Alkaline water, dietary acid load, and cancer: systematic review

ReviewGovernment health research

Source type: Review
Access type: Full text
Publisher: BMJ Open
Date: 2016
Added: 2026-07-01

Trust profile

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Government health research

Publisher type: Government research
Bias profile: Low

This source is strongest for safety and clinical outcomes and weaker for consumer context and regulatory status.

VV Source Fit Score 1.0

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Regulatory status: 66/100; Context Source
Clinical outcomes: 90/100; Primary Anchor
Mechanism: 90/100; Primary Anchor
Safety: 92/100; Primary Anchor
Consumer context: 88/100; Strong Support
Trial discovery: 89/100; Strong Support

Best used for

Research synthesis
Public-health context
Safety resources

Weak for

Primary endpoint extraction when a study is available

Used in Viral Vitalism

Supporting evidencesignal5 references

Alkaline Water Will Not Fix Your pH

Roles: Supporting evidence

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Supporting evidencestudy1 reference

Alkaline water, dietary acid load, and cancer: systematic review of the literature

Roles: Supporting evidence

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Alkaline diet and cancer review

Claim ledger

Claims supported

Reviewed claim cards that cite this source in the evidence graph.

supported86/100

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.

Strong human evidence3 sources

supported83/100

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.

Strong human evidence2 sources