The pH is essentially a scale that grades an acidic or alkaline nature of a medium. This scale is measured from 1 to 14, wherein the midpoint of the scale stands at 7. Thus, a reading that is lower than 7 shows an acidic dominance, and in the same way, an alkaline disposition for readings that go above 7 towards 14.

Importance of pH in the Body-

Our body is an assortment of different chemicals along with a ?consciousness?. The body functions as a result of chemical reactions that take place at all the times at the body cellular and molecular levels.

These chemical reactions are essentially guided by the ?chemical environment? that they take place in, and the most important aspect that goes in to making up this chemical environment is the body pH.

The level of pH affects and regulates all the chemical reactions in our body and hence it is important that the body pH remains correct, to ensure a good health.

For instance, the normal blood pH range is approximately 7.4

Any deviation from this normal range can cause deleterious effects on the blood system, especially if the pH range gets acidic due to any reason.

Regulating your Body pH

Regulating your body pH is pretty easy and will take you no complex efforts.

The first thing to do is having your diet charted. Charting your diet will give you good guides as to what food stuffs you routinely eat and you can easily see if these have acidic inclinations.

Testing your body pH is pretty easy. The simplest way to know what your body pH is by testing your body fluids for pH, like your saliva. Accurate pH measurements are done using a pH meter that is available only in laboratories; thankfully we have very easy to use pH strips.

pH strips are just simple strips of paper that you will need to dip in your saliva. The strip changes its color according to the pH of your saliva. A yellow to light orange coloration in the strip indicates that the fluid is acidic, and dark green to blue change denotes an alkaline medium.

Having an alkaline body pH is good for your health. If you find that your body pH is on the acidic side you can immediately rectify this by making suitable dietary adjustments.

A simple way to start is by incorporating alkaline foods in your diet, and making your diet reinforced with the requisites amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other micro-nutrients.

Involving ?green foods? and ?green drinks? is also an effective way to alkalize your body and prevent an acidic body pH.