Whether food is acidic or alkaline depends on the kind and content of minerals contained in food. According to the number of elements contained in food itself, it can be divided into alkaline food, acidic food and neutral food.
Among them, alkaline foods are foods with more minerals such as potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium, and the final metabolites in the body are often alkaline, such as vegetables, fruits, milk, soybeans and fungi.
So what are the common alkaline vegetables?
1. Cold and alkaline foods include water shield, horsetail, water shield (houttuynia cordata Thunb.), water shield, tomato, bergamot, zucchini, cucurbitaceae, gourd, cantaloupe, cantaloupe, watermelon, bamboo shoots and kelp.
2. Cool alkaline foods include: lotus root, konjac, arrowhead, kudzu root, beet (laver head), radish, kohlrabi, celery, eggplant, lettuce, water bamboo, bitter gourd, rape, spinach, mushrooms, lettuce, cauliflower, Flammulina velutipes and wax gourd.
3. The alkaline foods that are flat (negative series is weaker than positive series) are: lily, carrot, kohlrabi, chrysanthemum, Schizonepeta, cabbage, cabbage, Hericium erinaceus, auricularia auricula, shepherd's purse, tremella, sweet potato (sweet potato), potato (potato) and taro.
4. Warm and alkaline foods include kelp, tea magu, yam, onion, Allium macrostemon Bunge (wild garlic), Toona sinensis, leek, mustard seed, coriander, sweet pepper, pumpkin, ginger and onion.
5. Hot and alkaline foods are: garlic, pepper and pepper.