碱性水真的对你很好吗 Is Alkaline Water Really Better For You

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You may have heard of alkaline waterit's the newest health trend hitting grocery shelves.

These products are essentially just water treated to have a more basic pH between 8 and 10 instead of water's usual neutral 7.

And supposedly, they take your internal chemistry from acidic to alkaline, leaving you more hydrated and healthy.

Drinking alkaline water can even prevent bone loss and cure cancer! . . . if the health gurus are to be believed.

But science doesn't back it up as any kind of miracle drink.

The claim is based on an old idea often called the acid-ash hypothesis: that a more acidic body leads to health problems like cancer and osteoporosis.

And if an acidic body creates bad health, then making things a little more alkaline could prevent all sorts of diseases.

So for decades, folks have been coming up with special dietsand, now, beverages like alkaline waterthat are supposed to raise your bodily pH and thereby cure cancer! … somehow.

But, there isn't one "bodily pH".

Human blood has a pH around 7. 4, for example, while muscles are a bit more acidic at a pH of about 6. 1.

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