There’s indeed a sucker born every minute for her brand of charlatanry. It’s the Food Babe, of course, profiled in New York magazine, and it’s the usual geyser of nonsense. Don’t Buy These Seven Alkaline Water Myths By Jack Barber Imagine if you could hook up a device to your faucet that would transform your tap water into your own private fountain of youth. That was so constructive, #30, thank you ! But it is a sort of the other side of vulgarization. I’d heard about FB’s whine that airplanes aren’t using 100% O2, but I’d never seen a copy of her complete rant. The basic idea of the acid-alkaline hypothesis is that if we eat acid-forming foods, we get sick, and if we eat alkaline-forming foods, we’ll be healthy and we’ll be protected against disease. AAAS is a partner of HINARI, AGORA, OARE, CHORUS, CLOCKSS, CrossRef and COUNTER. That’s great news, it’s only one row of the periodic table then, no heavy metals in anyone’s water. Remember Chricton was a recent MD when he wrote it. And this blog post gives her more publicity. The effect of the correction of metabolic acidosis on nitrogen and potassium balance of patients with chronic renal failure, Am. The scariest part of all of this is that my debating opponent also homeschooled her children, and I’m scared as to what science curriculum would be acceptable that would avoid the scientific method, basic biology, or understanding periodic table trends well enough to give better descriptions of reactivity than “stronger.”. The toasty warnmness I feel when I pour my water (fortified with nutrients extracted from the wood pipes that protect it from ever seeing nasty dirt) on it tells me that it’s full of life giving energy that warms me from the inside out. Thank you for this post! Christ. Obviously, y’all are stooges of Big Pharma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1, #7 I know! Although lemon water can provide a good portion of Vitamin C to your diet, the amount of Vitamin C you consume when drinking lemon water isn’t enough to help you heal faster from sickness. Lemon juice stimulates enzymes and bicarbonate production that alkalizes the lower digestive tract - NOT the blood. 82 254. July 2012 Who do most trained scientists work for? Lemon juice will certainly be neutralised during the digestive process but there is no mechanism by which it could possibly “become alkaline”. Potassium Bicarbonate Reduces Urinary Nitrogen Excretion in Postmenopausal Women, J. Çlin. (I did it myself in a kindergarden, great fun with red cabbage juice…). December 2012 She may not intend them as such, but the concept of “private language”, I thought, bit the dust a long time ago. Let's go through what foods can and can not do. There is regularly misjudging of lemon’s pH outside the body versus inside the body. Therefore, the whole Food Babe problem will correct itself in only a few weeks…. February 2014 I found the following statement very telling: “I started by researching food like I was a debater in high school.” When you are researching a topic for a high school debate, you don’t look for the truth but only for material that supports your side of the topic (or refutes your opponent’s side). January 2015 Great post! Things that Food Babe et al scoff at and do their best to undermine, as they would every single chemical invention. ingestion proved to be an unexpected powerful stimulus of exocrine pancreatic secretion. June 2013 Are Lemons Alkaline or Acidic? So who wants to start the kickstarter campaign for FB to get a degree in chemistry? The Answer is Yes! Fruits and vegetables, many of which are acidic in their natural state, undergo a dramatic change during metabolism – acids are neutralized and alkaline elements become the dominant presence. Keeping your dosage of lemon juice per 1 cup water consistent, a simple indicator of whether your body is more acidic or alkaline is whether lemon juice in hot or warm water tastes sour or not. All rights Reserved. