Maintaining optimum pH of your saliva, urine, and blood is important for optimum health. Being too acidic or too alkaline can prevent effective assimilation of vitamins, minerals, and foods and create a physical environment conducive to growth of candida, fungi, and cancer.  

Your body pH affects everything about your health. Acidosis will decrease your ability to repair damaged cells, decrease the ability to detoxify heavy metals, make tumor cells thrive, and may be the reason you feel tired and stay ill. 

In previous lessons, you learned the reasons why you should avoid products with high fructose corn syrup and simple carbohydrates such as white flour, white potatoes, rice, and sugar. This is especially important when you want to bring your pH in balance within a healthy range. 

Your pH level affects every single cell in your body--from those in the brain, circulatory system, nerves, muscles, digestion, reproduction, etc. When your body's pH is too acidic, you are more likely to suffer weight gain, premature aging, heart disease. fatigue, allergies, candida, cancer, etc. 

What is your pH? 

To get started you will want to test your saliva and urine. There is no need to test your blood for the purposes of this lesson. Using pH strips, monitor your ranges as indicated in the chart below:

Normal urine pH ranges 6.5 - 8.0 

Ideal urine pH is between 6.3 -6.6. 

Saliva pH should be around 6.5 - 7.4

The lower the pH reading, the more acidic you are and the more oxygen deprived your bodily fluids are. The higher the pH reading, the more alkaline you are and the more oxygen-rich your fluids are. However, that does not mean that you want to be beyond the healthy range of alkalinity. 

You can bring your pH balance in the normal range by eating a balanced, alkaline-rich diet. There are also excellent protocols that can be used by introducing baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) into your health regime. 

 

After identifying any highly acidic foods, especially sugary products, that you eat on a regular basis, work to eliminate them from your diet, adding alkaline foods as you can.

Sometimes the sugar cravings and overgrowth of candida in your body make it difficult to make these changes, so we recommend the acidosis-buster concoction of maple syrup-baking soda for a week or two. You will be surprised how your sugar cravings diminish. 

It is also a great way to get rid of candida growth that occurs throughout your body and which can lead to fungus growth and cancer. 

Mix baking soda and grade B maple syrup in a sauce pan over low heat until bubbly. The ratio is 1 part baking soda to 3 parts maple syrup. After the mixture is cool, pour into a jar or container that you can easily stir the product as you use it. When the mixture sits, the baking soda will settle on the bottom--so you will want to stir before every use. 

In the beginning take 1 tablespoon, twice a day. OK to chase with water if you don't like the taste. 

The maple syrup acts like a "Trojan horse" for candida which loves sugar. As the acid-loving candida races in to eat the deliciously sweet syrup, it gets instantly neutralized by the alkaline baking soda. 

Once your candida is neutralized throughout the body, you may notice your craving for simple carbs and sugars is diminished and symptoms associated with acidosis  disappear. 

Once you have created a better digestive system in your body by implementing the protocols we outline in ASCEND lessons Octave 1.1 - 1.5 and eliminating candida overgrowth as explained in this lesson, you may occasionally get acid indigestion or notice that your pH is slightly high after eating certain foods.

Instead of reaching for an over-the-counter antacid like Tums or Rolaids, put a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of water and drink. This will give you an extra boost in helping your stomach digest its food. If you don't like the taste, drink some water with your own home-made baking soda capsules.

Baking soda capsules can be made by filling empty gelatin capsules with baking soda. Once your pH is balanced, you might consider taking one baking soda capsule a day to stay in balance and ward off any candida growth. The capsules make it easy to have baking soda on hand anytime a bit of indigestion occurs. 

 

Signs That You Might Have Candida Overgrowth 

OBJECTIVE:

Maintain a healthy thyroid that can assimilate iodine by keeping the body pH between 6.3 -6.6.

Your body's pH will determine which minerals your body can assimilate. If you are too acidic or alkaline, you will not be able to utilize all of the minerals that you need for health.

In the Mineral Chart of Acceptance below, notice the different ranges required to absorb each mineral. For example, in order to absorb hydrogen, carbon, or oxygen, you need a pH range of 5.4 - 7.6.  To absorb iron, your pH will need to be within the range of 6.0 - 7.0.  If you are outside of this range, you will not be able to assimilate iron, hence you may feel tired or fatigued. 

Thyroid Health

The thyroid, the main gland in the throat chakra, needs iodine in order to function properly, yet if you are outside of the pH range of 6.3 - 6.6, your body cannot absorb iodine. You may be diagnosed with thyroid issues, including cancer, if your thyroid is not nourished with iodine. 

In order for your body to absorb all of the minerals on the chart, you need to maintain a urine pH of 6.3 -6.6.

Once your pH is balanced, consider adding dulce, kelp, or nascent iodine to your daily diet, all of which are excellent sources of iodine. This way your thyroid will be nourished, plus the presence of iodine (as long as your body can assimilate it) aids in the absorption of other minerals.  

In order to keep the throat chakra healthy, you need to 

1) balance your overall pH, and 

2) supplementing with iodine.