There is no scientific evidence that drinking alkaline water is good for cancer.
Specialist Doctor I Dinh Tran Ngoc Mai (Department of Nutrition - Dietetics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City) said that recently there have been advertisements claiming that alkaline water helps increase resistance, lose weight, stabilize blood pressure, detoxify and prevent cancer. Some small studies in Japan reported the ability to support the improvement of gout, constipation, chronic diarrhea, and gastritis because alkaline water acts similarly to an antioxidant.
"However, there is currently no clear evidence and in-depth research on the effects of this type of water. Long-term drinking of alkaline water disrupts the body's normal pH level, causing unpleasant symptoms such as vomiting, hand tremors, nausea... Therefore, with some benefits that have not been completely proven to be beneficial to health, it is not recommended to use alkaline water daily," Dr. Ngoc Mai shared.
Specialist Doctor II Phan Tat Khanh Duong, Head of the Nutrition and Dietetics Team, Nam Sai Gon International General Hospital, said that alkaline ionized water is water with a pH of about 8.5 - 9.5, and can be drunk directly without having to boil it.
"Alkaline water has a very pleasant, natural, cool taste, bringing a feeling of freshness to the drinker. Bottled alkaline ionized water contains an important ingredient, electrolytes, which are good for the body, but are not medicine, so this type of water cannot help cure or prevent cancer. In addition, some of the harmful effects of drinking too much alkaline ionized water include the risk of disrupting the body's normal pH level, leading to metabolic alkalosis, causing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, muscle spasms, hand tremors, tingling in the face, hands or feet," Dr. Duong noted.
There is no scientific evidence that alkaline water helps prevent cancer.
According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology's cancer website Cancer.net , to date, no research has shown that drinking alkaline water can prevent or treat cancer. The human body is naturally able to balance the acidity and alkalinity of the blood. For example, we exhale carbon dioxide during respiration to regulate the pH of the blood. The kidneys also secrete ions to help stabilize the pH of the blood.
Therefore, many doctors and experts do not support the use of alkaline water to prevent or treat cancer as some advertisements claim.
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