Food & Chemical Effects on Acid/Alkaline Body Chemical Balance acid forming foods, alkaline forming foods, ph of foods, acid balance, alkalinity, foods high in acid, basic foods, balancing digestion, balancing digestive system, MOST ALKALINE MORE ALKALINE LOW ALKALINE LOWEST ALKALINE FOOD CATEGORY LOWEST ACID LOW ACID MORE ACID MOST ACID Baking Soda Spices / Cinnamon Herbs (most) SPICES / HERBS Curry Vanilla Nutmeg Pudding / Jam / Jelly Sea Salt Sulfite PRESERVATIVES MSG Benzoate Aspartame Table Salt (NaCl) Mineral Water, Herb Kambucha Green or mu tea Ginger Tea BEVERAGES Tea, Kona Coffee Alcohol Coffee Beer Teas, Lemon Water Black Tea Yeast / Hops / Malt, Soft Drinks Soy Sauce Apple Cider Vinegar Umeboshi vinegar VINEGARS Rice Vinegar Balsamic Vinegar White Acid Vinegar Stevia Maple Syrup, Rice Raw Honey, Raw Sugar SWEETENERS Honey/Maple Syrup Stevia Saccharin Sugar / Cocoa Syrup Umeboshi plums Sake Algae, blue-green THERAPEUTICS Antihistamines Psychotropics Antibiotics Lemons, Dates, Figs, Oranges, Bananas, FRUITS Plums, Processed Sour Cherries, Cranberries, Prunes Watermelon, Limes, Melons, Grapes, Cherries, Pineapple, Fruit Juices Rhubarb Grapefruit, Mangoes, Kiwi, Apples, Peaches, Avocados Papayas Pears, Raisins Lentils Kohlrabi Potato / Bell pepper Brussel sprout Spinach Split pea Green pea Soy Bean Brocoflower Parsnip / Taro Mushroom / Fungi Beet BEANS VEGETABLES Fava beans Pinto beans Peanut Carob Garlic Cauliflower Chive / Cilantro LEGUMES Kidney beans White beans Snow pea Seaweed Asparagus Cabbage Celery PULSES Black-eyed peas Tempeh Legumes (other) Onion / Miso Kale / Parsley Rutabaga Okra / Cucumber ROOTS String / Wax Navy / Red beans Carrots Daikon / Taro root Endive / Argula Salsify / Ginseng Turnip greens Zucchini Aduki beans Chick-pea / Garbanz Sea vegetables Mustard green Eggplant Squashes Chutney Lima or mung Burdock / Lotus root Ginger root Pumpkin Lettuces Rhubarb beans Sweet potato / Yam Broccoli Collard green Jicama Chard

Grapefruit Lemon Orange CITRUS FRUITS Coconut Plum Crabberry Cantaloupe Apricot Guava Lime Honeydew Avocado Banana FRUITS Pickled fruit Prune Pomegranate Nectarine Citrus Blackberry Blueberry Dry fruit Tomatoes Persimmon Olive Cherry Pineapple juice Figs Raspberry Dewberry Peach Raisin, Currant Persimmon juice Watermelon Loganberry Papaya Grape Cherimoya Tangerine Mango Strawberry Dates Pineapple Olive Oil Flax Seed Oil Canola Oil OILS Corn Oil CEREALS MEATS Gelatin / Organs Lamb / Mutton Pork / Veal Beef GAME Venison Boar / Elk Bear Pheasant FISH / SHELL FISH Fish Shell Fish / Mussels / Squid Lobster Mollusks FOWL Wild Duck Goose / Turkey Chicken Oats Triticale Buckwheat Maize Barley 'Grain Coffee' GRAINS Millet Wheat Barley groats Quinoa CEREAL Kasha Spelt / Teff / Kamut Corn Wild Rice GRASS Amaranth / Farina / Semolina Rye Japonica Rice Brown Rice White Rice Oat Bran Poppy seed Primose Oil Avocado oil NUTS Pumpkin seed oil Almond oil Pistachio seed Cottonseed oilmeal Cashews Sesame Seeds Seeds (most) SEEDS / SPROUTS Grape seed oil Sesame oil Chestnut oil Hazelnuts Pumpkin Seed Chestnuts Cod Liver Oil Coconut oil OILS Sunflower oil Safflower oil Lard Walnuts Pepper Almonds Olive oil Pine nuts Tapioca Pecans Brazil nuts Sprouts Linseed / Flax oil Canola oil Seitan or tofu Palm kernal oil Fried foods Hydrogentated Oil

Breast Milk Ghee (clarified butter) PROCESSED DAIRY Cream / Butter Cow Milk Casein, milk protein, Processed Cheese cottage cheese Almond Milk NON-DIARY Rice Milk Soy Cheese Soy Milk Human Breast Milk COW / HUMAN Yogurt Aged Cheese New Cheeses Ice Cream, Homogenized Milk Quail Eggs Duck Eggs EGGS Chicken Eggs