What are acidic foods and what are considered alcaline foods?

Question

What are acidic foods and what are considered alcaline foods?

Answer 1

acidic food are generally sour foods - vinegar, lemons and limes.

alkaline foods are a little more difficult to discern, but alkaline foods can be bitter.  Teas, bitter melon (kerula) are a couple... but bananas are alkaline and not bitter.

Answer 2

acidic foods:

Corn

Meat

Beans

Fish

Fowl

Most grains

Coffee

Plums

Prunes

Cranberries

Distilled water

Eggs

Liver and other organ meats

Gravy

Broth made from bones or other animal parts

Wine

Yogurt with active cultures

Buttermilk, including buttermilk pancakes and biscuits

Sour cream

Most fermented foods and aged cheeses

Some B vitamin supplements (or foods supplemented with B vitamins) can make your stomach more acid

Hydrochloric acid supplements

Digestive enzymes

ALKALINE FOODS:

Most fruits, except as noted above

Most vegetables, except as noted above

Bananas

Chocolate

Figs

Mineral water

Orange juice

Potatoes

Spinach

Watermelon

Dandelion Greens  

Answer 3

Acidic is Citrus    Alcaline is dairy