Acid and Alkaline forming foods
Acid and alkaline refers to the ph of the mineral breakdown of foods once they enter the bloodstream after digestion. A diet which is predominantly alkaline protects the body from inflammatory conditions such as arthritis, as well as general stiffness of the joints. As the ph of the blood is slightly alkaline, it makes sense to eat an alkaline diet. A good guideline is 70% alkaline foods and 30 % acid.
Acid Forming Foods ( 30% of dietary intake)
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Alcohol
Bacon Barley Beans (baked) Beans (white) Beef Bread Buttermilk Butter Cashew nuts Cereals Cheese Chestnuts Chicken Chocolate Coffee Corn Corn meal |
Corn starch
Crackers Clams Crabs Duck Eggs Fish Flour (wheat) Flour (rye) Flour (gluten) Grapefruit Goose Ham Honey Jelly Lentils Lobster Macaroni |
Maize
Milk Mutton Nuts Oats Oysters Peanuts Peanut butter Peas (dried) Pecan nuts Pies Port Rice cakes Raw sugar Ricotta cheese Rye bread |
Sauerkraut
Sausages Sausage rolls Spaghetti Sugar Syrup Tapioca Turtle Veal Vinegar Walnuts Wheat |