List of acidic foods & an alkaline foods list:

What acidic and alkaline foods are and how they affect physical health

Having a list of acidic foods and an alkaline foods list will help you make informed choices if you want to improve your health by balancing the pH of your body.

The pH of the human body is balanced when the amounts of acidity and alkalinity are fairly equal - around 7 on the ph scale. The pH balance of the body is constantly changing - several factors, including metabolism, affect the pH balance of the human body.

We are referring to the pH of the fluids surrounding the cells and tissues of the body. Blood pH is rigidly controlled and uses resources from other parts of the body to maintain it in a very tight range.

Acidic and alkaline foods

What we eat and drink directly affects the pH balance of the human body. Red meats, fats, and sugars are on the have an acid effect on pH, and fruits, vegetables, and whole grains for example, are alkalizing.

It is not the pH of the undigested food itself that determines whether it is alkaline or acidic to the body. It is the pH of digested and assimilated food and drink (called "ash") that matters.

For example, lemons themselves are acidic. But once lemon is digested, the pH is very alkaline as a result.

It is recommended that 80% of your foods come from the alkaline foods list, and 20% from the list of acidic foods. Remember, the goal is to balance pH, not to cut out all foods that have an acidic effect on the body! That could be just as unhealthy!

The following resource lists both acidic and alkaline foods and is the most comprehensive list of acidic foods and an alkaline foods list I've found, categorized in a couple of different very useful ways:

Click here > Acidic and alkaline foods list

Also check out this pH definition (in plain English!) for more information on how the pH of the human body affects health!

Cheers,
BB

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