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../www.ncbi.../pubmed/3221108. @33: Please, tell us, at what point in human history did large numbers of people *not* shun science and common sense? She is telling people things she knows they want to hear. She was arguing that fluoridated water was bad for you since the fluorine (being a halogen and “stronger,” exact terminology) in the water would prevent you from uptaking iodine for your thyroid. If it’s not sour at all and even tastes like lemonade to you (without the sugar), your body is in a healthier, more alkaline state. and an i.v. The Lemon Alkaline Water Myth. Nutr. Sounds sciencey, no ? They go out of their way to make you ill However, once fully digested, its effect is proven to be alkalizing with many health benefits. I fear that the Food Babe won’t be getting a good grade. Supposedly, metabolites that are acidic “stress” the body (don’t ask me) and alkaline urine is good (ibid). There is more acid in lemons than oranges. The only thing that’s changed is that the Internet and other mass media have given them a wider platform to acquire new superstitions and spread their ignorance. In the name of so many new age fads, people are shunning science and common sense. Stay tuned to my twitter and facebook feeds for the latest posts. If the sour taste is strong, your body is very acidic. 0:14 What is citric acid? It detoxifies the body: Drinking plenty of water helps eliminate waste from our bodies (aka pee and poop). sauer and Saeure. Even if a lemon juice contains Magnesium, Calcium and sodium (the alkaline metals), how do they transform themselves into hydroxides (alkaline compounds) in the human body? The same goes for lemons, limes, grapefruits and tomatoes – but the other way around. By the way, I wanted to share your post on Google +, but you have no button for it. “Unfortunately, our water is contaminated with everything from chlorine to fluoride.” single injection of secretin (Boots, 1.0 U/kg). Abstract Do you think her fans are reading here to get information? elicits a rate of secretion and bicarbonate output closely similar to that of an i.v. February 2015 If you were interested in people’s health and well-being, you would probably try to find out how things work, how people live and what is in what they eat and why, and what those things do, so that you might best figure out how to change them. I don’t know about anyone else, but I start off my day with a big bowl of lye. If the pH of lemon juice is 2, what's the pH of a solution of 10 ml of lemon juice in 250 ml of water? Nutr. You had to go Bonzai on me and get your facts wrong yet again. How can you say it was the lemon juice that stimulates the exocrine pancreatic secretions? September 2012 Nevertheless, after being metabolized, lemon will become alkaline. So, lemon is considered as highly alkaline food on the contrary to its nature. Reading this is very helpful. March 2014 Unfortunately she goes back off the rails in the very next paragraph and talks about how people want to keep us dependent on chemicals. Health is something that interests people which leads to more productive and quality life. Thus, O.-L.J. Vaccines. One in particular is the notion that lemon juice somehow becomes alkaline once in the body, and that this is why lemons are considered ‘alkaline’. Hi, Compression leads to all sorts of issues. This is why highly acidic lemon juice is actually known as a potent alkaline-forming food. I would no mind keeping my science for sscientist. According to pioneering alkaline diet researcher, Robert Young: March 2013 I was planning to start drinking lemon water again. October 2012 Deficiency in potassium may cause high blood pressure, among other. It is irrelevant if the claims are factually false, as long as the rhetoric – appealing to emotion – is successful. Vegetables will be “alkaline” and sodas will be “acidic” (pun intended). Also notice “the air […] is recycled from direclty outside your window”. Simply portray yourself as the little guy (or gal) fighting for everyone’s health and against big moneyed interests, distort or ignore the facts and you are guaranteed to win, no matter how much quackery and disingenuity comes out of your mouth. But, it’s better not to view this as science, even if they claim it is. But there’s only a trace amount of that fiber (if any) still present in the juice by the time you squeeze it into your water. My goal is to post thought-provoking and informative articles so you can learn and apply the latest news from the world of natural health. Is there any scientific evidence on how an acidic substance can evolve into an alkaline? [Editor’s Note: Although lemons are acidic, some alternative-medicine supporters believe that once metabolized, they have an alkaline effect on the body.] Wait, you mean all of us who stuck metal strips in a lemon and measured electrical current actually invented alkaline batteries years go??? Instead, the claims must be simply *believed*, and the motivations are *rhetoric*. Everybody knows this. She is making a lot of money doing so and she has made it clear that truth is not going to get in the way of money making. You can keep the ring as well, it was fake anyway! May 2012 I am sure the food babe didn’t write this article for scientists, and that indeed is the problem. