I am totally in love with your blog! My bias, I think folks should eat meat and plant food, Ithink the acid alkaline and diet theory is missing too many links in actual physiology or real world measurements.
You cite Sebasttian and Frasetto (et al, a team that has published a number of articles on acid-alkaline dietary influences.) In 2002 they published a computer-modeled conclusion that our ancestral diet had a net alkaline load.
Sebastian A, Frassetto LA, Sellmeyer DE, Merriam RL, Morris RC Jr. Estimation of the net acid load of the diet of ancestral preagricultural Homo sapiens and their hominid ancestors. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Dec;76(6):1308-16. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1308. PMID: 12450898.
In 2010, Sebastian with two different authors, published a study based on actual diet estimations in 229 hunter-gatherer populations, which contradict the above theoretical estimates, and state that the majority of these diets had a net acid load.
Ströhle A, Hahn A, Sebastian A. Estimation of the diet-dependent net acid load in 229 worldwide historically studied hunter-gatherer societies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Feb;91(2):406-12. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28637. Epub 2009 Dec 30. PMID: 20042527.
Thank you for saying so! We just got back from our (extended, if I'm being honest 😂) holiday tech break and are so excited to read your comments. Paul, I'm somewhat familiar with your work...some of your students have been my teachers and herbalists for years.
That second Sebastion study is super interesting! I'm going to check it out (along with some of the other citations you've listed) this weekend. Please keep letting us know what you think and what you know—we're here to have a conversation, and your contributions are really valuable. Maybe you want to come on the pod sometime? V
I am totally in love with your blog! My bias, I think folks should eat meat and plant food, Ithink the acid alkaline and diet theory is missing too many links in actual physiology or real world measurements.
You cite Sebasttian and Frasetto (et al, a team that has published a number of articles on acid-alkaline dietary influences.) In 2002 they published a computer-modeled conclusion that our ancestral diet had a net alkaline load.
Sebastian A, Frassetto LA, Sellmeyer DE, Merriam RL, Morris RC Jr. Estimation of the net acid load of the diet of ancestral preagricultural Homo sapiens and their hominid ancestors. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Dec;76(6):1308-16. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/76.6.1308. PMID: 12450898.
In 2010, Sebastian with two different authors, published a study based on actual diet estimations in 229 hunter-gatherer populations, which contradict the above theoretical estimates, and state that the majority of these diets had a net acid load.
Ströhle A, Hahn A, Sebastian A. Estimation of the diet-dependent net acid load in 229 worldwide historically studied hunter-gatherer societies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Feb;91(2):406-12. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28637. Epub 2009 Dec 30. PMID: 20042527.
Thank you for saying so! We just got back from our (extended, if I'm being honest 😂) holiday tech break and are so excited to read your comments. Paul, I'm somewhat familiar with your work...some of your students have been my teachers and herbalists for years.
That second Sebastion study is super interesting! I'm going to check it out (along with some of the other citations you've listed) this weekend. Please keep letting us know what you think and what you know—we're here to have a conversation, and your contributions are really valuable. Maybe you want to come on the pod sometime? V