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Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 12:53pmSanction this postReply
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Orion,

Oops, my mistake - sorry for the long-winded reply! Let me provide another answer, now that I understand both the precision and scope that you were looking for in an answer in the first place:

The foods ... which ones?
The alkaline foods will tend to be fibrous veggies (broccoli, spinach, etc), the berries (blueberry, raspberry, etc) and the melons (canteloupe, watermelon). That's because they have more alkalinizing minerals per Calorie than other foods do. The most acid-producing food is cheese, by the way!

The EvaMore water ... what gives?
It should be good, but like I said above, it still needs to be tested directly (I'll likely test it myself soon - I'll let you know the results).

Ed


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Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 8:55pmSanction this postReply
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Ed,

Thanks... that answered my question.  And I did not know that about cheese.  Good thing I've been allergic to dairy all my life.

And Evamore is a bottled water that's advertised to have a pH of 9. 


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Saturday, May 29, 2004 - 11:57pmSanction this postReply
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Orion,

I ran the pH test on Evamor. Here is a "mock" abstract of my investigation:

Materials & Methods
-3 test repeats to verify internal validity
-checked against tap water, saliva, and (yes) urine to verify external validity
-checked against another brand name (Volvic) to identify possible confounding variables of packaging or methods

Results
At no time did the pH of Evamor ever exceed 8.0. The tap water tested was slightly alkaline (7.2 - 7.4), and not significantly different from Evamor, which displayed high variability (7.0-8.0). This variability cannot be explained away by attacking test validity (6 of the 9 tests performed had low variability). It is also not expected from Nature (a pH difference of 1.0 is not found in natural waters anywhere - it must be explained somehow).

Note: The Volvic water was acidic (6.6-6.8) and bottled in France (for a total of 2 strikes against it!).

Discussion/Conclusion
Regarding the Evamor tests, "patches" of high pH (8.0) were found in droplets on the pH testing strip - suggesting insoluble mineral salts, perhaps - and shaking excess fluid off always resulted in a pH that was neutral (7.0). The mineral salts themselves - while insoluble in water - may indeed be soluble in a human gut (which is more acidic).

My conclusion is that Evamor did not consistently outperform tap water and is therefore suspect. The alkaline "patches" however, prevent a more precise conclusion on the matter.

Ed

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