Dietary, metabolic, physiologic, and disease-related aspects of acid-base balance: foreword to the contributions of the second International Acid-Base Symposium.
The role of nutrition in human acid-base homeostasis has gained increasing attention in recent years. Although in healthy humans, homeostatic mechanisms and the kidneys' capacity to excrete acid equivalents can prevent strong diet-induced alterations in blood pH, even moderate increases in blood hydrogen ion levels as a result of unfavorable diet composition can have long-term consequences for the occurrence and progression of a number of diseases. The Second International Acid-Base Symposium, Nutrition-Health-Disease, provided deeper insight and updates in the scientific basis of the relation among diet, acid-base homeostasis, physiology, and pathophysiological consequences.
Vormann
Juergen
J
Institute for Prevention and Nutrition, 85737 Ismaning, Germany. vormann@ipev.de
Remer
Thomas
T
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
D014867:Water