Alkaline vs

Alkaline Food:

Vegetables
Brussels sprouts	+0.5
Peas, ripe	+0.5
Asparagus	+1.1
Artichokes	+1.3
Comfrey	+1.5
Green cabbage, (March harvest)	+2.0
Lettuce	+2.2
Onion	+3.0
Cauliflower	+3.1
White cabbage	+3.3
Green cabbage, (December harvest)	+4.0
Savoy Cabbage	+4.5
Lamb’s lettuce	+4.8
Peas, fresh	+5.1
Zucchini	+5.7
Red cabbage	+6.3
Rhubarb stalks	+6.3
Leeks (bulbs)	+7.2
Watercress	+7.7
Spinach, (March harvest)	+8.0
Chives	+8.3
French cut (green) beans	+11.2
Sorrel	+11.5
Spinach (other than march)	+13.1
Garlic
Celery	+13.3
Cabbage lettuce, fresh	+14.1
Endive, fresh	+14.5
Cayenne pepper	+18.8
Straw grass	+21.4
Shave grass	+21.7
Dog grass	+22.6
Dandelion	+22.7
Kamut grass	+27.6
Barley grass	+28.7
Soy Sprouts	+29.5
Sprouted radish seeds	+28.4
Sprouted chia seeds	+28.5
Alfalfa grass	+29.3
Cucumber, fresh	+31.5
Wheat grass	+33.8


Root Vegetables
White radish (spring)	+3.1
Rutabaga	+3.1
Kohlrabi	+5.1
Horse radish	+6.8
Turnip	+8.0
Carrot	+9.5
Fresh red beet	+11.3
Red radish	+16.7
Summer black radish	+39.4
Stored potatoes	+2.0


Fruits
Limes	+8.2
Fresh lemon	+9.9
Tomato	+13.6
Avocado (protein)	+15.6


Non-Stored Organic Grains and Legumes
Buckwheat groats	+0.5
Spelt	+0.5
Lentils	+0.6
Soy flour	+2.5
Tofu	+3.2
Lima beans	+12.0
Soybeans, fresh	+12.2
white (navy) beans	+12.1
Granulated soy (cooked, Ground soybeans)	+12.8
Soy nuts (soaked soy beans then air dried)	+26.5
Soy lecithin, pure	+38.0

Less Alkaline Food

Nuts
Hazelnut	- 0.5
Almond	+ 3.6

Seeds
Wheat Kernel	-11.4
Pumpkin seeds	- 5.6
Sunflower seeds	- 5.4
Flax seeds	-1.3
Sesame seeds	+ 0.5
Cumin seeds	+ 1.1
Fennel seeds	+ 1.3
Caraway seeds	+ 2.3

Fats (Fresh, cold-pressed oils)
Olive oil	+ 1.0
Borage oil	+ 3.2
Flax seed oil	+ 3.5
Evening Primrose oil	+ 4.1

Water
Distilled water	(neutral)


Acidic Food

Fruits (in season, with moderation, for cleansing only)

Yellow plum	- 4.9
Italian plum	- 4.9
Date	- 4.7
Cherry, sweet	- 3.6
Cantaloupe	- 2.5
Rose hips	-15.5
Pineapple	-12.6
Mandarin orange	-11.5
Banana, ripe	-10.1
Pear	- 9.9
Peach	- 9.7
Apricot	- 9.5
Papaya	- 9.4
Orange	- 9.2
Mango	- 8.7
Tangerine	- 8.5
Currant	- 8.2
Gooseberry, ripe	- 7.7
Grape, ripe	- 7.6
Cranberry	- 7.0
Black currant	- 6.1
Strawberry	- 5.4
Blueberry	- 5.3
Raspberry	- 5.1
Red currant	- 2.4
Fig juice powder	- 2.4
Grapefruit	-1.7
Watermelon	-1.0
Coconut, fresh	'+ 0.5
Cherry, sour	'+ 3.5
Banana, unripe	'+ 4.8


Non-Stored grains
Brown rice	-12.5
Wheat	-10.1


Nuts
Walnuts	- 8.0
Filberts	- 2.0
Brazil nuts	- 0.5

Fats
Sunflower oil	- 6.7
Corn oil	- 6.5

Butter	- 3.9


Strong Acidic Food (should be avoided)

Meat, Poultry and Fish
Pork	-38.0
Veal	-35.0
Beef	-34.5
Ocean fish	-20.0
Chicken	-18.0 to –22.0
Eggs	-18.0 to –22.0
Oysters	-5.0
Liver	-3.0
Organ meats	-3.0


