How Professional Athletes Benefit from Alkaline Water

Health Alkaline ^ | Dr. Robert Burns, PhD / Dr. Susan Lark, MD

[mountn man]

Baking soda in water is what I take. Helps cut down on acid reflux. Also apple cider vinegar works to.

[ken21]

good.

i do that when i do stairs.

[Blueflag]

um ... vinegar is acetic acid solution. I doubt it is alkaline.

[freedumb2003]

Wasn’t that the basis for a L&O:CI episode?

[wideminded]

A lot of chemists seem to think that the promotion of "alkaline water" is a scam: link.

Their objections seem to be valid, although I haven't read of one of them actually testing what is in the water that comes out of these "alkaline water" generators.

[shadowcat]

I brush my teeth with baking soda.

[MrDem]

True but I know the litmus paper reading is not the same as the biological effect once down the hatch. Orange juice is a good example. Acidic but has an alkaline effect once inside.

[waterhill]

+1 on ACV. I nip it when working in the Texas heat.

Pickle juice as well...

[seowulf]

This chemist thinks it is a scam.

Consider that your stomach juices contain hydrochloric acid and has a pH of about 2.

Any base you drink will be neutralized immediately.

[mountn man]

Apple cider vinegar is an exception: unlike almost every other vinegar, it has an alkaline ash and improves pH by making the body less acidic.

[aft_lizard]

That is because it’s acidity is less than that of stomach acid. If anything you dilute the stomach acid slightly with a less powerful acid. You don’t neutralize it though.

[Vendome]

Weird.

Tap water is genarly delivered at a rate of 6.9 to 7.2 acidity.

The article basically the claim that drinking water with those PPM’s is optimal.

But, Whatever, they are already receiving that same water from a tap.

[Baynative]

"I brush my teeth with baking soda."

Me too. I love it. I also love the taste of the polish the dentist uses after I get my teeth cleaned.

[Senator Pardek]

This dude was doing it in the Sixties -

[MrDem]

Did you know that the bacteria that cause cavities produce an acid? It is true so baking soda helps neutralize that.

[stickywillie]

with Harvey Kueen in the fifties

[word_warrior_bob]

Most people won’t know that’s Al Kaline.

[Publius6961]

Baking soda in water is what I take. Helps cut down on acid reflux. Also apple cider vinegar works to.

If I remember my high school and college chemistry correctly, apple cider vinegar is mainly acetic acid.
Baking soda is an amphoteric hydroxide.
Don't those just cancel each other out?

[jetson]

Apple cider vinegar is an exception: unlike almost every other vinegar, it has an alkaline ash and improves pH by making the body less acidic.

The old tried and true organic apple cider vinegar. Old hippie remedy for good health. I use it in cooking all the time as well as a spoonfull hear and there. Home made Kefir is another way to keep the bod on track.