As Moreless says, things are not always what they seem. I was on the Atkins diet (the original one not the new improved version) for a year and had a pH of 8.0 most of the time. I came down with MS right after that year and had some lose of bone (osteoporosis) I would think that if your body resorts to pulling minerals out of the bones, those minerals would show up as a high pH but I don't believe that could go on forever without major cost to one's body. (that's just my theory) I don't believe your friend is in a healthy state right now but a happy state of mind does help. She may need to have a bone density test. 48124