PH of fruit juices

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Anything coming from citrus fruit has citric acid: lemonaide, orange juice, grapefruit juice.

Ive heard that cranberry juice is alkali ( opposite of acidic).

What other beverages,and fruit juices, are also alkali?

Cranberry juice is very acidic, it has a ph between 2 and 3 (depending, presumably, on the company making it). I googled for a list of high pH beverages but found just a lot of alternative medicine links which I don't trust for scientific accuracy. So I didn't post any links.

But anyway, cranberry juice is most definately not alkali.

Disease thrives in acidic conditions.

It wont harm a person to attempt to balance their diet towards the more Alkaline side of things.

List here, does not specify here the levels but divides things into 2 sections.
http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/a ... _list.html

Edit:
http://www.naturalnews.com/Report_acid_ ... _pH_0.html

7 page guide there. Mentions that too acidic a diet may cause mineral deficiencies.

Remember it is just a guide and to research each claim you come across individually. All in all i believe it to be quite accurate.

This is a common misconception, probably arising from advice to treat urinary tract infections by drinking cranberry juice. Some compounds in undiluted natural cranberry juice prevent bacteria adhering to the urinary tract and multiplying, but the effect is not caused by acidity / alkalinity. Drinking plenty of fluid also helps flush bacteria from the bladder and urinary tract, as does urinating as often as is comfortable or convenient.

There are lots of (contradictory) charts that describe "alkalyzing" fruits and foods, e.g. http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/Di ... -chart.htm , but some are not themselves alkaline and act by reducing the acidity within the bladder or bowel (for instance foods high in nitrogen raise gastric acidity). There is no guarantee of accuracy with most of these web sources.

Its the enamel on my teeth that Im worried about.

I was looking for an alternative to orange juice, lemonade, and coke, to drink.

Under "alkalzing" fruits one of your lists lists virtually all of the citrus fruits ( oranges and grapefruits) which may be alkalizing once they get in your body but are themselves acidic.

When they are flowing over your teeth they would still be acidic I would think.


It does list apple juice as "alkalizing" which doesnt necessarily mean that it is itself high alkali.
Damn, this is more complicated than I thought- acidic foods can be "alkalizing" and vice versa.

For alternatives i suggest herbal teas. Always really fine accompanied by a slice of lemon.

Or if you want to continue with fruit juice water it down so that it is about 50/50 or whatever ratio you want.

That is much easier - the acidity of fruit and vegetables in their prepared state is important in canning / preserving, and there are tables like this: http://www.pickyourown.org/food_acidity.htm and http://www.pickyourown.org/food_acidity_ph_list.htm

Drinking juice with a straw and brushing teeth after drinks is probably more important. Milk substitutes (coffee whitener) are also very bad for teeth, as are most sugars.