It must be noted that because a food is acid it is no indication that it REMAINS acid in the body. It can turn alkaline. Honey and raw sugars produce alkaline ash, but because of a high concentrate of sugar become acid-formers. Those fruits marked with an * should not be eaten with other foods. They are acid externally but alkaline internally.
| ALKALINE FRUITS: Apples/cider Apricots Avocados Bananas Berries (most) Cantaloupe Carob (pod only) Cherries Citron | Currants Dates Figs Grapes *Grapefruit Guavas *Kumquats *Lemons (ripe) *Limes | Loquats Mangos Nectarines Olives (ripe) *Oranges Papayas Passion Fruit Peaches Pears | Persimmons Pineapple (fresh) Pomegranates Melons (all) Raisins Sapotes Tamarind *Tangerines Tomatoes (fully ripened) |
| ACID FRUITS: All preserves All canned with sugar | Cranberries Dried-sulphured, glazed | Olives (Pickled) Plums | Prunes Blueberries |
| ALKALINE VEGETABLES: Alfalfa sprouts Artichokes Asparagus Bamboo shoots Beans (green, lima, wax, string) Beets Broccoli Cabbages Carrots Celery Cauliflower Chard | Chicory Com Cucumber Dill Dock Dulse Eggplant Endive Escarole Garlic Horseradish Jerusalem artichokes | Kale Leeks Lettuce Mushrooms Okra Onions Oyster plant Parsley Parsnips Peas Peppers (bell) Potatoes (skin is best part) | Pumpkin Radish Romaine lettuce Rutabagas Sauerkraut Soybeans Spinach Sprouts Squash Turnips Watercress Yams, sweet potatoes |
| ACID VEGETABLES: Asparagus tips (white only) | Beans (dried) | Garbanzos | Lentils |
| ALKALINE DAIRY: Acidophilus milk | Buttermilk Yogurt | Milk (raw only — human, cow, or goat) | Whey |
| ACID DAIRY: Butter Cheese (all) | Cottage cheese Cream | Custards Margarine | Milk (boiled, cooked, malted, dried, canned) |
| ALKALINE FLESH FOOD: | Beef Juice | Blood & bone (only bonemeal is alkaline) | *Fish, Fowl, Lamb with NO starch is Acid/Alkaline Balanced |
| ACID FLESH FOOD: | All meats when combined with starches | Fowl Fish | Shellfish Gelatin |
| ALKALINE GRAINS: | Amaranth | Quinoa | Buckwheat & millet are thought to be either neutral or alkaline. |
| ACID GRAINS: | All grains and grain products except buckwheat & millet | ||
| ALKALINE NUTS: | Almonds | Chestnuts (roasted) | Coconut (fresh) |
| ACID NUTS: | All except above | Coconut (dried) | |
| ALKALINE MISCELLANEOUS: | Agar Coffee substitute | Honey Kelp (edible) | Tea (herbal & Chinese) Egg yolks |
| ACID MISCELLANEOUS: Alcoholic drinks Cocoa Coffee, Indian teas | Condiments (all) Dressings Drugs | Eggs (whites) Flavorings Mayonnaise | Tapioca Tobacco Vinegar |
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