Acid Forming Foods

The below index of acid forming foods is intended only as a general guide to balance the body pH.

Fruits

All preserves
All canned with sugar
Cranberries
Dried-sulphured, glazed
Olives (Pickled)
Plums
Prunes
Blueberries

Vegetables

Asparagus tips (white only)
Beans (dried)
Garbanzos
Lentils

Dairy

Butter
Cheese (all)
Cottage cheese
Cream
Custards
Margarine
Milk (boiled, cooked, malted, dried, canned)

Grains

All grains and grain products except buckwheat & millet

Nuts

All except above
Coconut (dried)

Animal Proteins

Beef
Carp
Clams
Fish
Lamb
Lobster
Mussels
Oyster
Pork
Rabbit
Salmon
Shrimp
Scallops
Tuna
Turkey
Venison

Pasta (White)

Noodles
Macaroni
Spaghetti

Other
Distilled Vinegar
Wheat Germ
Potatoes

Chemicals
Drugs, Medicinal
Drugs, Psychedelic
Pesticides
Herbicides

Beans & Legumes

Black Beans
Chick Peas
Green Peas
Kidney Beans
Lentils
Lima Beans
Pinto Beans
Red Beans
Soy Beans
Soy Milk
White Beans
Rice Milk
Almond Milk

Miscellaneous

Alcoholic drinks
Cocoa
Coffee, Indian teas
Condiments (all)
Dressings
Drugs
Eggs (whites)
Flavorings
Mayonnaise
Tapioca
Tobacco
Vinegar

Fats & Oils

Canola Oil
Corn Oil
Grape Seed Oil
Hemp Seed Oil
Flax Oil
Lard
Pumpkin Seed Oil
Safflower Oil
Sesame Oil
Sunflower Oil

Drinks

Beer
Black Tea
Carbonated Water
Coffee
Cocoa
Commercial Juice
Liquor
Sodas
Wine

Alcohol

Beer
Spirits
Hard Liquor
Wine

Flesh Food

All meats
Fowl, fish, shellfish,
Gelatin

Minerals

Chlorine (Cl-)
Sulfur (S-)
Phosphorus (P-)