Alkaline & Acidic Foods

August 11, 2009 at 8:52 pm · Filed under Nutrition, Uncategorized

Acidic and Alkaline Food Groups

Ideally, our diet should be 70% alkaline and 30% acidic. The average American diet is mostly acidic as the list of foods below clearly illustrates.

VERY ACIDIC

Alcohol
Artificial Sweeteners
Beef
Cheese
Coffee
Pork
Sugar
Veal

ACIDIC

Barley
Bran
Bread
Butter
Chicken
Corn
Corn Syrup
Crackers
Cranberries
Milk (cow)
Peanut Butter
Peanuts
Rice, brown
Rice, white
Spaghetti
Turkey
Walnuts
Yogurt

ALKALINE

Green Vegetables
Almonds
Apple, green
Avocado
Beans
Beets
Blackberries
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chard
Figs (fresh)
Grapefruit
Lemons
Lettuce
Limes
Milk, goat
Millet
Mushrooms
Non-Sweet Fruit
Onions
Peas
Quinoa, Amaranth
Radishes
Sauerkraut
Spinach
Tomatoes

VERY ALKALINE

Cucumbers
Seaweed
Soy Lecithin
Sprouts
Wheat Grass

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