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/clinical_pharmacology/pharmacokinetics/drug_excretion.html I know I’m supposed to assume stupidity before evil, but it’s kind of hard here. http://www.freezepage.com/1415667665TBMRBWICKU, Wow. Lemons are high in limonoids, known to reduce the signs of aging — they’re frequently used in natural skincare and cosmetics products to support clear, smooth and healthy skin. Chris Kresser explains the acid/alkaline myth in-depth here. And even bad press is good for the bank account. Yes, lemon, though acidic, produces alkaline metabolites in your body and so has a negative potential renal acid load (PRAL); but lemon juice’s PRAL of -2.5 isn’t especially low among fruits. Outside the body, lemon juice is acidic (pH is beneath 7). Alkaline water is produced by the process of electrolysis, whereby mineralized water is separated into two categories; one acidic and suitable for the destruction of micro-organisms and one alkaline, with proven applications in some plant and animal situations, but none significant for human use. Thanks, Derek. So, outside the body, anyone can see that lemon juice is very acidic. If she doesn’t care about how things work, then it’s presumably irrelevant to what she’s doing (which would, probably, not be helping people). Dunno LOL, I especially love her comment about how she pledges to no longer consume any chemicals. Lemons Reduce Inflammation. She knows exactly what she is doing. The truth doesn’t matter to her because she knows that even when she spouts nonsense, it just gets more people talking about her. January 2013 I am learning from Ann Louise Gittleman about health and weight loss. I don’t work for pharma (big or otherwise). There is no scientific evident that lemon/lime juice mixed in alkaline water provides health benefits. April 2014 The Japanese government has been sponsoring (and underwriting) the study of alkaline water. But, lemon water is essentially filtered, and also heavily diluted, which leaves it with just traces of pectin. It’s hilarious! And our kidneys play a role in that homeostasis as well, as far as I know. There are a few different versions of the acid-alkaline theory circulating the internet, but the basic claim is that the foods we eat leave behind an "ash" after they are metabolized, and this ash can be acid or alkaline (alkaline meaning more basic on the pH … And everything that is “bad”, like artificial sweeteners, sugar, processed food, Monsanto, pharmaceuticals, dihydrogen monoxide etc is all supposedly “acidic”. evoked peak values, were observed earlier (60 min) than with a R.M. This is a non-issue. In academia, we are constantly told by the administratives to participate in popularizing science. It is stupidity now, but soon will lead to evil. Fortunately, Big Lemon is out there to balance all your silly book learning! But it’s possible that FB got her alkaline lemons from an early, unjudgemental exposure to the bitter lemon trope. Talk to a Dr. Berg Keto Consultant today and get the help you need on your journey. I don't know what is exactly causing the pancreatic secretion to become more alkaline, but I suspect it is the acid. This reminds me of a recent discussion I had with someone who was a foodie much in the same vein as FB. (hint: it’s brown, aromatic, and bears a striking resemblance to the crap she comes out with). (Lime, as in calcium hydroxide). At the macroscopic level, all air is recycled I guess…. Derek Lowe's commentary on drug discovery and the pharma industry. The buffers will slowly start to be ‘unsaturated’ and the blood will return to optimal pH. When you try to explain something to students or laymen, one week after they have mixed up 99 percent of the message. OK, let’s calm down now and think hard about this. Is lemon juice acid or alkaline? {/sarcasm}. If you know anything about fruit acids, lemon juice is high in citric acid. Citric acid which is the acid in lemon juice can then reabsorb this nitrogen in an ion exchange electron tunneling reaction and itself turn ALKALINE. Here, folks, is someone to explain to you that “lemon water is very alkaline” (a direct quote), and that cayenne pepper has been “proven to boost your metabolism”, and that “an acidic body promotes disease” and. It’s religious superstition. Or that someone who sets themselves up as a beacon of good sense