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APPLYING THE ACID/ALKALINE FOOD THEORY
Food chemistry is based on this chart philosophy. The dietary ration should be 80 percent alkaline foods and 20 percent acid-forming foods. The acid-binding (alkaline) elements are calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium and iron. Acid-forming elements are phosphorus, chlorine, sulfur, silicon, iodine (and also bromine).
Biochemistry divides foods, like the biochemical elements, into alkaline-forming (most fruits and vegetables) and acid-forming (most starches and proteins). We find that alkaline blood and an alkaline body promotes good health and vigor. The acid state is associated with toxic and enervated body. Acids are the grim reapers of death. Body organs and glands depend on secretions that are alkaline for optimal health.
A good regimen to follow is to have two fruits a day, preferably at breakfast, six vegetables (or more with salads), a good protein and a good starch to maintain the 80/20 ratio. A raw salad with both the noon and evening meal is suggested. Have the starch at noon and the protein in the evening, or reverse them if you want.
We build acids mentally during the day when the sun is up, and the night is when the alkalinizing moon rises and we should rest. Negative thoughts and attitudes such as fear, hate, gossip, unhappiness, anger, selfishness, jealousy, lack of love build acids as do overwork and late hours and polluted areas. Rest, sleep, fresh air, sunshine, laughter, good companions, love, happiness, joy, satisfaction and a positive philosophy encourage alkalinity.

ALKALINE FRUITS
Apples and cider
Apricots
Avocados
Bananas (speckled only)
Berries (all)
Breadfruit
Cactus
Cantaloupe
Carob, pod only
Cherimoyas
Cranberries**
Cherries (made up of a lots of chemicals)
Citron
Currants
Dates
Figs
Grapes
Grapefruit
Guavas
Kumquats
Lemons, ripe
Limes
Loquats
Mangoes
Melons, all
Nectarines
Olive, sun dried
Oranges
Papayas
Passion Fruit
Peaches
Pears
Persimmons
Pineapple, fresh if ripe
Plums**
Pomegranates
Pomelos
Prunes and juice**
Quince
Raisins
Sapotes
Tamarind
Tangerines
All preserved or jellied, canned, sugared, (dried) sulphured, glazed fruits; raw with sugar; bananas, if green tip; cranberries; olives: pickled, green. (** denotes slightly acid)

ALKALINE VEGETABLES
Artichokes
Asparagus, ripe
Bamboo shoots
Beans: green, lima, string, sprouts
Beets and tops
Broccoli
Cabbage, red and white
Carrots
Celery, entire
Cauliflower
Chard
Chayotes
Chicory
Chives
Collards
Cowslip
Cucumber
Dandelion greens
Dill
Dock, green
Dulse (sea lettuce)
Eggplant
Endive
Escarole
Garlic
Horseradish, fresh
Jerusalem artichoke
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leek
Legumes, except peanuts and lentils
Lettuce and romaine
Mushrooms** (most varieties)
Okra
Onions
Oyster plant
Parsley
Parsnips
Peppers, green or red
Potatoes (all varieties)
Pumpkin
Radish
Rhubarb (oxalic acid)
Rutabaga (swede)
Salsify
Sauerkraut (lemon only)
Sorrel
Soybeans**
Soybean extract
Spinach
Squash
Taro, baked
Turnips and tops
Water chestnut
Watercress
ACID VEGETABLES

Artichokes
Asparagus tips, white
Beans, all dried
Brussels sprouts
Garbanzos
Lentils
Rhubarb

ALKALINE DAIRY PRODUCTS
Acidophilus culture
Buttermilk
Koumiss
Milk, raw (freshly drawn, human ,goat, cow)
Whey
Yogurt
Clabbered milk
Kefir
ACID FLESH FOODS

All meat: red meat, fowl, fish
Beef tea
Shellfish
Gelatin
Gravies

ALKALINE CEREAL GRAINS
Corn, green (1st 24 hours)
Millet

ACID CEREAL GRAINS
All flour products
Buckwheat
Barley
Breads, all varieties
Cakes
Corn, cornmeal, corn flakes, starch and hominy
Crackers, all
Doughnuts
Dumplings
Grapenuts
Macaroni and spaghetti
Noodles
Oatmeal
Pies and pastries
Rice

ALKALINE MISCELLANEOUS
Agar
Alfalfa products
Coffee substitutes
Ginger, dried, unsweetened
Honey
Kelp (edible)
Teas, unsweetened
Yeast cakes
Rest and sleep
Positive thoughts (joy, etc)

ACID MISCELLANEOUS
All alcoholic beverages
Candy and confectionery
Cocoa and chocolate
Soda pop
Coffee
Condiments as: curry, pepper, salt, spices, etc.
Dressings and thick sauces
Drugs and aspirin
Eggs, especially whites
Ginger, preserved
Jams and Jellies
Flavorings
Marmalades
Mayonnaise
Preservatives as: benzoate, sulphur, vinegar, salt (brine),
smoke
Sago (starch)
Sodawater
Tapioca (starch)
Vinegar
Lack of sleep
Overwork
Worry, late hours
Negative thoughts: fear, hate, misery

ALKALINE NUTS
Almonds
Chestnuts, roasted
Coconut, fresh

ACID NUTS
All nuts, especially roasted
Dried coconut
Peanuts

NEUTRAL FOODS
Sugar, refined
Oils: olive, corn, cotton seed, peanut, soy, sesame, etc.
Fats, and other greases

EASILY DIGESTED FOODS

VEGETABLES
Artichokes
Asparagus
Beans, tender string
Beet greens
Beets, tender
Broccoli
Butter beans, green
Cabbage; chinese, red, savoy
Carrots, tender
Cauliflower, tender
Celery
Chard, swiss
Chayote
Corn on the cob, tender
Dandelion
Dwarf nettles
Leeks leaves
Okra
Onions, green
Peas, tender young
Rhubarb
Romaine
Spinach, tender green
Spinach, New Zealand
Squash
Tomatoes, ripe

MISCELLANEOUS
Alfalfa bud salads
Almond oil
Clover blossom
Cod liver oil
Coconut oil
Honey

MEAT, FISH, CHEESE & EGGS
Cheese, roquefort
Clam broth
Duck, broiled wild
Eggs, omelet, cooked slightly
Fowl, young wild
Game, young
Gizzard broth
Goose
Lamb
Liver - from young animals
Oyster broth
Quail
Roe
Squab, broiled
Shad
Tuna, broiled
Whiting

DAIRY PRODUCTS
Goat butter
Goat buttermilk
Whey

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Apples, custard
Apples, baked
Apples, mellow
Apples, sun dried
Apricots, sweet ripe
Avocado
Blueberries and juice
Brambleberries
Cherries, black, ripe
Cloudberries