. . . there’s little evidence to support the theory behind his now-famous diet. It’s true that foods vary in terms of their pH levels, but eating patterns have not been shown to have a real effect on body chemistry.
“We have an incredibly sophisticated machinery to keep the pH levels where they should be throughout the body, and there’s not a lot that you can do, eat, or drink to change that,” said Evan Dellon, MD, a gastroenterologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, in a previous interview with Health.
I think alkaline diets may help delay the progression of cancer, but they certainly do not cure cancer.
I was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer almost six years ago. The 5-year survival rate is around 50%. I am currently on a second level androgen deprivation drug treatment. I also take a number of supplements which have been shown to help delay the progression of prostate cancer, but they are not a cure.
As for alkaline water, it’s all I drink. It is better for you than regular tap or bottled water, but the main reason is that it tastes so refreshing. So much so that I very rarely drink a soda. Bottled water has a pH of about 5-6. The alkaline water I drink is 9.5 pH. We buy it at Costco and it’s about 52 cents per 1 liter bottle.