25 Acid-Promoting Foods
Check out this list to see if you could be overloading your body with potentially toxic acids.
The typical American diet is full of foods like meat and dairy products that tend to increase the acidity of your blood. Recent research suggests that eating too many acid-promoting foods could potentially damage your kidney and your liver and might even raise diabetes risk.
See if your favorite foods are on this list of 25 common acid-promoting foods, which are ordered from neutral to most acid-forming. If you find your favorite foods on this list, you don’t have to cut them out entirely. Rather, check out this list of 25 common foods that help to neutralize acid and maintain a healthy body mass.
- Olive oil (neutral)
- Low-fat yogurt
- Whole milk
- Butter
- Lentils, boiled
- White bread
- Whole-wheat cooked spaghetti
- Plain bagel
- Peanuts, dry-roasted
- Walnuts
- Hot dog
- Chicken
- Pepperoni
- Lean beef
- Wild cooked trout
- Whole egg, hard boiled
- Oats
- Brown rice
- Cooked salmon
- White canned tuna fish
- Mozzarella
- Canned sardines
- Cooked turkey bacon
- American/cheddar cheese
- Parmesan cheese (most acid-producing)
To learn more about how to avoid toxic acidity in your diet, follow this alkaline meal plan.