What are alkaline foods? For the sake of your health, you should take a good look at it!

Our human body can be divided into acidic and alkaline constitutions. In fact, food also has acidity and alkalinity. It can help us regulate the acidity and alkalinity values in the body. Therefore, when we take food, it is best to distinguish whether it is an acidic or alkaline substance. So what are the common alkaline substances in life?

Alkaline foods can be divided into five categories according to their properties:

Category 1: Cold and alkaline foods

Kelp, water shield, purslane, Houttuynia cordata, water spinach, tomato, chayote, zucchini, melon, gourd, melon, cantaloupe, cantaloupe, watermelon, cucumber, and bamboo shoots.

Category 2: Cool and alkaline foods

Lotus root, konjac, arrowhead, kudzu, beet, radish, kohlrabi, celery, amaranth, eggplant, lettuce, wild rice stem, bitter melon, rapeseed, spinach, mushrooms, lettuce, cauliflower, enoki mushroom, winter melon, cucumber, and loofah.

Category 3: neutral and alkaline foods (a type of food that is more yin-yang than yang-yin in the negative series)

Lily, carrot, kohlrabi, chrysanthemum, nepeta, cabbage, kale, hericium, black fungus, shepherd's purse, white fungus, sweet potato, potato, and taro.

Category 4: Warm and alkaline foods

Kelp, yam, onion, scallion (wild garlic), toon, leek, Chinese mustard, coriander, bell pepper, pumpkin, ginger, and onion.

Category 5: Hot and alkaline foods

Garlic, chili, pepper.

Alkaline foods can be divided into seven categories according to their types:

Category 1: Edible medicinal materials

(1) Those of cold nature include: Dendrobium and Phragmites australis.

(2) Those with a cool nature include: chrysanthemum, mint, rehmannia, white peony root, American ginseng, adenophora, and cassia seed.

(3) Those of neutral nature (comparing yin and yang, comparing yang and yin) include: Polygonatum sibiricum, Gastrodia elata, Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos, and Licorice root.

(4) Those of warm nature include: Polygonum multiflorum, Amomum villosum, Cordyceps sinensis, Osmanthus fragrans, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Astragalus membranaceus, Ginseng, Angelica sinensis, Cistanche deserticola, Eucommia ulmoides, and Atractylodes macrocephala.

(5) Those with hot properties include: cinnamon.

Category 2: Fruits

(1) Fruits that are cold in nature include: kiwi, persimmon, mulberry, fig, sugar cane, banana, and water chestnut.

(2) Fruits that are cool in nature include: pear, loquat, orange, tangerine, mango, monk fruit, and apple.

(3) Fruits of neutral nature (a type of fruit that is in the negative series and is a balance between yin and yang) include: grapes, hawthorn, pomegranate, papaya, longan, betel nut, orange, lychee, and lemon.

(4) Fruits that are hot in nature include peaches and cherries.

Category 3: Nuts

(1) Those that are neutral (relatively positive and negative, relatively positive and negative) include: soybeans (yellow beans).

(2) Those with a warm nature include chestnuts and almonds.

Category 4: Beverages

(1) The following are cool in nature: tea

(2) Those that are neutral (comparing yin and yang, comparing yang to yin) include: wine, soy milk, milk, and honey.

(3) Foods that are warm in nature include: coffee.

Category 5: Products

(1) Foods that are cold in nature include: salt.

(2) Foods that are warm in nature include: vinegar.

(3) Those of a hot nature include: alkalinity.