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400805 Alkaline ph+ tablets http://www.qvcuk.com/Barbel-Drexel-...ct.400805.html?cm_sp=VIEWPOSITION-_--_-400805
Not wanting to sound as though I'm scoffing at people who take these supplements but I've never understood the idea of an "Alkaline" diet or eating "alkaline" foods. My late Mum was a biologist and I remember her saying how stomach acidity responds to the food its digesting, so high protein foods need a lower ph (1-2 ie more acidic) for the protease (SP?) enzymes to draw out the protein (sorry that's my layman's understanding). Once the food moves on the stomach buffers the ph back to a less acidic ph of 3-4. Urine can vary in ph as your body regulates it's levels ph: acidity of stomach acids and blood being slightly alkaline (this is a v simplistic explanation so apols to those with greater knowledge than me). My late Dad had stomach ulcers, (he was the first partial gastrectomy at Leeds in 1950 LOL) so we grew up aware of what food to avoid because they aggravated his ulcer. The lists of alkaline foods you can find online look a fairly healthy list anyway, plus advice to eat, say, red meat less frequently seems sensible enough but I'm not convinced it's their ph level alone that makes them preferable foods.
I can't imagine taking a tablet would have any impact whatsoever on one's body ph's. You can buy a zinc, magnesium and calcium supplement cheaper elsewhere I'm sure.
Jill Franks said her kitchen was full of alkaline foods, although she didn't name any, so maybe before the next show she'll google a list and memorise a couple of examples.
Not wanting to sound as though I'm scoffing at people who take these supplements but I've never understood the idea of an "Alkaline" diet or eating "alkaline" foods. My late Mum was a biologist and I remember her saying how stomach acidity responds to the food its digesting, so high protein foods need a lower ph (1-2 ie more acidic) for the protease (SP?) enzymes to draw out the protein (sorry that's my layman's understanding). Once the food moves on the stomach buffers the ph back to a less acidic ph of 3-4. Urine can vary in ph as your body regulates it's levels ph: acidity of stomach acids and blood being slightly alkaline (this is a v simplistic explanation so apols to those with greater knowledge than me). My late Dad had stomach ulcers, (he was the first partial gastrectomy at Leeds in 1950 LOL) so we grew up aware of what food to avoid because they aggravated his ulcer. The lists of alkaline foods you can find online look a fairly healthy list anyway, plus advice to eat, say, red meat less frequently seems sensible enough but I'm not convinced it's their ph level alone that makes them preferable foods.
I can't imagine taking a tablet would have any impact whatsoever on one's body ph's. You can buy a zinc, magnesium and calcium supplement cheaper elsewhere I'm sure.
Jill Franks said her kitchen was full of alkaline foods, although she didn't name any, so maybe before the next show she'll google a list and memorise a couple of examples.
