How To Test Water Acidity

The key to a healthy body is often a very basic balance within your body that is disrupted by the unhealthy habits of modern life. This balance is essential for healthy living and a complications free life. This balance is the pH balance of your body.

For those of you who are thinking back to school science and trying to remember what pH was, don't worry. For those who want to stay healthy, it is not that complicated. All you have to know is that pH balance refers to t he acidity levels within your body. Ideally, a body should have a pH of about 7.35, which is really a bit above neutral and towards the alkaline side. This means that your body should not be acidic at all, although don't get me wrong. Some parts of your body need to be very acidic, like your stomach but that is a different function altogether.

The body's pH level refers to the pH levels of your urine, your saliva and other bodily fluids. A more alkaline pH level is the desirable balance in this case and there are good reasons behind it. An acidic body will slowly destroy your health from the inside, making your more prone to diseases and health problems. Your skin will age faster and you will feel less energetic. You will feel fatigued very easily and your productivity levels will go down.

Your teeth can also get damaged when you have a low body pH. When it comes to external sources, water pH is also very important. This is because acidic water can harmful for you. Water is meant to be neutral and it is meant to neutralize by dilution and cleansing. Water is the universal solvent, which means that any substance that is soluble will be soluble in water. So if your water is acidic, you have a problem on your hands.

If you love your skin and hair (don't we all love them?), then be doubly sure to avoid acidic water. Acidic water can completely ruin your hair and skin if used regularly. Hence, there are many reasons why you would want to know the pH levels of the water that you are using and drinking. Knowing the pH level also helps you decide on possible health factors when you move to a new area and do not know how your body is going to react to the change in water.

It is really very easy and simple to know the pH of any liquid, including water. All you have to do is buy a book of pH testing strips and match the color of the test strip with the reference color scale given with the book of strips. The simple rule goes, acid is – red and alkaline is blue. So the redder the strip is, the more acidic the liquid is. For your purposes you need a strip that can measure fine differences in acid, so go for a smaller range of between 6 to 9.