Acid-Alkaline Food Values

When your body gets its required nutrients, it can clean, repair and maintain itself. Find your specific Metabolic Type to determine what foods contribute to your health. And which foods take away your well being. Learn how to construct meals to build health instead of disease.

Metabolic Typing is THE tool you need for optimal health. Feeding your unique body type is the single most important principle that affects your maximum performance in all aspects of life.

Based on Dr. Theodore A. Baroody’s work

Over acidity, which can become a dangerous condition that weakens all body systems, is very common today. It gives rise to an internal environment conducive to disease, as opposed to a pH-balanced environment which allows normal body function necessary for the body to resist disease. A healthy body maintains adequate alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands. When access acids must be neutralized our alkaline reserves are depleted leaving the body in a weakened condition.

Note: This work is based on limited understanding of how the pH control system actually work. If your dominance is Autonomic, this chart will work for you. If you are an oxidizer, this will be exactly backwards. We are quoting this here more for historic reasons than for useful information. If you want to manage your pH, you need to know your Metabolic Type.

Fruits – Alkaline

Apples	Currant	Limes	Pineapple
Apricots	Dates (dried)	Mangos	Pomegranate
Avocados	Dates (fresh)	Melons (all)	Quince
Bananas	Figs (dried)	Nectarines	Raisins (most)
Berries	Figs (fresh)	Olives: ripened	Raspberries
Breadfruit	Grapes	Oranges	Sour grapes
Cactus	Grapefruit	Papaya	Strawberries
Cantaloupe	Guavas	Passion Fruit	Tamarind
Carob	Kiwis	Peaches	Tangerines
Cherries	Kumquats	Pears	Umeboshi Plums
Citron	Lemons	Persimmons

Fruits – Acid

Blueberries

Cranberries

Plums

Prunes

Vegetables – Alkaline

Artichoke	Cucumbers	Mushrooms	Salsify
Asparagus	Daikon	Mustard greens	Sauerkraut
Bamboo Shoots	Dandelion greens	Okra	Seaweed
Beets	Eggplant	Onions	Spinach
Broccoli	Endive	Oyster plant	Squash
Brussel Sprouts	Escarole	Parsley	Swiss Chard
Cabbage	ginger (fresh)	Parsnips	Taro
Carrots	Horseradish	Peppers	Tomatoes
Cauliflower	Kale	Pickles	Turnips
Celery	Kelp	Potatoes (with skin)	Water chestnuts
Chard, Swiss	Kohlrabi	Pumpkin	Watercress
Chicory	Kudzu root	Radishes
Collards	Leeks	Rhubarb
Corn, sweet	Lettuce (except iceburg)	Rutabaga

Nuts – Alkaline

Almonds

Chestnuts

Coconut

Pignolias

Nuts – Acid

Brazil	Filberts	Pecans
Cashews	Macadamia	Pistachios
Coconut (dried)	Peanuts	Walnuts

Seeds – Alkaline

Alfalfa (sprouted)

Chia (sprouted)

Radish (sprouted)

Sesame (unsprouted)

Seeds – Acid

Pumpkin

Sunflower

Wheat germ

Meats – Acid

Bear	Fish	Pheasant
Beef	Shellfish	Pork
Chicken	Goat	Rabbit
Deer	Lamb	Turkey

Animal Products – Neutral or Acid

Butter	Custards	Lactobacillus Bifidus
Cheese	Eggs	Whey
Milk	Goat’s Milk (best fresh, slightly alkaline)	Yogurt
Cream	Lactobacillus acidophilus

Oils – Neutral or Alkaline

Almond	Castor	Corn	Safflower	Soy
Avocado	Coconut	Olive	Sesame	Sunflower

Sugars – Alkaline

Brown rice syrup	Dried Sugar cane juice (Sucanat)	Maguey
Barley malt sweetener	Honey

Sugars – Acid

Artificial Sweeteners	Cane Fructose	Milk Sugar
Barley Malt Syrup	Honey	Molasses
Beet	Maple syrup	Turbinado

Beverages – Alkaline

Fruit Juice & Vegetable Juices

Parsley

Wheat Grass

Carrot

Celery

Beet

Beverages – Acid

Liquor	Coffee	Carbonated drinks
Wine	Coffee Substitutes	Fruit juice soft drinks
Beer	Caffeine drinks	Tea

Condiments – Alkaline

Agar-agar	Gelatin	Mayonnaise (homemade)	Spices	Vinegar (apple cider vinegar)
Cayenne pepper	Herbs	Mineral bullion	Tamari	Yeast
Garlic	Ketchup (homemade)	Miso salt soy sauce	Vanilla

Condiments – Acid

Gelatin	Mayonnaise (refined, sugar)	Salt (refined, table)	Spices: dried mustard, nutmeg
Ketchup (refined, sugar)	Mustard	Soy sauce (chemically processed)	Vinegar, white processed