> Calcium is supposedly alkaline Most reliable sources of information describing calcium as alkaline stem from PRAL (potential renal acid load) and other kidne

> Calcium is supposedly alkaline Most reliable sources of information describing calcium as alkaline stem from PRAL (potential renal acid load) and other kidney literature. Combined with the right chemicals (as you find in the kidneys), calcium does reduce acidity (contrasted with a buffering agent, the formulae are more linear, and a linear amount of other shit requires a linear amount of calcium or other alkalizing compounds to compensate) in the kidneys. As something of a fun aside, most "alkaline diets" recommend a diet of weakly to strongly acidic foods which have an alkalizing effect on the kidneys and nearly no pH impact anywhere else in the body. No comment on the rest. I just want to reiterate that acid/alkaline in one context (most commonly a description of the hydrogen concentration or other related ions) absolutely does not translate without extra effort and math and chemistry to other contexts (like anything describing calcium as alkaline). When those two ideas are mixed in presentation, a correct interpretation absolutely requires you to understand the details of what/where/why an author means when they refer to pH as something other than hydrogen/hydroxide concentration.