• zout@fedia.io
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    7 months ago

    Alkaline water won’t be alkaline for long after it enters the stomach, so it doesn’t really matter

    • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Alkaline water does have a place for LPR sufferers like me because it deactivates the pepsin that has vaporized and deposited itself in my esophagus and throat which when activated by acidic foods will begin to digest my soft tissues. The rest of ways to sell it I agree are completely bunk.

      • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        7 months ago

        This is true for most fad health things. They come from a place of “this is good for one hyper specific medical outcome” and then extrapolate to “this is good for literally all medical outcomes”

        • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Remember the gluten free phase where people with no gluten alergy whatsoever decided they wanted to eat breads stripped of most of their protien(gluten) because they thought it was healthier.

          • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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            7 months ago

            The whole gluten thing is pretty interesting.

            Low carb diets led to commercial production on non-wheat breads in the western world, creating more options for people with celiacs and increasing public awareness of gluten allergies. With more bread options some people noticed they felt better after chowing non-wheat bread.

            Without a lot of health info and bullshit american healthcare, they figured they had gluten allergies or celiacs and adjusted their diet accordingly.

            A widely publicized study on non-celiacs gluten allergies found no gluten allergy, media took it out of context and implied those people were full of shit. This polarized the public against anyone claiming a gluten allergy.

            But! More and more people self-diagnosed gluten allergies, and more study led to discoveries on how fermentation helps digestion (like with sourdough), that parts of grains contain enzymes that aid digestion, found industry-wide problems with undercooked grains, and allergies to different classes of grains.

            So it was healthier for a lot of people, they just didn’t know why.

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Is there a consensus view on whether or not Gwyneth is a genuine numbnut or is just cynically exploiting people who are?