The alkaline diet is something that you may not have heard of but the main premise of this diet is simple. Cut out acidic foods and eat more alkaline ones. One theory is that excess acid turns to fat and other theories include helping with chronic diseases. We tombstone all of these claims pretty quickly.
When they talk acidic foods they are talking about
- Meat
- Dairy
- Poultry
- Eggs
- Fish
- Grains
- Processed foods
- alcohol
So a pretty large amount of food to cut out. Alkaline foods on the other end are
- Fruits
- Vegetables
- Nuts
- Legumes
So as we discuss in the podcast, on the surface they do make some very healthy suggestions however education must follow as to when cutting large food groups out you need to make sure you won't have any nutritional deficiencies
In regards to all the theory on an alkaline diet helping with chronic diseases such as cancer we go in study heavy and essentially put those to bed. There is no justification for promoting an alkaline diet or associated products such as alkaline water to help with chronic disease
Oh and don't forget to spam Bill with messages on how bad his diet is as we do establish early doors that he unequivocally invented this diet. This is not a conspiracy theory! Or is it?
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Studies Mentioned
Systematic review of the association between dietary acid load, alkaline water and cancer
Low urine pH and acid excretion do not predict bone fractures or the loss of bone mineral density
The kidney and acid-base regulation
Acid Balance, Dietary Acid Load, and Bone Effects-A Controversial Subject
There is no evidence that an alkaline diet is protective of bone health.
Milk and acid-base balance: proposed hypothesis versus scientific evidence
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