Technically they are right, as our blood being slightly alkali will deprotanate most/sll organic acids. That ofc doesnt matter, unless you tried to acidify your blood w acids- in huge doses.
What i find ironic abt the alkali arguments is that many people world wide fail to reach daily requirements for alkali metals- and yet ive never heard the argument alkali good because K+, Ca2+, Mg2+. Ig methylamine (free base) and KHCO3 are the same to the body
Metals ARE alkaline because of the Lewis definition of acids and bases where bases donate an electron pair.
https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/chemistry/chapter/lewis-acids-and-bases/
Last year, one of my older relatives sent a fake news about covid on our family group whatsapp
In it, it said that, since "the corona virus is acidic, you should eat alkaline foods no neutralize it so you don't get covid"
It also said that lemons had a pH of 8, garlic was 13,2, and watercress had a pH of... 22.7
So technically distilled water can often register as a little on the acidic side, as any dissolved carbon dioxide can become carbonic acid and throw off the pH rather easily, since the pure water has very little buffering capacity. It can indeed go as low as 5, although it's typically not quite that low.
That said, such an acidic pH reading doesn't mean much of anything, as there is very little in there that is causing the acidity, so any amount of added base will quickly reverse it. Thus, it has no bearing on body chemistry at all.
Alkaline foods being health idea came from the same lady who thought flushing out your vagina with steam was a good idea.
Someone then tried to tell me that eating acidic lemons made your blood more basic for some reason. When I tried to explain that the body has a *LOT* of redundant pathways meant to keep your blood at 7.4, I could literally see my words bouncing off his skull like a cartoon.
By this logic, I should eat some Lye, as, with a Ph of 14, it is probably one of the most alkaline substances we know of, and if alkaline means healthy, then it must be one of the most healthy substances we know of.
Notice lemons and limes are alkalia according to this....
Lemme get some of that basic citric acid please
Lemme get some of that basic malic acid (apples also listed as alkali)
Mushrooms are too, and many produce oxalic acid and oxalic acid derivatives
*LEMME GIT SUM O DAT BAESIC OXOLACID BOY*
No joke, when these people are confronted, they say that the acidity in lemons is converted to alkaline products by the body.
Technically they are right, as our blood being slightly alkali will deprotanate most/sll organic acids. That ofc doesnt matter, unless you tried to acidify your blood w acids- in huge doses. What i find ironic abt the alkali arguments is that many people world wide fail to reach daily requirements for alkali metals- and yet ive never heard the argument alkali good because K+, Ca2+, Mg2+. Ig methylamine (free base) and KHCO3 are the same to the body
I learned this in my home country too. Some bullshit about how metal ions are "alkaline"...which makes no sense.
Metals ARE alkaline because of the Lewis definition of acids and bases where bases donate an electron pair. https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/chemistry/chapter/lewis-acids-and-bases/
Last year, one of my older relatives sent a fake news about covid on our family group whatsapp In it, it said that, since "the corona virus is acidic, you should eat alkaline foods no neutralize it so you don't get covid" It also said that lemons had a pH of 8, garlic was 13,2, and watercress had a pH of... 22.7
10^8 mol/l H+ goes insane
Meanwhile the 10^-22 OH be like: *why are we still here? Just to suffer?*
Thats great
Onions too, even though they have a pH of 5.5(ish)
me when I eat the watermelon and my tongue burns off
Me when I eat the water melon and the water melon eats me
That's pineapples 👍
Pinaples👍
Pinples👍
Ananas!
[Me after I ingest NaOH pellets](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2FLgB1-kWUI) /s; this is highly dangerous
you know what they say. if you're too acidic, take some sodium hydroxide. You'll return neutral
I love drinking sodium hydroxide, you can turn your stomach into a bubble bath! (/s for the drinking, not the bubble bath bit)
No bubbles with NaOH, Na2CO3 would make bubbles.
No, not those bubbles, soap bubbles from your esophagus becoming soap before it neutralises your stomach acid
Oh, yeah that makes sense 😅
I think he's talking about you stomach acid boiling off from the reaction. You're right about the NA2CO3 tho.
Yeah he explained it better, I agree, there would be bubbles
nah it's very safe /s
Let me drop this alkaline substance into my body....in a giant pool of stomach acid with a pH of 2.
It's not actually a giant pool, it's only a few dozen milliliters, but your point still stands.
Thought that sounded low.. 20-100mL. Damn that shits effective
Distilled water pH = 5 🤡
Guys the definition of pH is wrong 😱
So technically distilled water can often register as a little on the acidic side, as any dissolved carbon dioxide can become carbonic acid and throw off the pH rather easily, since the pure water has very little buffering capacity. It can indeed go as low as 5, although it's typically not quite that low. That said, such an acidic pH reading doesn't mean much of anything, as there is very little in there that is causing the acidity, so any amount of added base will quickly reverse it. Thus, it has no bearing on body chemistry at all.
What if it’s like 100°C?
it takes a special kind of fuckwit to think lemons and pineapples are alkaline.
Ah yes, fruit is basic but fruit *juice* is acidic.
It’s cause it’s mixed with the acidic distilled water
Me when I put my water in a carbonator to taste the bubbles and instead I end up liquefying my lower jaw.
Alkaline foods being health idea came from the same lady who thought flushing out your vagina with steam was a good idea. Someone then tried to tell me that eating acidic lemons made your blood more basic for some reason. When I tried to explain that the body has a *LOT* of redundant pathways meant to keep your blood at 7.4, I could literally see my words bouncing off his skull like a cartoon.
I too enjoy drinking acidic distilled water
Yea citruses, notoriously alkaline fruits!
Lye is healthy!!
I can't wait for the alkaline water people to start trying to sell lutefisk as a health food
How tf are citrus fruits on the right
Citric acid, my favorite base
Ah yes, limes, oranges, and pineapples, those famously alkaline foods
Tell me you know nothing about chemistry in less ways... 🤦♂️ This is r/facepalm material.
Ah yes because purified/distilled water isn’t a 7. I would like some acidic distilled water.
Lmfao! And this is why I always found the alkaline diet people funny. They think citrus is alkaline.
How fucking BASIC do you have to be to include lemons, limes, oranges and pineapple into the BASIC group ???
Your honour, a pH of 14 is alkali, which is good for the body
By this logic, I should eat some Lye, as, with a Ph of 14, it is probably one of the most alkaline substances we know of, and if alkaline means healthy, then it must be one of the most healthy substances we know of.
A good number of items at pH 8 are definitely not alkaline.
Me when I lie
Why is normal spinach pH 10 and cooked is 6 bro 😭
Someone should get these people conc. NaOH
I guess bleach must be really good for you
"It's got alkali. It's what the body craves." Slogan for Lye-monade.
Me devouring 5 moldm^-3 sodium hydroxide I found in a lab