The Alkaline Diet: Evidence-Based PRAL Guide, Food Lists, and Everyday Science
Quick Medical Summary: The popular claim that an “alkaline diet” alters arterial blood pH is a physiological impossibility; tight pulmonary and renal homeostatic buffering systems rigidly maintain systemic arterial blood pH between 7.35 and 7.45. However, nutritional science validates the Potential Renal Acid Load (PRAL) model: diets heavy in animal proteins and grains produce non-volatile … Read more