Hiatal Hernia Support Group

Here is a guide list of acid and alkaline foods and foods to eat in moderation. This is only a list for acid and alkaline foods and is not specifically for a Hiatal hernia, so we would have to avoid things we know may aggravate a hernia.

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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

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

Miscellaneous
Canned Foods Microwaved Foods Processed Foods


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
Posted on 08/27/09, 03:08 am