Acidic Foods List

The following list is intended as a general guide.

To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60% alkaline forming foods, and 40% acidic foods.

To restore health, the diet should consist of 80% alkaline forming foods,and 20% acidifying foods.

See "Alkaline Diet" for more detailed information.

To neutralize a glass of cola with a pH of 2.5, it would take 32 glasses of alkaline water with a pH of 10. In combination with water, your body will draw calcium and magnesium from the bones to buffer an acidic diet.

Remember...it is not the actual pH of the food itself that concerns us, but rather the affect it has on the body when metabolised.

ACIDIFYING VEGETABLES Corn; Lentils; Olives; Winter Squash.

ACIDIFYING FRUITS Blueberries; Canned or Glazed Fruits; Cranberries; Currants; Plums**; Prunes**.
**These foods leave an alkaline ash but have an acidifying effect on the body.

ACIDIFYING GRAINS AND GRAIN PRODUCTS Amaranth; Barley; Bran, oat; Bran, wheat; Bread; Corn; Cornstarch; Crackers, soda; Flour, wheat; Flour, white; Hemp Seed Flour; Kamut; Macaroni; Noodles; Oatmeal; Oats (rolled); Quinoa; Rice (all); Rice Cakes; Rye; Spaghetti; Spelt Wheat; Germ Wheat.

ACIDIFYING BEANS & LEGUMES Almond Milk; Black Beans; Chick Peas; Green Peas; Kidney Beans; Lentils; Pinto Beans; Red Beans; Rice Milk; Soy Beans; Soy Milk; White Beans.

ACIDIFYING DAIRY Butter; Cheese; Cheese, Processed; Ice Cream; Ice Milk.

ACIDIFYING NUTS & BUTTERS Cashews; Legumes; Peanut Butter; Peanuts; Pecans; Tahini; Walnuts.

ACIDIFYING ANIMAL PROTEIN Bacon; Beef; Carp; Clams; Cod; Corned Beef; Fish; Haddock; Lamb; Lobster; Mussels; Organ Meats; Oyster; Pike; Pork; Rabbit; Salmon; Sardines; Sausage; Scallops; Shellfish; Shrimp; Tuna; Turkey; Veal; Venison.

ACIDIFYING FATS & OILS Avocado Oil; Butter; Canola Oil; Corn Oil; Flax Oil; Hemp Seed Oil; Lard; Olive Oil; Safflower Oil; Sesame Oil; Sunflower Oil.

ACIDIFYING SWEETENERS Carob; Corn Syrup; Sugar.

ACIDIFYING ALCOHOL Beer; Hard Liquor; Spirits; Wine.

ACIDIFYING OTHER FOODS Catsup; Cocoa; Coffee; Mustard; Pepper; Soft Drinks; Vinegar.

ACIDIFYING DRUGS & CHEMICALS Aspirin; Chemicals; Drugs, Medicinal; Drugs, Psychedelic; Herbicides; Pesticides; Tobacco.

ACIDIFYING JUNK FOOD Beer: pH 2.5; Coca-Cola: pH 2; Coffee: pH 4.

Acidic foods are just 1 of 6 health secrets.
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