Consuming alkaline water does not prevent reflux and may impair digestion, nutrient absorption, and potentially increase the risk of dementia and pneumonia.

“if you drink baking soda or ph 8.8 water it will cause your stomach acid to be less acidic which is a real problem for your digestion in general it doesn't fix reflux you're still going to reflux you're just going to reflux more alkaline contents in the esophagus you're not going to digest your food you're not going to absorb your nutrients and you have an increased rate of dementia and i believe an increased rate of community acquired pneumonia if we look at the studies with proton pump inhibitors”