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Originally Posted by sk8joyful  And what were your Blood/Saliva test results? |
Your blood already has mechanisms in it to maintain a stead pH of about 7.35-7.45. It's hard to force it out of homeostasis. Respiration, kidney function, and buffers in the blood keep it within normal limits.
There will be fluctuations in blood pH due to respiration. In other words, very poor respiration or hyperventilating WILL change your blood pH. Therefore, if we can change blood pH just by breathing differently, relying on blood pH to check your diet doesn't make sense.
How pH may change
Saliva pH varies with anticipation of food and with acid-producing bacteria growing in the mouth. Saliva pH is not a very good measure of checking the quality of your diet.
While I don't dispute some foods tend to produce more acids when metabolized, I can't find any conclusive proof we can change our overall body pH by doing something like cutting back on grain. If someone can give me the science behind this Alkalzying Diet theory, I'd be interested to see it, but I've been unable to find any solid evidence myself.