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How To Check Your pH Balance Too f ew people f ully understand the signif icance of maintaining a good pH balance in their body systems. T he closest many people come to being aware of the existence of pH are swimming pool, and swimming pool service technicians. If the pH balance of a pool is low, it means that the water has become too acidic, and the result f or bathers is sore, burning eyes and noses, dry itchy skin, and swimwear that that loses its elasticity and becomes bleached. T he opposite condition, (i.e. water with a high pH balance, meaning that is has become too alkaline) has similar ef f ects on the human body. But when your body system pH levels get out of balance, the result can be even more drastic because it af f ects your immune system. It is a scientif ically proven f act that when your body pH levels become too acidic (a condition known as acidosis), you are much more susceptible to f alling ill. It’s all about looking af ter your body’s internal environmental condition. By providing a clean environment f or your body cells, you are giving them the very best protection against becoming diseased, and remember, all illness starts at cellular level. How To Test Your pH Levels In order f or your body to have a healthy pH balance, it should measure 7.4 on the pH scale. But how do you go about measuring it? Well in actual f act it couldn’t be easier. All you need to do is to obtain a testing kit f rom your local pharmacy or, if you pref er, you can buy them online. T he kit consists of a set of small pH balance test strips. All you need is a small sample of either saliva or urine. You then take 1 test strip and dip the end in the body solution you have chosen to test. T he end of the strip which has been immersed will then change colour. Next, simply take your test strip and compare it to the colour chart that is also a part of the kit you bought. T he colour chart is coded with the pH levels that correspond to the various shaded colours. Whilst these tests are not the most accurate way of measuring your body’s pH levels, (you should go to your doctor and arrange a blood test f or spot-on accuracy), they will at least give you a more than good indication of where your level lies. When testing your saliva or urine you will need to be aware that they will give dif f erent readings as both solutions are produced in dif f erent ways and have dif f erent optimum ranges. Let’s take saliva f irst. T he natural optimum reading f or saliva is 7.5, which means that your body is slightly alkaline – perf ect! Please note however that you should wait until 2 hours af ter eating or drinking to carry out your test. Also, to get the best view of how your body is perf orming, you should do three tests throughout the day. Simply spit into a spoon, dip the test strip in the spittle, wait a f ew seconds, and then simply match it up to the colour swatch. When To Test Your pH Levels When testing your urine, f ollow these simple instructions. You should do a urine test f irst thing in the morning shortly af ter you get up. Collect a small sample of urine in a cup and dip in the test strip. Once again, wait a f ew seconds and of f er the test stick up to the colour swatch. Just be aware that urine is more acidic f irst thing in the morning, theref ore a normal reading would be around 6.5 being the f irst reading of the day. If you do it two hours af ter breakf ast it should be more in the range of 7.4 Your diet will signif icantly af f ect your body’s pH levels. As you might well expect, the bad f oods, (Burgers, chips, Cola, chocolate, sweets etc), are so called “acid” f oods and will raise the acid level in your blood, whereas the good f oods, (f resh produce, green leaf y vegetables, salads, nuts etc), are alkaline f oods and will help to maintain a more alkaline aligned pH level.
Given how important your pH levels are, and how simple and inexpensive the pH balance test kits are, you should be sure to test yourself f rom time to time to ensure that your system is not too acidic. A caref ully balanced pH state is your best way of avoiding illness. Check it out now! So what’s your experience with testing your pH balance? We would love to hear your comments below and any tips you wish to share. If you enjoyed reading this post, please share using the buttons below. Feel f ree to also join our community on Facebook and on Twitter. You can also subscribe to this blog via RSS. Image courtesy of Ryochiji on Flicker