High Acid Foods to Avoid

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Too much of high acid foods may spell trouble for one's health. Know about which acid foods you must avoid in order to keep medical problems at bay.

A diet that is abundant with foods high in acid content, and at the same time, low on the inclusion of alkalizing foods has all reason to cause chaos and disruption in the pH balance of the body. And this in turn may trigger the development of several medical conditions.

The normal pH scale is from 0 - 14. Here, 0 happens to be the most acidic and 14, the most alkaline. A measure of 7.0 means neutral, above it means alkaline and below 7.0 is acidic.

According to doctors, our body pH is normal and healthy when it shows a reading of 7.35 to 7.45, which is a little bit on the alkaline side. So a measure that is below or above this reading indicates that something is amiss in the body.

Acidic Foods

Here you may find categories of highly acidic vegetables, fruits, grain products, beans, dairy products, animal protein, fats and oils and sweeteners. You may also come across some alcohol products and other types of edible substances.

Vegetables, Fruits and Grain Products

Bread Amaranth Barley Blueberries Bran, oat Bran, wheat Fruits (Canned or Glazed) Corn Cornstarch

Cranberries Crackers, soda Currants Flour, wheat Flour, white Hemp seed flour Kamut Lentils Macaroni Noodles

Plums Oatmeal Oats Olives Prunes Quinoa Rice Rice Cakes

Winter squash Rye Spaghetti Spelt Wheat Wheat germ

Beans, Dairy, Nuts and Butter

Green peas Almond milk Black beans Butter Cheese Chickpeas

Legumes Ice cream Ice milk Kidney beans Lentils Peanut butter Peanuts Pecans Pinto beans

White beans Red beans Rice milk Soy beans Soy Milk Tahini Walnuts

Animal Protein, Fats and Oils

Butter Avocado oil Bacon Beef Canola oil Carp Clams Cod Corn Oil

Fish Lobster Corned beef Flax oil Haddock Hemp seed oil Lamb Lard Mussels

Olive oil Organ meats Oyster Pike Pork Rabbit Safflower Oil Salmon Sardines Sausage

Sesame Oil Scallops Shellfish Shrimp Sunflower Oil Tuna Turkey Veal Venison

Alcohol, Sweeteners and Other Foods

Wine Carob Corn syrup Sugar Beer Hard liquor Spirits

Pepper Catsup Coffee Mustard Soft drinks Vinegar

Some foods mentioned here are high in acid, while some are low and some, moderate. But even the low acid foods, if consumed regularly, can be equally harmful. So what you can do to balance these foods with food high in alkaline. In this way, the pH balance of the body will remain stable thus, reducing the risks of medical problems.