Acid Alkaline Food Chart

Food consumption in the most advanced countries of the world has changed from nutritious raw foods to
highly processed foods very low in nutritional value. New chemicals have been introduced to our foods, air,
and water, which have put even greater stresses on our system's ability to control the chemistry of our body
fluids, and therefore functionality of our inner biological terrain is at risk. As a result, we see huge increases
in the incidence of life-threatening or chronic diseases. Thats why it is of utmost importance to our healthiness
to finding the ideal balance of alkaline and acid forming foods.
Have a look at the table below to identify various foods' pH-level. Each one is assigned a number which

Illustration: The pH scale

mirrors its approximate relative potential of alkalinity (+) or acidity (-) existent in one ounce (28.35g) of food.
The higher the number, the better it is for you to eat.
The more alkaline-forming foods you add to your nutrition, the stronger will be the results. Should you not be

How does pH imbalance affect our body?

able to completely avoid acidic foods, you should at least try to consume as less as possible of them, and
instead put more green food and veggies on your plate. Remember that every little step to a more alkaline

The pH level, the acid-alkaline measurement of our bodies, affects every cell in our body. A constantly

diet is an improvement to a healthier way of life.

imbalanced pH level wont be tolerated by our internal system as well as our entire metabolic process. Both
depend on a healthy alkaline environment through pH balance. By consuming too many unhealthy, acid

Moreover, you can add green plants nutritional supplements to your diet, which can support you in

forming or acidic foods, the growth of harmful bacteria, fungus, yeast and other micro organism is promoted

attaining pH balance in a natural way. Such supplements were developed by Dr. Young, a microbiologist and

within our body, which may result in obesity (we create fat cells to carry acids away from our vital organs),

nutritionist. Over many years he has researched the interrelations between acid wastes inside the body and

allergies (the absorption of undigested proteins due to an overly acidic body is a major cause of allergy

the development of unhealthy conditions and disease.

conditions), fatigue (an over-acidified body produces toxins and weakens the bodys ability to produces
enzymes and hormones) and many other unhealthy conditions.

His assignment is not only to promote a stronger awareness among people for a proper acid alkaline
balance within the body, he has also developed the InnerLight products to support the body to naturally

How to achieve pH balance?

decrease its acid levels by alkalizing the cell system. Two of his cornerstone products are called SuperGreens
and Prime pH.

A diet, which consists of a proper acid alkaline balance of foods, will help to transform your body's pH balance
from dangerously acidic to healthy (slightly) alkaline. Above that, you should add plenty of alkaline water to
your daily diet.

pH Scale, pH Level, pH Balance

What does 'body pH' mean?
The pH, which is an abbreviation for power of hydrogen, is a measuring unit of acidity and alkalinity of a
solution. It is numerically equal to 7 for neutral solutions, increasing with increasing alkalinity (14 = maximum
alkalinity) and decreasing with increasing acidity (0 = maximum acidity). The urine, blood, saliva, digestive
juices and the fluids inside and outside the bodys cells each have an optimum pH level, whereby blood pH is
the most telling of all.
At rest, the normal blood pH of a human being is slightly alkaline, with a pH around 7.4 on the pH scale.
Anything above that value is considered alkaline; anything below is described as acidic. Both, in their
extremes, are life-threatening for the human body; if the pH value drops below 6.8 or increases above 7.8, the
cells of the body cannot function properly anymore and the human will die.

A proper alkaline diet suggests taking in at least 80% of alkaline foods, like green vegetables or grasses,
and never more than 20% of neutral and acidic foods. Eating green foods, vegetables and alkaline foods will
help our internal fluids to achieve a natural pH balance as the acidic environment inside the body will be
eliminated. That means, by eating vegetables all day long, or taking sprouted greens dietary supplements, and
avoiding acid forming and acidic foods, the bodys pH level will gradually be balanced. When pH balance is
achieved, your body will start to restore its overall health.
pH scale is a system of describing acidity or alkalinity, ranging from pH 0 to pH 14, with pH 7 being neutral.
Values lower than 7 indicate acidity; those higher than 7 indicate alkalinity. Each number on the pH scale
represents a tenfold change in acidity or alkalinity. Thus pH 5 is 10 times more acid than pH 6, and pH 4 is 100
times more acid than pH 6; pH 11 is 1,000 times more alkaline than pH 8. In general, plants grow best in the
pH range of 4 (very acid) to 8 (slightly alkaline). (Source: Wikipedia)
Alkalosis refers to a condition reducing hydrogen ion concentration of arterial blood plasma (alkalemia).
Generally alkalosis is said to occur when arterial pH exceeds 7.45. The opposite condition is acidosis. (Source:
Wikipedia)

Healthy Alkaline Foods

Foods you should only

Unhealthy Acidic Foods

- Eat lots of them!

consume moderately

- Try to avoid them!

