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I recently attended a lecture given by a young woman promoting her new healthy food business who shared some of the concepts she learned after going through a 3-month program on nutrition.\u00a0 She proceeded to draw a line on the chalk board with two arrows going in opposite directions and then wrote \u201cneutral\u201d in the middle.\u00a0 After writing down a few different foods under each arrow she told us that if we eat these foods our body will become acidic and we\u2019ll likely end up with all kinds of diseases, including diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer and if we eat the other foods we\u2019ll enjoy life-long vitality.\u00a0 Can you guess what foods were in each category?\u00a0 Yes, my Vegan friends, of course you can.\u00a0 But is it really that simple?<\/p>\n

The first thing you need to keep in mind is that the acid-alkaline theory of disease is not a proven science but rather a theory or hypothesis. <\/em><\/p>\n

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The Proposed Science Supporting the Theory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acidity and Alkalinity are measured according to the pH (potential of hydrogen) scale.\u00a0 Water is considered to be neutral at 7.0.\u00a0 Anything less than 7.0 is considered to be acidic and anything greater than 7.0 is alkaline.\u00a0 The ideal pH for the human body is 7.35-7.45.\u00a0 The basic theory is that every food we eat leaves some kind of residue (or ash) after it is fully digested which is either acid-forming or alkaline-forming in nature.\u00a0 The belief is that if you eat too many acid-forming foods that our blood and tissues will be affected and will put us in a state of chronic low-grade acidosis.\u00a0 This chronic condition is believed to cause a number of health problems such as osteoporosis, kidney disease, kidney stone formation and muscle wasting.\u00a0 However, since our body is equipped with buffering capabilities, our blood pH will vary only a small degree regardless of diet. What is often measured instead is the urine\u2019s pH which can range from 4.5 to 8.0 and can change by the day, if not the hour.\u00a0 Proponents believe that if a person\u2019s urine pH shows a highly acidic value over time that the systems that are recruited to facilitate this buffering will become strained and will result in significant stress to the systems, causing immune function to falter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0What Foods Go On What List And Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Examples of acid-forming foods are meat, milk, grains, certain kinds of nuts, all sweeteners, beer, liquor, coffee, fruit juice, vinegar, soy sauce, processed and canned foods, etc. \u00a0Other reported causes of increasing the acidity in your body are stress and anxiety. Alkaline-forming foods are thought to be vegetables, legumes, seeds while fruits and brown rice and wheat are considered \u201cokay in moderation\u201d.\u00a0 Incidentally, I looked up a list of foods from two other sources and their lists didn\u2019t match with this one.\u00a0 For instance, one says that lentils are highly alkaline and the other said they were highly acidic.\u00a0 The same discrepancy was found for foods like buckwheat, molasses, lima beans, various types of fruits and nuts, etc. The source noted on the first list was from Back to the House of Health<\/em> by Shelley Redford Young, coauthor of The pH Miracle<\/em> with her husband Dr. Robert Young. I called their company to ask where the list came from and their answer was that Dr. Young himself tested each food using a pH meter after blending the foods down.\u00a0 The other two lists were not sourced.<\/p>\n

So Who\u2019s Right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Naturopathic medicine has used the acid-alkaline balance as a theoretical model to explain the foundation of many diseases for years and Allopathic medicine has examined pH in specific organ systems such as the kidney to control the formation of stones. Furthermore, many books have been written on this theory and a lot of money has been made selling people \u201calkalizing water\u201d but as far as I could tell no research has ever been conducted or published to test this theory\u2019s validity.\u00a0 Dr. Robert Young, the main proponent of this movement as of late has written several books on the subject but he has not published any scientific evidence nor is he a licensed health practitioner.\u00a0 He was also written up on Quack watch. (see below for a link to the article) because so many of his claims were found to be faulty, two law suits were filed against him for diagnosing and prescribing treatment and there appears to be several holes in the extensive education he claims to have.\u00a0 On the other side, Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who thinks the acid-alkaline theory of disease is \u201cnonsense\u201d explains that strong stomach acids render all food acidic until it moves into the intestinal track, where secretions from the pancreas neutralize it into alkalinity. He goes on to say that he agrees that cancer cells, for instance, cannot survive in alkaline liquid but neither can any of the other cells in your body.<\/p>\n

While the pH balancing hypothesis has never been adequately tested and proven there are some things we do know like the fact that a high protein diet can increase bone loss.\u00a0 Another found that test tube studies show some cancer cells multiply faster in an acidic environment while some chemotherapy drugs working better in an alkaline environment.<\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the field of health and nutrition, one must keep an open mind and consider that there is by far more that we are yet to discover than what has been definitively proven. \u00a0Fellow blogger Rebecca Bragg said it well when she reflected on how some doctors passionately criticize any practitioner who would tell you that you\u2019re eating too many acid-forming foods based on your urine pH \u201cand yet if that same practitioner advises you that in order to stay healthy and protect yourself against disease you should eat more plant foods and avoid animal products (the fundamental basis for the alkaline diet), wouldn\u2019t most doctors call that excellent advice?\u201d<\/p>\n

The reality of it is that when you\u2019re desperately ill or tired of being overweight there\u2019s a tendency to believe that hope can be purchased.\u00a0 If this is you and someone is telling you that their diet, supplement, water etc. is miraculous then watch out. That being said there\u2019s usually some semblance of truth in what they\u2019re preaching (i.e. \u201cEat more green vegetables and less processed foods!\u201d). <\/em>You can read hundreds, even thousands of testimonials of people who have benefited from getting \u201cpH balanced\u201d but I\u2019m guessing that a lot of those people were living off of junk food, animal products and soda. \u00a0And as far as I\u2019m concerned Vegans already have a huge leg up on this issue just by your lifestyle choice alone.\u00a0 In other words don\u2019t give up lentils just because some list says you should!<\/p>\n

Resources<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Prescription for Nutritional Healing, fifth edition<\/em>.\u00a0 Phyllis A. Balch, CNC<\/li>\n
  2. The Thrive Diet<\/em> by Brendan Brazier<\/li>\n
  3. Acid and Alkaline Food Chart from Balance pH Diet website.\u00a0 www.balance-ph-diet.com\/acid_alkaline_food_chart.htm<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Acid-Alkaline Balance :Role of Chronic Disease and Detoxification<\/em>. Deanna Minich, PhD, FACN, CNS; Jeffrey S. Bland, PhD, FACN.\u00a0 Alternative Therapies, July\/Aug 2007, Vol. 13, No. 4.<\/li>\n
  5. Does a pH Balancing Diet Work?<\/em> Monica Reinagel, M.S., L.D.N.\u00a0 May 13, 2009. www.nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com\/acid-alkaline-diet.aspx<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Akaline vs.Acidic Foods and Cancer<\/em>. Rebecca Bragg, July 21, 2011.\u00a0 www.livestrong.com\/article\/548779-alkaline-vs-acidic-foods-and-cancer\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. A Critical Look at \u201cDr\u201d Robert Young\u2019s Theories and Credentials.<\/em>\u00a0 Stephen Barrett, M.D. Quack Watch, May 12, 2011. http:\/\/www.quackwatch.com\/11Ind\/young3.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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