There are all types of diets out there — some good, some bad But Proponents of this diet suggest that replacing acid-forming foods with alkaline foods can improve health.They even claim that it can help fight serious diseases like cancer. Why We Need Alkaline Food ? A body with a neutral pH is a healthy body! If your pH is lower than 7.35 it becomes acidic. An acidic body is a place where sickness and disease can easily develop.Therefore, he found that cancer cells are anaerobic, (do not breathe oxygen), so they cannot thrive in an alkaline environment, in the presence of high levels of oxygen. On the other hand, all normal body cells need oxygen in order to live. Our pH balance in the body, which is the balance of the acid and alkaline in the fluids and cells, is mostly affected by our diet. Unfortunately, most of the foods that people consume today are full of sugar, preservatives, and genetically modified organisms – which all contribute to acidity in the body. Th...