There is growing awareness that the profound changes in the environment (eg, in diet and
other lifestyle conditions) that began with the introduction of agriculture and animal …

Magnesium is an essential mineral that is needed for a broad variety of physiological
functions. The usual daily magnesium uptake with a western diet is sufficient to avoid …

Muscle strength plays an important role in determining risk for falls, which result in fractures
and other injuries. While bone loss has long been recognized as an inevitable consequence …

Normal adult humans eating Western diets have chronic, low-grade metabolic acidosis, the
severity of which is determined in part by the net rate of endogenous noncarbonic acid …

Baking soda and vinegar have been used as home remedies for generations and today we
are only a mouse-click away from claims that baking soda, lemon juice, and apple cider …

As for the whole human body, the kidney undergoes age-related changes which translate in
an inexorable and progressive decline in renal function. Renal aging is a multifactorial …

Nonvolatile acid is produced from the metabolism of organic sulfur in dietary protein and the
production of organic anions during the combustion of neutral foods. Organic anion salts that …

Calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium homeostasis is altered in chronic kidney disease
(CKD). Hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hypermagnesemia are not seen until …

The average American diet, which is high in protein and low in fruits and vegetables,
generates a large amount of acid, mainly as sulfates and phosphates. The kidneys respond …

Background: Different sources of dietary protein may have different effects on bone
metabolism. Animal foods provide predominantly acid precursors, whereas protein in …