It is more complicated than just eating certain "alkaline" foods. pH stands for potential hydrogen. It's all about potential and charges. Our body can only heal if there is enough “potential”. The potential we are looking for is the cross-membrane potential. On a scale of pH 0-14, an acidic pH (potential hydrogen) of 0 equals +400 mV, a neutral pH of 7 equals 0 mV, and an alkaline pH of 14 equals -400 mV. A typical cell repair pH of 7.88 would equal -50 mV, and a normal everyday cell pH of 7.44 would equal -25 mV. It comes down to this: a - readout indicates an electron donor and a +measurement an electron stealer. Our cells are designed to run under electron donor conditions. Cancer happens when the energy household of the cell breaks down and the distance between the negatively charged cell membranes collapses into a dense knot—a tumor. Some interesting facts about energy flow in water and charging your body can be found in The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald Pollack