Becoming Alkaline

I know I've mentioned it before but I was born with a genetic kidney disease called Polycystic Kidney Disease. It basically means I have cysts all over my kidneys and my kidneys are a lot bigger than normal ones. My only side effect, so far, is I have hypertension and have been on meds since I was 20. A lot of it was my doctor being extra careful but without medication my blood pressure is pretty high for a 28 year old. Anyways, I like to find more holistic ways to prevent the growth of cysts on my kidneys and I came across eating an alkaline diet. The theory is cysts and cancer and all other crazy diseases can't survive in an alkaline environment. But foods that cause inflammation like processed foods, dairy, gluten, and sugar, can cause your body to be more acidic and are what disease and cancer thrive in. This could be a bunch of hogwash but somehow it makes sense to me. I always read about people who go crazy healthy after being diagnosed with cancer or an autoimmune disease. There's even a doctor named Dr. Terry Wahls who had Multiple Sclerosis and was wheelchair bound. She changed her diet and lifestyle and is now able to walk and be pretty much normal. She's written books about it and a lot of the reviews are amazing. People who had MS as well are now living a normal life without medication. It definitely makes you think that what you put in your body effects you more than just giving you love handles. 

I don't plan on changing my diet to the max but I am trying to incorporate more alkaline foods in my life. Drinking warm water with lemon when you first wake up is one of the best things you can do to get rid of toxins in your body. 

I've been drinking this almost daily for a few months now and I feel so much more awake and just overall healthy after drinking it. Whether it really does anything I don't know, but it doesn't hurt. I know it seems weird to drink something so acidic like lemon but once inside the body it becomes alkaline.

Other alkaline foods:

Isn't it interesting to see the foods that are acidic versus the healthier alkaline foods. More of a reason to eat less junk and more real. I had a coworker tell me the other day she's going to start testing the pH in her urine because she's trying to become more alkaline in hopes it'll help her psoriasis. I don't think I'm going to become that crazy but I am going to make more a conscious effort to eat more alkaline foods. 

Would you ever become more "alkaline" if you knew it would stop a disease progression? Or do you think it's just a new fad diet?