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ALKALYZING / ACID FORMING FOODS

A basic rule of thumb to follow to achieve and maintain pH balance is to eat 80% alkaline-forming foods and drinks and 20% acid-forming foods and drinks each day.

REMEMBER: An acidic body is a sickness magnet.

ALKALYZING FOODS

Alfalfa and Other Sprouts ... Almonds ... Apricots ... Avocados ... Bananas ... Beans (string, soy, lima, green and snap) ... Bee pollen ... Beets ... Blackstrap molasses ... Cantaloupe ... carrots ... Brazil nuts ... Brewer's yeast ... Broccoli ... Brown rice sugar ... Buckwheat ... Butter (fresh, unsalted) ... Cane juice ... Coconut (fresh) ... Dark greens ... Cabage ... Cayenne ... Celery ...Chestnuts ... Dates ... Eggs ... Figs ... Fruits (most) ... Fruit juices ... Garlic ... Grains (flax, millet, quinoa and amarranth ... Grapes ... Habanero peppers ... Herbs (most, especially elder bark, hops and willow) ... Honey (unpasteurize) ... Honeydew ... Horseradish ... hot peppers ... Kiwi ... Lemons ... Lima beans ... Maple syrup ... Melons ... Millet ... Molasses ... Mushrooms ... Onions ... Parsley ... Pears (sweet) ... Peas ... Potato skins ... Raisins ... Sea-Weeds ... Sprouts ... Soured dairy products ... Vanilla extract ... Vegetables-fresh (most) ... Vegetable juices ... Root Vegetables (potatoes, rutabaga, etc) ... Watercress ... Whey ... Lithothamnium (algae) ... Watermelon ... Yogurt (natural) ... Zucchini

NOTE 1: The almond is the most potent food substance to decreases acidity (from above list)
NOTE 2: Bicarbonate of soda and Tums also decrease acid level of the body.
NOTE 3: bacteria tend to thrive in alkaline environments.

NEUTRAL FOODS

Butter (fresh, unsalted) ... ... Cream (fresh, raw) ... Cow's Milk and Whey (raw) ... Margine ... Oils (except olive) ... Yogurt (plain)

ACID FORMING FOODS

Alcohol ... Asparagus ... Beans (pinto, navy, mucg, lentils, black, garbanzo, red, white ... beer ... adzudki, and broad) ... Breads and other grain products like cereals, crackers and pastries ... Brussels sprouts ... Carbonated Soft Drinks ... Catsup ... Chickpeas ... Coconut (dried) ... Cocoa ... Coffee ... Cornstarch ... Cranberries ... Drugs (most) ... Parmesan cheese, sharper cheeses ... Most fermented foods and aged cheeses ... coffee and other caffenated drinks ... colas ... cornmeal, oats, rye, wheat, bran ... Eggs ... Fish ... Flour (flour-based products) ... Ketchup ... Legumes ... Lentils ... Mayonnaise ... Meat ... Milk ... Mustard ((dried and powdered)... Noodles ... Nutmeg ... Nuts (walnuts, pecans, cashews, pistachios, macadamians, filberts, Brazil nuts and peanuts) ... Oatmeal ... Olives ... Organ meats ... Pastas, ... Pepper ... Plums ... Popcorn ... Poultry ... Prunes ... Rice ... Salt (refined table salt) ... Sauerkraut ... Shellfish ... Soft drinks ... Soy sauce ... Sunflower seeds ... Sweetners (cane sugar, artificial sweeteners, beet sugar, barley syrup, processed honey, fructose,lactose) ... Pumkin seeds ... Salt (refined and iodized) ... Tea ... Tobacco ... Vinegar (white) ... wheat germ ... White Vinegar (processed) ... Yogurt (sweetened)

LOW LEVEL ACID FORMING FOODS

Butter ... Canned or glazed fruit ... Cheeses ... Dried coconut ... Grains (most) ... Ice cream ... Ice milk ... Lamb's quarters ... Seeds and nuts (most)

NOTE : Virtually all vegetables, especially raw vegetables, balance the acidity and alkali levels in the blood. Although it might seem that citrus fruits would have an acidifying effect on the body, the citric they contain actually have an alkalinizing effect on the system

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