Following a low acidic foods diet is recommended to people who suffer from acidity related health problems. A simple way to determine if your body is acidic or alkaline, is to take a saliva pH test. In the morning before eating, drinking or brushing your teeth, use a short-range pH paper for saliva, and spit it on a glass slide. Then place a strip of the paper on the saliva sample, and compare the colors, to the scale. This will help you determine if your body is acidic or alkaline. If your body is acidic then adding more alkaline foods to your diet, can help. Also, to quickly recover high alkaline foods are recommended.
List of Non Acidic Foods
Given below is an alkaline foods list that includes foods which are low in acidity. Refer to this list, when suffering from acidity.
Alkaline Vegetables
- Asparagus
- Artichokes
- Cabbages
- Lettuce
- Onion
- Cauliflower
- Radish
- Swede
- Lambs Lettuce
- Peas
- Courgette
- Red Cabbage
- Leeks
- Watercress
- Spinach
- Turnip
- Chives
- Carrots
- Green Beans
- Beetroot
- Garlic
- Celery
- Grasses (wheatgrass, straw, barley, dog, kamut etc.)
- Cucumber
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Brussels Sprouts
- Corn
- Lentils
- Olives
- Winter Squash
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Alkaline Drinks, Nuts, Seeds and Grain
- Green Drinks (containing grasses, sprouted grains, and green vegetables)
- Fresh vegetable juice
- Herbal Tea - Mint, Verbena, Linden
- Pure water (distilled or ionized)
- Lemon water (pure water + fresh lemon or lime)
- Vegetable broth
- Non-sweetened Soy Milk
- Almond Milk
- Fresh Buttermilk
- Fresh Whey
- Almonds
- Pumpkin
- Sunflower
- Sesame
- Flax
- Buckwheat Groats
- Spelt
- Lentils
- Cumin Seeds
- Any sprouted seed
- Amaranth
- Millet
- Quinoa
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Alkaline Fruits
- Lemon
- Lime
- Avocado
- Tomato
- Grapefruit
- Watermelon
- Rhubarb
- Bananas
- Apricots
- Raisins
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Alkaline Fats, Oils & Other Foods
- Sprouts like soy, alfalfa, mung bean, wheat, little radish, chickpea, broccoli, etc.
- Bragg Liquid Aminos
- Hummus
- Tahini
- Flax
- Hemp
- Avocado
- Olive
- Evening Primrose
- Borage
- Coconut Oil
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List of Highly Acidic & Highly Alkaline Foods
To form an alkaline diet, it will be good to understand the highly alkaline foods. Here is a chart that has list of acidic foods and alkaline foods, that will help you distinguish between the two.
List of Highly Acidic Foods
- Jams
- Jellies
- Liquor, white vinegar (processed)
- Fish
- Eggs
- Goat meat
- Lamb meat
- Pastries & cakes made from white flour
- Pork
- Sugar
- Beer
- Brown sugar
- Chicken
- Deer meat
- Artificial sweeteners
- Beef
- Carbonated soft drinks & fizzy drinks
- Cigarettes (tailor-made)
- Drugs
- White flour
- Wheat flour
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Custard made from white sugar
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List of Highly Alkaline Foods
- Lemons
- Cantaloupes
- Cayenne (Capsicum)
- Dried dates & figs
- Kelp
- Karengo
- Kudzu root
- Limes
- Mangoes
- Melons
- Papaya
- Parsley
- Seedless Grapes (sweet)
- Watercress
- Seaweeds
- Asparagus
- Endive
- Kiwifruit
- Fruit juices
- Grapes (sweet)
- Passion fruit
- Pears (sweet)
- Pineapple
- Raisins
- Umeboshi plum
- Vegetable juices
- Alfalfa grass
- Raw spinach
- Garlic
- Broccoli
- Cucumber, fresh
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So, reduce the intake of acidic foods and completely avoid the highly acidic foods mentioned above. With your diet rich with above mentioned low acidic foods, you will be able to recover faster from acidity problems.
