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• a  relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7
  alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone

• Or they do eat mildly acid citrus fruits because they have convinced themselves that orange juice, for example, produces an alkaline reaction in the stomach.
• In some marriages, he said, an unusually alkaline semen produces a preponderance of boys, a strongly acid vaginal tract a majority of girls.
• Also, soaps are usually alkaline and therefore reduce the acidity on which the skin relies to help kill bacteria.

• alkalic

• acidic

News & Articles

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• Journal of Environmental and Public Health Report on Treatment of Disease with Alkaline Foods and Water is The Focus ...
  The Bawell paper shows that an alkaline diet can reduce morbidity and mortality from many chronic diseases which are rapidly increasing in the American population. Balancing acidic levels in the body with an alkaline diet and alkaline drinking water makes it easy to consume alkaline foods on a daily basis. (PRWeb June 18, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/alkaline-diets ...
  June 18, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Herbert W Armstrong in theTrumpet.com
  Mr. Armstrong wrote this in the December 1967 Plain Truth: "Another reason our bodies are being robbed of the alkaline minerals is the way our women cook. The other day I thought of writing an article under the headline: 'How to Hurry Your...
• Dan Andriano in ChartAttack
  I've been working on a lot of new songs and I'm pretty excited to get out and play them,Andriano told Alternative Press. "And yes, I'll probably be playing a couple Alkaline Trio songs. Maybe someday this will become a band, I do not know....
• Chris Conley in The Free Lance-Star
  We happened to sign with Vagrant at a great time,Conley said. "They were acquiring the Get Up Kids and Alkaline Trio and Dashboard Confessional, and they sort of became a part of this 'emo' culture."