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Food Category |
Most Alkaline |
More Alkaline |
Low Alkaline |
Lowest Alkaline |
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Spice/Herb |
Baking Soda |
Spices/Cinnamon Valerian Licorice •Black Cohash Agave |
•Herbs (most): Arnica, Bergamot, Echinacea Chrysanthemum, Ephedra, Feverfew, Goldenseal, Lemongrass Aloe Vera Nettle Angelica |
White Willow-Bark Slippery Elm Artemesia Annua |
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| Preservative Sweetner |
Sea Salt Mineral Water
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•Kambucha Molasses |
•Green or Mu Tea
Rice Syrup |
Sulfite Ginger Tea •Sucanat |
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Therapeutic |
•Umeboshi Plum |
•Sake |
•Algae, Blue Green |
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Processed Dairy
Cow/Human Soy Goat/Sheep |
•Ghee (Clarified Butter)
Cow/Human Breast Milk |
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Egg |
•Quail Egg |
•Duck Egg |
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Meat Game Fish/Shell Fish |
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Fowl |
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Grain Cereal Grass |
Oat 'Grain Coffee' •Quinoa Wild Rice •Amaranth Japonica Rice |
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| Nut |
Pumpkin Seed Hydrogenated Oil |
Poppy Seed |
Primrose Oil |
Avocado Oil Seeds (most) Coconut Oil Olive/Macadamia Oil Linseed/Flax Oil |
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Bean Vegetable Legume |
Lentil |
Kohlrabi Parsnip/Taro Garlic Asparagus Kale/Parsley Endive/Arugula Mustard Greens Jerusalem-Artichoke Ginger Root Broccoli |
Potato/Bell Pepper Mushroom/Fungi Cauliflower Cabbage Rutabaga •Salsify/Ginseng Eggplant Pumpkin Collard Greens |
Brussel Sprout Beet Chive/Cilantro Celery/Scallion Okra/Cucumber Turnip Greens Squash Artichoke Lettuce Jicama |
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| Citrus Fruit Fruit |
Lime |
Grapefruit Canteloupe Honeydew Citrus Olive •Dewberry Loganberry Mango |
Lemon |
Orange Apricot Banana Blueberry Pineapple Juice Raisin, Currant Grape Strawberry |
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Food Category |
Lowest Acid |
Low Acid |
More Acid |
Most Acid |
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Spice/Herb |
Curry |
Vanilla Stevia |
Nutmeg |
Pudding/Jam/Jelly |
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| Preservative Sweetner | MSG Kona Coffee Honey/MapleSyrup |
Benzoate Alcohol Black Tea Balsamic Vinegar |
Aspartame Coffee Saccharin |
Table Salt (NaCL) Beer, 'Soda' Yeast/Hops/Malt Sugar/Cocoa White/Acetic Vinegar |
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Therapeutic |
Antihistamines |
Psychotropics |
Antibiotics |
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Processed Dairy
Cow/Human Soy Goat/Sheep |
Cream/Butter
Yogurt Goat/Sheep Cheese |
Cow Milk Aged Cheese |
•Casein, Milk Protein, Cottage Cheese New Cheese |
Processed Cheese
Ice Cream
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Egg |
Chicken Egg |
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Meat Game Fish/Shell Fish |
Gelatin/Organs •Venison Fish |
Lamb/Mutton Boar/Elk/•Game-Meat Mollusks Shell Fish (Whole) |
Pork/Veal Bear •Mussel/Squid |
Beef
Shell Fish (Processed) |
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Fowl |
Wild Duck |
Goose/Turkey |
Chicken |
Pheasant |
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Grain Cereal Grass |
•Triticale Millet Kasha Brown Rice |
Buckwheat Wheat •Spelt/Teff/Kamut Farina/Semolina White Rice |
Maize Barley Groat Corn Rye Oat Bran |
Barley Processed Flour |
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| Nut | Pumpkin Seed Oil |
Almond Oil Sesame Oil Safflower Oil Tapioca •Seitan or Tofu |
Pistachio Seed |
•Cottonseed-Oil/Meal Hazelnut Walnut Brazil Nut Fried Food |
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Bean
Vegetable Legume |
Spinach Fava Bean Kidney Bean Black-eyed Pea String/Wax Bean Zucchini Chutney Rhubarb |
Split Pea Pinto Bean White Bean Navy/Red Bean Aduki Bean Lima or Mung Bean Chard |
Green Pea Peanut Snow Pea Legumes (other) |
Soybean
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| Citrus Fruit Fruit | Coconut |
Plum Prune Tomato |
Cranberry |
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• Therapeutic, gourmet, or exotic items - - - - - - Italicized items are NOT recommended Prepared by Dr. Russell Jaffe, Fellow, Health Studies Collegium. Sources include USDA food data base (Rev 9 & 10), Food & Nutrition Encyclopedia; Nutrition Applied. to purchase supplements that support Alkaline Way contact Thinking of You 800 806 8671 Personally, by M. Walczak; Acid & Alkaline by H. Aihara. Food growth, transport, storage, processing, preparation, combination, & assimilation influence effect intensity. Thanks to Hank Liers for his original work. [Rev 7/07] |
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