Why did our family doctor advice me, my twin sister, and our mom not to eat chocolate since we're acidic?

Question

Hyperacidity runs hereditary in our family.

Answer 1

You see chocolate is made from natural cocoa powder which is the pH for natural cocoa powder generally ranges from 5.0 to 5.8, so it's slightly acidic. And the pH for alkalized cocoa powder is 6.2 to 6.8, so it's even less acidic,practically neutral. And chocolate cake, for what it's worth, is 7.2 to 7.6.

So as you can see it depends  on what kind of chocolate and what preparation. Cocoa and the least refined chocolate is pretty bitter, and bitter = basic. Semi-sweet chocolate chips are somewhat bitter as well.