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What does acid forming mean?

• et-al 10y ago
  Foods cause your body to have a certain reaction. So the idea is that foods cause your body to lower its pH, which goes against our slightly alkaline nature. I think there may be some substance to this, but in general, it's save just to eat a variety of wholesome foods. It's tougher for most Americans to realise this since they're crunched for time, looking for shortcuts, and advertisers are always pushing a new diet or wonderfood every year.
  • delhanty 10y ago
    Common salt dissolved in water (saline) is neutral pH, but can (maybe always?) cause the body to lower its pH. In the context of ER: http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/4/306.full http://emj.bmj.com/content/20/4/306.full >Chloride load leads to hyperchloraemic acidosis I'm experimenting seasoning my food with a mixture of sea-salt and potassium gluconate powder for that reason.
  • aisofteng 10y ago
    There is no such thing as the "pH of your body". This is unscientific nonsense.
    • grzm 10y ago
      Would you accept blood pH or gut pH, or something else more specific?
      • aisofteng 10y ago
        Do you think this is a game show?