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ACID-FORMIMG AND ALKALINE-FORMING FOOD CHART
Acid-forming foods may be acid or alkaline in nature before digested. However, after it has
been digested and absorbed it causes the pH of the blood and other body fluids (eg urine
extra-cellular fluid) to become more acid.
Similarly, alkaline-forming foods can either be acid or alkaline in nature, but after absorption
makes the pH of body fluids more alkaline.
For example, tomatoes and lemons are considered to be acid, but instead they form alkaline
urine, blood and extra-cellular fluid. They are acidic in nature but alkaline in body fluids after
they have been digested. However, these foods do contain salicylic acid which causes
irritation to some people causing inflammatory pain and allergic reaction. Thus arthritic
patients function best on a low salicylate, alkaline-forming diet.
ACID - FORMING FOODS
Limited basis - Should be only 20-25% of diet
Slightly Acid-Forming Fruits:
Cranberries, Plums, Prunes and juice
Acid-forming Fruits:
All preserved or jellied, canned, sugared, dried sulphured glazed fruits, raw with sugar,
bananas if green, olives pickled
Acid-forming Dairy Products:
Butter, cheese (all), cottage cheese, cream, ice cream, custards, cows milk, (boiled, cooked
or pasteurized, malted, dried, canned)
Slightly Acid-forming Vegetables:
soy beans, mushrooms (most varieties)
Acid-forming Vegetables:
artichokes, asparagus tips, white beans, all dried brussel sprouts, garbanzos, rhubarb,
lentils. Acid-forming Nuts: All nuts roasted, coconut if dried peanuts
Acid-forming Miscellaneous:
all alcoholic drinks, candy and confectionery, cocoa and chocolate, Coca-Cola, Coffee,
Condiments – curry, pepper, salt, spices, dressings and thick sauces, drugs and aspirin,
eggs - especially whites, ginger preserved, jams and jellies, flavourings, marmalades,
mayonnaise, preservatives-benzoate, sulphur, vingegar, salt, brine, peanuts, smoke,
sago (starch), soda water, tapioca, tobacco-juice, snuff, smoke
Acid-forming Cereals:
ALL baked goods, flour products, barley, breads (all kinds), cakes, corn, cornmeal,
cornflakes, starch, crackers (all), cookies, doughnuts, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, oatmeal,
rice (slightly), rye crisp
Negative emotions (anger, hate, worry, jealousy, fear), lack of sleep, lack of exercise
ALKALINE – FORMING FOODS
Should be 75-80% of your diet!
Fruits:
apples and cider vinegar, apricots, avocados, bananas (speckled only), breadfruit, cactus,
carob (pod only), cherries, currant, dates, figs, grapes, cantaloupe, grapefruit, guavas,
kumquats, lemons (ripe), loquats, limes, mangoes, melons (all), nectarines, olives (sun
dried), oranges, papayas, passionfruit, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapple (fresh if
ripe), pomegranates, quince, raisins, tamarind, tangerines, tomatoes.
Vegetables:
cabbage – red and white, carrots, celery (entire), cauliflower, chard, chicory, artichokes,
bamboo shoots, beans - green, lima, sprout, beets and tops, broccoli, asparagus (ripe),
chives, collards, cowslip, cucumber, dandelions - green, dill, dock - green, dulse (sea
lettuce), eggplant, endive, garlic, horseradish (fresh), Jerusalem artichoke, kalo, leek,
legumes (except peanuts), lettuce, okra, onions, oyster plant, parsley, parsnip, peppers
(green and red), potatoes (all varieties), pumpkin, radish, rhubarb (oxalic acid), sauerkraut
(lemon only), sorrel, soy bean extract, spinach, squash, taro (baked), turnips and tops, water
chestnut, watercress
Miscellaneous:
agar, alfalfa products, coffee substitutes, ginger, dried unsweetened, honey, kelp, teas – all
unsweetened, yeast cakes
Dairy Products:
acidophilus yogurts, buttermilk, goat milk, goat cheese, whey, yogurt
Flesh Foods:
all meats, fowl and fish, shellfish, gelatin, gravies
Cereals: - millet, buckwheat
Nuts: - almonds, chestnuts, roasted, coconut fresh
All Positive emotions: Love, Joy, Appreciation, Gratitude
Rest and sleep, Meditation, Water with Lemon, Cranberry Water (5% juice)
For more info on alkalizing, please call Dr. Jane Smolnik, ND at (828) 777-JANE for a
personal consultation. To order Coral Calcium, please visit: www.drjanesvitamins.com
Acid-forming foods may be acid or alkaline in nature before digested. However, after it has
been digested and absorbed it causes the pH of the blood and other body fluids (eg urine
extra-cellular fluid) to become more acid.
