Dietary acid reduction by consuming produce or using sodium bicarbonate improves acid-base status and helps protect the kidneys in patients with early-stage CKD. Reducing dietary acid load helps ...

The ingestion of protein-rich diets has been associated with modifications of urinary calcium and acid excretions suspected to reflect a state of slight acidosis inducing an environment favorable for ...

THE task of regulating acid–base balance in the body is shared by the lungs and the kidneys. Each day the lungs remove some 20 moles of carbon dioxide, and the kidneys excrete 40 to 80 mEq of ...

The difference between a 20 year old and a 40 year old physically is that there are more of accumulated acidic wastes at 40 than at 20. When we are born we have the highest alkaline mineral ...

Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in medicine. Their use, however, is often limited by associated renal toxic effects. The most common manifestation of these toxic effects is ...

Your body is constantly performing a delicate balancing act that most of us never think about. While we’re busy worrying about calories and carbs, a microscopic chemistry experiment determines how ...