pH Balance Diet Food List – Acidic and Alkaline Foods Check if your diet contains sufficient alkaline food groups

Alkaline Foods ginger, capers, cardamon, chervil, kurkuma (yellow Acid foods ginger), lattich, lovage, cumin, borage, lollo rosso Try to incorporate as many alkaline foods in your • any form of meat, incl. beef stock lettuce, lemon balm, nutmeg, majoran, horseradish, daily diet as you can! • fish and shellfish clove, oregano, pepper (black, green, white, red), • milk and milk products (incl. low fat versions), pH Balance Diet – Alkaline fruits: peppermint, allspice, romaine lettuce, rosmary, ruccola like quark, yoghurt, kefir, cheese, ice cream, lettuce, safran, sage, sorrel, nigella sativa, thyme, vanilla, lemon, avocado, lime, tomato, grapefruit, coconut; cream, eggs, milkshakes hyssop, cinnamon. some experts also recommend: watermelon, apples, • mustard, vinegar, ketchup pineapple, apricot, bananas, pears, clementine, fresh pH Balance Diet – Alkaline sprouts and seeds: • most nuts, except almonds dates, strawberries, figs, blueberries, raspberries, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame • wheat products, incl. pizza, pasta, rice, bread, honey melon, redcurrant, blackcurrant, cherries, seed (incl tahini paste), flax seed, buckwheat groats, rolls, wholemeal products, kiwi, mandarines, mango, nectarine, green and black spelt, most sprouted seeds (including soya, alfalfa, • sugar, sweets, honey, artificial sweeteners olives, oranges, papaya, peach, plums, gooseberries. mungo beans, chickpeas, broccoli), hummus. • transfats, margarine, saturated fats, hydrogenated oil, corn oil pH Balance Diet – Alkaline vegetables: pH Balance Diet – Alkaline drinks: • fruit juices and sparkling drinks, like sparkling asparagus, aubergines, cabbage (green cabbage, green drinks, fresh vegetable juice, alkaline water water, lemonade, coke white cabbage, red cabbage, napa cabbage), (enriched with pH drops, distilled or ionised), water • coffee, black tea, green tea, fruit teas onions, cauliflower (incl romanesco), radish, fresh with lemon or lime juice, various herbal teas (our • alcohol peas, marrow, young spinach, carrots, green beans, recommendation is rooibos tea), vegetable broth, • all fruits except for the ones listed as alkaline beetroot, celery, peppers, sweet potato, grasses unsweetened soya milk, almond milk, goats milk. • all ready meals (alfalfa, wheat, kamut, barley etc), cucumber, broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, pumpkin; pH Balance Diet – Alkaline fats and oils: The general guidance is that fatty meats, dairy some experts also recommend: artichokes, mushrooms flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, avocado, olives and olive products, sweets, alcohol, tobacco are to be avoided. (incl shiitake), chicory, fennel, spring onions, potatoes, oil, evening primrose, coconut oil, certain oil blends. Fast foods often lack important nutrition and are full of sugar, salt and other hidden offenders. kohlrabi, leeks, turnip, mangold, parsnip, swede, okra, Generally, it is recommended to eat loads of salads, radicchio, algae’s (spirulina, chlorella, hijiki, wakame, nori). fresh alkaline vegetables as well as healthy sprouts and nuts. Most of the fresh foods should be consumed Keep this chart as a guideline for your Alkaline diet. pH Balance Diet – Alkaline herbs and lettuce: raw (as cooking may reduce the nutrient content) For more information and other useful resources, watercress, lambs lettuce, garlic, lettuce, chive, basil, together with 2 – 3 litres of water. In most areas, tap please visit www.simplexhealth.co.uk green and red chillies, endive, coriander, dandelion, water is mildly acidic, with traces of pesticides, heavy parsley, chard; metals and other nasties. Therefore, test your water for some experts also recommend: summer savory, nettle, nasties, enrich it with pH drops or use an alkaline stick iceberg lettuce, fennel seeds, garden cress, frisee, to create alkaline, mineral-rich water. Boost your Energy & Vitality - Simple!