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List of alkaline and acidic Foods
The following image shows the acidity level (pH level) of the most common foods. For a more detailed food list, please see the table below in which data can be…
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Is alkaline diet cancer – protective?
One misconception about cancer is that its cells are acidic and/or cancer thrives in acidic environments resulting from an acid-forming diet. The alkaline diet supporters claim that by increasing the…
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Does alkaline diet really work?
As with many nutrition myths, there is a core myth which is related to other myths. In this case, it started with the acid-ash hypothesis, followed by a chain reaction,…
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Did our ancestors really eat mostly alkaline foods?
This myth question is related to the alkaline diet’s main argument, that alkaline foods promote health while acid-forming foods cause many modern day diseases. I will answer this myth from…
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Do acid-forming foods cause osteoporosis?
This myth relates to an ash-diet hypothesis which claims that some foods containing acid-forming substances, such as animal protein from milk or meat and some plant foods, cause blood pH…
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Difference between acidic food and acid-forming food
Acid-forming foods and acidic foods are unrelated, yet often confused. The confusion most commonly occurs when used in reference to “acid-ash hypothesis” which is based on acid-forming foods. Acid-forming foods…
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Does a diet high in acidic foods make the urine acidic?
There are two concepts that are often confused which need clarification: acidic food and acid-forming food. (read more..) While the acid-forming foods refer to its acid-ash contents and this concept…
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Do acid-forming foods make urine more acidic?
NOTE: Two concepts: acidic food and acid-forming food are often confused. Urine pH is affected by acid-forming food and not by acidic food. (read more..) The fact that acid-ash foods…
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Does the urine pH test measure the body’s alkaline balance?
Urine and blood acidity is often confused by alkaline diet supporters. Many online lay-men and sources believe that body acidity (or blood acidity) is the cause of many health issues…