/!\ HOAX Alert /!\ For some weird reason this story or a variation thereof keeps going viral while both the cited article and the journalist involved have been

/!\ HOAX Alert /!\ For some weird reason this story or a variation thereof keeps going viral while both the cited article and the journalist involved have been burned over and over again at various places. TL;DR Correlation is not causation. Also: The human body generally regulates acidity using the kidney ( takes some time ) or the respiratory system. ( Quick, breathing CO2) If drinking acids or a base would directly supersede the values created by the aforementioned system this would not be a good thing.