Diet, Nutrition and the Healing & Prevention
of Cancer & Other Diseases (XVIII)

Acid-Forming & Alkaline-Forming
Food Table

 

 

 

 

 

ACID/ALKALINE
Another factor is pH. Acid-forming foods, such as ... [carbohydrates like donuts, beer, candy, ice cream, Pepsi, bread, pastries, etc.], make the blood more acidic. To sustain life, human blood pH must be in the range of 7.3 - 7.45 (Guyton). Outside that range, we're dead. Remember, the lower the number, the more acidity. The more acid the blood is, the less oxygen it contains... There's a major difference in oxygen even within the narrow range of "normal' blood pH: blood that is pH 7.3 actually has 69.4% less oxygen than 7.45 blood, according to Whang's book, Reverse Aging. On a practical level, this means we should do everything to keep the pH on the high side of the range, as close as possible to 7.45, by eating as many alkaline foods as possible. That would be, you guessed it - live, raw foods, especially green foods.
Tim O'Shea in TO THE CANCER PATIENT
 

Acid-Forming & Alkaline-Forming Foods

from Health and Rejuvenation Research Center, Cayce Health Database

It must be noted that because a food is acid it is no indication that it REMAINS acid in the body. It can turn alkaline. Honey and raw sugars produce alkaline ash, but because of a high concentrate of sugar become acid-formers. Those fruits marked with an * should not be eaten with other foods. They are acid externally but alkaline internally.

ALKALINE FRUITS

Apples/cider
Apricots
Avocados
Bananas
Berries (most)
Cantaloupe
Carob (pod only)
Cherries
Citron
Currants
Dates
Figs  
Grapes
*Grapefruit  
Guavas  
*Kumquats  
*Lemons (ripe)  
*Limes  
Loquats  
Mangos  
Nectarines  
Olives (ripe)  
*Oranges  
Papayas  
Passion Fruit  
Peaches  
Pears 
Persimmons  
Pineapple (fresh)  
Pomegranates 
Melons (all)  
Raisins  
Sapotes  
Tamarind  
*Tangerines  
Tomatoes (fully ripened)
 

ACID FRUITS
 

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

ALKALINE VEGETABLES

Alfalfa sprouts
Artichokes  
Asparagus  
Bamboo shoots  
Beans (green, lima, wax, string)  
Beets  
broccoli  
Cabbages  
Carrots  
Celery
Cauliflower  
Chard  
Chicory  
Com  
Cucumber  
Dill  
Dock  
Dulse  
Eggplant  
Endive  
Escarole  
Garlic  
Horseradish  
Jerusalem artichokes 
Kale  
Leeks  
Lettuce  
Mushrooms  
Okra  
Onions  
Oyster plant  
Parsley  
Parsnips  
Peas  
Peppers (bell)

ACID VEGETABLES

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

ALKALINE DAIRY

Acidophilus milk  
buttermilk  
yogurt  
Milk (raw only -- human, cow, or goat)  
Whey

 

ACID DAIRY
 

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

ALKALINE VEGETABLES
(continued)
Potatoes (skin is best part)  
Pumpkin  
Radish  
Romaine lettuce  
Rutabagas  
Sauerkraut  
Soybeans 
Spinach  
Sprouts  
Squash  
Turnips  
Watercress  
Yams, sweet potatoes
 

 

ALKALINE GRAINS

Amaranth
Quinoa  
Buckwheat & millet are thought to be either neutral or alkaline.

ACID GRAINS

All grains and grain products except buckwheat & millet 

ALKALINE, MISC.

Agar
Coffee substitute
Honey
Kelp (edible)
Tea (herbal & Chinese)
Egg yolks

ACID MISC.
 

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

ALKALINE NUTS

Almonds
Chestnuts (roasted)
Coconut (fresh)
 

ACID NUTS
 

All except above
Coconut (dried)
 

ALKALINE  FLESH FOOD

Beef Juice
Blood & bone (only bonemeal is alkaline)
 

ACID FLESH FOOD

All meats
Fowl, fish, shellfish,
Gelatin
 

Note: The above information is not intended for self-diagnosis or self-treatment.  Please consult a qualified health care professional for assistance in applying the information contained in the Cayce Health Database.
H.R.C. Health & Rejuvenation Center, A.R.E - Association for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., 215 67th Street Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2061, Telephone: (757) 428-3588 ext. 7340, hrc at edgarcayce.org, Copyright 2000 A.R.E.®,Inc.


For detailed coverage of Edgar Cayce’s view of cancer causation and healing, see The Causes and Treatment of Cancer: A Research Report Based on the Readings of Edgar Cayce.

More by Edgar Cayce on health & healing cancer:
Edgar Cayce's Perspective of Cancer
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Edgar Cayce’s Recommendations re Cancer & Diet
Edgar Cayce’s General Nutrition & Diet Recommendations
Edgar Cayce On Keeping Our Bodies in Balance Nutritionally
Almonds in the Cayce Readings Compared to Current Medical Research
A Summary of Edgar Cayce’s Readings’ View of Illness, Health and Healing
Edgar Cayce’s Readings on Health and Healing of the Human Body: Spirit Is the Life, Mind is the Builder, the Physical Is the Result.

 

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