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Sawbones: Alkaline Water

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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The Truth About Metabolic Acidosis

In general this concept of low grade metabolic acidosis probably doesn't exist. There are no there's nothing to back up all the claims that it is the secret cause of diabetes and heart disease and strokes and cancer. If we changed our body pH this easily we would die every time we drank lemonade. So for alkaline water specifically there's no hard evidence that it does anything. I think that if you're among the people on this planet who have access to cheap clean water through your tap. Why are you wasting your money on bottled water?"

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