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Achieving an Alkaline Inner Terrain<br />
So what I provide in the following table is a list of the most alkaline-forming foods, for you <strong>to</strong> increase in your<br />
diet—and the most acid foods, for you <strong>to</strong> reduce or eliminate. Many foods aren’t on the list because they’re<br />
either uncommon <strong>to</strong> our diet (see similar foods in the chart) or only very slightly acidic or alkaline.<br />
Even for those who try <strong>to</strong> eat right every day and study nutrition rigorously, the pH issue can put some off and<br />
confuse many. I recommend putting the issues here in perspective: unless you are ill with cancer or another<br />
serious disease, just eat more alkaline and less acidic, and stay away from highly acidic refined foods like soda,<br />
coffee, meat, dairy, and refined oils. Worry less about acidic foods that are also whole plant foods (especially<br />
raw). If you have serious health challenges, you would be wise <strong>to</strong> consider eating as close <strong>to</strong> 100% alkaline as<br />
possible.<br />
Food Category<br />
Alkalizing <strong>Foods</strong><br />
(eat more)<br />
Bread none white, whole-grain<br />
Condiments/Spices<br />
raw apple cider vinegar, sea and Celtic<br />
salts, tamari, chili pepper, miso, dried<br />
mustard, curry, cinnamon, ginger, herbs<br />
Acidifying <strong>Foods</strong><br />
(eat less)<br />
MSG, prepared mustard, vinegar, ketchup,<br />
jam/jelly, yeast, cocoa, malt, carob, soy<br />
sauce, black pepper, refined salt, nutmeg,<br />
vanilla, mayonnaise<br />
Drinks alkaline water, distilled water fruit juice, alcohol, beer, tea, coffee, wine,<br />
soft drinks<br />
Fruits<br />
very slightly: lemon, lime, grapefruit,<br />
coconut, sour cherry, date, plum, currant,<br />
fig, nectarine, orange, peach, apricot, all<br />
melons, all berries, avocado<br />
dried fruit, blueberry, cranberry, prune,<br />
ripe banana<br />
Grains millet, quinoa, buckwheat, spelt (mildly) barley, corn, rye, oats, wheat, all rice<br />
types, all pastas, kamut, amaranth<br />
Legumes lentil; soy, lima, kidney, white bean chick pea, black beans, split pea<br />
Meats none pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, organ<br />
meats, ocean and farm fish, shellfish, wild<br />
freshwater fish<br />
Milks<br />
goat milk, human breast milk, fermented<br />
milk products<br />
soy milk; rice milk; dairy (cow milk)<br />
products including milk, cheese, ice cream<br />
Nuts/Seeds almond, pumpkin seed pistachio, peanut, cashew, walnut, sesame<br />
seed<br />
Oils olive, coconut, flax, cod liver corn, canola, sunflower; butter and<br />
margarine<br />
Sweeteners<br />
Vegetables (non-root)<br />
Vegetables (root)<br />
stevia, chicory (sweeteners), blackstrap<br />
molasses<br />
spouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber,<br />
spinach, kale, collard greens, mustard<br />
greens, zucchini, leek, pumpkin, radish,<br />
garlic, pea, cabbage, celery, <strong>to</strong>ma<strong>to</strong><br />
beet, radish, turnip, carrot, sweet pota<strong>to</strong>,<br />
parsnip<br />
sugar, aspartame, saccharin, corn syrup,<br />
maple syrup, fruc<strong>to</strong>se, honey, rice syrup,<br />
dried cane juice<br />
mushroom, olive<br />
pota<strong>to</strong> (s<strong>to</strong>red)<br />
Note: A food item in italics means it is either highly alkaline or acidic, respectively.<br />
330 <strong>12</strong> <strong>Steps</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Whole</strong> <strong>Foods</strong><br />
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