Stay tuned to my twitter and facebook feeds for the latest posts. Don’t Buy These Seven Alkaline Water Myths By Jack Barber Imagine if you could hook up a device to your faucet that would transform your tap water into your own private fountain of youth. Any correction of my assertions I will appreciate. Myth 4: alkaline foods Misinformation spread on social media suggests the virus can be cured by eating foods with a pH (level of acidity) that is higher than the virus’s pH. FB you had your chance! People confuse hydrogen and helium, despite the slight difference in reactivity. But that people listen to this nonsense makes me genuinely sad. I agree, we are all 100% dependent on chemicals. Some stevia products can have a bad aftertaste, but this product I use is indistinguishable to me to sugar. June 2012 It is irrelevant if the claims are factually false, as long as the rhetoric – appealing to emotion – is successful. Feel free to post comments and start a conversation. Slowed metabolism can result due to dehydration and fixing that can boost metabolism. Seriously, this isn’t very complicated. And this blog post gives her more publicity. I drink it with every meal instead of just in the morning. And everything that is “bad”, like artificial sweeteners, sugar, processed food, Monsanto, pharmaceuticals, dihydrogen monoxide etc is all supposedly “acidic”. In academia, we are constantly told by the administratives to participate in popularizing science. […] October 2013 The Japanese government has been sponsoring (and underwriting) the study of alkaline water. ), the ingestion of a Sorbitol solution (S.S.), the intragastric infusion of an acidified peptone broth (A.P.B.) It prevents cancer by alkalizing the body: Nope! The same goes for lemons, limes, grapefruits and tomatoes – but the other way around. “The gods themselves struggle in vain against stupidity”, There are times when I wish serial acts of stupidity constituted a criminal offense…. The secretory effect elicited by the ingestion of 100 ml of orange-lemon juice (O.-L.J.) Alkaline Lemon Water can Reduce the Effects of Aging. Also notice “the air […] is recycled from direclty outside your window”. The acidification/alkalinization stuff is likely related to the known properties of some foods to change the pH of urine (ammonium chloride, Vitamin C), with the mental model being that the pH of what you’re peeing must be the same as your internal pH. 0:14 What is citric acid? This is why highly acidic lemon juice is actually known as a potent alkaline-forming food. Back in the 1980s when I was a TA in Physiology Lab, I recommended my students read The Andromeda Strain: a best-selling novel whose plot turned on blood pH regulation. There’s indeed a sucker born every minute for her brand of charlatanry. You can keep the ring as well, it was fake anyway! That means you are breathing everything that the airplanes gives off and is flying through. You can take a look below and choose from the lists – just remember to keep acid-forming foods to a minimum. April 2014 Vegetables will be “alkaline” and sodas will be “acidic” (pun intended). Food can influence our pH levels in the urine. (Or would be, if there weren’t so many people who believe her.) . July 2013 But that isn’t true for the rest of your body — which regulates its blood . @12 “Big Lemon” sounds like a bad guy in a Disney movie; love it. Lemon juice stimulates enzymes and bicarbonate production that alkalizes the lower digestive tract - NOT the blood. I’d heard about FB’s whine that airplanes aren’t using 100% O2, but I’d never seen a copy of her complete rant. The alkaline diet is also known as the acid-alkaline diet or alkaline ash diet. Nutr. In the name of so many new age fads, people are shunning science and common sense. We’re discussing acids & bases. Lemon juice in its natural state is acidic with a pH of about 2, but once metabolized it actually becomes alkaline with a pH well above 7. As you wellness warriors know, an alkaline body is really the key to good health. “The air you are breathing on an airplane is recycled from directly outside of your window. Although lemon water can provide a good portion of Vitamin C to your diet, the amount of Vitamin C you consume when drinking lemon water isn’t enough to help you heal faster from sickness. December 2014 You’d think that if science on its own is not enough, then reality checks like the recent death of the “Wellness Warrior” (an advocate of woo who succumbed to her otherwise treatable cancer, for those of you who don’t know) would be enough to nip this kind of idiocy in the bud. How about we get this straight and explain 10 advantages of consistently bringing lemon juice with warm water (note: NOT equivalent to lemonade!) If you know anything about fruit acids, lemon juice is high in citric acid. Except she is making falsifiable claims – they have either been shown false or haven’t been shown to be true (or, at minimum, she doesn’t know them to be true before she says them), but