And an article published in 2012 did find that alkaline water can deactivate pepsin.

2012 年发表的一篇文章确实发现碱性水可以解除胃蛋白酶。

And it's why alkaline water might be effective against one particular health issue: acid reflux.

胃酸反流。

When you look closer at the other purported health benefits of drinking alkaline water, the evidence just isn't there.

当你想仔细琢磨一些引用碱性水传说中的健康益处时，却没有证据。

So my first beauty secret is Alkaline water.

所以我的第一个美容秘诀是碱性水。

Alkaline water, this is very important.

碱性水，这个很重要。

Yo, I got different kinds of water. This Alkaline water.

哟，我有不同种类的水。 这种碱性水。

That means that your urine is pretty much the only bodily fluid you can alter by chugging alkaline water—with one other exception.

那也就意味着你的尿液是你可以通过碱性水改变的唯一体液——当然也有其他例外。

Similarly, many have claimed that alkaline water can prevent or help treat osteoporosis, a disease where bones become less dense and more likely to break.

同样的，很多人宣称碱性水可以预防或帮助治疗骨质疏松也是同样的道理，这种疾病是骨头密度变得疏松，容易骨折。

Luckily, there don't seem to be any side effects, either, so if you want to drink alkaline water because you like the taste, more power to ya.

幸运的是，碱性水似乎也没有什么副作用，所以想喝就喝吧。

And despite the acid-ash hypothesis existing for half a century, there hasn't been any direct research showing that an alkaline diet or alkaline water can improve a person's health.

尽管酸-灰假说已经存在半个世纪了，没有任何直接研究表明碱性饮食或者是碱性水可以改善健康。

So for decades, folks have been coming up with special diets — and, now, beverages like alkaline water — that are supposed to raise your bodily pH and thereby cure cancer! … somehow.

所以几十年来，人类一直在提出各种特殊饮食——而现在则是饮料，如碱性水——这些饮料有望增加你体内的酸碱值从而治愈癌症。