Why Lemons Are an Alkaline Food

• Like all high alkaline foods, lemons leave an alkaline ash residue after being digested. This ash residue aids in supplying the blood with more oxygen, which results in an optimally functioning body.
  
  Drinking water with lemon is a way to help create a more alkaline body.
  
  

Other Alkaline Foods

• Other alkaline foods include most veggies, some fruits, some seeds, nuts, and grains, herbal tea, vegetable broth and water. Alkaline foods should make up about 70 percent to 80 percent of your diet.
  
  

Acid-Forming Foods

• Acid-forming foods, which should comprise about 20 percent to 30 percent of your diet, include meats, dairy products, alcohol, sugar, white flour and saturated fat. Too many acidic foods result in a compromised immune system, accelerated aging, cancer and disease.