Milk and milk products
Hard cheese	-18.1
Quark	-17.3
Cream	- 3.9
Homogenized milk	-1.0
Buttermilk	+1.3


Bread (stored grains/risen dough)
White bread	-10.0
White biscuit	- 6.5
Whole-meal bread	- 6.5
Whole-grain bread	- 4.5
Rye bread	- 2.5


*Nuts*	-16.6
Pistachios	-12.8
Peanuts	- 9.3
Cashews


Fats
Margarine	-7.5

Sweets
Artificial sweeteners	-26.5
White sugar	-17.6
Beet sugar	-15.1
Molasses	-14.6
Barley Malt sweetner	- 9.8
Dried sugar cane juice	- 9.6
Barley malt syrup	- 9.3
Fructose	- 9.5
Milk sugar	- 9.4
Turbinado sugar	- 9.5
Brown rice syrup	- 8.7
Honey	- 7.6


Condiments
Ketchup	-12.4
Mayonnaise	-12.5
Mustard	-19.2


Beverages
Liquor	-28.6 to 38.7
Wine	+16.4
Beer	-26.8
Coffee	-25.1
Fruit juice (natural)	- 8.7
Fruit juice (sweetened)	-33.4
Tea (black)	-27.1


Miscellaneous (be avoided)
Canned foods
Processed foods
Micro- waved foods

Notes: This is a list of some of the more common alkaline and acidic foods we eat. A healthy diet consists of 80% alkaline forming foods and 20% acid forming foods. Of the Alkaline forming foods, 70% are most effective when raw. Organic foods provide optimum minerals, vitamins, proteins, enzymes and amino acids. Information from Dr. Joy Waters Phone (808) 255-9454 joy@TastyandMeatless.com Producer of TV series “Tasty and Meatless” & Innerlight SuperGreens Providor

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Acid-Alkaline Food Chart

70-75% of what we put into our mouths needs to be alkaline or alkalizing

ALKALIZING FOODS
VEGETABLES Garlic Asparagus Fermented Veggies Watercress Beets Broccoli Brussel sprouts Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celery Chard Chlorella Collard Greens Cucumber Eggplant Kale Kohlrabi Lettuce Mushrooms Mustard Greens Dulce Dandelions Edible Flowers Onions Parsnips (high glycemic) Peas Peppers Pumpkin Rutabaga Sea Veggies Spirulina Sprouts Squashes Alfalfa Barley Grass Wheat Grass Wild Greens Nightshade Veggies	FRUITS Apple Apricot Avocado Banana (high glycemic) Cantaloupe Cherries Currants Dates/Figs Grapes Grapefruit Lime Honeydew Melon Nectarine Orange Lemon Peach Pear Pineapple All Berries Tangerine Tomato Tropical Fruits Watermelon PROTEIN Whey Protein Powder Cottage Cheese Yogurt Almonds Chestnuts Tofu (fermented) Flax Seeds Pumpkin Seeds Tempeh (fermented) Squash Seeds Sunflower Seeds Millet Sprouted Seeds Nuts	OTHER Apple Cider Vinegar Bee Pollen Lecithin Granules Probiotic Cultures Green Juices Veggies Juices Fresh Fruit Juice Organic Milk (unpasteurized) Mineral Water Alkaline Antioxidant Water Green Tea Herbal Tea Dandelion Tea Ginseng Tea Banchi Tea Kombucha SWEETENERS Stevia SPICES/SEASONINGS Cinnamon Curry Ginger Mustard Chili Pepper Sea Salt Miso Tamari All Herbs ORIENTAL VEGETABLES Maitake Daikon Dandelion Root Shitake Kombu Reishi Nori Umeboshi Wakame Sea Veggies

ACIDIFYING FOODS
FATS & OILS Avocado Oil Canola Oil Corn Oil Hemp Seed Oil Flax Oil Lard Olive Oil Safflower Oil Sesame Oil Sunflower Oil FRUITS Cranberries GRAINS Rice Cakes Wheat Cakes Amaranth Barley Buckwheat Corn Oats (rolled) Quinoi Rice (all) Rye Spelt Kamut Wheat Hemp Seed Flour DAIRY Cheese, Cow Cheese, Goat Cheese, Processed Cheese, Sheep Milk Butter	NUTS & BUTTERS Cashews Brazil Nuts Peanuts Peanut Butter Pecans Tahini Walnuts ANIMAL PROTEIN Beef Chicken Breast Carp Clams Eggs Fish Lamb Lobster Mussels Oyster Pork Rabbit Salmon Shrimp Scallops Tuna Turkey Venison PASTA (WHITE) Noodles Macaroni Spaghetti OTHER Distilled Vinegar Wheat Germ Potatoes	DRUGS & CHEMICALS Chemicals Drugs, Medicinal Drugs, Psychedelic Pesticides Herbicides ALCOHOL Beer Spirits Hard Liquor Wine BEANS & LEGUMES Black Beans Chick Peas Green Peas Kidney Beans Lentils Lima Beans Pinto Beans Red Beans Soy Beans Soy Milk White Beans Rice Milk Almond Milk

