Alkaline-acid Food Chart

Food & Chemical Effects on Acid / Alkaline Body Chemical Balance Most Alkaline Baking Soda

Sea Salt Mineral Water

More Alkaline Spices/Cinnamon Valerian Licorice •Black Cohash Agave

Low Alkaline •Herbs (most): Arnica, Bergamot, Echinacea Chrysanthemum, Ephedra, Feverfew, Goldenseal, Lemongrass Aloe Vera Nettle Angelica

•Kambucha

•Green or Mu Tea

Molasses Soy Sauce

Rice Syrup Apple Cider Vinegar •Sake

•Umeboshi Plum

•Quail Egg

Poppy Seed Cashew Chestnut Pepper

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

Kohlrabi Parsnip/Taro Garlic Asparagus Kale/Parsley Endive/Arugula Mustard Greens Jerusalem Artichoke Ginger Root Broccoli Grapefruit Canteloupe Honeydew Citrus Olive •Dewberry Loganberry Mango

Sulfite Ginger Tea

Food Category Spice/Herb

Lowest Acid Curry

Low Acid Vanilla Stevia

More Acid Nutmeg

Most Acid 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

•Sucanat •Umeboshi Vinegar •Algae, Blue Green •Ghee (Clarified Butter)

Sweetner Vinegar Therapeutic Processed Dairy

Human Breast Milk

Cow/Human Soy Goat/Sheep Egg Meat Game Fish/Shell Fish Fowl

•Duck Egg

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

Lowest Alkaline White Willow Bark Slippery Elm Artemesia Annua

Oat 'Grain Coffee' •Quinoa Wild Rice 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

Honey/Maple Syrup Rice Vinegar Cream/Butter

Yogurt Goat/Sheep Cheese Chicken Egg Gelatin/Organs •Venison Fish Wild Duck •Triticale Millet Kasha •Amaranth Brown 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

Balsamic Vinegar Antihistamines Cow Milk

Saccharin Red Wine Vinegar Psychotropics •Casein, Milk Protein,Cottage Cheese

Aged Cheese Soy Cheese Goat Milk

New Cheese Soy Milk

Ice Cream

Lamb/Mutton Boar/Elk/·Game Meat Shell Fish/Mollusks Goose/Turkey Buckwheat Wheat •Spelt/Teff/Kamut Farina/Semolina White Rice 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

Pork/Veal Bear ·Mussel/Squid Chicken Maize Barley Groat Corn Rye Oat Bran Pistachio Seed Chestnut Oil Lard Pecan Palm Kernel Oil Green Pea Peanut Snow Pea

Beef

Plum Prune Tomato

Cranberry Pomegranate

•Lobster Pheasant Barley Processed Flour

•Cottonseed Oil/Meal Hazelnut Walnut Brazil Nut Fried Food Soybean Carob

Legumes (other) Carrot Chick Pea/Garbanzo

Italicized items are NOT recommended

Prepared by Dr. Russell Jaffe, Fellow, Health Studies Collegium. Reprints available from ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies, 14 Pidgeon Hill Drive, #300, Sterling, VA 20165. Sources include USDA food data base (Rev 9 & 10), Food & Nutrition Encyclopedia; Nutrition Applied Personally , by M. Walczak; Acid & Alkaline by H. Aihara. Food growth, transport, storage, processing, preparation, combination, & assimilation influence effect intensity. Thanks to Hank Liers for his original work. [Rev 7/06]