they are falsifiable. This comment is even a waste of time. To pump a greater amount of oxygen in costs money in terms of fuel and the airlines know this! eventhough they are released as cations, there is no way that they can become hydroxides, at least they only form chlorides salt. April 2013 Or that someone who sets themselves up as a beacon of good sense and sound nutritional advice and who still doesn’t know any of this might perhaps be just a bit out of their depth? October 2012 (I did it myself in a kindergarden, great fun with red cabbage juice…). You had to go Bonzai on me and get your facts wrong yet again. And our kidneys play a role in that homeostasis as well, as far as I know. Compression leads to all sorts of issues. My goal is to post thought-provoking and informative articles so you can learn and apply the latest news from the world of natural health. I am sure the food babe didn’t write this article for scientists, and that indeed is the problem. She is telling people things she knows they want to hear. (90 min) ingestion. January 2013 And the nitrogen can then react with the hydrogen in our body to form ammonia – a base which is ALKALINE. I think my favorite part was this: When your body is in the air, at a seriously high altitude, your body under goes some serious pressure. Metab. 40 623 J. Clin. Endocrin. It is known that lemon/lime are acidic in pH but contain minerals that react with your body to make urine less acidic. There are three claims of the acid-alkaline hypothesis. But for Pinterest, have an image ( of lemon or lemon in water ) which once you pin it, will lead to your post. Thus, O.-L.J. So my interpretation is that their “alkaline and acidic foods” are classified according to a mysterious ratio between potassium and sugars. And people can’t argue with that.” @9,10- At some level I wonder if people like her are intentionally making errors that are obvious to trained scientists. It’s hilarious! ingestion proved to be an unexpected powerful stimulus of exocrine pancreatic secretion. March 2014 Is that why we don´t have a German food babe? Simply portray yourself as the little guy (or gal) fighting for everyone’s health and against big moneyed interests, distort or ignore the facts and you are guaranteed to win, no matter how much quackery and disingenuity comes out of your mouth. December 2013 The nitrogen may affect the times and dosages of medications, make you feel bloated and cause your ankles and joints swell.” But the study was about OLJ, so I didn't understand why you were picking out only lemon juice, so that was my point. I would no mind keeping my science for sscientist. Or that lemons are actually acidic, a fact known to many fifth graders? These antioxidants are most effective when consumed, rather than applied topically to the skin. Anyway I was just wondered. To my annoyance, many people say “I can’t eat lemons/limes/grapefruit — they too bitter!” Trying to correct them only gets me funny looks. https://luysii.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/the-dietary-guidelines-have-been-changed-who-to-believe/, http://www.freezepage.com/1415667665TBMRBWICKU, http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/clinical_pharmacology/pharmacokinetics/drug_excretion.html, http://jezebel.com/autism-busting-paleo-book-for-babies-pulled-because-it-1692592094, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Myth 1: Lemon Water Can Help You Heal Faster When Sick. Glad to see Orin Hatch’s daughter is still working at Whole Foods. Obviously, y’all are stooges of Big Pharma. May 2014 Both contain citric acid. I fear that the Food Babe won’t be getting a good grade. I know I’m supposed to assume stupidity before evil, but it’s kind of hard here. However, there are no studies that have proven that lemon water eliminates waste at the cellular level. There is evidence that eating a more alkaline diet may be beneficial: The basic idea of the acid-alkaline hypothesis is that if we eat acid-forming foods, we get sick, and if we eat alkaline-forming foods, we’ll be healthy and we’ll be protected against disease. Perhaps you meant to say, why do people think consuming citrus (lemons/limes) in your water, makes “your body alkaline”. And even bad press is good for the bank account. First off your body’s digestive organs start to shrink, taxing your ability to digest large quantities of food. But no. If you believe what lies underneath her rhetoric, why should the need to cover it in half-truths, stupidity, or lies give you any security in your beliefs? By the way, I wanted to share your post on Google +, but you have no button for it. The effect of the correction of metabolic acidosis on nitrogen and potassium balance of patients with chronic renal failure, Am. At the macroscopic level, all air is recycled I guess…. Basically it would involve ejecting her into space without a space suit. If she doesn’t care about how things work, then it’s presumably irrelevant to what she’s doing (which