Crystal Light?? Caffeine-free Diet Coke??

[zanacal]

Excuse the silly question - but what's perrier? Is it carbonated/fizzy mineral water?

K x

[zanacal]

Thank you - so we want to drink things which are acidic (low pH)? I thought we ate alkaline because that makes our body acidic, so opposite to this? I think I've got something confused somewhere - quite likely!

K x

[zanacal]

Woah, I don't like the sound of that at all! I'm not planning on drinking cranberry juice or taking cranberry supplements etc. which I'm quite pleased about reading that! I don't think I'll be drinking crystal light either, I just don't think it can be as magic as it's claimed to be.

K x

[purplepoet20]

What should have been explained is some "foods" that are acidic can turn alkaline in the digestive tract... lemon, lime, red meat, and a lot acidic type fruits. Our bodies don't know what to do with chemical stuff like aspartame so it stays acidic in the body. Cranberry is normal used for women prone to bladder infections because it changes the acidic levels in the body and bladder and it kills the bacteria.

Once I get pregnant I am going back to my normal diet... diet anything, crystal light, and most of the dairy are going away right away. I like to balance my foods with water and I am having a hard time with all this dairy.

[zanacal]

Have you read Atomic's blog from when she was eating a low fat/cal/protein/salt diet? Her pH went down simply from doing that ... Milk and yogurt are quite high in all those things, even skimmed versions.

I feel like you might be my doppelganger from another country - first I saw that your boys are the same age as mine and then I happened to see that you and your DH are the same age as me and mine. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm stalking you as I've pretty much read every post on here now!!

K x

[atomic sagebrush]

Thank you - so we want to drink things which are acidic (low pH)? I thought we ate alkaline because that makes our body acidic, so opposite to this? I think I've got something confused somewhere - quite likely!

K x

Some foods make you acidic, some foods make you alkaline. You can't tell by the nature of the food itself what effect it will have inside your body but there are many websites that list them.

[atomic sagebrush]

What should have been explained is some "foods" that are acidic can turn alkaline in the digestive tract... lemon, lime, red meat, and a lot acidic type fruits. Our bodies don't know what to do with chemical stuff like aspartame so it stays acidic in the body. Cranberry is normal used for women prone to bladder infections because it changes the acidic levels in the body and bladder and it kills the bacteria.

Once I get pregnant I am going back to my normal diet... diet anything, crystal light, and most of the dairy are going away right away. I like to balance my foods with water and I am having a hard time with all this dairy.

Thanks for this great answer PP! The only thing I need to point out is that the idea that cranberry cures UTI through acidity has been debunked. In fact, it alters the lining of the your bladder and makes it less "sticky" to bacteria and so you are less likely to get UTIs.

[atomic sagebrush]

Have you read Atomic's blog from when she was eating a low fat/cal/protein/salt diet? Her pH went down simply from doing that ... Milk and yogurt are quite high in all those things, even skimmed versions.

I feel like you might be my doppelganger from another country - first I saw that your boys are the same age as mine and then I happened to see that you and your DH are the same age as me and mine. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm stalking you as I've pretty much read every post on here now!!

K x

My pH actually went down JUST from losing weight, before I did anything else. (note - it didn't help me conceive a boy!)

[zanacal]

Sorry I didn't thank you for your explanation before PP - we posted at exactly the same time!

K x

[purplepoet20]

Thanks for this great answer PP! The only thing I need to point out is that the idea that cranberry cures UTI through acidity has been debunked. In fact, it alters the lining of the your bladder and makes it less "sticky" to bacteria and so you are less likely to get UTIs.

I know that people with higher urine ph are more likely to get bladder infections... My mom used to get them like every month and her ph was above 8 and once 9. Testing done by a Dr.