The Acid Alkaline Food Chart

The acid alkaline food chart is a list of foods to help you discern whether the foods you are eating are healthy for you or not. The best idea is to have a balance of foods so that the pH in your body reaches a happy medium.

If your daily diet does not include a good variety of healthy foods, your body cannot function properly and adverse health conditions can result.

Everything you eat or drink falls into two different categories, alkaline or acid. To find out your pH balance, you can buy pH strips to test your alkaline and acid levels. However, if your level is too far in one direction or the other, you will need to balance it for optimum health. Most people’s test results are too acidic because most of the acid foods consumed in the Standard American Diet. Things like meat, fish, eggs, wine, yogurt, and broth are all very acidic while fruits and veggies are much more alkaline.

One reason I decided to include the acid alkaline food chart on this site is because of a recent email I received from one of my readers. He seemed to be confused about the acidity of lemons and the fact that lemon water is very alkalizing in your body and considered an alkaline food. He tested litmus paper and the results were inconsistent with this statement. This can seem very confusing indeed.

What you need to understand however, is that although lemons seem to be very acid in nature, they have an alkalizing effect in your body. That's why they are listed as an alkaline food. Apple cider vinegar also seems like it'd be listed in the acid list, but in your body it too, is very alkalizing. (That's why mild apple cider vinegar douches work well for yeast infections!) Yeast infections start because the lining of the uterus becomes to acid. In both cases, it seems like it would be the opposite, but the fact is that it's not.

The Acid Alkaline Food Chart

Food Category	High Alkaline	Alkaline	Low Alkaline	Low Acid	Acid	High Acid
BEANS, VEGETABLES, LEGUMES	Vegetable Juices, Parsley, Raw Spinach, Broccoli, Celery, Garlic, Barley Grass	Carrots, Green Beans, Lima Beans, Beets, Lettuce, Zucchini, Carob	Squash, Asparagus, Tomato, Rhubarb, Fresh Corn, Mushrooms, Onions, Cabbage, Peas, Cauliflower, Turnip, Beetroot, Potato, Olives, Soybeans, Tofu	Sweet Potato, Cooked Spinach, Kidney Beans	Pinto Beans, Navy Beans	Pickled Vegetables
FRUIT	Dried Figs, Raisins	Dates, Blackcurrant, Grapes, Papaya, Kiwi, Berries, Apples, Pears	Coconut, Sour Cherries, Oranges, Cherries, Pineapple, Peaches, Avocados, Grapefruit, Mangoes, Strawberries, Papayas, Lemons, Watermelon, Limes	Blueberries, Cranberries, Bananas, Plums, Processed Fruit Juices	Canned Fruit
GRAINS, CEREALS			Amaranth, Lentils, Sweetcorn, Wild Rice, Quinoa, Millet, Buckwheat	Rye Bread, Whole Grain Bread, Oats, Brown Rice	White Rice, White Bread, Pastries, Biscuits, Pasta
MEAT				Liver, Oysters, Organ Meat	Fish, Turkey, Chicken, Lamb	Beef, Pork, Veal, Shellfish, Canned Tuna & Sardines
EGGS & DAIRY		Breast Milk	Soy Cheese, Soy Milk, Goat Milk, Goat Cheese, Buttermilk, Whey	Whole Milk, Butter, Yogurt, Cottage Cheese, Cream, Ice Cream	Eggs, Camembert, Hard Cheese	Parmasan, Processed Cheese
NUTS & SEEDS		Hazelnuts, Almonds	Chestnuts, Brazils, Coconut	Pumpkin, Sesame, Sunflower Seeds	Pecans, Cashews, Pistachios	Peanuts, Walnuts
OILS			Flax Seed Oil, Olive Oil, Canola Oil	Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil, Margarine, Lard
BEVERAGES	Herb Teas, Lemon Water	Green Tea	Ginger Tea	Cocoa	Wine, Soda/Pop	Tea (black), Coffee, Beer, Liquor
SWEETENERS, CONDIMENTS	Stevia	Maple Syrup, Rice Syrup	Raw Honey, Raw Sugar	White Sugar, Processed Honey	Milk Chocolate, Brown Sugar, Molasses, Jam, Ketchup, Mayonnaise, Mustard, Vinegar	Artificial Sweeteners

Note: You may notice minor discrepancies in the acid alkaline food chart values provided on different websites. Please use this food chart (or any of them) loosely as an approximate guide. The principles throughout are clear in all of acid alkaline food chart listings however. Eat plenty of vegetables and fruit daily, and moderate your consumption of processed foods, dairy products, grains, and proteins.

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