What Is an Alkaline Diet and What Should Cancer Patients Know About It?

One diet that’s been receiving a lot of media attention lately is an alkaline diet, which encourages the consumption of foods such as fruits and vegetables, including beans. Before we can answer questions about alkaline diets and cancer, first we should have an understanding of what alkaline means exactly.

We can say in general alkaline is the opposite of acidic. How acidic or alkaline a substance is measured by its “pH” level. pH stands for the “power of hydrogen.” The pH level measures how acidic or alkaline a substance is.

The scale refers to the concentration of hydrogen ions (the nucleus of …read more