would, probably, not be helping people). January 2015 [Editor’s Note: Although lemons are acidic, some alternative-medicine supporters believe that once metabolized, they have an alkaline effect on the body.] {/sarcasm}. So drink your limonoids! There is no scientific evident that lemon/lime juice mixed in alkaline water provides health benefits. And it’s possible that you can’t believe what lies underneath her rhetoric, either – given what she says, how do you know what she means by anything at all, other than to part you from your money? All Vegetables, especially when Green and Raw; All Fruits like Melon, Apple, Berries, Grapes, Lemon. That would avoid the destruction of experimental gmo fields by new age hairy activist that get away with it (at least in France). OK, let’s calm down now and think hard about this. https://luysii.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/the-dietary-guidelines-have-been-changed-who-to-believe/, Don’t forget this one, from the same… Finally someone reporting that airlines are giving us adulterated oxygen, mixed with up to 50% NITROGEN! Basically, in pseudoscience quack land of Mercola, Food Babe etc, everything that is sterotyped “good”, such as kale, biodynamic mung beans, expensive supplement pills, activated almonds and all fresh fruit and vegetables, including citrus fruit, is “alkaline”. Fruits and vegetables, many of which are acidic in their natural state, undergo a dramatic change during metabolism – acids are neutralized and alkaline elements become the dominant presence. I hate this. I am commiting to 30 days of drinking lemon water first thing in the morning to see if that will help my bile. Either some academic institution (ivory tower!) Timestamps 0:00 Is lemon juice acid or alkaline? I see this as the content of potassium in the food. You can keep adding an acid to a buffered solution, and the pH will not change or hardly change at all. An editorially independent blog from the publishers of Science Translational Medicine. So it’s no surprise that she cherry-picks her sources or even manipulates and misrepresents them to suit her point of view. 82 254. If you are immune to facts for long enough, it ought to be clear that you are not interested in the truth of what you say you are. September 2012 All rights Reserved. August 2012 Antibiotics. Let's go through what foods can and can not do. Thankyou! We all know that nitric acid – which is ACIDIC – can be metabolized into its constituent elements which include nitrogen. But soaked in chemicals as I am, I must somehow find the motivation to carry on. It detoxifies the body: Drinking plenty of water helps eliminate waste from our bodies (aka pee and poop). Also, they seem to have turned off comments? evoked peak values, were observed earlier (60 min) than with a R.M. Does Alkaline Water Taste Good? However, once fully digested, its effect is proven to be alkalizing with many health benefits. Our blood pH is quite constant, though acidosis and alcalosis do occur. July 2012 February 2015 Lemon contains a kind of fiber known as pectin, which assists in reducing calorie intake and appetite. Science and rational thinking, have not only solved physical mysteries, but also the mental afflictions arising out of stupidity and superstition. http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/clinical_pharmacology/pharmacokinetics/drug_excretion.html Flushes Toxins : Drinking water is important to help the body naturally eliminate cellular waste (a process that it does naturally), but claims that lemon water has a special ability to flush “toxins” without defining what they … One is that diet affects the pH of our blood. Sigh. Therefore, the whole Food Babe problem will correct itself in only a few weeks…. However, our environment and the foods we eat often promote an acid pH outside of the bloodstream and cells. Potassium Bicarbonate Reduces Urinary Nitrogen Excretion in Postmenopausal Women, J. Çlin. My point is that people think that acid lemon juice somehow makes everything alkaline, where that is patently untrue. She knows exactly what she is doing. Keeping your dosage of lemon juice per 1 cup water consistent, a simple indicator of whether your body is more acidic or alkaline is whether lemon juice in hot or warm water tastes sour or not. You’ve given my intro for tomorrow’s gen chem II class. She is not so dumb as to not realize that people love an underdog who takes on seemingly evil Big Bad Ag and Pharma. If it was just lemon, then why didn't they just use lemon and not the OLJ. Reading this is very helpful. I don’t know about anyone else, but I start off my day with a big bowl of lye. Alkaline diets favor lean tissue mass in older adults, Am. Its premise is that your diet can alter the pH value — the measurement of acidity or alkalinity — of your body. Lemon water does not, unlike the myth, improve metabolism. @33: Please, tell us, at what point in human history did large numbers of people *not* shun science and common sense? Thank