Eashwarran Kohilathas
Eashwarran Kohilathas

@drkohilathas

4 Tweets 9 reads Jul 04, 2023
Be careful not to drink water with baking soda for too long.
Drinking a liter of 12.7 pH alkaline water is roughly equivalent to ingesting one tsp of baking soda.
Long-term daily ingestion of one tsp of baking soda in a diabetic patient resulted in ventricular tachycardia and electrolyte abnormalities such as hypokalemia (low blood potassium) due to metabolic alkalosis.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Additionally, other harmful effects may include decreased nutrient absorption. For example, calcium precipitates at higher pHs, and an acidic pH facilitates the solubilization of minerals and the extraction of vitamins from foods.
Ingestion of one liter of alkaline water at pH 10 can easily neutralize several hundred milliliters of pH-4 stomach acid. This becomes more serious if the body cannot easily respond because the individual lacks stomach acid

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