That makes sense insofar as in the short term it wouldn't matter, if the person was extremely acidic and was destined to expire in the near future because of it. But his question was what would be the long-term (as in, 10-20 years plus) effect of taking the alkalizing drink on a regular basis, and although no one is debating here that it helps most people in the short term, are you sure there would be no deleterious results after decades of taking it.