Applying the Acid/Alkaline Food Theory

Food chemistry is based on this chart philosophy. The dietary ration should be 80 percent alkaline foods and 20 percent acid-forming foods. The acid-binding (alkaline) elements are calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and iron. Acid-forming elements are phosphorus, chlorine, sulfur, silicon, iodine (and also bromine).

Biochemistry divides foods, like the biochemical elements, into alkaline-forming (most fruits and vegetables) and acid-forming (most starches and proteins). We find that alkaline blood and an alkaline body promotes good health and vigor. The acid state is associated with toxic and enervated body.

Acids are the grim reapers of death. Body organs and glands depend on secretions that are alkaline for optimal health. A good regimen to follow is to have two fruits a day, preferably at breakfast, six vegetables (or more with salads), a good protein and a good starch to maintain the 80/20 ratio. A raw salad with both the noon and evening meal is suggested. Have the starch at noon and the protein in the evening, or reverse them if you want.

We build acids mentally during the day when the sun is up, and the night is when the alkalinizing moon rises and we should rest. Negative thoughts and attitudes such as fear, hate, gossip, unhappiness, anger, selfishness, jealousy, lack of love build acids as do overwork and late hours and polluted areas. Rest, sleep, fresh air, sunshine, laughter, good companions, love, happiness, joy, satisfaction and a positive philosophy encourage alkalinity.

ACID-ALKALINE FOOD CHART

ALKALINE FRUITS

• Apples and cider
• Apricots
• Avocados
• Bananas (speckled only)
• Berries (all)
• Breadfruit
• Cactus
• Cantaloupe
• Carob, pod only
• Cherimoyas
• Cranberries**
• Cherries
• Citron
• Currants
• Dates
• Figs
• Grapes
• Grapefruit
• Guavas
• Kumquats
• Lemons, ripe
• Limes
• Loquats
• Mangoes
• Melons, all
• Nectarines
• Olive, sun dried
• Oranges
• Papayas
• Passion Fruit
• Peaches
• Pears
• Persimmons
• Pineapple, fresh if ripe
• Plums**
• Pomegranates
• Pomelos
• Prunes and juice**
• Quince
• Raisins
• Sapotes
• Tamarind
• Tangerines
• All preserved or jellied, canned, sugared, (dried) sulphured, glazed fruits; raw with sugar; bananas, if green tip; cranberries; olives: pickled, green.

(** denotes slightly acid)

ALKALINE VEGETABLES

• Artichokes
• Asparagus, ripe
• Bamboo shoots
• Beans: green, lima, string, sprouts
• Beets and tops
• Broccoli
• Cabbage, red and white
• Carrots
• Celery, entire
• Cauliflower
• Chard
• Chayotes
• Chicory
• Chives
• Collards
• Cowslip
• Cucumber
• Dandelion greens
• Dill
• Dock, green
• Dulse (sea lettuce)
• Eggplant
• Endive
• Escarole
• Garlic
• Horseradish, fresh
• Jerusalem artichoke
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Leek
• Legumes, except peanuts and lentils
• Lettuce and romaine
• Mushrooms** (most varieties)
• Okra
• Onions
• Oyster plant
• Parsley
• Parsnips
• Peppers, green or red
• Potatoes (all varieties)
• Pumpkin
• Radish
• Rhubarb (oxalic acid)
• Rutabaga (swede)
• Salsify
• Sauerkraut (lemon only)
• Sorrel
• Soybeans**
• Soybean extract
• Spinach
• Squash
• Taro, baked
• Turnips and tops
• Water chestnut
• Watercress

ACID VEGETABLES

• Artichokes
• Asparagus tips, white
• Beans, all dried
• Brussels sprouts
• Garbanzos
• Lentils
• Rhubarb

ALKALINE DAIRY PRODUCTS

• Acidophilus culture
• Buttermilk
• Koumiss
• Milk, raw (freshly drawn, human ,goat, cow)
• Whey
• Yogurt
• Clabbered milk
• Kefir

ACID FLESH FOODS

• All meat: red meat, fowl, fish
• Beef tea
• Shellfish
• Gelatin
• Gravies

ALKALINE CEREAL GRAINS

• Corn, green (1st 24 hours)
• Millet

ACID CEREAL GRAINS

• All flour products
• Buckwheat
• Barley
• Breads, all varieties
• Cakes
• Corn, cornmeal, corn flakes, starch and hominy
• Crackers, all
• Doughnuts
• Dumplings
• Grapenuts
• Macaroni and spaghetti
• Noodles
• Oatmeal
• Pies and pastries
• Rice

ALKALINE MISCELLANEOUS

• Agar
• Alfalfa products
• Coffee substitutes
• Ginger, dried, unsweetened
• Honey
• Kelp (edible)
• Teas, unsweetened
• Yeast cakes
• Rest and sleep
• Positive thoughts (joy, etc)

ACID MISCELLANEOUS

• All alcoholic beverages
• Candy and confectionery
• Cocoa and chocolate
• Soda pop
• Coffee
• Condiments as: curry, pepper, salt, spices, etc.
• Dressings and thick sauces
• Drugs and aspirin
• Eggs, especially whites
• Ginger, preserved
• Jams and Jellies
• Flavorings
• Marmalades
• Mayonnaise
• Preservatives as: benzoate, sulphur, vinegar, salt (brine),
• Smoke
• Sago (starch)
• Sodawater
• Tapioca (starch)
• Vinegar
• Lack of sleep
• Overwork
• Worry, late hours
• Negative thoughts: fear, hate, misery

ALKALINE NUTS

• Almonds
• Chestnuts, roasted
• Coconut, fresh

ACID NUTS

• All nuts, especially roasted
• Dried coconut
• Peanuts

NEUTRAL FOODS

• Sugar, refined
• Oils: olive, corn, cotton seed, peanut, soy, sesame, etc.
• Fats, and other greases

EASILY DIGESTED FOODS

VEGETABLES

• Artichokes
• Asparagus
• Beans, tender string
• Beet greens
• Beets, tender
• Broccoli
• Butter beans, green
• Cabbage; chinese, red, savoy
• Carrots, tender
• Cauliflower, tender
• Celery
• Chard, swiss
• Chayote
• Corn on the cob, tender
• Dandelion
• Dwarf nettles
• Leeks leaves
• Okra
• Onions, green
• Peas, tender young
• Rhubarb
• Romaine
• Spinach, tender green
• Spinach, New Zealand
• Squash
• Tomatoes, ripe

MISCELLANEOUS

• Alfalfa bud salads
• Almond oil
• Clover blossom
• Cod liver oil
• Coconut oil
• Honey

MEAT, FISH, CHEESE & EGGS

• Cheese, roquefort
• Clam broth
• Duck, broiled wild
• Eggs, omelet, cooked slightly
• Fowl, young wild
• Game, young
• Gizzard broth
• Goose
• Lamb
• Liver - from young animals
• Oyster broth
• Quail
• Roe
• Squab, broiled
• Shad
• Tuna, broiled
• Whiting

DAIRY PRODUCTS

• Goat butter
• Goat buttermilk
• Whey

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

• Apples, custard
• Apples, baked
• Apples, mellow
• Apples, sun dried
• Apricots, sweet ripe
• Avocado
• Blueberries and juice
• Brambleberries
• Cherries, black, ripe
• Cloudberries