- Source type
- Clinical resource
- Access type
- Publisher
- Publisher
- American Institute for Cancer Research
- Added
- 2026-07-01
Trust profile
VV Source Trust Matrix v1.0
VV Source Trust Matrix v1.0 asks whether this source is trustworthy for the claim lane being used, not whether every possible claim from it is equally strong.
82
Professional clinical guidance
- Publisher type
- Professional guidance
- Bias profile
- Moderate
This source is strongest for safety and consumer context and weaker for mechanism and trial discovery.
VV Source Fit Score 1.0
Fit by use case
Fit scores are role-specific. A source can be excellent for one claim lane and weak for another.
- Regulatory status
- 63/100
- Context Source
- Clinical outcomes
- 78/100
- Strong Support
- Mechanism
- 63/100
- Context Source
- Safety
- 86/100
- Strong Support
- Consumer context
- 82/100
- Strong Support
- Trial discovery
- 63/100
- Context Source
Best used for
- Clinical context
- Practice guidance
Weak for
- Replacing primary evidence
Used in Viral Vitalism
Alkaline Water Will Not Fix Your pH
Roles: Supporting evidence
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Alkaline water, dietary acid load, and cancer: systematic review of the literature
Roles: Supporting evidence
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Claim ledger
Claims supported
Reviewed claim cards that cite this source in the evidence graph.
alkaline diet: Evidence does not support alkaline diets or alkaline water
Evidence does not support alkaline diets or alkaline water as cancer prevention or cancer treatment, despite real research interest in tumor acidity and metabolism.
alkaline diet: The claim that cancer cannot live in an alkaline
The claim that cancer cannot live in an alkaline body is an overextension of tumor-microenvironment biology and is not achieved by drinking alkaline water or eating alkaline foods.
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Alkaline diet: What cancer patients should know
Cancer-center context for alkaline diet cancer overclaims and body-pH misconceptions.
- Trust score
- 82
- Publisher
- MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Access
- Publisher
- Usage
- 5 connections
Alkaline water, dietary acid load, and cancer: systematic review
Core systematic review for cancer prevention/treatment overclaims.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- BMJ Open
- Access
- Full text
- Usage
- 6 connections
Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
Use for U.S. Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Daily Value context when discussing fiber, saturated fat, sodium, calcium, potassium, iodine, magnesium, and vitamins.
- Trust score
- 94
- Publisher
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 4 connections
CDC: About Parasites
Canonical source for this polarized debate signal.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 6 connections
CDC: Steps for Losing Weight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used across the Viral Vitalism evidence library.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 7 connections
CIRM: clinical and preclinical development awards
Canonicalized from June 30, 2026 rapid-brief batch.
- Trust score
- 91
- Publisher
- CIRM
- Access
- Official
- Usage
- 1 connection