In recent years, rumors about "acid-base constitution" have been circulated on the Internet and among the people: people divide food into acidic food and alkaline food. Many people think that sour food is acidic food, and eating too much acidic food will lead to acidic constitution, which is the source of various diseases and is often closely related to tumors and endocrine diseases. Not only that, but some people say that the acidity and alkalinity of food determines the birth of boys and girls, which will affect the development of children!

Does a person's constitution really have acid-base points? Is "acid-base constitution" really healthier? Are there acids and bases in the food? Can the pH of food really change people's physique? In order to be healthy, you must keep your body alkaline, right? "Acid-base constitution" is a concept of health preservation introduced from the United States ten years ago. Many alkaline water, alkaline health products and alkaline diet are overwhelming. 2018165438+10.2, Robert oldham young, the founder of the theory of acid-base physique, admitted in court that this was a scam he made up himself! He was fined $654.38+005 million by a court in San Diego, USA, and was imprisoned for illegal medical practice.

However, with the help of product advertisements, the concepts of "acidic constitution is prone to cancer" and "alkaline food is good for health" have already penetrated into many people's hearts. Misguided by the theory of acid-base constitution, many people think that we should eat less meat and grains and more fruits and vegetables. Weakly alkaline bodies are healthier and less prone to illness. However, this is a cunning concept. The pH value of the human body is constant between 7.35 and 7.45, which is weakly alkaline and does not have the problem of acidity. In addition, the pH value of human body will not be affected by any diet.

Neither modern medicine nor traditional Chinese medicine can distinguish acidic substances from alkaline substances. Human constitution can't be simply divided into acidity or alkalinity, because the human body is a very complex and huge system, including various microenvironments and body fluids, extracellular fluids such as intracellular fluid (blood, interstitial fluid, lymph, etc. ), as well as the secretion of various digestive juices, sweat and urine. Different body fluids do have acids and bases. For example, gastric juice is strongly acidic, urine is weakly acidic, and intestinal juice is alkaline, but this is different from acid-base constitution. There is no scientific basis to say that eating acidic or alkaline food will lead to acidic or alkaline physique, and acidic physique will lead to various diseases and even cancer.