Testing pH in Urine and Saliva

At Industrial Instruments and Supplies, one of our big sellers in pH testing is our Microessentials Urine and Saliva Test Paper. However, one may not know exactly why it is useful to test the pH level in urine or saliva. To further explain the benefit of this, we have found an interesting article on findingmyphbalance.com:

When we test pH levels we are interpreting the language of our body communicating with us.  Urine tells us our history (metabolic) and saliva our most recent choices (reactive) – both are important.  The foods we have just eaten will soon become our history. 

Testing pH levels tells us how body systems have been dealing with acids long term and how well our digestive system is able to handle what we have eaten the night before.  These numbers will not be consistent or match as long as we are eating acidic foods and are living an acidic lifestyle; too much acid-forming foods, stress, smoking, drinking acidic beverages, little or no exercise.  With pH testing you can start creating a healthy history today. (Continue reading)