What Foods Can You Eat on an Alkaline Diet?

The alkaline diet emphasizes alkaline foods, mainly fruits and vegetables, and prohibits acidic foods--meat, grains, processed dairy and salt and sugar. When you're on the alkaline diet, you can still enjoy many of your favorite foods; there is no need to feel constricted. Besides vegetables and fruit, many spices are allowed, as well as a number of different beverages. Get creative with these items and try your hand at making different stir fry recipes or develop a new salad using the things you love to eat.

Vegetables

The alkaline diet allows you to eat a large selection vegetables, including asparagus, watercress, broccoli, carrots, kale, onions and garlic.

Protein

Chicken breast is the only meat allowed, but you can have other proteins such as many nuts, seeds and vegetable proteins.

Fruit

Choose from any variety of fruit available, except cranberries, which are acidic.

Spices

You can use herbs freely, and enjoy cinnamon, curry, ginger, mustard and chili pepper on your foods when you're on the alkaline diet .

Oriental Vegetables

Choose a variety of oriental vegetables and mushrooms like, maitiake, shitake, dandelion root, reishi, nori and other sea vegetables.

Beverages

Enjoy any variety of herbal tea, apple cider vinegar, green juices, vegetable juices, fruit juices, unpasteurized organic milk and mineral water.

Resources

• Alkaline Food Chart