MedHead Message:
There is at least moderate evidence that eating a low acid, high alkaline diet decreases your odds of dying in at least a few studies. The bottom line: Eat more vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and spinach. Eat less steak, chicken, ice cream, white hamburger buns, and french fries, and voila! you get to eek out a few more years on good ole earth. With those extra years, save the money you’d spend on your funeral and take your family to Hawaii, courtesy of MedHead.
References:
1. Xu, H. et al. Modest U-Shaped Association between Dietary Acid Load and Risk of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Adults. The Journal of Nutrition 2016; 146: 1580–5. 2. Michaëlsson, K. et al. Long term calcium intake and rates of all cause and cardiovascular mortality: community based prospective longitudinal cohort study. BMJ 2013;346:f228. 3. Shamima Akter, Akiko Nanri, Tetsuya Mizoue, Mitsuhiko Noda, Norie Sawada, Shizuka Sasazuki, Shoichiro Tsugane, the Japan Public Health Center–based Prospective Study Group, Dietary acid load and mortality among Japanese men and women: the Japan Public Health Center–based Prospective Study, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 106, Issue 1, July 2017, Pages 146–154, https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.117.152876 4. 3. https://www.lhlic.com/consumer-resources/average-funeral-cost. Accessed 7/25/2019.
