Apricots, 6.0 Cigarette tobacco (roll your own), Cream of Wheat
Alfalfa sprouts 9, (unrefined), Fish, Fruit juices with sugar, Maple
Arrowroot, Flour 10, syrup (processed), Molasses (sulphured), Pickles
Avocados, Bananas (ripe), (commercial), Breads (refined) of corn, oats, rice &
Berries, Carrots, Celery, rye, Cereals (refined) eg weetbix, corn flakes,
Currants, Dates & figs Shellfish, Wheat germ, Whole Wheat foods 32,
(fresh), Garlic 11, Wine 33, Yogurt (sweetened)
Gooseberry, Grapes (less
sweet), 6.5 Bananas (green), Buckwheat, Cheeses (sharp),
Grapefruit, Guavas, Corn & rice breads, Egg whole (cooked hard),
Herbs (leafy green), Lettuce Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Oats, Pasta (whole grain),
(leafy green), Nectarine, Pastry (wholegrain & honey), Peanuts, Potatoes
Peaches (sweet), Pears (with no skins), Popcorn (with salt & butter), Rice
(less sweet), Peas (fresh (basmati), Rice (brown), Soy sauce (commercial),
sweet), Persimmon, Tapioca, Wheat bread (sprouted organic)
Pumpkin (sweet), Sea
salt (vegetable) 12, Spinach
Neutral pH 7.0 — Healthy Body Saliva pH Range is between 6.4 to 6.8 (on your pH
test strips)
Butter (fresh unsalted), Cream (fresh and raw), Margarine 26, Milk (raw cow's) 27, Oils
(except olive),
Whey (cow's), Yogurt (plain)
1. Excellent for EMERGENCY SUPPORT for colds, coughs, sore throats, heartburn, and
gastro upsets.
2. Good for a yearly fast. For several days eat whole melon, chew pips well and eat
also. Super alkalizing food.
3. Substitute for gelatin, more nourishing.
4. Stimulating, non-irritating body healer. Good for endocrine system.
5. Purifies kidneys.
6. Powerful acid reducer detoxing to produce acid urine temporarily, causing alkalinity for
the long term.
7. Natural sugars give alkalinity. Added sugar causes juice to become acid forming.
8. Depends on vege's content and sweetness.
9. Enzyme rich, superior digestibility.
10. High calcium content. Cornflour substitute.
11. Elevates acid food 5.0 in alkaline direction.
12. Vegetable content raises alkalinity.
13. Substitute for coca; mineral rich.
14. Winter squash rates 7.5. Butternut and sweeter squash rates 8.0.
15. Genuine fermented for 1½ years otherwise 6.0.
16. Raw unpasteurized is a digestive aid to increase HCL in the stomach. 1 tablespoon, +
honey & water before meals.
17. Soak 12 hours, peel skin to eat.
18. Sundried, tree ripened, otherwise 6.0.
19. Using sea salt and apple cider vinegar.
20. Contains sea minerals. Dried at low temperatures.
21. Range from 7.0 to 8.0.
22. Sprouted grains are more alkaline. Grains chewed well become more alkaline.
23. High sodium to aid digestion.
24. High levels of utilizable calcium. Grind before eating.
25. Alkalinity and digestibility higher.
26. Heating causes fats to harden and become indigestible.
27. High mucus production.
28. Mucus forming and hard to digest.
29. When sprouted dry beans rate 7.0.
30. Contain acid-forming benzoic and quinic acids.
31. Full of iron.
32. Unrefined wheat is more alkaline.
33. High quality red wine, no more than 4 oz. daily to build blood.
34. Good quality, well brewed - up to 5.5. Fast brewed beers drop to 5.0.
35. Most are white sugars with golden syrup added.
36. Organic, fresh ground-up to 5.5.
37. Cheaper brands drop to 5.0, as does over-indulgence.
38. Leaches minerals.
39. Bleached - has no goodness.
40. Poison! Avoid it.
41. Potential cancer agent. Over-indulgence may cause partial blindness.