There’s been a lot of coverage recently about this nonsense around ‘alkaline eating’ and how acid levels cause cancer etc.
Someone I know who is recovering from cancer and has got quite a lot of attention on social media is now posting a lot of this stuff and people are weighing in to support the claims. My view on this is that it’s as dangerous as letting people carry on believing that race is linked to criminal behaviour – it’s based on ignorance and ignorance has to be the enemy.
So, can someone with medical knowledge either provide the refuting argument to this (or tell me it’s actually true):
When talking about body PH, it is the interstitial fluid that is being discussed. Blood PH is always kept the same by the body no matter what. Also stomach acid is obviously a requirement for digestion. What we are therefore looking to affect is the PH of saliva and urine as these reflect the interstitial environment. It is a fact that cancer creates acidity in the bodily tissue and thrives in an acidic environment. Stress creates acidity in the body so by reducing stress, we change PH also minerals affect the PH and of course diet – dairy and meat being highly acidic and also sugar.