you for this post. It’s we who need to reexamine our assumptions and it’s the FB who is blazing new directions in chemistry here. This reminds me of a recent discussion I had with someone who was a foodie much in the same vein as FB. Other acids are present, so are many different bioflavonoids. September 2014 I offered to help you with scientific facts but Nooooooo! Vaccines. The OLJ is lemon juice plus orange juice. Nice post you got here. Chris Kresser explains the acid/alkaline myth in-depth here. © 2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to pioneering alkaline diet researcher, Robert Young: Great post! Here, folks, is someone to explain to you that “lemon water is very alkaline” (a direct quote), and that cayenne pepper has been “proven to boost your metabolism”, and that “an acidic body promotes disease” and. It’s very commonly advised to opt for a balance of 80% alkaline-forming food and 20% acidic-forming food. November 2012 in the same vein: It’s the Food Babe, of course, profiled in New York magazine, and it’s the usual geyser of nonsense. The alkaline from the lemon would start ‘helping’ neutralize the acid buffers over a looong time. The Lemon Alkaline Water Myth. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7595KZ, December 2015 Do you think Jenny McCarthy would get the time of day if she looked like Golda Meir? I didn’t test the response to that since said discussion ended up going to… elaborate enzyme theories followed by a rather testy debate over the validity of non-falsifiable theories. elicits a rate of secretion and bicarbonate output closely similar to that of an i.v. She’s getting skewered pretty bad in the comments, which is nice to see. I was planning to start drinking lemon water again. Delivering a 50:50 oxygen:nitrogen mix to breath on a plane would be both an unnecessary expense and wildly dangerous; read up on the Apollo 1 accident. What they get correct is the “it’s complicated”. It improves IQ: Whilst drinking water in the morning can help you feel focused; however, this is not a result of the lemon in the water. and an i.v. These changes were compared with those evoked by a regular meal (R.M. The 120-min-cumulative values confirmed these findings and disclosed that O.-L.J. was studied on pure pancreatic juice obtained from a catheter placed in the human Wirsung duct at surgery. If you were interested in people’s health and well-being, you would probably try to find out how things work, how people live and what is in what they eat and why, and what those things do, so that you might best figure out how to change them. Everybody knows this. In Germany we teach 5 year olds (not 5th graders) that lemon juice is acidic! Because anyone who would do such a thing is clearly an evil person who eats bowls of industrial waste for breakfast, whose liver remains unstimulated, and whose lemon water won’t make him alkaline no matter how many gallons he downs. To be sure of duplicating the same response as that measured, maybe it could be a good idea to drink a mixture of juices, but I doubt there is no benefit from drinking either by themselves! If the sour taste is strong, your body is very acidic. Hi, I don't know what is exactly causing the pancreatic secretion to become more alkaline, but I suspect it is the acid. However, there is something that quite bugging me about the alkalinizing ability of lemon juice. Doesn’t make her a non-idiot, of course. What happens if I use lemon water for 3 weeks? For details see Does that mean that the acid is doing nothing? #9 Mike: Agreed. Derek Lowe's commentary on drug discovery and the pharma industry. But it only requires a tiny amount to sweeten. http://jezebel.com/autism-busting-paleo-book-for-babies-pulled-because-it-1692592094. induced purer pancreatic secretion response (flow, bicarbonate and enzyme output) than that triggered by the R.M., S.S. and A.P.B. Just think about it – Airplanes thrive in places we don’t. Please pay attention to this. or some large corporation (big business!) Below are some myths about the health benefits of adding lemon in your water: Myth 1: The fiber in it assists in weight lose. This alkaline food myth has gotten huge recently, using online marketing and buzzwords you can get people believing in anything. Abstract March 2012. So who wants to start the kickstarter campaign for FB to get a degree in chemistry? I don’t care. She isn’t referring to lemons being alkaline as is. Alkaline water is produced by the process of electrolysis, whereby mineralized water is separated into two categories; one acidic and suitable for the destruction of micro-organisms and one alkaline, with proven applications in some plant and animal situations, but none significant for human use. That’s great news, it’s only one row of the periodic table then, no heavy metals in anyone’s water. Wait, you mean all of us who stuck metal strips in a lemon and measured electrical current actually invented alkaline batteries years go??? single injection of