Similarly, alkaline-forming foods can either be acid or alkaline in nature, but after absorption
makes the pH of body fluids more alkaline.
For example, tomatoes and lemons are considered to be acid, but instead they form alkaline
urine, blood and extra-cellular fluid. They are acidic in nature but alkaline in body fluids after
they have been digested. However, these foods do contain salicylic acid which causes
irritation to some people causing inflammatory pain and allergic reaction. Thus arthritic
patients function best on a low salicylate, alkaline-forming diet.
ACID - FORMING FOODS
Limited basis - Should be only 20-25% of diet
Slightly Acid-Forming Fruits:
Cranberries, Plums, Prunes and juice
Acid-forming Fruits:
All preserved or jellied, canned, sugared, dried sulphured glazed fruits, raw with sugar,
bananas if green, olives pickled
Acid-forming Dairy Products:
Butter, cheese (all), cottage cheese, cream, ice cream, custards, cows milk, (boiled, cooked
or pasteurized, malted, dried, canned)
Slightly Acid-forming Vegetables:
soy beans, mushrooms (most varieties)
Acid-forming Vegetables:
artichokes, asparagus tips, white beans, all dried brussel sprouts, garbanzos, rhubarb,
lentils. Acid-forming Nuts: All nuts roasted, coconut if dried peanuts
Acid-forming Miscellaneous:
all alcoholic drinks, candy and confectionery, cocoa and chocolate, Coca-Cola, Coffee,
Condiments – curry, pepper, salt, spices, dressings and thick sauces, drugs and aspirin,
eggs - especially whites, ginger preserved, jams and jellies, flavourings, marmalades,
mayonnaise, preservatives-benzoate, sulphur, vingegar, salt, brine, peanuts, smoke,
sago (starch), soda water, tapioca, tobacco-juice, snuff, smoke
Acid-forming Cereals:
ALL baked goods, flour products, barley, breads (all kinds), cakes, corn, cornmeal,
cornflakes, starch, crackers (all), cookies, doughnuts, macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, oatmeal,
rice (slightly), rye crisp
Negative emotions (anger, hate, worry, jealousy, fear), lack of sleep, lack of exercise
ALKALINE – FORMING FOODS
Should be 75-80% of your diet!
Fruits:
apples and cider vinegar, apricots, avocados, bananas (speckled only), breadfruit, cactus,
carob (pod only), cherries, currant, dates, figs, grapes, cantaloupe, grapefruit, guavas,
kumquats, lemons (ripe), loquats, limes, mangoes, melons (all), nectarines, olives (sun
dried), oranges, papayas, passionfruit, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapple (fresh if
ripe), pomegranates, quince, raisins, tamarind, tangerines, tomatoes.
Vegetables:
cabbage – red and white, carrots, celery (entire), cauliflower, chard, chicory, artichokes,
bamboo shoots, beans - green, lima, sprout, beets and tops, broccoli, asparagus (ripe),
chives, collards, cowslip, cucumber, dandelions - green, dill, dock - green, dulse (sea
lettuce), eggplant, endive, garlic, horseradish (fresh), Jerusalem artichoke, kalo, leek,
legumes (except peanuts), lettuce, okra, onions, oyster plant, parsley, parsnip, peppers
(green and red), potatoes (all varieties), pumpkin, radish, rhubarb (oxalic acid), sauerkraut
(lemon only), sorrel, soy bean extract, spinach, squash, taro (baked), turnips and tops, water
chestnut, watercress
Miscellaneous:
agar, alfalfa products, coffee substitutes, ginger, dried unsweetened, honey, kelp, teas – all
unsweetened, yeast cakes
Dairy Products:
acidophilus yogurts, buttermilk, goat milk, goat cheese, whey, yogurt
Flesh Foods:
all meats, fowl and fish, shellfish, gelatin, gravies
Cereals: - millet, buckwheat
Nuts: - almonds, chestnuts, roasted, coconut fresh
All Positive emotions: Love, Joy, Appreciation, Gratitude
Rest and sleep, Meditation, Water with Lemon, Cranberry Water (5% juice)
For more info on alkalizing, please call Dr. Jane Smolnik, ND at (828) 777-JANE for a
personal consultation. To order Coral Calcium, please visit: www.drjanesvitamins.com
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