and sound nutritional advice and who still doesn’t know any of this might perhaps be just a bit out of their depth? Although studies have shown that lemon juice may make the pH of our urine more alkaline , this does not have an effect on the pH of our blood. I hate this. FB you had your chance! The air that is pumped in isn’t pure oxygen either, it’s mixed with nitrogen, sometimes almost at 50%. To be sure of duplicating the same response as that measured, maybe it could be a good idea to drink a mixture of juices, but I doubt there is no benefit from drinking either by themselves! You’d think that if science on its own is not enough, then reality checks like the recent death of the “Wellness Warrior” (an advocate of woo who succumbed to her otherwise treatable cancer, for those of you who don’t know) would be enough to nip this kind of idiocy in the bud. November 2013 Make dumb mistakes, those people call you dumb, and you can sell your underdog story to the public about how the Establishment is just trying to hide the latest secret that They don’t want you to know. November 2014 Either some academic institution (ivory tower!) As you wellness warriors know, an alkaline body is really the key to good health. Its premise is that your diet can alter the pH value — the measurement of acidity or alkalinity — of your body. Alkaline diets favor lean tissue mass in older adults, Am. The Food Babe is good looking. The O.-L.J. @9,10- At some level I wonder if people like her are intentionally making errors that are obvious to trained scientists. We are through FB! However, there is something that quite bugging me about the alkalinizing ability of lemon juice. I don’t care. These changes were compared with those evoked by a regular meal (R.M. (90 min) ingestion. June 2014 @luysii #5: Perhaps you meant to say, why do people think consuming citrus (lemons/limes) in your water, makes “your body alkaline”. Potassium can be exchanged against hydrogen ions. Delivering a 50:50 oxygen:nitrogen mix to breath on a plane would be both an unnecessary expense and wildly dangerous; read up on the Apollo 1 accident. Think of titrations with buffers. It almost makes me think she’s trolling us all! The idea that some foods – like meat – lower the pH in the body and lead to disease is a myth. To my annoyance, many people say “I can’t eat lemons/limes/grapefruit — they too bitter!” Trying to correct them only gets me funny looks. Endocrin. And it’s possible that you can’t believe what lies underneath her rhetoric, either – given what she says, how do you know what she means by anything at all, other than to part you from your money? Do you think Jenny McCarthy would get the time of day if she looked like Golda Meir? Does that mean that the acid is doing nothing? I want to weep. Basically it would involve ejecting her into space without a space suit. August 2012 Some stevia products can have a bad aftertaste, but this product I use is indistinguishable to me to sugar. In the book he says something along the line, “the train of evolution has come to its last station, and it will start going in a reverse direction.” He was talking about evolution of the intellect. My point is that people think that acid lemon juice somehow makes everything alkaline, where that is patently untrue. Alkaline Lemon Water can Reduce the Effects of Aging. Why no, there isn’t. But for Pinterest, have an image ( of lemon or lemon in water ) which once you pin it, will lead to your post. Myth 4: alkaline foods Misinformation spread on social media suggests the virus can be cured by eating foods with a pH (level of acidity) that is higher than the virus’s pH. in the same vein: So it’s no surprise that she cherry-picks her sources or even manipulates and misrepresents them to suit her point of view. Science and rational thinking, have not only solved physical mysteries, but also the mental afflictions arising out of stupidity and superstition. Thank you for this post. Everyday, the movie Idiocracy is starting to look more and more like a documentary. In any case, adjusting the pH of your urine can have profound effects on drug excretion. It is known that lemon/lime are acidic in pH but contain minerals that react with your body to make urine less acidic. Even though lemon juice is very acidic at a pH of 2, one reason why it has been thought to alter the pH of our blood is because when it is metabolized in the body it becomes alkaline. “I want to know why companies aren’t coming up with chemical inventions that are improving our health. Lemon contains