pH Self Test


Acidity Self-Test

Use this checklist to get a sense of how acidic you may be. Determining your acidity levels isn't an exact science, but this Self-Test can help you get a better idea of how urgently you need to begin alkalizing your body. The idea is this: the more symptoms, the more acidic you may be, and the more urgent it is for you to begin an alkalizing program.

Beginning Symptoms

  1. Acne
  2. Agitation
  3. Muscular pain
  4. Cold hands and feet
  5. Dizziness
  6. Low energy
  7. Joint pains that travel
  8. Food allergies
  9. Chemical sensitivities to odor, gas heat
  10. Hyperactivity
  11. Panic attacks
  12. Pre-menstrual and menstrual cramping
  13. Pre-menstrual anxiety and depression
  14. Lack of sex drive
  15. Bloating
  16. Heartburn
  17. Diarrhea
  18. Constipation
  19. Hot urine
  20. Strong smelling urine
  21. Mild headaches
  22. Rapid panting breath
  23. Rapid heartbeat
  24. Irregular heartbeat
  25. White coated tongue
  26. Hard to get up in morning
  27. Excess head mucous (stuffiness)
  28. Metallic taste in mouth

Intermediate Symptoms

  1. Cold sores (Herpes I & II)
  2. Depression
  3. Loss of memory
  4. Loss of concentration
  5. Migraine headaches
  6. Insomnia
  7. Disturbance in smell, taste, vision, hearing
  8. Asthma
  9. Bronchitis
  10. Hay fever
  11. Ear aches
  12. Hives
  13. Swelling
  14. Viral infections (colds, flu)
  15. Bacterial infections (staph, strep)
  16. Fungal infections (Candida albicans, athlete's foot, vaginal)
  17. Impotence
  18. Urethritis
  19. Cystitis
  20. Urinary infection
  21. Gastritis
  22. Colitis
  23. Excessive falling hair
  24. Psoriasis
  25. Endometriosis
  26. Stuttering
  27. Numbness and tingling
  28. Sinusitis

Advanced Symptoms

  1. Crohn's disease
  2. Schizophrenia
  3. Learning disabled
  4. Hodgkin's Disease
  5. Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
  6. Multiple Sclerosis
  7. Sarcoidosis
  8. Rheumatoid arthritis
  9. Myasthenia gravis
  10. Scleroderma
  11. Leukemia
  12. Tuberculosis
  13. All other forms of cancer

Source: Alkalize or Die, Dr. Theodore A. Baroody, 2001.

http://acidalkalinediet.com/acidsymptoms.htm


Saliva PH test

The Saliva PH test is a simple test you can do to measure your susceptibility to cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, and many other degenerative diseases.

How to Perform the Saliva pH Test

When you first get up in the morning before eating or drinking. Fill your mouth with saliva and then swallow it. Repeat this step to help ensure that your saliva is clean. Then the third time, put some of your saliva onto the pH paper.

The pH paper should turn blue. This indicates that your saliva is slightly alkaline at a healthy pH of 7.4. If it is not blue, compare the color with the chart that comes with the pH paper. If your saliva is acid (below pH of 7.0) wait two hours and repeat the test.

Where to Get pH Paper

One source for pH paper is here. What you are looking for is narrow range pH paper measuring pH 4.5 to 7.5 or pH 4.5 to 8.5. These pH strips to measure acid/alkaline balance belong in every family medicine cabinet.

"When healthy, the pH of blood is 7.4, the pH of spinal fluid is 7.4, and the pH of saliva is 7.4. Thus the pH of saliva parallels the extra cellular fluid...pH test of saliva represents the most consistent and most definitive physical sign of the ionic calcium deficiency syndrome...The pH of the non-deficient and healthy person is in the 7.5 (dark blue) to 7.1 (blue) slightly alkaline range. The range from 6.5 (blue-green) which is weakly acidic to 4.5 (light yellow) which is strongly acidic represents states from mildly deficient to strongly deficient, respectively. Most children are dark blue, a pH of 7.5. Over half of adults are green-yellow, a pH of 6.5 or lower, reflecting the calcium deficiency of aging and lifestyle defects. Cancer patients are usually a bright yellow, a pH of 4.5, especially when terminal." The Calcium Factor: The Scientific Secret of Health and Youth, by Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich.

Virtually all degenerative diseases, including cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, kidney and gall stones, and tooth decay are associated with excess acidity in the body. While the body does have a homeostatic mechanism which maintains a constant pH 7.4 in the blood, this mechanism works by depositing and withdrawing acid and alkaline minerals from other locations including the bones, soft tissues, body fluids and saliva. Therefore, the pH of these other tissues can fluctuate greatly. The pH of saliva offers us a window through which we can see the overall pH balance in our bodies.

Cancer cannot exist in an alkaline environment. All forms of arthritis are associated with excess acidity. Acid in the body dissolves both teeth and bones. Whatever health situation you are faced with, you can monitor your progress toward a proper acid/alkaline balance by testing your saliva pH.

http://www.healingdaily.com/conditions/saliva-ph-test.htm


Urine pH Test:   The pH of the urine indicates how the body is working to maintain the proper pH of the blood. The urine reveals the alkaline (building - anabolic) and acid (tearing down - catabolic) metabolic cycles. The pH of urine indicates the efforts of the body via the kidneys, adrenals, lungs and gonads to regulate pH through the buffer salts and hormones. Urine can provide a fairly accurate picture of body chemistry, because the kidneys filter out the buffer salts of pH regulation and provide values based on what the body is eliminating. Urine pH can vary from around 4.5 to 9.0 in extremes, but the ideal range is 6.0 to 7.0. If your urinary pH fluctuates between 6.0 to 6.5 first thing in the morning and between 6.5 and 7.0 in the evening before dinner, your body is functioning within a healthy range.

Urine testing may indicate how well your body is excreting acids and assimilating minerals, especially calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. These minerals function as "buffers." Buffers are substances that help maintain and balance the body against the introduction of too much acidity or too much alkalinity. Even with the proper amounts of buffers, acid or alkaline levels can become stressful to the body's regulatory systems. When the body produces too many of these acids or alkalis, it must excrete the excess. The urine is the method the body uses to remove any excess acids or alkaline substances that cannot be buffered. If the body's buffering system is overwhelmed, a state of "autointoxication" exists, and attention should be given to reducing this stress.

http://www.trans4mind.com/nutrition/pH.html