Water kefir and body PH

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I've searched the archives but can't come up with a definitive answer to my

question. Though I'm not fanatical about such things I do like to consciously

eat foods with an eye to the ph balance of my body. And I would like to know if

water kefir is thought to be acidifying or alkalizing. I'm aware that the

finished kefir is acidic but I wonder if, like very acidic lemon, once the

digestive tract burns it to ash the ash, like the ash of lemon, is alkaline.

Thanks so much,

Neil

San Francisco

[Guest guest]

I think as a rule of measurement in the acid/alkaline aspect, anything sour

turns to alkaline ash, and anything sweet or carb heavy turns to acid.

Going by that principle ( I am not a scientist, but this just seems practical

reasoning to me), I would think that kefir would be slightly alkaline, since the

list I follow says that milk and other dairy products are generally neutral in

establishing Ph balance. though it did not include a list of fermented foods.

I don't know if fermenting changes other important factors in such foods that

would change the ph level; I just know that my body responds as if kefir is like

any other sour food on the list.

Not certain if this helps any at all, it is just my experience..*S* -- Kim In

Texas

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> Hello,

> I've searched the archives but can't come up with a definitive answer to my

question. Though I'm not fanatical about such things I do like to consciously

eat foods with an eye to the ph balance of my body. And I would like to know if

water kefir is thought to be acidifying or alkalizing. I'm aware that the

finished kefir is acidic but I wonder if, like very acidic lemon, once the

digestive tract burns it to ash the ash, like the ash of lemon, is alkaline.

> Thanks so much,

> Neil

> San Francisco

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