This is one of the most common misunderstandings about the alkaline diet and living alkaline. Especially from (I'm sure well-meaning) critics who will say 'your body has all of these ways to maintain your pH - why eat alkaline'...or....'you can't change your pH!'...
That's exactly the point. The stress it causes to your body, and the impact this has on your gut, hormones, liver, kidneys, lungs, the inflammation and oxidative stress is causes....
This is what we want to avoid. This stress and imbalance is why the studies show time after time that diet-induced acidosis is a precursor, and increases the risk of so many conditions.
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