pH Testing for Body Balance with Absolique Trichologist
The Art of Absorption, continued. Hopefully, you have heard about pH acid/alkaline and the pH scale. pH measures the liquid balance of water or a substance, for example, swimming pools, fish tanks, the ocean, hair and skin and the body, to mention a few. The pH scale measures from 0-14 with 0-6.9 being acid, 7 is neutral and 7.1-14 alkaline. When the pH of a liquid or substance is out of balance is creates dysfunction. There is an ideal pH known for normal function for the above mentioned, when it is out of balance meaning more acid or more alkaline than the ideal pH, it is out of balance and can cause damage. It is important to mention here the pH scale is logarithmic meaning that an increase or decrease of an integer value changes the concentration by a tenfold. For example, a pH of 3 is ten times more acidic than a pH of 4. Likewise, a pH of 3 is one hundred times more acidic than a pH of 5.
Relate this to a swimming pool, if the pH is out of balance the pool is unsafe to swim in. For a fish tank when the pH is out of balance the fish will not survive. For the hair and skin, personal care products are pH balanced so they complement the desired function. When it comes to the body, we are 80% liquid and the general body pH has an impact on digestion, absorption, healing, repairing, transporting, alkalizing, and detoxifying. These essential body functions will be out of balance and dysfunction when general body pH is out of balance.
pH Testing for Body Balance with Absolique Trichologist:
- The pH scale measures from 0-14
- Below 7 is acid, above 7 is alkaline
- Ideal body pH is 7
- Learn about your body through your pH
- Balanced pH assists digestion, absorption, healing, repairing, alkalizing and detoxifying
The first step is testing general body pH to learn your individual body functioning. Goal general body pH is 7 which is neutral, anything lower is too acid and higher too alkaline. For general body pH testing we need to test urine leaving the body first thing in the morning, for this we use litmus paper. It is when we sleep that our bodies try to perform the essential functions, 7 hours straight through uninterrupted sleep in the subconscious mind is required. Many are not getting the required sleep or have broken sleep which contributes to the lower pH result.
Sometimes you can help with sleep by practising sleep hygiene, in other cases it may be a sleep disorder that has no simple treatment. In both scenarios you can balance pH by practising pH testing, learning how to use acid buffers and following the Easy pH test kit Booklet available from Absolique Hair Health Clinic and online.
The main message here is to test your pH, we use and recommend Easy pH Test Kit which is available from Absolique. Test your pH and start to make some changes where you see possible as laid out for you in the Easy pH Test Kit Booklet. Once you identify where you can make some changes such as; changing to filtered water, avoiding common chemicals in household and personal care products, how stress impacts pH and food combining, you may see and improve in your pH, or you may need to add some acid buffers to assist. Either way, testing and then balancing is the place to start. Remember the general body pH goal is 7, under and over 7 is also out of balance. Hair and skin general pH is 4.5-5.5, stomach acid pH is around 2.2, pools, fish tanks and other liquids and substances all have their own unique pH for best function, not everything is of neutral pH. Next article we will cover pH and food combining. Follow this link to find out more about The Art of Absorption https://www.hair-loss-treatments.com.au/news-and-views-june-2020/
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