Measuring pH
The pH scale goes from 0-14, where 0 is very acidic (think battery acid) and 14
is very alkaline (think lye).
In general, the pH of the human body should be slightly alkaline — about 7.4 . A pH reading in the Optimal Zone tells you that
your insides are happy, while a pH reading in the Danger Zone may mean you’re putting
yourself at risk for serious disorders. Even a slight pH imbalance can make you
feel tired, cause you to gain weight, give you trouble digesting food, and create
aches and pains in your body.
Most parts of the body have a pH range they can tolerate. The skin can vary from
4.5 to 7.0, for example. Stomach acid ranges from 1.0 to 3.0. And pancreatic secretions
go from 8.0 to 8.3. But the blood is not
so flexible. It has a very narrow pH range: 7.365 to 7.45.
If the pH of your blood goes outside that range even just a little, wham, the functioning
of your organs is compromised. If the pH of your blood strays too far from that
acceptable range for too long, your body will go into shock…then coma…then death.
That kind of severe metabolic acidosis is rare; however, mild acidosis is now thought
to be strikingly common — affecting at least half of the population.
One point makes a world of difference
pH doesn’t work like regular numbers do, where 6.0 is “one point less” than 7.0.
It works logarithmically, just like the Richter scale for earthquakes.
That means for each point you drop away from the ideal of 7.0, you’re actually experiencing
a 10-fold decrease in your pH! For example, someone with a pH of 6.0 is ten times
more acidic than someone with a pH of 7.0. Someone with a pH of 5.0 is 100 times
more acidic than someone with a pH of 7.0
Fortunately, pHion Diagnostic pH Test Strips provide an easy, accurate, and affordable way to find
out exactly where you stand.
Your urine and saliva hold the key to your health
How do you measure what’s going on inside of your body? By analyzing what it’s secreting:
urine and saliva.
Thanks to the kidneys, the body is constantly trying to get rid of excess acids
through the urine, which can range in pH anywhere from 4.5 to 8.5.
The pH of your urine is a good reflection of the pH of your internal environment.
If your urine tests high in acids (below 6.75), then you know your body is high
in acids too. (Not good!) If your urine tests low in acids (above 6.75), then your
stores of alkaline minerals are doing a good job of buffering the acids in your
body (Awesome!)
Another way to find out the overall pH balance (or imbalance) of your body is to
test the pH of your saliva. Saliva pH can range anywhere from 5.5 to 7.5 or more.
If you have enough alkaline minerals, your saliva test should register a nice 7.0
to 7.5. But if your mineral reserves are too low, the acids will overwhelm your
system, and you’ll test under7.0.
Some people even test as low as 4.5 - 5.75, which is not where you want
your pH to be. In fact, if your pH tests that low, we recommend you
take immediate action to correct this acidity. Remember, because the pH
scale works like the Richter scale - i.e. logarithmically - a pH of 5.0
is 100 times too acidic!
pHion Diagnostic pH Test Strips are unlike most pH papers or test strips available
1. They are made and calibrated specifically to test urine or saliva.
2. Because the reagent (the stuff that changes color) is affixed to a
plastic strip, there’s no paper, no bleeding, and no mess. In fact,
pHion Diagnostic pH Test Strips are the only test strips on the market
that can pass through a urine stream without having the reagent bleed,
making them exceptionally easy to read.
3. They have a single pad indicator that uses one square combining two
different pH reagents. The first reagent is more sensitive to higher pH
ranges (6.75 - 9.0) and the second reagent is more sensitive to lower
pH ranges (4.5 - 7.25). This combination gives you an ideal reading of
your pH level.
Simply put, our single pad pH strips measure a wider pH range more accurately.
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