Horseradish +6.8

Fats

Dried Sugar Cane Juice -18.0

Kohlrabi +5.1

Coconut Milk -1.5

Fructose -9.5

Potatoes +2.0

Sunflower Oil -6.7

Honey -7.6

Vegetables

Fruits

Meat, Poultry, And Fish

Red Radish +16.7

Malt Sweetener -9.8

Alfalfa Grass +29.3

(In Season, For Cleansing Only Or With

Beef -34.5

Rutabaga +3.1

Milk Sugar -9.4

Asparagus +1.3

Moderation)

Chicken (to -22) -18.0

Summer Black Radish +39.4

Molasses -14.6

Barley Grass +28.1

Apricot -9.5

Eggs (to -22)

Turnip +8.0

Turbinado Sugar -9.5

Brussels Sprouts +0.5

Banana, Ripe -10.1

Liver -3.0

White Radish (Spring) +3.1

White Sugar -17.6

Cabbage Lettuce, Fresh +14.1

Bananna, Unripe +4.8

Ocean Fish -20.0

Cauliflower +3.1

Black Currant -6.1

Organ Meats -3.0

Fruits

Condiments

Cayenne Pepper +18.8

Blueberry -5.3

Oysters -5.0

Avocado (Protein) +15.6

Ketchup -12.4

Celery +13.3

Cantaloupe -2.5

Pork -38.0

Fresh Lemon +9.9

Mayonaise -12.5

Chives +8.3

Cherry, Sour +3.5

Veal -35.0

Limes +8.2

Mustard -19.2

Comfrey +1.5

Cherry, Sweet -3.6

Tomato +13.6

Soy Sauce -36.2

Cucumber, Fresh +31.5

Coconut, Fresh +0.5

Dandelion +22.7

Cranberry -7.0

Milk And Milk Products

Non-Stored Organic Grains And Legumes

Dog Grass +22.6

Currant -8.2

Buttermilk +1.3

Buckwheat Groats +0.5

Endive, Fresh +14.5

Date -4.7

Cream -3.9

Granulated Soy (Cooked Ground Soy Beans)

Beverages

French Cut Green Beans +11.2

Fig Juice Powder -2.4

Hard Cheese -18.1

+12.8

Beer -26.8

Garlic +13.2

Gooseberry, Ripe -7.7

Homogenized Milk -1.0

Lentils +0.6

Coffee -25.1

Green Cabbage December Harvest +4.0

Grape, Ripe -7.6

Quark -17.3

Lima Beans +12.0

Fruit Juice Sweetened

Green Cabbage, March Harvest +2.0

Grapefruit -1.7

Soy Flour +2.5

Fruit Juice, Packaged, Natural -8.7

Kamut Grass +27.6

Italian Plum -4.9

Vinegar -39.4

Soy Lecithin (Pure) +38.0

Liquor -38.7

Mandarin Orange -11.5

Bread, Biscuits (Stored

Soy Nuts (soaked Soy Beans, Then Air Dried)

Tea (Black) -27.1

Leeks (Bulbs) +7.2

Mango -8.7

Grains/Risen Dough)

+26.5

Wine -16.4

Lettuce +2.2

Orange -9.2

Rye Bread -2.5

Soybeans, Fresh +12.0

Onion +3.0

Papaya -9.4

White Biscuit -6.5

Spelt +0.5

Peas, Fresh +5.1

Peach -9.7

White Bread -10.0

Tofu +3.2

Miscellaneous

Peas, Ripe +0.5

Pear -9.9

Whole-Grain Bread -4.5

White Beans (Navy Beans) +12.1

Canned Foods

Red Cabbage +6.3

Pineapple -12.6

Whole-Meal Bread -6.5

Rhubarb Stalks +6.3

Rasperry -5.1

Nuts

Savoy Cabbage +4.5

Red Currant -2.4

Almonds +3.6

Shave Grass +21.7

Rose Hips -15.5

Nuts

Sorrel +11.5

Strawberry -5.4

Cashews -9.3

Soy Sprouts +29.5

Tangerine -8.5

Peanuts -12.8

Seeds

Spinach (Other Than March) +13.1

Watermelon -1.0

Pistachios -16.6

Caraway Seeds +2.3

Spinach, March Harvest +8.0

Yellow Plum -4.9

Lamb's Lettuce +4.8

Microwaved Foods

Brazil Nuts +0.5

Cumin Seeds +1.1

Fennel Seeds +1.3

Sprouted Chia Seeds +28.5

Sprouted Radish Seeds +28.4

Non-Stored Grains

Fats

Straw Grass +21.4

Brown Rice -12.5

Butter -3.9

Pumpkin Seeds +5.6

Watercress +7.7

Wheat -10.1

Corn Oil -6.5

Sesame Seeds +0.5

Margarine -7.5

Sunflower Seeds +5.4

Wheat Grass +33.8

White Cabbage +3.3

Nuts

Zucchini +5.7

Hazelnuts -2.0

Root Vegetables
Beet +11.3
Carrot +9.5

Flax Seeds +1.3

Wheat Kernel +11.4

Macadamia Nuts -3.2

Sweets

Fats (Fresh, Cold-Pressed Oils)

Walnuts -8.0

Artificial Sweetners -26.5

Borage Oil +3.2

Barley Malt Syrup -9.3

Evening Primrose Oil +4.1

Fish

Beet Sugar -15.1

Flax Seed Oil +3.5

Fresh Water Fish -11.8

Brown Rice Syrup -8.7

Marine Lipids +4.7

Chocolate -24.6

Olive Oil +1.0

Dr. Bronner's Barley

Processed Foods

Table: pH scale of alkaline and acid forming foods

(Source: "Back To The House Of Health" by Shelley Redford Young)