However, empirical data suggest that this perception does not correspond to reality. See, e.g., Eisenberg & Schwab, supra note 1; Stewart J. Schwab & Theodore Eisenberg, Explaining Constitutional Tort Litigation: The InÂºuence of the Attorney Fees Statute and. the Government as Defendant, 73 Cornell L. Rev. 719 (1988).
Since the acid or alkaline ash designation is based on the residue left on combustion rather than the acidity of the food, foods such as citrus fruits that are generally considered acidic are actually considered alkaline producing in this diet.
The definition of alkaline is any substance having a base pH higher than 7. Certain types of food (such as broccoli) are examples of something alkaline because their pH is higher than 7.