Is Alkaline Water Good for You? | A Kidney Doctor Explains

Is Alkaline Water Good for You? | The Cooking Doc®

Alkaline water is everywhere. It has been touted to cure cancer, save your kidneys, cure acid reflux, and stop osteoporosis.

The question is, are those benefits actually true or will you waste your money if you choose to drink it.

Working as a kidney doctor, I found that my patients were often unaware of just how important diet and lifestyle were and how often they felt unsupported by generic advice to “eat healthy”.

The home cook in me hated hearing this, so I set out to find a better way. I began to combine my medical training and love of food, making videos of simple recipes that were based on science and packed with flavor. Instead of just saying “eat healthy” to my patients, I could give them the resources they needed to make a real difference in their health.

Kidney doctor, passionate home cook, and YouTube sensation Dr Blake Shusterman empowers people to proactively manage their health by stepping into the kitchen. The author of several cookbooks with over 100,000 YouTube subscribers, The Cooking Doc® believes anyone, at any age can transform their health with small changes that make a big difference. Based on science and packed with flavor, Dr. Blake’s simple recipes have inspired home cooks everywhere to change their diet, retrain their taste buds, and transform their health.

00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - Dr. Blake Shusterman The Cooking Doc
00:34 - Will Alkaline Water Change Your Blood pH
03:43 - Does Alkaline Water Help Acid Reflux?
04:50 - Does Alkaline Water Prevent Cancer?
05:20 - Does Alkaline Water Prevent Osteoporosis?
05:37 - Is Alkaline Water the Same as the Alkaline Diet?
07:17 - Alkaline Water Conclusions

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[larinoriani]

I've had acid reflux for the last couple years, I started drinking alkaline water and it literally went away the day I started. Game changer for me.

[edasadi]

This is wrong information
I have been suffering with acid reflux for years, as soon as I started drinking alkaline water I started feeling much better with much less acid reflux.

[AL-runk]

So what water do you suggest we drink then. Tap water with all the chemicals in it? So many conflicting information, I am so confused. So if water doesnt get into blood or cells then how does it do us any good? How does it hydrate us? Please explain

[ThePiedra]

Doc, why do I feel better after drinking it and suffering from Acid Reflux desease for years!

[ilaakdevi]

I hear testimonial after testimonial of people drinking alkaline water and getting rid of all sorts of issues. But of course, you're the MD. All hail to the MD. Whatever we experience will just be written off as placebo or anecdotal. Thank God for the internet

[CJPBaller]

Anything that you eat is a part of your diet. This includes any water or food. So when you say to eat more alkaline foods but not alkaline water it contradicts.

[brandonandshellyjensen]

You say drink regular water? So keep drinking fluoride, chlorine, and all the other crap in tap water?

[christopherfernandes]

Hello. I watch many of your videos. They are very helpful and informative. Regarding Alkaline water, I want to inform you, I have a water ionizer & have half liter of ionizer Alkaline water daily first thing in the morning. I used to suffer from psoriasis very badly & I am almost rid of it. I also feel energetic. Using it for last 3 years. For me only the machine was expensive, but the ionized Alkaline water is free as I used normal tap Water.

[phobowl]

I’m also a physician. Thank you for a well presented science based talk. Unfortunately our science based viewpoints are being drowned out by misinformation

[DallasPhool]

I recommend alkaline water if you have pain in your teeth or facial nerve pain. Also avoid any caffeine.

[andrewmowry]

I switch from great value water to Fiji and my acid reflux happens about 90% less. Absolutely works

[STOPPOLICECORRUPTION]

Thanks for the video this will probably save me a few hundred dollars. Basic gallon is $1.25 vs 3.99 for Alkaline.

[kevinhouston]

I have listened to your videos and they are very good. But I have to inform you that I have the Kangen water machine. I have had my machine for over 20 years. And I like to inform you that from the time that I had my machine 20 years ago. Not a family or friend have died of cancer!!!. The reason is that when I heard about them being sick with cancer.I help help them alkaline their body. You have to understand cancer is as an overload in the body!. We as human beings have to deal with acid. For instance some people have acid reflux so bad that they have to go to the hospital. That's a form of acid in the body!!!!. Every now and then people have to grab a 7-Up soda to do the acid from the body!!!. Mostly everything that we eat have acid in it!!.. especially meat!!. I just help a friend of mine's husband was dying of cancer. He's been drinking this water for about a month and guess what.. he's doing fine today. So the machine definitely helps. I can tell you many more stories!!! They were never advertise Kangen Water alkaline water machine on television!. If it was advertised on television everyone will possibly have one!. But then hospitals wouldn't make any money. Because everyone will be healthy. And that's not what they want.

[e.fraser]

Alkaline water denatures pepsin in the throat tissues in cases of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) or respiratory reflux. This is a disorder not many doctors are educated on and most know nothing about. In cases of LPR, pepsin rises from the stomach in an aerosol and implants in the throat tissues causing a multitude of problems when anything acidic passes through the throat. In the presence of acid in food the pepsin begins digesting the throat tissues and causes an unpleasant burning itch. Alkaline water denatures the pepsin and brings relief. I agree that alkaline water does not impact the pH of the body as the stomach acids turn everything in the stomach acidic. However, for people suffering from respiratory reflux alkaline water is a godsend for relief of the painful itching.

[joelem]

I drink alkaline water 3 times a week about 1 liter or so and I haven’t taken an OTC heartburn pill or treatment in years and I feel way better my heartburn used to be so bad I’d throw up stomach bile burped like crazy felt like I was breathing fire. Told my buddy about it to same thing happened to him he doesn’t take any OTC treatments any more either. Don’t care if every other claim is bogus with alkaline water but if you got bad heartburn it works great.

[musabkara]

I asked AI :does alcali water becoming the same pH when it comes in contact with your stomach acid? and it answer this way. It makes sense because stomac can't produce acid out of nowhere: According to a blog post by TyentUSA Water Ionizer, the pH of the stomach is about 4, and it likes to stay there. When you drink alkaline water, the stomach secretes hydrochloric acid (HCl) to make it acidic again. The more alkaline water you drink, the more acid your stomach produces. However, through a series of chemical reactions, the byproducts of making hydrochloric acid are sodium bicarbonate (better known as baking soda) and potassium bicarbonate. These are alkaline buffers that neutralize excess acids in your blood. As they neutralize the solid acidic waste, your lungs expel the extra carbon dioxide. When reading what happens to alkaline water in the stomach, you may think that it never reaches the rest of your body. However, you have to look at the big picture. When you drink alkaline water, the result is that your whole body becoming more alkaline. When the body creates hydrochloric acid to digest our food, it also creates alkaline buffers which help raise the pH of our blood. So the more alkaline water we drink, the more acid is produced and the result of this process is a higher pH of our blood

[LittleSuzi]

Hello, 👋 I’m a newbie just subscribed! Nice to see some solid advice but of coarse always talk to your own Doctor too.

[huyuctv]

Hello cook doc... What you cook for lunch today?

[RoniForReal]

As we age, our bodies make less digestive enzymes. So it was extremely beneficial for me to start supplementing with them. I take a multi-pronged digestive enzyme supplement that contains Amylase for carbohydrates, Protease for proteins, Lipase for fats, Lactase for lactose in dairy, Cellulase for plant fibers, Papain from papayas, and Bromelain from pineapples. They are inexpensive, easy to get on Amazon or a vitamin store. They significantly improve all my acid reflux and digestion issues, incuding bloat and gas. Game changer for sure!

[johnnypetty]

I get it from a source at a health club. It tastes great.