Is Your Body PH to Low? (acidic)

Have your read that an acidic body pH is an indication that you are not as health as you could be. But how do you know what your current ph is? The simplest way to get a good indicator is with pH paper, sticks or strips.

It is a painlessly way to monitor the body’s pH in your saliva and urine. I recommend pH strips with a large range like 4.5-9.0 pH which can test both saliva or urine. The pH of venous blood is around 7.2 and the pH of arterial blood is around 7.4. Blood pH must be maintained in a very tight window if a person is to stay alive.

The pH of the urine can vary widely. The pH of urine is a measure of the biochemicals that the body is eliminating. These include “biochemicals” such as excess minerals, vitamins, and products of metabolism. These “biochemicals” also include drugs and toxins being eliminated by the body. Most people believe you should have an early morning urine pH of above 6.2. They say if this is the case, your body is probably alkaline. More radical health care professionals may say your pH needs to be above 6.8.

The pH of saliva can also give an indication of your body pH. Though it will not be giving you the blood pH, it is definitely a reflection on what is going on inside the body. Most healthy people will find their saliva pH to be above 6.4. If the early morning saliva pH is above 6.8 usually people are in good health. To get an accurate saliva pH reading you must take it first thing in the morning before you put anything else in your mouth.

What's in an Apple?

Have you ever been wowed by the list of nutrition on some of the vitamin and mineral capsules you can purchase at your local grocery store. The list is usually fairly long and impressive. But a great deal of it is man made compounds that your body does not digest and is simply flushed down the toilet. Granted not all of it is flushed but in some cases you may be better off had you flushed it then to poison your body with it.

In most cases a natural whole food will supply a better synergistic mix of nutrient that your body is designed to assimilate. If we were to put a label on an apple to list its nutritional value it would look like the list below.


Apple
Amount.................................. 1.00 each
total weight............................ 138.00 g

Basic Components
nutrient amount %DV
calories................................... 81.42............. 4.52
calories from fat.................... 4.47...............
calories from saturated fat.. 0.72...............
protein.................................... 0.26 g............ 0.52
carbohydrates....................... 21.05 g.......... 7.02
dietary fiber........................... 3.73 g............ 14.92
soluble fiber........................... 1.42 g............
insoluble fiber........................ 2.30 g............
sugar - total........................... 16.56 g..........
monosaccharides.................. 11.45 g..........
disaccharides......................... 3.59 g............
other carbs............................ 0.76 g............
fat - total................................ 0.50 g............ 0.77
saturated fat.......................... 0.08 g............ 0.40
mono fat................................. 0.02 g............ 0.08
poly fat................................... 0.14 g............. 0.58
cholesterol............................. 0.00 mg......... 0.00
water...................................... 115.82 g........
ash.......................................... 0.36 g............

Vitamins
nutrient amount %DV
vitamin A IU.......................... 73.14 IU......... 1.46
vitamin A RE......................... 6.90 RE.........
A - carotenoid....................... 6.90 RE......... 0.09
A - beta carotene.................. 28.15 mcg.....
thiamin - B1.......................... 0.02 mg......... 1.33
riboflavin - B2....................... 0.02 mg......... 1.18
niacin - B3............................. 0.11 mg......... 0.55
niacin equiv........................... 0.15 mg.........
vitamin B6............................. 0.07 mg......... 3.50
vitamin B12........................... 0.00 mcg....... 0.00
biotin...................................... 1.73 mcg......... 0.58
vitamin C............................... 7.87 mg.......... 13.12
vitamin E alpha equiv.......... 0.44 mg......... 2.20
vitamin E IU...................... ... 0.66 IU...........
vitamin E mg......................... 0.91 mg.........
folate...................................... 3.86 mcg........ 0.97
vitamin K............................... 3.00 mcg....... 3.75
pantothenic acid................... 0.08 mg......... 0.80

Minerals
nutrient amount %DV
calcium.................................. 9.66 mg......... 0.97
copper................................... 0.06 mg......... 3.00
iron......................................... 0.25 mg......... 1.39
magnesium........................... 6.90 mg......... 1.73
manganese........................... 0.06 mg......... 3.00
phosphorus........................... 9.66 mg......... 0.97
potassium............................. 158.70 mg....
selenium............................... 0.41 mcg........ 0.59
zinc........................................ 0.06 mg......... 0.40

Mono Fats
nutrient amount %DV
18:1 oleic.............................. 0.02 g

Poly Fats
nutrient amount %DV
18:2 linoleic.......................... 0.12 g
18:3 linolenic........................ 0.02 g

Other Fats
nutrient amount %DV
omega 3 fatty acids............. 0.02 g............ 0.80
omega 6 fatty acids............. 0.12 g............

Amino Acids
nutrient amount %DV
alanine................................... 0.01 g............
arginine................................. 0.01 g............
aspartate............................... 0.05 g............
glutamate.............................. 0.03 g............
glycine................................... 0.01 g............
isoleucine.............................. 0.01 g............ 0.87
leucine................................... 0.02 g............ 0.79
lysine..................................... 0.02 g............ 0.85
phenylalanine....................... 0.01 g............ 0.84
proline................................... 0.01 g............
serine.................................... 0.01 g............
threonine.............................. 0.01 g............ 0.81
tyrosine................................. 0.01 g............ 1.03
valine..................................... 0.01 g............ 0.68
Other
nutrient amount %DV
sugar alcohol......................... 0.79 g
sorbitol................................... 0.77 g
xylitol..................................... 0.01 g
organic acids......................... 764.11 mg
citric acid............................... 21.67 mg
lactic acid............................... 0.00 mg
malic acid............................... 742.44 mg


Pretty impressive isn’t it. If you would like to know about other natural whole foods and their nutrients check out the link on the left called nutrition values of whole foods.

Two Simple Cheap Dieting Secrets

Eat most of your calories early in the day. If you were on 2000 calories a day diet, you would lose more weight by eating them all for breakfast and no more the rest of the day, than by eating them all for dinner. This has been proven in a small test study where people lost an average of 2.2 pounds when eatting only breakfast, where as when they consumed their calories in the evening they generally gained weight. The theory is calories consumed early in the day are more likely to be converted to energy than stored as fat.

Drink ice water. It will keep your body hydrated and helps you burn calories. If you were to drink eight 16 oz of ice water throughout the day it will burn about 200 calories. The reason it works is because the ice water has no calories but you burn calories to keep your body warm after it is cooled by the ice water.