Alkaline-Forming Foods
(Based on consumption of 1ounce)
- Almond
- Lettuce(not iceberg)
- Avocado
- Lime
- Beet
- Low Sugar Fruits
- Broccoli
- Mustard
- Greens
- Carrot
- Parsley
- Celery
- Raw Vegetables
- Coconut
- Rutabaga
- Cucumber
- Spinach
- Dandelion Greens
- Sweet Potatoe
- Endive
- Swiss Chard
- Kale
- Watercress
- Lemon
- Wheat Grass
Acid Forming Foods
(Based on consumption of 1ounce)
- Bacon
- Lamb
- Beef
- Lentils
- Bread
- Macaroni
- Cheese – Processed
- Most Grains
- Cheese – Natural
- Most Nuts
- Chicken Organ Meats
- Corn
- Pastries
- Crackers
- Pork
- Dry Corn – Corn Meal
- Rice
- Duck
- Spaghetti
- Egg
- Vinegar
- Haddock
- White Potato
- Ham
Highly Acid Forming Foods
- Tabletop sweeteners like ( NutraSweet, Spoonful, Sweet N Low, Equal, or Aspartame)
- Pudding
- Jam
- Jelly
- Table salt, (NaCI)
- Coffee
- Beer
- Yeast
- Hops
- Malt
- Cocoa
- Alcohol
- White sugar
- Sugar of all types
- White (acetic acid) vinegar
- Icecream
- Lobster
- Game birds
- Barley
- Cottonseed oil
- Fried foods
- Margarine
- Anything hydrogenated
- Carbonated drinks, especially the cola type. (To neutralize a glass of cola with a pH of 2.8, it would take 32 glasses of alkaline water with a pH of 7.0)