American Science is coming around to alkaline benefits
Tufts researchers, in collaboration with scientists from Northeastern University in Boston, recruited 171 men and women aged 50 or older and randomly assigned them to receive supplements of potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium chloride or placebo for three months.
Dawson-Hughes and her co-workers report that only bicarbonate-receiving volunteers had significant reductions in calcium excretion, which indicated a reduction in bone resorption.
“When fruits and vegetables are metabolized they add bicarbonate, an alkaline compound, to the body,” said Dr. Dawson Hughes. “Our study found that bicarbonate had a favorable effect on bone resorption and calcium excretion. This suggests that increasing the alkali content of the diet may attenuate bone loss in healthy older adults.”
Major changes
“Achieving alkali-producing diets would require drastic changes in food choices and be challenging in older people who tend to have long-established dietary patterns,” wrote the researchers.
“Should it be shown to be beneficial, an alternative approach may be to administer bicarbonate in supplement form or to lower the acid-producing capacity of selected foods through alkali fortification,” they added.
Source: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
January 2009, doi:10.1210/jc.2008-1662
“Treatment with Potassium Bicarbonate Lowers Calcium Excretion and Bone Resorption in Older Men and Women”
Authors: B. Dawson-Hughes, S.S. Harris, N.J. Palermo, C. Castaneda-Sceppa, H.M. Rasmussen, G.E. Dallal
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Okay, so they are trying to reduce the acid forming substances with bicarbonate. You and I both know ionized alkaline water will do exactly what it’s been doing for decades to remove the acidic waste from the cells and body excreted in the stool. You don’t have to add more supplements, just change to drinking ionized alkaline water. I know you get it, why doesn’t the medical establishment?
Perhaps there isn’t much profit in water or grants for research!
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