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All meat (beef, pork,
lamb, chicken) and fish |
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Rice (white, brown, or
basmati) |
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Cornmeal, oats, rye,
spelt, wheat, bran |
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Popcorn |
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Pastas |
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Breads and most other
grain products like
cereals (hot or cold),
crackers, pastries |
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The following beans
(unless sprouted in
which case they become
alkaline-producing):
pinto, navy, mung,
lentils, black,
garbanzo, red, white,
adzuki, and broad |
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Cheese (parmesan is the
worst, followed by other
sharper cheeses) |
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Sunflower and pumpkin
seeds |
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Wheat germ |
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The following nuts:
walnuts, pecans,
cashews, dried coconut,
(fresh coconut is
alkaline producing),
pistachios, macadamias,
filberts, Brazil nuts
and peanuts. |
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Colas and carbonated
drinks |
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Alcoholic drinks |
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Coffee and other
caffeinated drinks |
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Sweetened yogurt |
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Most forms of sweeteners
(artificial sweeteners,
cane sugar, beet sugar,
barley syrup, processed
honey, maple syrup,
molasses, fructose,
lactose) |
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Refine table salt |
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Soy sauce |
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Mustard (dried powder
and processed) |
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Ketchup (unless natural
and homemade) |
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Mayonnaise (unless
natural and homemade) |
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White vinegar (apple
cider and sweet brown
rice vinegar are less
acid-producing and
preferred) |
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Nutmeg |
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Tobacco |
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Practically all drugs |
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Almost all vegetables
(except peppers, beets) |
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Practically all fruits
with the exception of
blueberries, plums,
prunes, and cranberries.
Even citrus fruits such
as lemons, which we
think of as being
acidic, are
alkaline-producing in
the body. They are rich
in organic salts, like
citrates, which are
being converted into
bicarbonates. |
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Beans such as string,
soy, lima, green and
snap |
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Peas |
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Potatoes |
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Arrowroot flour |
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Grains such as flax,
millet, quinoa, and
amaranth |
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Nuts like almonds,
pignoli, fresh coconut
and chestnuts |
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Sprouted seeds of
alfalfa, radish and chia |
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Unsprouted sesame |
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Fresh unsalted butter |
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Milk |
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Cream |
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Goat's milk |
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Eggs |
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Whey |
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Plain yogurt |
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Sweeteners like raw,
unpasterized honey,
dried sugar cane juice (Sucanat),
brown rice syrup |
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Fruit juices |
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All vegetable juices |
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Most herbal teas |
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Garlic |
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Cayenne Pepper |
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Gelatin |
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Most herbs |
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Miso |
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Most vegetable and
unprocessed sea salt |
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Most spices |
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Vanilla extract |
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Brewer's yeast |
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Most unprocessed,
cold-pressed oils are
neutral or
alkaline-forming |
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