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Posted 4/7/2013 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
References and testimonials surface occasionally on the forums regarding cancer's inability to survive in a highly alkaline environment.
I've never really seen any corroborative evidence to support the high alkaline diet approach. Has anyone done any real research on the authenticity of this option?

Jim
Posted 4/7/2013 1:27 PM (GMT 0)
From what I've read, an alkaline diet will make the urine alkaline. It will not change the ph level of a person's blood. The blood ph level is pretty static.
On the other hand meat is acidic and inflammatory. So eating a vegetarian diet would tend to be less acidic and less inflammatory.
Posted 4/7/2013 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
Usually it will be either tied to spam for a water machine or a testimonial of someone who says it cured them, but they don't stay long. There is not any compelling study evidence of general value that I know of.

We do have one member who went on a diet of the same scheme and reported improvements, but I don't suggest that there is a curative power there.

The placebo effect could easily be at work. If you are motivated, you'll do a lot of things to improve your diet and general health, which as a whole will likely benefit you.

Posted 4/7/2013 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
I have also heard that alkaline diet is nothing more than a scam (Dr.Myers opinion on this is pretty strong). On the other hand, there is some evidence that meat and milk-based diet acidifies the organism - Dr.Campbell claims that this is the reason that despite a high-calcium diet many men and women in the Western hemisphere suffer from osteoporosis (in acidic environment, Ca from the bones is used as a buffer). Didn´t really read any studies on this, but it is generally a good idea to follow, well...you know...less meat and milk, more whole-foods, plants...
Posted 4/7/2013 8:35 PM (GMT 0)
Not suggesting that I had a Eureka moment and I'm snorting baking soda. Snuffy Myers is my doctor so I'm on a short leash. My interest was piqued a little with the results of the test tube tumor growth research involving ph and apoptosis. My diet is pretty much Mediterranean so I guess I'm already hiking that path anyway.
Thank God Spring is here!
Posted 4/8/2013 11:05 AM (GMT 0)
I'm not endorsing this option as a viable treatment plan. I'm asking if anyone has investigated it firsthand. This forum refrains from making judgements. We look down every hallway and listen to all accounts. Sometimes in this ridiculous shell game that we call life the pea is under the one that we felt was just too obvious.
Hope everyone has an extraordinary day.

Jim
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