Acid and Alkaline Foods

from "Rust Out" by Dr. Bailey page 192

There are varying degrees of acidity in our foods; the more natural the better, the more processed the worst. I have found multiple lists, not all the same, containing acid and alkaline foods. This outline is a mix of many lists and may not match up exactly to your list.

Acid Forming Foods

All meats (beef, pork, chicken) and fish

Cheese (with Parmesan the worst), along with sharper/dry cheeses

Colas (phosphorus in colas turns to phosphoric acid and destroys bone)

Alcohol

Caffeinated drinks, coffee

Sweetened yogurt

Artificial sweeteners, processed cane and beet sugar, barley syrup, heat processed honey (cold extracted is alkaline), maple sugar, molasses, fructose, lactose, refined table sugar

Anything fried or barbecued

Soy sauce

Mustard (dried and processed)

Ketchup (unless natural and homemade without vinegar)

Apple cider, sweet brown rice vinegar, white vinegar

Nutmeg

Tobacco

Practically all prescription drugs

 

Mildly Acid Forming Or Neutral

Sunflower and pumpkin seeds

Wheat germ

Nuts, including walnuts, pecans, cashews, dried coconut (fresh is alkaline), pistachios, macadamias, filberts, peanuts

Rice (white, brown and basmati)

Cornmeal, oats, rye, spelt, wheat, bran

Popcorn

Pastas

Breads and most other grain products like cereals (hot or cold), crackers, pastries

The following beans (unless sprouted which makes them alkaline): pinto, navy, mung, lentils, black, garbanzo, red, white, adzuki, broad

 

Alkalizing Foods

 Practically all vegetables

Practically all fruits, except blueberries, plums, prunes, cranberries. Even citrus such as lemons, which many think of as being acidic, are alkaline producing in the body. They are rich in organic salts, like citrates, which are converted into bicarbonates.

Beans, like string, soy, lima, green, snap

Peas

Potatoes (not fried)

Arrowroot flour

Grains, like flax, millet, quinoa, amaranth

Nuts, like almonds, pignoli (pine nut), chestnuts, Brazil nuts

Sprouted anything, including alfalfa, radish, chia

Unsprouted, untoasted seeds, like sesame

Fresh unsalted butter

Milk and cream

Goat’s milk

Eggs

Whey

Plain yogurt

Sweeteners, like raw, unpasteurized honey, dried sugar cane juice (sucanat), brown rice syrup

Fruit juices

All vegetable juices

Most herbal teas

Garlic

Cayenne pepper

Almost all herbs

Miso

Most vegetable and unprocessed sea salt

Almost all spices

Vanilla extract

Brewer’s or nutritional yeast

 

Most unprocessed, cold-pressed oils are neutral or alkaline forming (even margarine, but I would avoid this "liquid plastic")