Interesting paper discussing body acidity and viral infection risk

Just found this pubmed article from mid 2021 discussing potentially increased risk of viral infection during high levels of body acidity, i.e. low PH number of the interstitial fluid between the cells.

The general topic of body acidity is discussed since many year already in general nutrition recommendations to try to move to a more alkaline-related diet (high PH number). But here it is now directly brought up in the context of virus infections.

The author also suggests a simple temporary mitigation in the conclusion section, which I won't cite here directly as everyone trying medical experiments on themselves need to be careful.

Abstract:

The factors contributing to increased morbidity and mortality in SARS-CoV-2 infection are diverse, and include diabetes, obesity, [...]. Although there is no obvious connection between these, they do have one common denominator—they all have a tendency towards lower urine pH, which may indicate a lower-than-normal tissue pH.


[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (secure)]

Author: Eliot Shevel, BDS, DipMFOS, MB, BCh, is head of the South African Headache Society.