Melanie Takes On Genuine Health’s 21 Day pH Challenge

Today was Day One of my Genuine Health 21 day pH challenge.

What is that, you ask?

Here’s the scoop:

My husband and many members of his family, as well as many of my friends have been Greens+ fans for years. I’m a relative newcomer but am a fan of the Greens+ Extra Energy and the O3mega+ Joy. They’ve made a measurable difference in my energy level.

So when Genuine Health asked me to take a 21 day challenge of taking Greens+ Extra Energy and tracking my pH levels I readily agreed.  I’m really interested in learning more about my pH level and what it means for my health. Acidic vs. Alkaline…my husband will definitely say I’m acidic, lol.

Genuine Health has supplied the pH testing kit and a container of Greens+ Extra Energy, a shaker cup, and the fun t-shirt that is pictured. It reads: “Show me your pH and I’ll show you what it says about your energy and overall health.” Bring it on!

My aim is to measure my pH and if necessary work toward getting to the optimum level (is there any question I’m going to need to improve? Not if you’ve seen how poorly I can sometimes eat).

• I’ll be taking my pH levels 3 times per day – morning, afternoon and evening
• I’ll be taking the regular recommended serving of Greens+ energy during this time
• I’ll be focusing on eating alkaline foods (more on this down below) as well

The Genuine Health website reports that the human body should ideally be slightly alkaline, around the 7.0 to 7.2 level, with an ideal diet based on 75% alkaline-forming foods and 25% acidic-forming foods. Vegetables that are green and colourful are among the most alkaline-forming.  See the pH food chart I’ll be using as my guide.

What happens when your pH level is too acidic?

“An acidic pH puts us at risk for certain illness and diseases. Not to mention premature
aging, osteoporosis, weight gain, poor skin & hair health, and internal toxin build-ups
resulting in frequent colds, flu and headaches.”

Yikes!

…So how do I measure up on my first day?

Jan 18/10 – Day One pH levels :

• morning  -6.4
• afternoon -6.8
• evening – 6.8

“Any number below 7 means that your urine or saliva is on the acidic side. If your readings fall below 6.6, you should begin changes aimed at alkalinizing your diet.”

Time to work on incorporating more alkaline-forming foods into my diet and to cut out the diet sodas and other acidic-forming foods.  I bet just cutting out the diet sodas will make a big difference. But I’m not going to stop there, I know I can make some other positive improvements to my diet.  I can also substitute my many cups of mildly acidic tea with green tea some of the time, as well as eating more fruits and vegetables and less processed foods.

I’ve also just started tracking what I eat at The Daily Plate.

If you’re curious how my pH levels match up with what foods I’m eating, you can check out my food diary (enter the password (key) “strong“). I hope this link to my profile will work for you: http://www.livestrong.com/profile/girlgetstrong/ (let me know!) or you can search for me under my username, “Girlgetstrong”.

I’m curious if you’ve ever measured or paid attention to your pH level?  Hit me up in the comments.