Health Homework (4) Buy Test Strips for Urine pH and Ketones

Everybody thinks their diet is awesome until they actually test it objectively.

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do."*

*attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bruce Lee, and Leonardo da Vinci—if you can provide the exact original source, please leave it below in the comments

Everybody thinks their diet is awesome until they actually test it objectively.

1. Are you consuming enough fruits/vegetables/alkali to offset the metabolic acids produced inside your body?

2. Is your carbohydrate intake low enough to promote ketogenesis (as a surrogate marker for anti-inflammation, anti-oxidation, and autophagy)?

You can and probably should (at least occasionally) measure your urine pH and ketones with test strips that you can buy online or at your local (integrative) pharmacy.

Here's why I changed my perspective on the topic of acid-base balance

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do."*

*attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bruce Lee, and Leonardo da Vinci—if you can provide the exact original source, please leave it below in the comments