`  == Edit Requests ==  ``The relationship of acid-base homeostasis and diet and disease ``has been a subject of considerable speculation for at least several centuries``.[2]`` : This paragraph has been paraphrased and yet only partially quoted. This bends the meaning of the original source statement. Why not use the whole sentence quoted and keep it accurate? ::``The study of acid–base equilibrium and its relationship to the diet and disease has been a subject of considerable speculation for at least several centuries.`` : The author should also be atributed in the text. ~~~~ `