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ALKALINE FRUITS		ACID FRUITS
Apples and Cider Apricots Avocados Bananas (speckled only) Berries Breadfruit Cacius Cantaloupe Carob - pod only Charlmoyes CRANBERRIES Cherries Citron Currants Dates Figs Grapes Grapefruit Guavas Kumquats	Lemons - ripe Limes Loquats Mangoes Melons, all Nectarines Olives, sundried Papaya Passionfruit Peaches Pears Persimmons Pineapples PLUMS Pomegranates PRUNES & JUICE Quince Raisins Saponins Tamarind Tangerines Tomatoes	All preserved or jellied Canned: sugared Dried, sulphured Glazed Fruits Raw with sugar Bananas if green tipped Cranberries Olives, pickled, green

ALKALINE VEGETABLES		ACID VEGETABLES
Veggie-broth Artichokes Asparagus, ripe Bamboo shoots Beans, green, lima, string, sprouts Beets and tops Broccoli Cabbage, red & white Carrots Cauliflower Chard Chayotes Chicory Chives Collards Cowslip Cucumber Dandelion greens Dill Dockgreen Eggplant Endive Escalo Garlic Horseradish Jerusalem Artichoke	Kain Kolrabi Leek Legumes (except peanuts & lentils) Lettuce MUSHROOMS most varieties Okra Onions Oyster Plant Parsley Parsnip Peppers red or green Potatoes all varieties Pumpkin Radish Sals Sauerkraut (lemon only) Sorrel SOY BEANS Soy Bean Extract Spinach Squash Turnips Water Chestnut Watercress	Asparagus tips, white Beans, all dried Brussel Sprouts Garbanzos Lentils Rhubarb

ALKALINE DIARY PRODUCTS	ACID DIARY PRODUCTS
Acidophilus Buttermilk Kourniss Milk, raw (human, cow or goat) Whey Yoghurt	Butter Cheese, all Cottage Cheese Cream Custards Ice Cream, ices Milk, boiled, cooked, dried
ALKALINE FLESH FOODS	ACID FLESH FOODS
None (blood and bone only are alkaline forming)	All meats, fowl & fish Beef Tea Fish, Shellfish, all Gelatine Gravies

ALKALINE CEREALS

ACID CEREALS

Corn, green (fresh)

All flour product
Buckwheat
Barley
Bread, all kinds
Cakes
Corn, Cornmeal, corn flakes
starch and hominy
Crackers, all
Doughnuts

Dumplings
Grapenuts
Macaroni and Spaghetti
Noodles
Oatmeal
Pies and pastry
Rice
Rye-crisp

ALKALINE MISC.

ACID MISC.

Agar
Alfafa products
Ginger, dried, unsweetened
Honey
Kelp (edible)
Teas, unsweetened
Yeast Cakes

All alcoholic beverages
Candy and Confectionery
Cocoa & chocolate
Coca-cola
Coffee
Condiments as: Salt Pepper
Curry, Spices, etc
Dressings and thick sauces
Drugs and aspirins
Eggs, especially whites
Ginger, preserved

Jams and Jellies
Flavourings
Marmalades
Preservatives as:
Benzoate
Sulphur
Vinegar
Salt, brine
Smoke
Sago (starch)
Soda water
Tapioca (starch)
Tobacco, juice, smell, smoke
Vinegar
Lack of sleep
Overwork
Worry

ALKALINE NUTS	ACID NUTS
Almonds Chestnuts, roasted Coconut, dried Peanuts	All nuts, more so if roasted Coconut, dried Peanuts

NEUTRAL
Sugar, refined
Oils, olive, corn
Cotton Seed, peanuts
Soy, Sesame
Fats, Lards and other greases

Note: Because a fruit is "acid" is not an indication that it's reaction is the same when it enters the body, because it really may be alkaline.
Honey and raw sugar yield alkaline, but on account of high concentrate of sugar, become acid-formers.
Rhubarb with raisins is very good.

Fruits (in season, with moderation, for cleansing only)

Miscellaneous (be avoided)

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Producer of TV series “Tasty and Meatless” & Innerlight SuperGreens Providor

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