Acidity

fitgirl

I know we can keep track of the acidity we consume by looking at the Pral Alkalinty circle but is there a way to track on nutrient area? does it have a different name? just need to know cause I always fall short on this when I look at the circle and I wanted to use ask the oracle to see which foods are high or low in acidity that I need to consume in order to not fall short.

Karen_Cronometer

That's a good question fitgirl - Cronometer doesn't have acidity as a nutrient in your diary to track or to search using the Ask the Oracle feature. That's something we can think about adding in the future.

Cheers,

fitgirl

That’s great Karen thank you.

Susan_RD_101

@fitgirl

Cronometer also has a blog on the PRAL score that you can read here: https://cronometer.com/blog/alkaline-diet/

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Kind regards,

fitgirl

Great thanks Susan

Lin

Hey Karen (or anyone), I consistently get minus scores in PRAL alkalinity (today was -42) but I have no idea what that correlates to - is it the sum of all the pH of all the foods I've eaten that day? (That doesn't seem right.) How does it get below 0? Is my diet out of whack? I don't want to go overboard in the wrong direction.

Susan_RD_101

Hello @Lin

Having a negative PRAL score suggests that your diet was more basic or alkaline, which is a good thing. The formula used to calculate PRAL is a little complex:

PRAL = 0.49 x protein (g/day) + 0.037 x phosphorus (mg/d) – 0.021 x potassium (mg/day) – 0.026 magnesium (mg/day) – 0.013 x calcium (mg/day)

You can read more about PRAL in the following blog:
https://cronometer.com/blog/alkaline-diet/

In general, it sounds like you're on the right track though!

Kind regards,

Kaledon

Where the pral alkalinity clock on chronometer app needs to be? Because basically I eat keto and the clock is out of the green zone... 🤔