A healthy body is the guest chamber of the soul ~ Francis Bacon

Recently I was in the kitchen at work washing some cherry tomatoes. I found these delicious cherry tomatoes at the grocery store and I have been eating them like grapes. They are really sweet and fresh. I offered some to my coworker, who is at the soda dispenser getting Coke. Her response was “oh no, tomatoes are not good for me because they are too acidic”. My thought, was you have got to be kidding, you are about to drink a Coke, what can be more acidic than Coke? I am often surprised when people say that they cannot eat fruit because it’s too acidic? I eat lots of fruits and vegetables and have never had a problem with acidity but that’s just me! But regarding acidity in food, foods are acid or alkaline forming. A food’s acid or alkaline forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH (potential of Hydrogen). For example, lemons are very acidic before digestion but after digestion are alkaline, whereas beef is alkaline before digestion but it leaves acidic residue in the body. I am a bit more concerned about foods leaving acidic residue in my body rather than if it is acidic while I eat it.
It is important that your dietary intake of food acts to balance your body pH because too much acid in the body (acidosis) can cause health problems.
Acidosis can cause such problems as:

Weight gain, obesity and diabetes, aching muscles and lactic acid buildup, mouth and stomach ulcers, excess stomach acid, dull hair with split ends and falls out, dry skin, leg cramps and spasms, etc, etc, etc.

This is why your diet should consist of alkaline forming foods (about 60%) and acid forming foods (40%). Here is a link to an Alkaline Food List:
http://www.betterbones.com/alkaline/articles/chart%20p12.pdf