Rule#16 Rule of Food (RUFO) - Part 4

As a guideline, the table below lists the common alkaline food and acidic food. The general rule to follow for the ratio of alkaline to acidic food is around 80%:20%.

Healthy Alkaline Foods - Eat lots of them! Vegetables Alfalfa Grass +29.3 Asparagus +1.3 Barley Grass +28.1 Brussels Sprouts +0.5 Cabbage Lettuce, Fresh +14.1 Cauliflower +3.1 Cayenne Pepper +18.8 Celery +13.3 Chives +8.3 Comfrey +1.5 Cucumber, Fresh +31.5 Dandelion +22.7 Dog Grass +22.6 Endive, Fresh +14.5 French Cut Green Beans +11.2 Garlic +13.2 Green Cabbage December Harvest +4.0 Green Cabbage, March Harvest +2.0 Kamut Grass +27.6 Lamb's Lettuce +4.8 Leeks (Bulbs) +7.2 Lettuce +2.2 Onion +3.0 Peas, Fresh +5.1 Peas, Ripe +0.5 Red Cabbage +6.3 Rhubarb Stalks +6.3 Savoy Cabbage +4.5 Shave Grass +21.7 Sorrel +11.5 Soy Sprouts +29.5 Spinach (Other Than March) +13.1 Spinach, March Harvest +8.0 Sprouted Chia Seeds +28.5 Sprouted Radish Seeds +28.4 Straw Grass +21.4 Watercress +7.7 Wheat Grass +33.8 White Cabbage +3.3 Zucchini +5.7 Root Vegetables Beet +11.3 Carrot +9.5 Horseradish +6.8 Kohlrabi +5.1 Potatoes +2.0 Red Radish +16.7 Rutabaga +3.1 Summer Black Radish +39.4 Turnip +8.0 White Radish (Spring) +3.1 Fruits Avocado (Protein) +15.6 Fresh Lemon +9.9 Limes +8.2 Tomato +13.6 Non-Stored Organic Grains And Legumes Buckwheat Groats +0.5 Granulated Soy (Cooked Ground Soy Beans) +12.8 Lentils +0.6 Lima Beans +12.0 Soy Flour +2.5 Soy Lecithin (Pure) +38.0 Soy Nuts (soaked Soy Beans, Then Air Dried) +26.5 Soybeans, Fresh +12.0 Spelt +0.5 Tofu +3.2 White Beans (Navy Beans) +12.1 Nuts Almonds +3.6 Brazil Nuts +0.5 Seeds Caraway Seeds +2.3 Cumin Seeds +1.1 Fennel Seeds +1.3 Flax Seeds +1.3 Pumpkin Seeds +5.6 Sesame Seeds +0.5 Sunflower Seeds +5.4 Wheat Kernel +11.4 Fats (Fresh, Cold-Pressed Oils) Borage Oil +3.2 Evening Primrose Oil +4.1 Flax Seed Oil +3.5 Marine Lipids +4.7 Olive Oil +1.0

Foods you should only consume moderately Fruits (In Season, For Cleansing Only Or With Moderation) Apricot -9.5 Bananna, Ripe -10.1 Bananna, Unripe +4.8 Black Currant -6.1 Blueberry -5.3 Cantaloupe -2.5 Cherry, Sour +3.5 Cherry, Sweet -3.6 Coconut, Fresh +0.5 Cranberry -7.0 Currant -8.2 Date -4.7 Fig Juice Powder -2.4 Gooseberry, Ripe -7.7 Grape, Ripe -7.6 Grapefruit -1.7 Italian Plum -4.9 Mandarin Orange -11.5 Mango -8.7 Orange -9.2 Papaya -9.4 Peach -9.7 Pear -9.9 Pineapple -12.6 Rasberry -5.1 Red Currant -2.4 Rose Hips -15.5 Strawberry -5.4 Tangerine -8.5 Watermelon -1.0 Yellow Plum -4.9 Non-Stored Grains Brown Rice -12.5 Wheat -10.1 Nuts Hazelnuts -2.0 Macadamia Nuts -3.2 Walnuts -8.0 Fish Fresh Water Fish -11.8 Fats Coconut Milk -1.5 Sunflower Oil -6.7

