Our TODAY editor tried the alkaline diet plan for one week, eating foods like flax and lentils. Here's what happened and the verdict on the alkaline diet.

Claims that an 'alkaline' diet can improve health are growing, with cookbooks and supplements offered. But doctors and researchers say the promises are specious.

Use an alkaline food chart to help you create your own dishes that fit within an alkaline diet plan, but try these specific recipes too. Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Quinoa and Fig Quinoa Breakfast ...

Acidic foods versus Alkaline foods and their effects on weight loss is a bit of a newer topic so nothing entirely conclusive has been established on the subject. There is, however, a large am… ...

Rather than obsessing over an acid-alkaline food chart, simply eat a diet rich in plant foods, along with adequate protein, writes nutritionist Carrie Dennett.

Unlike most diets, alkaline diet focuses on preventing diseases such as urinary tract infection and heart disease.

Some people claim that the alkaline diet helps with weight loss and disease, but there are few studies to back up these claims. Learn more about the alkaline diet, as well as foods to eat on it, here.

To maintain health, the diet should consist of 60 percent alkaline-forming foods and 40 percent acid-forming foods.

The Alkaline diet is marketed on drinks, water and known to be high in many different foods (broccoli, asparagus, avocado, tomato). This is not just another trend, this diet could actually help ...