Food & Chemical Effects on Acid / Alkaline Body Chemical Balance
TM
Most Alkaline
More Alkaline
Low Alkaline
Baking Soda
Spices/Cinnamon Valerian Licorice •Black Co Cohash Agave
•Herbs (most): Arnica, White Willow Bark Bergamot, Echinacea Slippery Elm Chrysanthemum, Artemesia Annua E ph phedra, Fe Feverf ew ew, Goldenseal, Lemongrass Aloe Vera Nettle Angelica Sulfite •Green or Mu Tea Ginger Tea
Sea Salt Mineral Water
•Kambucha Molasses Soy Sauce
•Umeboshi Plum
Rice Syrup Apple Cider Vinegar •Sake
Lowest Alkaline
•Sucanat •Umeboshi Vinegar •Algae, Blue Green •Ghee (Clarified Butter) Human Breast Milk
•Quail Egg
•Duck Egg
Food Category Lowest Acid
Low Acid
More Acid
Most Acid
Spice/Herb
Curry
Vanilla Stevia
Nutmeg
Pudding/Jam/Jelly
Preservative Beverage
MSG Kona Coffee
Benzoate Alcohol Black Tea
Aspartame Coffee
Table Salt (NaCL) Beer, 'Soda' Yeast/Hops/Malt Sugar/Cocoa White/Acetic Vinegar Antibiotics Processed Cheese
Sweetner Honey/MapleSyrup Vinegar Rice Vinegar Therapeutic Processed Dairy Cream/Butter
Cow/Human Soy G Go oat at/S /She heep ep E gg Meat Game Fish/Shell Fish Fowl
Pumpkin Seed
Hydrogenated Oil Lentil Brocoflower •Seaweed Noril|Kombu|Wakame|Hijiki
Onion/Miso •Daikon/Taro Root •Sea Vegetables (other) Dandelion Greens •Burdock/•Lotus Root Sweet Potato/Yam Lime Nectarine Persimmon Raspberry Watermelon Tangerine Pineapple
Poppy Seed Cashew Chestnut Pepper Kohlrabi Parsnip/Taro Garlic Asparagus Kale/Parsley Endive/Arugula Mustard Greens Jerusalem Artichoke Ginger Root Broccoli Grapefruit Canteloupe Honeydew Citrus Olive •Dewberry Loganberry Mango
Primrose Oil Sesame Seed Cod Liver Oil Almond •Sprout Potato/Bell Pepper Mushroom/Fungi Cauliflower Cabbage Rutabaga •Salsify/Ginseng Eggplant Pumpkin Collard Greens Lemon Pear Avocado Apple Blackberry Cherry Peach Papaya
Oat 'G 'Grain Coffee' •Quinoa Wild Rice •Amaranth Japonica Rice Avocado Oil Seeds (most) Coconut Oil Olive/Macadamia Oil Linseed/Flax Oil Brussel Sprout Beet Chive/Cilantro Celery/Scallion Okra/Cucumber Turnip Greens Squash Artichoke Lettuce Jicama Orange Apricot Banana Blueberry Pineapple Juice Raisin, Currant Grape Strawberry
•Therapeutic, gourmet, or exotic items
Grain Cereal Grass
Nut Seed/Sprout Oil
Bean Vegetable Legume Pulse Root
Citrus Fruit
Fruit
Balsamic Vinegar Antihistamines Cow Milk
Yogurt
Aged Cheese Soy Cheese G Go oat at/S /She heep ep Che Chees ese e G Go oat at Mil Milk k Chicken Egg Gelatin/Organs Lamb/Mutton •Venison Boar/Elk/•Game Meat Fish Mollusks Shell Fish (Whole) Wild Duck Goose/Turkey •Triticale Buckwheat Millet Wheat Kasha •Spelt/Teff/Kamut Brown Rice Farina/Semolina White Rice
Pumpkin Seed Oil Grape Seed Oil Sunflower Oil Pine Nut Canola Oil Spinach Fava Bean Kidney Bean Black-eyed Pea String/Wax Bean Zucchini Chutney Rhubarb
Coconut Guava •Pickled Fruit Dry Fruit Fig Persimmon Juice •Cherimoya Date
Almond Oil Sesame Oil Safflower Oil Tapioca •Seitan or Tofu Split Pea Pinto Bean White Bean Navy/Red Bean Aduki Bean Lima or Mung Bean Chard
Pl u m Prune Tomato
Saccharin Red Wine Vinegar Psychotropics •Casein, Milk Protein,Cottage Cheese New Cheese Soy Milk
Ice Cream
Pork/Veal Bear •Mussel/Squid
Beef
Chicken Maize Barley Groat Corn Rye Oat Bran Pistachio Seed Chestnut Oil Lard Pecan Palm Kernel Oil Green Pea Peanut Snow Pea
Shell Fish (Processed) •Lobster Pheasant Barley Processed Flour
• Cottonseed Oil/Meal Hazelnut Walnut Brazil Nut Fried Food Soybean Carob
Legumes (other) Carrot ChickPea/Garbanzo
Cranberry Pomegranate
Italicized items are NOT recommended
Prepared by Dr. Russell Jaffe, Fellow, Health Studies Collegium. Reprints available from Health Studies Collegium, 2 Pidgeon Hill Drive, #410 Sterling, VA 20165, 703-788-5126. Sources include USDA food data base (Rev 9 & 10),
Food & Nutrition Encyclopedia; Nutrition Applied
Personally , by M. Walczak; Acid Walczak; Acid & Alkaline by Alkaline by H. Aihara. Food growth, transport, storage, processing, preparation, combination, & assimilation influence effect intensity. Thanks to Hank Liers for his original work. [Rev 7/07]
