Due to the increased awareness of the importance of acid-alkaline balance for good health, more and more people check their body using a simple urine and saliva pH screen.

What is needed in case you are interested?

To measure the urine or saliva pH and check if its acid or alkaline, a test paper is needed. This special paper changes different shades of color when acid is present and can then be checked against a color chart.

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How can the pH of the urine or sputum give information about the whole system?

To stay in good health, the body must eliminate all the excess acids, which irritate and demineralize the tissues. One of the exit doors for the acids is the renal system. The normal excretion level of acids by the kidneys is known, and gives urine a pH of about 7.0 to 7.5. By testing the degree of acidity in urine, it is possible to determine if the body rejects the normal quantity of acids or not. If the excretion level is higher than normal, it results in the urine having higher pH acidity, showing that the body wants to eliminate the excess acids.

These acids saturate the system and give it an acidic characteristic along with the health inconveniences that result. There exists a close correspondence between the pH of the system and the pH of the urine. The urine becomes acidic because the system is acidic.

The first urine in the morning is not representative of the pH of the urine because it will always be acidic. It contains all the acids filtered and accumulated by the kidneys during the night. The 1st test begins with the second urine in the morning and before breakfast. The 2nd test with the urine before lunch and the 3rd test with the urine before dinner. It is important to do the test before meals, since the pH can vary temporarily following aliments eaten during the meal. The three measurers are written in the table. There are also elements that could be useful for interpreting variations of the pH such as high stress, unusual physical efforts, out of the ordinary meals, etc.

After one to two weeks, there will be sufficient results to see a predominant pH, that is to say, a pH that apart from slight variations, stays constant with time.

You can check your urine as well as your saliva. Instructions: swallow saliva several times before testing; spit some saliva into a spoon and insert the test paper in the saliva.

Interpretation:
Ideal pH 7.0 to 7.5
Marginal: pH 6.5
High risk: pH 6.0
Alkalosis: pH 8.0 or higher
Do the sputum screen only twice a week.

Three possible results

• pH between 7 - 7.5: Your urine pH is normal,

• pH higher than 7.5: Your urine pH is more alkaline than normal.

• pH lower than 7: Your urine is acidic.

Urine that is too acidic shows that the system is acidic. This could be caused by an alimentation too rich in acidic aliments (meat, cereals, sugar…) and too poor in alkaline aliments (green and colored vegetable, almonds, bananas, potatoes), which are able to neutralize the acidic aliments. The acidity of the system could also come from heavy metal toxification and other oxidative catalysts, chronic inflammation, prolonged stress etc., a deficiency of vitamins and trace minerals necessary for the metabolizing of acids or a lack of oxygen to the tissues due a sedentary life style. There are troubles that become apparent due to system being acidic: lack of energy, general fatigue, insomnia, susceptibility to infections, painful joints, eczema, hair loss, dental cavities, etc.

The interpretation of the urine pH that is too alkaline (above 7.5), is more difficult because there could be many different causes. The system is alkaline just as the urine is alkaline. This happens when the diet is especially alkaline, such as a vegetarian diet poor in cereals and milk products, or when someone daily takes alkaline mineral supplements. Sometimes alkalosis occurs (rarely), when the glands are malfunctioning (surrenals, parathyroid).

Another case is a false pH; the urine is alkaline or even neutral but the system acidic. It is a misleading aspect at first, but easily explained. Here the pH alkaline or neutral is due not to the excess contribution of alkalis (which the body wants to get rid of like it did for excess acids), but an excess of alkalis in the organic reserves a high quantity which are necessary to neutralize a highly acidic system but which contribute to demineralizing the organism. The urine is not alkaline because of an increase but because of a high loss of base by looting the reserves.

To determine which possible case belongs to the person with an alkaline or neutral urinary pH, a clinical observation of the person is necessary. This includes examination if the person suffers from troubles lined with an acidic system. If it is the case, the person is acidic even if the pH of the urine is alkaline or neutral.

Correct an acidic system

The pH urinary test is also useful to control the effects and the means used to correct the system; as if these means are effective, the pH of the urine should change and come back to the normal 7.0 - 7.5.

In order to correct an acidic system, and thereby the linked troubles, it is necessary to correct the causes of the acidification, which in the majority of cases, is caused by an alimentation which is too acidic. An alkaline alimentation is one which gives a large place to the following aliments: vegetables, both green and colored, raw nuts, eggs, poultry, apple cider, lemon juice, yogurt, cottage cheese and mild cheese.

Besides changing eating habits, regularly taking basic or alkaline mineral supplements such as Erbasit is very useful. This alkaline mineral supplement allow an easy and rapid de-acidification and thereby relieve the illness.

The quantity of basic minerals (citrate alkalis), 1 to 3 teaspoons daily, depends on every individual based on the level of the systems acidity. If the pH of the urine remains less than 6.5 despite taking the citrate alkalis, the daily dosage should be increased. Once the dosage allows the pH of the urine to remain regularly at 7.0 - 7.5, the quantity of basic minerals is correct and should be maintained as long as there is symptoms of a system clogged with a surplus of acids. A weekly control becomes sufficient to check if the needs of the organs have been modified.

The citrate alkalis can be taken regularly as long as symptoms are present. As mentioned before, bad food habits are those that cause acidemia. Check with the Heavy Metal Screen Kit to see if you have Environmental Toxin Intoxication.

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