secretin (Boots, 1.0 U/kg). So, it’s not completely stupid, just esoteric. There is regularly misjudging of lemon’s pH outside the body versus inside the body. 6. Things that Food Babe et al scoff at and do their best to undermine, as they would every single chemical invention. Pop! 87 662 We are through FB! Do you think her fans are reading here to get information? . It stroke me suddenly, maybe she misquoted something she had heard and wish to say “lime water” instead?? Food Babe is not stupid. July 2014 The buffers will slowly start to be ‘unsaturated’ and the blood will return to optimal pH. One in particular is the notion that lemon juice somehow becomes alkaline once in the body, and that this is why lemons are considered ‘alkaline’. March 2013 Sigh. Lemons are high in limonoids, known to reduce the signs of aging — they’re frequently used in natural skincare and cosmetics products to support clear, smooth and healthy skin. Fortunately, Big Lemon is out there to balance all your silly book learning! June 2014 Once digested and metabolized, lemon juice produces alkaline byproducts, which make the urine more alkaline. January 2014 Alkalizing Foods. You are traveling in a pressurized cabin, and when your body is pressurized, it gets really compressed! August 2013 Think of titrations with buffers. That was so constructive, #30, thank you ! J. Clin. Although studies have shown that lemon juice may make the pH of our urine more alkaline , this does not have an effect on the pH of our blood. The O.-L.J. Lemon juice will certainly be neutralised during the digestive process but there is no mechanism by which it could possibly “become alkaline”. They added: She is making a lot of money doing so and she has made it clear that truth is not going to get in the way of money making. I was recently having a discussion with someone about whether lemon water actually increases the pH of your body (by which I assume they mean the blood); their claim was that once Citric acid was metabolised it results in an increase in pH due to the "anionic properties of citric acid". December 2012 Thanks, Derek. Or that someone who sets themselves up as a beacon of good sense and sound nutritional advice and who still doesn’t know any of this might perhaps be just a bit out of their depth? The fact that she says something she doesn’t mean to mean something else…I’m not sure why anyone would take that as some sort of comfort or support. Supposedly, metabolites that are acidic “stress” the body (don’t ask me) and alkaline urine is good (ibid). PRAL would list them as acidic, due to the ash residue, however, because of the low, low sugar content and high alkaline mineral content they are actually alkalising to the body once consumed. But, it’s better not to view this as science, even if they claim it is. Erwin Schrodinger has written a small book called ‘What is Life?’ which has influenced great many biologists (Schrodinger was a chemist/physicist). This is a non-issue. Health is something that interests people which leads to more productive and quality life. So, outside the body, anyone can see that lemon juice is very acidic. Fortunately, we have sound science (such as the dietary guidelines) to rely upon (or do we?). August 2014 You won't feel significantly more full by drinking lemon water. Having a lemon in the water is not at all necessary; it is the water doing the trick. Is there any use in pointing out that the body regulates its own acidity and alkalinity very tightly? Maybe it helps that in our language sour and acid are clearly related: I’ve heard that many places and on many nutrition web sites. The toasty warnmness I feel when I pour my water (fortified with nutrients extracted from the wood pipes that protect it from ever seeing nasty dirt) on it tells me that it’s full of life giving energy that warms me from the inside out. The myth that we need to “alkalize” our bodies is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of human physiology. Myths around drinking lemon water. If the pH of lemon juice is 2, what's the pH of a solution of 10 ml of lemon juice in 250 ml of water? I personally prefer it as pellets, because then it’s crunchy like granola, minus the evil GMOed grains from big business. sauer and Saeure. Make dumb mistakes, those people call you dumb, and you can sell your underdog story to the public about how the Establishment is just trying to hide the latest secret that They don’t want you to know. As far as I know, bitter = alkaline. That sort of concept really takes sense in a lab, with definite observables (voltage on pH meter, paper color), and once you have a sound grasp of the structure of matter. “I want to know why companies aren’t coming up with chemical inventions that are improving our health. But there’s only a trace amount of that fiber (if any) still present in the juice by the time you squeeze it into your water. (hint: it’s brown, aromatic, and bears a striking resemblance to the crap she comes out with). Remember Chricton was a recent MD when he wrote it. They go out of their way to make you ill Oncology drugs. The idea that some foods – like meat – lower the pH in the body and lead to disease is a myth. “Unfortunately, our water is contaminated with everything from chlorine to fluoride.