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9/23/2013 7:35:56 PM | Hi Everyone, On the subject of testing your PH: I just wanted to say to anyone having trouble getting their PH where it needs to be in spite of a great diet, please know that some issues other than diet could be contributing. Our family used the PH strips pretty regularly to test during the first 10 months of our protocol. My 8 year-old daughter responded beautifully to the protocol diet and just as you would expect. . . she rose from around an average of 6.4 to 7.4 within the first two months. On the other hand I could NOT get my PH above about 6.6 no matter how well I ate. I kept removing things from my diet to try to improve with no results. Peter made some great suggestions which definitely helped but still did not solve the problem completely. Baking soda helped a bit too and I added more exercise as well. It wasn't until I started noticing a distinct pattern of lower PH readings after a sleepless night or two or a high pressure event, that I began to realize stress was the culprit in my low PH readings. Once the triggers for most of that stress were removed about 3 months ago, my PH readings soared almost immediately. I am now averaging 7.2 to 7.4 and doing much better. I no longer test much but for awhile it was necessary for me. Once my readings were coming in consistently higher I dropped off. Just the same I learned a lot from testing while I did it. So I think that for some of us there might be good reason to test in order to discover what are our personal triggers for lower readings. If stress is your trigger and it can't be controlled (and some just can't be) then in addition to the protocol, use the baking soda, get as much sleep as you can, exercise regularly and know that 'this too shall pass'. Remove what stress you can, accept what is non-negotiable and whatever you do. . . don't start stressing over the stress! ;-) Even with it if you follow the protocol you will get better and over time your PH can be raised. Hang in there and God Bless! Deborah B |
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