I believe that "something" is better then nothing.  I personally have had GREAT success with this WOE.  I am not strict.  But I am what I call firm.  I stay as close to the farm as I can.  I still some drink diet soda, some beer and wine and even some scotch!  I "eat" NO GRAIN, dairy, legumes, tubers and most other banned foods.  I do eat nightshades.  I am trying to eat for health and change.  I do not care to replicate myself into a Caveman!  Emulate maybe but not become one.  I wish to become the best I can yet still live in the current world.  Smite me if you must be I think we all come here for our own reasons.  I am committed to mine.  I am approaching the best condition of my life and I am 56.7 so I got that going for me!  Go get what you need and live with your decision.

Cant speak for the(actual) Alkaline diet but staying alkaline is part of my overall dietary scheme. I actually find it pretty simple to do on Paleo. At its common denominator it is just a matter of balancing acid forming foods(proteins) with alkaline forming ones(fruits and veggies).

I find the two WOE's complimentary to each other for the most part.

Indeed. As is mine. Its all about balance. We are at our best when slightly alkaline. Here is a food chart.....

http://www.essense-of-life.com/moreinfo/foodcharts.htm

Tons of different ones out there in cyber land. Rather than get caught up in the numbers I just eat lots of alkalining foods to counter the acidic ash forming proteins.

Interestingly alot of what we dont eat on Paleo is also acid forming...ie; grains and dairy. Hence my comment the two WOEs are complimentary.

Steak and spinach........priceless!

Can anyone point me toward anything which shows that;

a. Food does change body pH
b. These changes have health consequences

The following article indicates that dietary protein, which has acidic ash, can result in loss of calcium:

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/2/281

Note that body pH is not changed because the acid load from the protein is compensated for with calcium based buffering.

Although this article doesn't discuss it, grains also have acidic ash.  There's a link somewhere here to a table of foods with their pH effects.

If we take for true eating lots of meat is bad for calcium levels, and we add that to the fact that Paleo skeletons had great bones and great teeth, then does that not mean that the Paleo diet should not be mostly meat?

If we take for true eating lots of meat is bad for calcium levels, and we add that to the fact that Paleo skeletons had great bones and great teeth, then does that not mean that the Paleo diet should not be mostly meat?

Doesn't Warren's link indicate that the acid is from ash, though? That, to me, says that meat is fine, but cooking is not.

is eating chicken bone a source of calcium? can it be easily digested?