Review Article
The Alkaline Diet: Is There Evidence That an Alkaline pH Diet Benefits Health?
Table 2
Potential renal acid loads (PRALs) of selected foods [
20].
| Food or food group | PRAL mEq of: Cl + P04 + SO4 − Na − K − Ca − Mg |
| Dairy | | Parmesan cheese | 34.2 | Processed cheese plain | 28.7 | Cheddar reduced fat | 26.4 | Hard cheese (average) | 19.2 | Fresh cheese (quark) | 11.3 | Cottage cheese plain | 8.7 | Yogurt whole milk | 1.5 | Ice Cream | 0.8 | Whole milk | 0.7 | Buttermilk | 0.5 |
| Eggs | | Eggs yolk | 23.4 | Eggs white | 1.1 | Eggs chicken whole | 8.2 |
| Meats | | Corned beef | 13.2 | Luncheon meat canned | 10.2 | Turkey | 9.9 | Veal | 9.0 | Lean beef | 7.8 | Frankfurters | 6.7 |
| Sugars | | Sugar white | −0.1 | Honey | −0.3 |
| Vegetables | | Cucumber | −0.8 | Broccoli | −1.2 | Tomato | −3.1 | Eggplant | −3.4 | Celery | −5.2 | Spinach | −14.0 |
| Fats and Oils | | Butter | 0.6 | Margarine | −0.5 | Olive oil | 0.0 |
| Fruits and nuts and fruit juices | | Peanuts | 8.3 | Walnuts | 6.8 | Grape juice unsweetened | −1.0 | Orange juice unsweetened | −2.9 | Apples or apple juice unsweetened | −2.2 | Apricots | −4.8 | Banana | −5.5 | Black currents | −6.5 | Raisins | −21.0 |
| Grains and grain products | | Brown Rice | 12.5 | Rolled Oats | 10.7 | Spaghetti whole meal | 7.3 | Spaghetti white | 6.5 | Cornflakes | 6.0 | Rice white | 4.6 | Bread rye flower | 4.1 | Bread whole wheat | 1.8 |
| Legumes | | Lentils green and brown | 3.5 | Green beans | −3.1 |
| Fish | | Trout brown | 10.8 | Cod fillets | 7.1 |
| Beverages | | Beer pale | 0.9 | Coca-Cola | 0.4 | Beer draft | −0.2 | Wine white | −1.2 | Coffee infusion | −1.4 | Wine red | −2.4 |
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