"Hi The concern of acid/alkaline is of less importance, it is the lack of minerals in our food and water, intensive farming has robbed our food of minerals, now most people in US, are deficient in magnesium, iodine, Potassium and other minerals, its hard to have a natural balanced diet, when the healthy veg and fruits we are supposed to eat are deficient in essential nutrients, only seaweeds and sea" . . . . .