Unhealthy Acidic Foods - Try to avoid them! Meat, Poultry, And Fish Beef -34.5 Chicken (to -22) -18.0 Eggs (to -22) Liver -3.0 Ocean Fish -20.0 Organ Meats -3.0 Oysters -5.0 Pork -38.0 Veal -35.0 Milk And Milk Products Buttermilk +1.3 Cream -3.9 Hard Cheese -18.1 Homogenized Milk -1.0 Quark -17.3 Bread, Biscuits (Stored Grains/Risen Dough) Rye Bread -2.5 White Biscuit -6.5 White Bread -10.0 Whole-Grain Bread -4.5 Whole-Meal Bread -6.5 Nuts Cashews -9.3 Peanuts -12.8 Pistachios -16.6 Fats Butter -3.9 Corn Oil -6.5 Margarine -7.5 Sweets Artificial Sweetners -26.5 Barley Malt Syrup -9.3 Beet Sugar -15.1 Brown Rice Syrup -8.7 Chocolate -24.6 Dr. Bronner's Barley Dried Sugar Cane Juice -18.0 Fructose -9.5 Honey -7.6 Malt Sweetner -9.8 Milk Sugar -9.4 Molasses -14.6 Turbinado Sugar -9.5 White Sugar -17.6 Condiments Ketchup -12.4 Mayonaise -12.5 Mustard -19.2 Soy Sauce -36.2 Vinegar -39.4 Beverages Beer -26.8 Coffee -25.1 Coca-Cola -29 Fruit Juice Sweetened Fruit Juice, Packaged, Natural -8.7 Liquor -38.7 Tea (Black) -27.1  Wine -16.4 Miscellaneous Canned Foods Microwaved Foods Processed Foods

Table: pH scale of alkaline and acid forming foods
(Source: "Back To The House Of Health" by Shelley Redford Young)

           

            Please take note that most fruits are considered alkaline even though in their natural state they are acidic. Examples of these fruits are orange, lemon and grape.  This is because the acid that comes in them is easily eliminated through the lungs and the end product, alkaline minerals they leave contributes needed minerals for your body to use. For example, lemon which is an acidic fruit, is one of the best alkaline producing food.  No wonder when you’re not feeling well it is recommended that you drink hot tea with squeezed lemon. Instead of acid fruits being a problem for your body, they contribute much needed alkalizing minerals that help keep your internal pH under control

All national health authorities recommend eating 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day to promote good health and reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Research shows that people who eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day may decrease their risk of cancer by 50 percent and their risk of heart disease by 33 percent compared to people who eat fewer fruits and vegetables. Eating 5 a day may also reduce risk of diabetes, osteoporosis, and other chronic diseases.

            Not to mention in this modern world, there are so many chemicals and toxins out there which could make its way in the foods that we consume. Therefore, it is equally important not to overeat, as this will introduce additional cholesterol, chemicals, germs, toxins etc into your body. Eat in moderation, just what you need to have the energy to perform activities in life, not eating to satisfy your appetite for food. 

What is this rule?

            In order to eat healthily, you need to understand what type of food is good for your health and what type of food is bad for your health. After that you need to choose your food carefully by eating more nutririous and alkaline foods. It does not mean that you should avoid totally acidic foods because some acidic foods have the required nutritional values such as protein, vitamins, minerals etc. The general rule is to eat in moderation of everything and to eat more foods that are nutritious, healthy and alkaline.

How to implement this rule?

            Choose your foods carefully. Bad foods will abuse our body by creating toxic acidic waste. We only have one body and we need to take really good care of our body so that we can avoid degenerative diseases.

The benefit of this rule

            If you eat nutritious, healthy and alkaline foods, you will feel rejuvenated, full of energy and over some period of time, it is not impossible for degenerative diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, gout and arthritis to be cured.

More about this rule

            There is also a famous hadith from our beloved prophet Muhammad SAW which is consistent with this rule. The hadith stated that ‘eat when you are hungry and stop eating before you are full’ is the simple rule for better health. By eating less, you will less the intake of cholesterol, fat, germs and chemicals etc. At the same time, you will reduce the burden on your stomach to digest the food.