However, empirical data suggest that this perception does not correspond to reality. See, e.g., Eisenberg & Schwab, supra note 1; Stewart J. Schwab & Theodore Eisenberg, Explaining Constitutional Tort Litigation: The InÂºuence of the Attorney Fees Statute and. the Government as Defendant, 73 Cornell L. Rev. 719 (1988).
Since the acid or alkaline ash designation is based on the residue left on combustion rather than the acidity of the food, foods such as citrus fruits that are generally considered acidic are actually considered alkaline producing in this diet.
Examples are (Himalayan) sea salt, coral calcium, silica, pH drops, green powder or other super foods. In short, the list of alkaline food is all that's raw and green (especially greens, sea vegetables, superfoods and herbs) and an acid food list is all animal products, grains, sugars.