The latest dietary fad to hit the US and the UK involves the acid-alkaline balance of your body and the fact that you need to control a tendency toward over-acidity. However, the story is more complex than simply eating more greens. Foods can have...
The conventional view is that certain foods have fixed pH effects on the body. But the same food that can cause an alkaline shift in one metabolic type can cause an acidic shift in another metabolic type (Wolcott W, Fahey T. The Metabolic Typing...
Suspect acidity if you:
* take excessive strenuous exercise, which causes lactic acid to accumulate in the blood
* are diabetic, which tends to cause acidosis through loss of potassium, sodium and ketones in the urine
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