I have a bottle of Musselman's ACV which states 5% acidity on the label. I can't find my detox books but did find ACID AND ALKALINE by Herman Aihara. He states vinegar has a pH of 2.9. He lists vinegar as an acid-forming food.
I was very interested in finding out which foods were acid ash (acid forming) and which alkaline ash a couple years ago. I only found two books with tables, and the two books, one of which was Aihara's book, disagreed on some items. Nutrition books didn't have the information and neither did the County Homemakers Extension. He addresses the confusion between acid foods and acid-forming foods thus: .............. "There are two types of acid and alkaline foods. One is acid or alkaline foods; the other is acid or alkaline FORMING foods. "Acid and alkaline foods means how much acid or alkaline the foods contain [measured by their pH]. A pH of 7.0 is neutral; less than 7 is acid and more than 7 is alkaline. "By acid forming or alkaline forming, nutritionists mean the condition foods cause in the body _after being digested._. If a food leaves an acid ash the body must neutralize it as blood pH must be 7.4, slightly alkaline." If it is not neutralized the body is acidic, which as stated in other posts, is conducive to disease. He states that fruit and most vegetables are considered alkaline-forming foods, while high protein foods and most grains are acid-forming foods. However, he lists vinegar as acid-forming although he did not distinguish between white vinegar and apple cider vinegar--so it may be that ACV is alkaline forming. In flipping through Bragg's books I could not find mention of the acid or alkaline ash of ACV. Maybe someone else can solve this mystery. John -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
