If your friend has normal kidneys, a change in diet away from meat and with more plants will make the urine pH less acidic. That said, there are a host of unusual causes of urine pH changes.

Alkaline foods have gained attention for their potential health benefits, but separating scientific facts from myths is ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a friend who’s 28 with “really low” urine pH (I don’t know how low). Apparently, it is due to constant dehydration and drinking coffee all day long, to the point ...

Normal urine acidic-to-alkaline levels range from 4.5 to 8 pH. “Urine that is under 5 pH is considered acidic, with urine measuring at 8 pH or higher is alkaline (basic).

So, urine that is more acidic than normal may mean the body is ridding itself of excess dietary acid and thus making blood pH more alkaline. Ammonia is another way the kidney can regulate pH balance.

Urine pH ranges from 4.5 to 8 but is normally slightly acidic (i.e., 5.5 to 6.5). Dipsticks use double indicators (methyl red and bromothymol blue) to give a broad range of colors at different pH ...

After all, the common wisdom holds, urine is sterile. Wrong again, Internet. Urine is not sterile, even before it comes out of you and gets contaminated by your skin.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a mineral water rich in magnesium (337 mg/l), calcium (232 mg/l) and bicarbonate (3388 mg/l) on urine composition and the risk of calcium oxalate ...