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The foundation of this diet is about eating foods that work in harmony with your body’s balance (acid vs. alkaline) and keeping your blood and urine maintained at a pH of approximately 7.0.

Alkaline ash, on the other hand, they believe is protective and that by “alkalizing” the diet and balancing the body’s pH, it is possible to improve health.

Fireplace ash may seem like a useless by-product of burned wood, ... “Wood ash is very alkaline with a pH level around 10 to 12 and can easily neutralize acidic soil,” Corbett says.

Lemon juice has a pH level between 2 and 3, which makes it acidic. Although lemon juice may have an alkalizing effect on your urine, it has very little influence on the pH of your blood.

Metabolic ‘ash’ can either be neutral, acidic or alkaline depending on the food you eat. Foods that leave an acidic metabolic waste include meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs, grains and alcohol.