Urine pH – 7.4
Saliva pH – 6.2

Cold is gone today and I’m feeling great!

Urine pH – 7.4
Saliva pH – 6.2

I’m still fighting off a mild cold that started a few days ago. Based on some further reading I’ve been doing, the drop in my saliva pH could be related to the effects of the virus on my body. I could potentially increase my doses of baking soda to help get rid of the virus and get my pH climbing again.

I may start taking 3 doses a day of 1 teaspoon of baking soda.

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.5

Day 26

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.5

Day 27

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.2

Day 27′s results are from this morning. I was disappointed to see my saliva pH drop today. I probably deserved it though as my diet wasn’t very good this weekend. I ate a lot of sweets, dairy, and grains which are all very acidic.

I was in a bit of rush yesterday morning and didn’t think to check when I got up.

Anyhow, today’s results are encouraging:

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.5

After about 3 weeks of having my saliva pH stuck around 6.2, it’s nice to see it jump up a bit. We’ll see if it is sustained over the next few days.

I also managed to pick up a mild cold that started a couple of days ago. I suspect it might actually be caused by my body detoxing excess acids rather than a viral cold.

With the jump in my saliva pH, it may be that my body is using the cold-like symptoms to help dispose of acids in my body. They need to come out somehow, so a cold seems a good way as any to do it.

BTW – this is why I don’t recommend that you ever use pharmaceutical cold remedies. When you have a viral cold, your body uses the sneezing, runny nose, and congestion to help rid itself of the virus. When you take remedies to reduce these symptoms, you’re actually hampering your immune system’s ability to do it’s job properly. You’re much better off taking supplements that help support your immune system like vitamin C, Vitamin D, Zinc, water, Garlic, Ginseng, etc.

Urine pH – 6.8
Saliva pH – 5.9

Another decline. Since my diet hasn’t really changed and I haven’t been under any emotional stress, the only thing that I can think of that might be causing my acidity levels to increase might be the liver cleansing herbs I started taking a couple of days ago. Perhaps the cleansing of the liver is causing additional acids to be released into my body.

Urine pH – 6.8
Saliva pH – 6.2

I’m not sure what caused the urine pH to drop this morning. I have a theory that it may be because I slept quite a bit longer than usual last night. The extra time between trips to the bathroom might have allowed my body to collect and deposit more acid into my urine for disposal.

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.2

Everything back to normal today…

Urine pH – 7.0
Saliva pH – 6.2

Before I list my values, I need to let you know that I tried a little experiment last night.

About once or so a month, I get together with friends and we just hang out and have a few beers. I usually stick with light beer to keep the alcohol and calories to a minimum, and I did this last night as well.

When I got home, I became kind of curious as to how much beer would affect my pH levels. So instead of taking my usual baking soda mixture before bed, I didn’t take anything.

Check out these results…

Urine pH – 6.2
Saliva pH – 6.0

In a way it’s good that my urine pH dropped so much because it shows that my body is processing the acid that the alcohol created.

But it’s also interesting to see how much acid alcohol can actually create in the body.

With my curiosity satisfied, I’m back on my regular buffering schedule again this morning.