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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Dietary acid load increases ammonium excretion Effect of a dietary acid load on the plasma bicarbonate concentration (dashed line, in meq/L) and urinary ammonium excretion (solid line, in meq/day) in normal subjects. Ammonium excretion increased almost four-fold despite a minimal fall in the plasma bicarbonate concentration. Data from Welbourne, T, Weber, M, Bank, N, J Clin Invest 1972; 51:1852.