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Originally Posted by beautyscientist  I think you'll find that adding lemon juice to water makes it more acidic not more alkaline. I don't think that bottled waters are pH adjusted to prevent bacterial growth. I routinely test products for bacterial growth and if adjusting the pH to 5 was enough to preserve them I would be both happier and richer.
I think it is great that you are taking the trouble to live consciously and I am sure you will do better for yourself that way than just drifting through life. But I think you need to look again at the science behind what you are working on. |
Maybe this will help explain what I meant by adding lemon to water.
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Note that a food's acid or alkaline-forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end-products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so lemons are alkaline-forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion but it leaves acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is classified as acid-forming.
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As for bacterial growth, the research I've seen shows that bacteria won't grow or last in water around or below 5.0 pH, and definitely not below pH 4.6. From what I understand, bacteria prefer an environment around neutral the best (ph 7.0). Am I wrong? Perhaps you could enlighten me.
Do you think that it's healthier for me to be drinking acidic bottled water at ph 5.5 or pH Balanced water at 7.0 with some lemon squeezed in it which, from my research, is supposed to be alkaline forming for the body. I'm not a chemist, perhaps you could enlighten me.