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Old Sat, Jan-14-17, 04:43
nexxus0320 nexxus0320 is offline
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Default does anyone do ph test at all?

i got ph strips from china took a couple of months to come in but i have over 300 of them now and my first ph test indicates a range that is basically normal at 7 . the litmus paper test is not very accurate . I am wondering if this is something you guys do and if so do you use special equipment etc . i doubt i will do a ph test of my blood but urine and saliva is easy enough. your thoughts on this would be appreciated
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Old Sat, Jan-14-17, 09:29
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I can't remember this question coming up, so I'm guessing actually testing ph is rare. The idea of eating a ph balancing diet does come up semi-regularly. If you look at just the foods I eat, I probably eat towards the alkaline end for a low carb diet, at least looking at the foods, but I eat towards the ketogenic end of things when it comes to the total protein and digestible carb content, so those ketones are an acid influence that the body has to balance, something that I think it's perfectly capable of. I eat the lower carb veggies more for the macronutrients and because they make eating more enjoyable, not for alkalinity. People treating kids with epilepsy with a ketogenic diet noticed years ago that kidney stones were a risk, potassium citrate protects against this, I guess careful supplementation (people have died supplementing excessive potassium, that's why they sell it in tiny little 100 mg pills) might be in order for people on a very ketogenic diet.

I guess the best you can hope for from those ph strips is very dull results.
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