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Honey is acidic. The pH of honey falls between 3.7 and 4.2. For reference, any pH less than 7 is acidic and any pH greater than 7 is basic (alkaline). Since pH is a log scale, a pH of 4 has a 1000 times more hydronium than something with a neutral pH (pH 7), so honey has considerable acidity. This is one of the few cases where the pseudoscience of alkaline foods and food science are are in alignment. Both agree that honey is acidic. However, since 99% of all foods a acidic, the pseudoscience of alkaline foods gets it wrong more than half of the time. See the data at the link that follows to see the actual acidity and basicity of foods from the FDA (Approximate pH of Foods and Food Products). Still, an even more important factor is that there are no health benefits associated with alkaline foods. The whole idea is pure pseudoscience. Your body has a number of mechanisms to tightly control its pH and the foods you eat don’t effect the pH of your body. There is absolutely no evidence to support the belief that it is otherwise.
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