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../www.ncbi.../pubmed/3221108. “I eat organic because I want to avoid soil sludge, which is from sewers and gutters.” Potassium can be exchanged against hydrogen ions. Unfortunately she goes back off the rails in the very next paragraph and talks about how people want to keep us dependent on chemicals. If it’s not sour at all and even tastes like lemonade to you (without the sugar), your body is in a healthier, more alkaline state. Thank you for this post! People presumably feel out of control and blind in a world they don’t understand and wish to assert some control over pieces of their lives; I wish, though, that they would find better and more honest exponents and implementations of those wishes. It’s a hypothesis that its metabolites are alkaline. Nutr. But it is a sort of the other side of vulgarization. Really hard. secretin injection and amylase response greater than that evoked by this hormone. The truth doesn’t matter to her because she knows that even when she spouts nonsense, it just gets more people talking about her. Why no, there isn’t. February 2013 Instead, the claims must be simply *believed*, and the motivations are *rhetoric*. It is true that our bodies tightly regulate our blood pH. and “willful public displays of stupidity” and/or encouraging others to the same stupidity should be a capitol offense. The only thing that’s changed is that the Internet and other mass media have given them a wider platform to acquire new superstitions and spread their ignorance. June 2013 Its elements are not falsifiable claims and factual statements. Citric acid which is the acid in lemon juice can then reabsorb this nitrogen in an ion exchange electron tunneling reaction and itself turn ALKALINE. May 2012 @luysii #5: It is essential to maintain a balanced pH level in our bodies to prevent disease. May 2013 Deficiency in potassium may cause high blood pressure, among other. Let us say that a person drinks alkaline water (9.5 pH) for a whole year but then due to certain reasons, the person goes back to drinking neutral pH water. There is more acid in lemons than oranges. Even though lemon juice is very acidic at a pH of 2, one reason why it has been thought to alter the pH of our blood is because when it is metabolized in the body it becomes alkaline. The O.-L.J. I don’t work for pharma (big or otherwise). November 2013 Does she really believe that airplane cabins are at higher pressures in the air than on the ground? Raisins, notably, have a PRAL of -21. MYTH: Lemon water will help speed up your weight loss efforts. All content is Derek’s own, and he does not in any way speak for his employer. Perhaps I am very bad at explaining… Then you should not be surprised to see ads chanting the benefits of “quantum medicine” against “electromagnetic sensitivity”. It seems that the body can identify citric acid and what it does is stimulate the body to counteract this extra acidity by inducing the production of more alkalines IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT. http://www.freezepage.com/1415667665TBMRBWICKU, Wow. Hello friends and fellow health enthusiasts. Who do most trained scientists work for? Talk to a Dr. Berg Keto Consultant today and get the help you need on your journey. 33, 35 : your post made me think : this is not the intelligence going backwards. February 2014 The scariest part of all of this is that my debating opponent also homeschooled her children, and I’m scared as to what science curriculum would be acceptable that would avoid the scientific method, basic biology, or understanding periodic table trends well enough to give better descriptions of reactivity than “stronger.”. According to her research, improved bile function is the first step to weight loss. By Derek Lowe 24 March, 2015 Here, folks, is someone to explain to you that “lemon water is very alkaline” (a direct quote), and that cayenne pepper has been “proven to … Instead of lukewarm water and lemon juice, I add ice cubes and 1/8 tsp of stevia powder to make sugar free lemonade. But, lemon water is essentially filtered, and also heavily diluted, which leaves it with just traces of pectin. Nevertheless, after being metabolized, lemon will become alkaline. I would like to send the Food Babe to a chemical-free “spa” that will remove all the chemicals from her body. It almost makes me think she’s trolling us all! Her upcoming NYT best seller: Natural Foods “They” Don’t Want You to Know About, {sarcasm} The trivial counterpoint to that is, by extension, iodized salt should be useless for delivery of iodine, since the chloride would be preferentially uptaken before the iodide. 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