Enzymes in the human body have changed their chemical structures in order to survive in an OH⁻-rich internal environment.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
TOTAL BS — Verdict: False
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The Short Version
The claim is not supported by biochemistry or human physiology. The human body is tightly buffered and is not generally an OH⁻-rich environment, and excess alkalinity tends to impair or denature enzymes rather than help them "survive" by changing structure. Enzyme adaptation to different pH conditions occurs through evolution across generations, not by individual enzymes chemically redesigning themselves inside the body.
Caveats
The claim treats enzyme damage or pH-dependent ionization changes as if they were adaptive structural improvements.
It falsely describes the body's internal environment as OH⁻-rich; normal systemic pH is tightly regulated.
Local alkaline regions do not show that enzymes dynamically restructure themselves; they reflect enzymes already evolved for those niches.