While increasing fruit and vegetable intake is healthy in general, food alone doesnt drastically change blood pH balance.
How Does Acid or Base Affect Your Health?
During the digestive process, foods break down and produce acids or bases, also called alkalis.
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Nutrition experts may recommend acid-reducing diets to help people manage life-threatening symptoms of chronic kidney disease.
These low-acid diets emphasize fresh fruits and vegetables while limiting meat, cheese, egg yolks, and grains.
Our bodies are really, really good at regulating and balancing themselves.
Eating more base-producing fruits and vegetables can support health in general.
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