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| Promoting A Good Digestive Health With Testing The pH Levels Of StoolsBy: HealthyWiser "Typically, gas and bloating, constipation, and other digestive symptoms are reliable signs that you would benefit from eating more fermented foods and taking a probiotic supplement to improve the health of your gut bacteria," said website Dr. David Williams. "But for the more 'hands-on' among you, it's also possible to assess your digestive health by measuring the pH of your stool." Your digestive health should be promoted to ensure that you are not at risk of the most common digestive health problems. Some of these conditions include gallstones, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids and more, according to the article on health website Everyday Health. Dr. David Williams website stated that the acceptable pH level of your stool should be "slightly acidic," at around 6.7 and 6.9 in the pH meter scale. While substance quality will require a neutral pH level of seven or higher, stool pH reportedly tends to have poor balance between the bad bacteria and the good bacteria when it has a neutral pH level. Furthermore, a stool that has an acidic pH level can of course be disadvantageous. The stool tends to have an acidic level when there is too much lactose or milk sugar, and sucrose or table sugar taken in with your everyday meals. This can in turn, cause the problem of diarrhea among many people, the website further indicated. HealthyWiser is a company that offers pH test strips that can be used to test the pH level of your stool. The products are available through Amazon at $11.35 when you subscribe to five or more items from the consumer website. Prepare the get down and dirty when trying to test the pH levels of your stool. You are required to test the stool sample with the test strips before going with the water in the toilet bowl. The most recommended way to do this is to collect a sample inside a laboratory container, similar to how they are collected when you undergo into fecalysis. After doing these, compare the color of the pH paper to the color chart on the HealthyWiser packaging to see the results. "If your pH is not ideal, there are several foods and nutritional products that, when used correctly, can restore [and] improve gut bacteria and help return pH to normal," Dr. David Williams said. "These solutions work regardless of whether the bowel is too acidic or too alkaline." For more information about HealthyWiser's test strips, visit their page on Amazon and leave some reviews if you have tried their products. Sources: http://www.drdavidwilliams.com/ http://www.everydayhealth.com/ http://amzn.to/ End
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