Can alkaline water neutralize stomach acid? And if not, why can it neutralize acidic cola?
Good day,
During my research about ionized water, I stumbled upon a point that I couldn't explain.
In a video, Mr. Asenbaum says that the buffering of ionized water is not as strong as stomach acid and can therefore also be drunk with food. The acid in the stomach is only slightly changed (see video).
On the other hand, the great buffering of ionized water is shown here, that the water is so well buffered that it can neutralize the extremely acidic cola. Conversely, this would mean that it would neutralize the acid in the stomach. The two statements sound contradictory. Can you please give me information about where there may be an error in thought...
Thank you ever
Werner H
Video: Alkaline water as a stomach acid killer?
Answer from Karl Heinz Asenbaum | Alkaline water is weakly buffered
Hello Mr. H.,
You really can't say that ionized water is "greatly buffered" when it takes 16 glasses to neutralize 1 glass of cola! What I show in the experiment is just that the ionized water is buffered twice as much as tap water. With tap water you need 32 glasses.
Incidentally, even a cola is only very weakly buffered compared to gastric juice.
With kind regards,
Karl Heinz Asenbaum
