The most important alkaline foods
List of foods according to their basifying effects
Due to little familiarity with this classification, some possible doubts are clarified with asterisks (*) below the table.
Basifying or alkalizing foods |
*Some authors consider these foods (whole grains and legumes) neutral because they contain both acidifying and basifying minerals in balance.
***Umeboshi plum is considered a highly basifying food by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Macrobiotics.
***** Honey is richer in fructose and trace elements than refined sugar, so it is considered basifying.
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This article was endorsed by Elisenda Carballido - Dietitian nutritionist. Postgraduate in Phytotherapy and master in Nutrition and Metabolism.
