Effects of common foods on the body’s acid/alkaline balance
Acid Foods Neutral Foods Alkaline Foods
Avoid These Eat These Always Eat These
All antibiotics Apples Baking soda
All fried foods Apricots Blackberries
Artificial sweeteners Bananas Broccoli
Beef Beans – fresh & dried Cantaloupe
Beer Blueberries Cinnamon
Butter Buckwheat Diakon radish
Carob Cauliflower Endive
Casein Carrots Garlic
Cheese incl. processed Cherries Grapefruit
Chicken Dates Honeydew
Cocoa, chocolate Eggplant Kale
Coffee Eggs – chicken, duck Kohlrabi
Corn Figs Lentils
Jam, jelly Fish Limes
Ice cream Goat cheese Mangos
Lard Grapes Mineral water
Lobster Honey Molasses
Mussels Lemons Mustard greens
Nuts Lettuce Nectarines
Oat bran Maple Syrup Onions
Oils – hydrogenated Milk – cows, goat Papayas
Peas – green, snow Oatmeal Peppers
Pork Organic olive oil Poppy seeds
Rye Organic flaxseed oil Raspberries
Soybeans, soy milk Oranges Sea salt
Sugar Peaches Sea vegetables
Veal Pears Soy sauce
Pineapple Sweet potatoes
Plums Tangerines
Pumpkin Watermelon
Raisins Yams
Rice – wild, brown
Strawberries
Source: Colgan Institute,
ALKALINE ASH FOODS
Almonds Dates Peaches
Apples Figs, dried Pears
Apricots Grapefruit Pineapple
Avocados Grapes Potatoes, sweet
Bananas Green beans Potatoes, white
Beans, dried Green peas Radi
Beet greens Lemons Raisins
Beets Lettuce Raspberries
Blackberries Lima beans dried Rhubarb **
Broccoli Lima beans green rutabagas
Cabbage Milk, goat’s* Soy beans, green
Carrots Millet Spinach, raw
Cauliflower Molasses Strawberries
Celery Mushrooms Tangerines
Chard leaves Muskmelon Tomatoes
Cherries, sour Onions Watercress
Cucumbers
Parsnips
* Recommended only for infants for whom mother’s milk is not available. ** Not recommended – Rhubarb leaves an alkaline ash; however, it has other properties that are detrimental to the body.
NEUTRAL ASH FOODS THAT HAVE AN ACIDIFYING EFFECT
Corn oil Refined sugar Corn syrup Olive oil
ACID ASH FOOD
Bacon Currants Pork
Barley Eggs Prunes *
Beef Flour, white Rice, brown
Blueberries Flour, whole wheat Rice, white
Bran, wheat Haddock Salmon
Bran, oat Honey Sardines
Bread, white Lamb Sausage
Bread, whole wheat Lentils, dried Scallops
Butter Lobster Shrimp
Carob Milk, cow’s * Spaghetti
Cheese Macaroni Squash, winter
Chicken Oatmeal Sunflower seeds
Codfish Oysters
Corn Peanut butter Veal
Corned beef Peanuts Walnuts
Crackers, soda Peas, dried Wheat germ
Cranberries * Pike Yogurt
Plums *
* These foods leave an alkaline ash but have an acidifying effect on the body
Source: Dr. Ted Morter, JR., M.A. – Fell’s Health & Wellness
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