Acid-forming foods
Alkaline for Life® – Acidic Foods
| LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH | |||
Fruits | |||||
| Figs Dates Guava Plums/Prunes | Cranberries Pomegranates Olives, ripe | ||||
Vegetables | |||||
| Tomatoes Swiss chard Green peas Rhubarb Spinach Lima beans Carrots, commercial Stringbeans with formed beans | Corn, fresh | ||||
Meats/Fish | |||||
| Clams Gelatin | Salmon Haddock Duck Tuna Chicken Scallops Liver Mackerel Buffalo Catfish | Shrimp Mussels Lobster Steak Bacon Sausage Hamburgers Beef | |||
Dairy/Eggs | |||||
| Butter Yogurt Curd cheese Eggs, whites Cream | Cottage cheese Cream cheese Eggs, whole | Camembert cheese American cheese Ice cream | |||
Oils | |||||
| Sesame oil Safflower oil Canola oil Almond oil Sunflower oil | Soybean oil Peanut oil | Cottonseed oil | |||
Nuts/Seeds/Legumes/Herbs/Spices | |||||
| Baked beans Green peas Kidney beans Split peas White beans Curry powder Garbanzo beans Chickpeas | Peanuts | Walnuts Hazelnuts Soybeans White sugar Iodized table salt | |||
Breads/Grains/Desserts | |||||
| Brown rice Buckwheat flour Kasha | Whole wheat bread (100%) Rye bread (100%) Corn tortillas Cornmeal Barley White rice | White flour Bagels Croissants Saltine crackers | |||
Sweeteners/Vinegars | |||||
| Mayonnaise Maple syrup Stevia Balsamic/Rice vinegar | Red wine/White vinegar Sugar, brown or white Corn syrup | ||||
Beverages | |||||
| Milk Black tea Tomato juice | Wine Dark beer Coffee Rice milk | Pale beer Espresso Colas/Soft drinks Soy milk Milkshakes | |||
To learn more about Dr. Brown’s Acid Alkaline Food Guide & Alkaline Diet Starter Kit and all about the Alkaline Diet
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