The Most Important Medical Test You Can Do is Easy, Non-Invasive and Inexpensive!

It comes in a small roll of litmus paper that you keep in your bathroom. Just tear off a piece and pass it through your first urine each morning before eating or drinking anything. Then compare the color of the wet litmus paper to the accompanying chart to find your magic number!

This number measures the acidity/alkalinity (also called pH) of your urine, which is a good indicator of the acidity/alkalinity inside your cells. The number 7 indicates neutral (neither acid nor alkaline); the numbers less than 7 indicate increasing levels of acidity; the numbers above 7, increasing levels of alkalinity. 

If you’re familiar with Beyond Health, you know that we believe that all the many diseases are really only one disease called MALFUNCTIONING CELLS.  If we can keep our cells healthy, it’s impossible to get sick!

So knowing the condition of our cells is invaluable information, and this simple test allows you to get a glimpse inside your cells to see how well they’re doing.

YOU MUST KNOW THIS NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO GET WELL AND STAY WELL!

A healthy first-morning urine pH should consistently run between 6.5 and 7.5, ideally between 6.8 and 7.4.  Occasional readings outside the acceptable range are okay, but consistent readings below 6.5 are not good, and readings below 6.0 are dangerous. Occasional readings above 7.5 are okay, but consistent readings are not, and a pH of 8.0 is alarming.

While being overly alkaline is rare, most of the US population is too acidic, and it is one major reason that more than three-quarters of us are suffering from a chronic disease! Acid overload (acidosis) causes cells to malfunction, the very definition of disease.  Not surprisingly, it is a factor, sometimes a causative factor, in virtually every health problem you can think of, from low energy to cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

Don’t despair if you find you too are suffering from excess acid; you’re not going to drop dead or get cancer tomorrow!  But do use this information to do some “preventive medicine” while improving how you feel in the present.

We’ll be talking more about how to raise your crucial pH numbers into the desirable range in the next couple of Newsclips, but basically it involves diet and supplements. The standard American diet, with its abundance of processed, devitalized foods, is a primary cause of acidosis, and a plant-based diet centered on fresh vegetables and fruits is the primary cure.

Supplements are also critical in shifting your numbers into a healthy range, especially the alkalinizing minerals in Beyond Health’s Multi, buffered vitamin C , Magnesium, and Bone Mineral Formula .

Shifting your pH may not happen overnight, but a determined effort is well worth it. You’ll no doubt feel better short term, and you’ll be avoiding more serious illness down the road. 

A $10 roll of pH paper can start you off and accompany you for many months as you track your progress.  A wise investment in your health!

References:

1. For a fuller description of problems associated with acidosis, see The Great American Health Hoax by Raymond Francis. For the pivotal role of acidity in the development of cancer, see Raymond’s Never Fear Cancer Again , and for the way it increases premature aging, see his Never Feel Old Again .

For more on pH, see Raymond’s two articles on the Beyond Health Website:  Your pH, and pH is Critical .