The level of pH difference we’re talking about here is negligible. You’re constantly bathing your teeth in your (slightly acidic) spit and swallowing your spit all the time, the very few moments your teeth come into contact with slightly more alkaline water have no lasting influence. Plain tap-water (also slightly alkaline with a pH of ~7.5 in most of the US) would have the very same effect.
Brushing your teeth after a meal and abstaining from sugary drinks is where the difference is at, Everything else is talking about if Mount Everest is higher when you place a grain of sand on top… technically yes, but no.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So, like plain water, then?
lividweasel@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“Influencers discover this surprising health hack: drinking ‘raw’ water”
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 4 days ago
Oh good lord no. Who knows what bacteria they’ll start ingesting because the water is “raw”
hakase@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Reminds me of “beef milk” from Parks and Rec.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 days ago
People have been pushing raw water for decades.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
This will be RFK’s new thing.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Yeah, but with lemon flavour. I think the idea is if you started with plain water, then added lemon, you’d now have lemon flavoured acidic water. If you start with alkaline water, you’d end up with lemon flavoured neutral water.
lime@feddit.nu 4 days ago
since the pH scale is logarithmic^-1^ you’d need to be veeeery particular about the amount of lemon. i think you need 100l water to neutralize 1ml lemon juice
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Lemon op af
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 days ago
Yes, but lemony.
Enkrod@feddit.org 4 days ago
And with juuuuust a tiny bit more sugar so the bacteria in your mouth can create more acid to bathe your teeth in way longer than the water remains in your mouth, nice.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 4 days ago
Practically, it's probably a wash (both ph wise and sugar wise) but still way better for you than soda.
Venat0r@lemmy.world 4 days ago
yeah but if you want lemon flavoured water…