Pregnancy and Alkalinity

Sang Whang, in his great book "Reverse Ageing" talks about the Korean theory of alkalinizing the body to affect the sex of a baby. Since I read his book a number of supportive articles have passed through my computer monitor. Now it appears that a study in the New England Medical journal shows that alkalinizing will reduce the possibility of birth complications. It seems a high sugar (read: acidic~ Ian)level in the blood affects the safety of your birth. You don't have to be so acidic as to be diabetic for this to happen.

The study found that high blood sugar levels increased the possibility of an abnormally large baby plus the need for a caesarean. It also found that premature birth (before 37 weeks) was more possible, plus injuries to the baby during birth. The seven year study involved 23, 316 women.

So what's the answer? The authors of the report say that pregnant women should have their blood sugar levels checked throughout pregnancy, but hey, what about simply alkalizing and cutting out the sweeties? Isn't monitoring just reporting on what is patently obvious?