That author of chemistry books, something like Joe Schwarz, was torpedoing the “alkaline diet”, where he pointed-out that nearly every chemistry in one’s body is buffered, to keep the pH the same … except urine.
He identified that acidic urine produces 1 set of kinds-of-stones, & alkaline urine produces a different set of kinds-of-stones, & that if one wants to reduce kidney-stones, it is best to produce pH-neutral urine, through the same kind of diet-manipulations that the alkaline-diet people use, or avoid, but with different intent.
I hope you get free from all abusive medical-conditions, as living is better without 'em.
IF doing the experiment produces helpful results, THEN good, eh?
Salut, Namaste, & Kaizen.
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A hagfish with prosthetic limbs & a condo?
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