Monday, May 30, 2011

Alkaline Acid Food Chart ?


Ok, to get this Alkaline lifestyle on its way I needed to figure out what foods I actually want to eat. After much research, I've found the high alkaline foods which I want to incorporate into my diet. The list is ordered with highest alkaline foods at the top and the lowest ones at the bottom. Surprisingly enough, according to this list, watermelon and lemons are the highest alkaline foods (which is great by me because I love both of those foods )

I"m not going to lie, finding this list of foods was pretty difficult because their's no concensus on which foods are alkaline and which aren't (isn't that odd? why is it so hard to find a list of "acid vs alkaline foods"). On one site they'll say that ripe bananas are acid forming but then another will say its fairly high in alkalinity (is that spelled right?). So I'm basing my food list on this website because it easily showed the acidity of foods (they separated the foods for me from high to low alkalinity/acidity). All the foods on this list are high in alkalinity (1), mid high (2), mid (3), and low-neutral (4).

Grains 6 ouncesVegetables 2.5 cupsFruits
1.5 cups
Milk
3 cups
Meat & Beans & nuts
5 Ounces
Other
Arrowroot, Flour
Quinoa
millet
amaranth
2. Kelp
Watercress
Seaweeds
Asparagus
Vegetable juices
3. Avocados
Alfalfa sprouts
Carrots
Celery
Lettuce
Peas
Pumpkin (sweet)
Spinach.
4. Bamboo shoots
Beans (fresh green),
Beets
Bell Pepper
Broccoli,
Cabbage
;Cauli,
Kale
Lettuce
Parsnip
Potatoes & skin
Raspberry
Strawberry
Squash
Sweet corn
Turnip
5. Artichokes
Brussels Sprouts
Cucumbers
Leeks,
Mushrooms
Okra,
Olives ripe
Onions,
Tomatoes
taro sweet
1. Lemons
Watermelon
2. Cantaloupe
Dried dates & figs
Limes
Mango,
Melons,
Papaya
Seedless grapes
Kiwifrui
Fruit juices
Passion fruit
Pears
Pineapple
Raisins
plum
3. Apples sweet
Apricots
, Bananas (ripe)
Berries
Currants, Dates & figs (fresh)
Gooseberry,
Guavas,
Grapefruit
Nectarine,
Peaches
Oranges
5. Cherries
Coconut
Rhubarb
goats milk
whey
5. almonds
egg yolks
chestnuts
2. Cayenne
Parsley
3. Garlic
Herbs (leafy green
sea salt
Ginger
persimmon
4. Vinegar (apple cider)
5. Barley-Malt (sweetener-Bronner)
Brown Rice Syrup
Honey
Spices
oilve oil
mustard


The recommended servings amounts next to the food group name are from www.nutrition.gov.

Now, my question is how to get more meat alternative, grains, and milk alternative options into my diet?


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1 comment:

  1. Indeed an Alkaline Foods List can help you balance your inner terrain so as to make you a healthier and energetic human being. You can live a stress free and fulfilling life if you watch your food intake.

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