Why Testing for pH Matters for your Health

Urine pH provides important clues about your body’s internal processes and helps guide prevention or treatment of specific health issues:

  1. Kidney Stone Prevention
    1. Monitoring urine pH can help prevent stone formation by identifying whether the urine is too acidic or alkaline and adjusting diet or medication accordingly.
  2. Infection Management
    1. Urine pH helps detect and manage UTIs caused by bacteria that thrive in either acidic or alkaline conditions.
  3. Metabolic Monitoring
    1. Abnormal urine pH can indicate systemic conditions like diabetes, respiratory disorders, or imbalances caused by diet.
  4. Tailored Nutritional Guidance
    1. Understanding how diet impacts urine pH can inform dietary changes to improve health outcomes, such as reducing acid load in high-protein diets.

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