a kind of fiber known as pectin, which assists in reducing calorie intake and appetite. It improves IQ: Whilst drinking water in the morning can help you feel focused; however, this is not a result of the lemon in the water. People confuse hydrogen and helium, despite the slight difference in reactivity. I didn’t test the response to that since said discussion ended up going to… elaborate enzyme theories followed by a rather testy debate over the validity of non-falsifiable theories. and “willful public displays of stupidity” and/or encouraging others to the same stupidity should be a capitol offense. This alkaline food myth has gotten huge recently, using online marketing and buzzwords you can get people believing in anything. Instead of lukewarm water and lemon juice, I add ice cubes and 1/8 tsp of stevia powder to make sugar free lemonade. July 2013 Please take note that those metals are trapped inside the lemon in an acidic environment as chemical salts. http://jezebel.com/autism-busting-paleo-book-for-babies-pulled-because-it-1692592094. It’s very commonly advised to opt for a balance of 80% alkaline-forming food and 20% acidic-forming food. @12 “Big Lemon” sounds like a bad guy in a Disney movie; love it. MYTH: Lemon water will help speed up your weight loss efforts. If only they just gave you the pure stuff, the 100% pure oxygen you find in a forest at sea level, everyone would be much safer… One of the reasons is that lemon juice contains alkaline minerals such as magnesium and calcium. You are traveling in a pressurized cabin, and when your body is pressurized, it gets really compressed! That sort of concept really takes sense in a lab, with definite observables (voltage on pH meter, paper color), and once you have a sound grasp of the structure of matter. March 2012. Below are some myths about the health benefits of adding lemon in your water: Myth 1: The fiber in it assists in weight lose. Other acids are present, so are many different bioflavonoids. Maybe it helps that in our language sour and acid are clearly related: What they get correct is the “it’s complicated”. They added: The O.-L.J. So drink your limonoids! Feel free to post comments and start a conversation. January 2014 You’ve given my intro for tomorrow’s gen chem II class. Alkalizing Foods. Food Babe is not stupid. People presumably feel out of control and blind in a world they don’t understand and wish to assert some control over pieces of their lives; I wish, though, that they would find better and more honest exponents and implementations of those wishes. Or that lemons are actually acidic, a fact known to many fifth graders? It seems that the body can identify citric acid and what it does is stimulate the body to counteract this extra acidity by inducing the production of more alkalines IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. (Or would be, if there weren’t so many people who believe her.) or some large corporation (big business!) Does Alkaline Water Taste Good? It prevents cancer by alkalizing the body: Nope! You won't feel significantly more full by drinking lemon water. 6. But that people listen to this nonsense makes me genuinely sad. That would avoid the destruction of experimental gmo fields by new age hairy activist that get away with it (at least in France). It stroke me suddenly, maybe she misquoted something she had heard and wish to say “lime water” instead?? Our blood pH is quite constant, though acidosis and alcalosis do occur. But that isn’t true for the rest of your body — which regulates its blood . Glad to see Orin Hatch’s daughter is still working at Whole Foods. Please consider adding a Share button for Google +, and even Pinterest. . You can keep adding an acid to a buffered solution, and the pH will not change or hardly change at all. “The gods themselves struggle in vain against stupidity”, There are times when I wish serial acts of stupidity constituted a criminal offense…. But soaked in chemicals as I am, I must somehow find the motivation to carry on. Perhaps I am very bad at explaining… Then you should not be surprised to see ads chanting the benefits of “quantum medicine” against “electromagnetic sensitivity”. First off your body’s digestive organs start to shrink, taxing your ability to digest large quantities of food. If you are immune to facts for long enough, it ought to be clear that you are not interested in the truth of what you say you are. Her upcoming NYT best seller: Natural Foods “They” Don’t Want You to Know About, {sarcasm} Raisins, notably, have a PRAL of -21. Pop! Find out. She isn’t referring to lemons being alkaline as is. And the nitrogen can then react with the hydrogen in our body to form ammonia – a base which is ALKALINE. PRAL would list them as acidic, due to the ash residue, however, because of the low, low sugar content and high alkaline mineral content they are actually alkalising to the body once consumed. Sigh. But it only requires a tiny amount to sweeten. How about we get this straight and explain 10 advantages of consistently bringing lemon juice with warm water (note: NOT equivalent to lemonade!) April 2013 Sigh. Hello friends and fellow health enthusiasts. Any correction of my assertions I will appreciate. So let’s not throw out the baby with the (high-pH) bathwater here! However, there are no studies that have proven that lemon water eliminates waste at the cellular level. Nice post you got here. The alkaline from the lemon would start ‘helping’ neutralize the acid buffers over a looong time. August 2013 “The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. Timestamps 0:00 Is lemon juice acid or alkaline? “I eat organic because I want to avoid soil sludge, which is from sewers and gutters.” Seriously, this isn’t very complicated. ), the ingestion of a Sorbitol solution (S.S.), the intragastric infusion of an acidified peptone broth (A.P.B.) Myth 1: Lemon Water Can Help You Heal Faster When Sick. In Germany we teach 5 year olds (not 5th graders) that lemon juice is acidic! The trivial counterpoint to that is, by extension, iodized salt should be useless for delivery of iodine, since the chloride would be preferentially uptaken before the iodide. Flushes Toxins : Drinking water is important to help the body naturally eliminate cellular waste (a process that it does naturally), but claims that lemon water has a special ability to flush “toxins” without defining what they … Is that why we don´t have a German food babe? J. Clin. I offered to help you with scientific facts but Nooooooo! The alkaline diet is also known as the acid-alkaline diet or alkaline ash diet. Err, what exactly does she think organic farmers use as a source of nitrogen on their crops? Once digested and metabolized, lemon juice produces alkaline byproducts, which make the urine more alkaline. So my interpretation is that their “alkaline and acidic foods” are classified according to a mysterious ratio between potassium and sugars. All Vegetables, especially when Green and Raw; All Fruits like Melon, Apple, Berries, Grapes, Lemon. Food can influence our pH levels in the urine. I think my favorite part was this: When your body is in the air, at a seriously high altitude, your body under goes some serious pressure. It’s we who need to reexamine our assumptions and it’s the FB who is blazing new directions in chemistry here. Read this 5 myths about lemon water you need to know :-MYTH 1: IT CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT Some claim that because lemons contain pectin, the same satiating fiber found in apples, its juice will fill you up and in turn, aid weight loss. August 2014 February 2013 June 2012 Let us say that a person drinks alkaline water (9.5 pH) for a whole year but then due to certain reasons, the person goes back to drinking neutral pH water. Basically, in pseudoscience quack land of Mercola, Food Babe etc, everything that is sterotyped “good”, such as kale, biodynamic mung beans, expensive supplement pills, activated almonds and all fresh fruit and vegetables, including citrus fruit, is “alkaline”. Lemon water does not, unlike the myth, improve metabolism. I can't reply to your second post Alan. These antioxidants are most effective when consumed, rather than applied topically to the skin. I agree, we are all 100% dependent on chemicals. September 2014 According to her research, improved bile function is the first step to weight loss. The 120-min-cumulative values confirmed these findings and disclosed that O.-L.J. .oh the hell with it, I can’t keep reading that crap. eventhough they are released as cations, there is no way that they can become hydroxides, at least they only form chlorides salt. The question I always ask clients who have been taken in by this myth is, “Which body compartment do you think you should alkalize?” And usually I don’t bother explaining my grandma what acidity and alcalinity really mean. […] Its elements are not falsifiable claims and factual statements. The secretory effect elicited by the ingestion of 100 ml of orange-lemon juice (O.-L.J.) 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