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Broccoli
Peas, Ripe +0.5
Asparagus +1.3
Comfrey +1.5
Green Cabbage, March Harvest +2.0
Lettuce +2.2
Onion +3.0
Cauliflower +3.1
White Cabbage +3.3
Green Cabbage December Harvest +4.0
Savoy Cabbage +4.5
Lamb's Lettuce +4.8
Peas, Fresh +5.1
Zucchini +5.7
Red Cabbage +6.3
Rhubarb Stalks +6.3
Leeks (Bulbs) +7.2
Watercress +7.7
Spinach, March Harvest +8.0
Chives +8.3
French Cut Green Beans +11.2
Sorrel +11.5
Spinach (Other Than March) +13.1
Garlic +13.2
Celery +13.3
Cabbage Lettuce, Fresh +14.1
Endive, Fresh +14.5
Cayenne Pepper +18.8
Straw Grass +21.4
Shave Grass +21.7
Dog Grass +22.6
Dandelion +22.7
Kamut Grass +27.6
Barley Grass +28.1
Soy Sprouts +29.5
Sprouted Radish Seeds +28.4
Sprouted Chia Seeds +28.5
Alfalfa Grass +29.3
Cucumber, Fresh +31.5
Wheat Grass +33.8

Root Vegetables
White Raddish (Spring) +3.1
Rutabaga +3.1    
Kohlrabi +5.1
Horseradish +6.8
Turnip +8.0
Carrot +9.5
Beet +11.3
Red Radish +16.7
Summer Black Radish +39.4

Fruits
Limes +8.2
Fresh Lemon +9.9
Tomato +13.6
Avocado (Protein) +15.6

Bread, Biscuits (Stored Grains/Risen Dough)
White Bread -10.0        White Biscuit -6.5
Whole-Meal Bread -6.5
Whole-Grain Bread -4.5
Rye Bread -2.5

Nuts
Pistachios -16.6
Peanuts -12.8
Cashews -9.3

Fats
Margarine -7.5
Corn Oil -6.5
Butter -3.9
Sweets    
Artificial Sweetners -26.5    
Chocolate -24.6    
White Sugar -17.6    
Beet Sugar -15.1    
Molasses -14.6    
Dr. Bronner's Barley      
Malt Sweetner -9.8    
Dried Sugar Cane Juice -18.0
(Sucanat) -9.6    
Barley Malt Syrup -9.3    
Fructose -9.5    
Milk Sugar -9.4    
Turbinado Sugar -9.5    Brown Rice Syrup 8.7    Honey -7.6    

Condiments    
Ketchup -12.4    
Mayonaise -12.5    
Mustard -19.2    
Soy Sauce -36.2    
Vinegar -39.4  

Beverages    
Liquor -38.7    
Wine -16.4    
Beer -26.8    
Coffee -25.1    
Fruit Juice, Packaged, Natural -8.7  
Fruit Juice Sweetened With      
White Sugar -33.6    
Tea (Black) -27.1    
           

Miscellaneous    
Canned Foods      
Processed Foods      
Microwaved Foods  

*source: "Back To The House Of Health" by Shelley Redford Young

To test your own body’s pH, collect a small sample of your first morning urine (any time after 5am, before eating or drinking anything) in a clean cup (or just dip it in the stream). Check the pH of your urine by dipping a small piece of pH tape into your urine; then immediately match the color of the tape to the pH color chart on the roll. The number corresponding to the color tells you the pH. After you wet the tape, do not wait.  Immediately match the color. If you delay for a few minutes you may get a false reading.  Another good time to test your pH is 2 to 3 hours after your noon meal. You can not drink anything but water after lunch for 2 to 3 hours before testing your urine. You can also test your urine after 5pm before your evening meal if you have not eaten or drank anything but water for 2 to 3 hours.

Ideal pH:  An ideal urine pH range is between 6.4 to 7.0.

Acid pH:  A urine pH below 6.0 is in the acid range (minerals badly needed; time to rebuild your mineral status).

Highly alkaline pH:  A urine pH over 8.0 is often a danger sign, warning you that your pH is too far out of range. (Minerals are exhausted; you may be in emergency alkalosis where the body is using anything it can [i.e. ammonia] to try to buffer the increased acid load.)

As the body’s pH comes into better balance (ph 6.4 to 7.0), it is like a sunny spring day; your body can easily assimilate minerals that were very difficult to absorb at a more acid pH. The first morning urine pH is the best reflection of the body’s tissue pH. Obtain a roll of pH tape at your local pharmacy to measure your own urine pH.

In an alkaline environment, you have abundant oxygen. As the pH of the urine drops, less and less oxygen is available to the tissues. Small changes of 1/10 to 2/10 in pH can mean 10 to 20 times more oxygen availability. Ionized calcium is the key mineral to help keep the pH near ideal.

It is also important to lessen the use of acid producing foods and drinks, such as sugar, coffee, alcohol, soft drinks, junk food and eating out too often in restaurants.”