Soda, Fun with pH testing??

[mis2ninos]

Hey ladies, so I tend to have a little ocd and that is spilling into my sway! I found this website: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/scripts/phresl.pl with the results of pH testing of lots of things, including sodas. The lowest soda they list is Diet Rite, with a pH paper reading of 2.75 and meter reading of 1.75. But I think Diet Rite doesn't have aspartame. Here are the next, in order from lowest to highest according to their study (using paper reading):

Paper Reading Meter Reading
Regular Pepsi 2.88 3.33
Regular Coke 3.16 3.23
Pepsi, Caffeine free 3.50 2.82
Diet Pepsi 3.87 4.26
Coke, Caffeine free 4.00 4.40
Diet Coke 4.14 5.13

I would love to know the pH of Pepsi Max, since it is super low in sodium. Also it looks like regular soda has lower pH than diet. I would have thought it was the other way around. So my question is, we want diet though because of the aspartame right? So a diet pepsi with a meter reading of 4.26 would be better than a regular pepsi with meter reading of 3.33 because of aspartame?

By the way, milk registered kind of high, 6 - 7 pH. I was surprised by that.

[mis2ninos]

dang it didn't space out like I typed it. The first number is pH from paper reading and the second is pH from meter reading.

[rainbowflower]

how did they get such accurate results from paper?

so should you go for the least or most acidic? wouldn't it be the least acidic?

[mis2ninos]

yeah, for a girl you want the most acidic, but the most acidic is the lowest number. So diet rite would be the most acidic. But it doesn't have aspartame, and I think that aspartame, even though its a poison for most people, is a good thing for a pink sway. I just don't know which soda would be best, I don't really have a preference for taste. I was surprised diet coke is so high. I'm ordering my test strips and will try it out myself. There are pH strips on amazon that go in increments of .2 to be more accurate.

[rainbowflower]

I thought for a girl you wanted the LOWEST acidic (highest number) as eating/drinking more alkaline foods makes your body pH change to become more acidic to compensate?

[mis2ninos]

hmm thats interesting! I hope someone will help us out because I'm not 100% sure!

[purplepoet20]

Eating acidic foods is not always a good thing for a pink sway... lemon or lime water is very acidic but turns alkaline in the body. The aspartame or splenda stays acidic in the body because our bodies are not meant to digest/absorb it so it makes it way through out the digestive tract and turns everything acidic on it's way out. If you follow the acidic foods/drinks thinging it will make you more acidic then we should be eating lemons, limes, and steak.

Crystal light with my filtered tap water was about 3.5 on a digital.
Diet Rootbeer (can't handle the diet cola) was about 3.2

[mis2ninos]

thanks pp, so do you think most acidic is better or most acidic that also contains aspartame? So diet soda? I would prefer the diet, I looked at a bottle of regular coke at the gas station today and it had 240 calories!!! wth

[purplepoet20]

Only drink diet soda... keeps blood sugar low, less calories, and turns you acidic. It is the fake chemical sugars that turn everything acidic and that is what you want. Real sugar, honey, agave, and one fake sugar I forgot the name of or for boys diets. I am drinking things with aspartame and splenda, can't wait to have real sugar again.

The best things to drink are crystal light, diet caff free sodas, and reverse osmosis water.

Where in AZ are you?

[mis2ninos]

great thanks that really helps! I'm in Tucson, you?

[purplepoet20]

Flagstaff... hubby is trying to find work in Phoenix.

Try to drink only RO water down there because of the minerals in the water... it may be a little pricy but it is great for the girl sway.

[mis2ninos]

oh we were just in Flagstaff I love northern Arizona!! Its so green! We love taking the kids to Phx too, much better waterparks than what we have. Plus we are northern Tucson so its only about an hour drive. Not bad. Phx is so big!!! Fashion square is nice ;)

Yeah we don't drink the water here, usually drink the walmart brand, what brands are RO? Aquafina? Dasani?

[purplepoet20]

I think it is aquafina but not sure... we buy it by the gallon at New Frontiers.

Flag is really nice right now with all the rain... so cool and refreshing. We have family in Tucson, Mesa, Fountain Hills, Sedona, and Las Vegas. We are going to Mesa Saturday to visit great-grandma. I have to try and hid my diet while there since I will be ovulating that day.

[queen-of-harts]

I found ro water in bottles at Aldis if anyone has those stores around them.

[jane]

hi all,just putting my:twocents:in,but as a mum of 3,i would only drink really sugary coke(cant stand the sugar free)has to be really sweet,then not eating much and not as regular.wouldnt that make your bs levels go up and down etc making it better for girl sway????? im only talking from my own experience though as i dont know much about what diet you are meant to be following.sorry for butting in but i just had to say!:wave:pink dut to you all.

[zanacal]

hi all,just putting my:twocents:in,but as a mum of 3,i would only drink really sugary coke(cant stand the sugar free)has to be really sweet,then not eating much and not as regular.wouldnt that make your bs levels go up and down etc making it better for girl sway????? im only talking from my own experience though as i dont know much about what diet you are meant to be following.sorry for butting in but i just had to say!:wave:pink dut to you all.

I agree about blood sugar levels jane and that's also why I eat sugary foods and simple carbs and only have a couple of meals each day. I drink lots of Pepsi Max to fill me up and for the aspartame.

[jane]

I agree about blood sugar levels jane and that's also why I eat sugary foods and simple carbs and only have a couple of meals each day. I drink lots of Pepsi Max to fill me up and for the aspartame.i reckon the sugar thing is right on cos i have a huge sweet tooth,things like sweets especially,theyre really my weakness:p

[purplepoet20]

The research shows that the people who have an extremely high sugar diet or a fake sugar diet are more likely to have girls... I normally had what I felt was a lot of sugar (1/3 of my high calorie diet) and I have boys. But I know from my family history that my body takes longer to break down the sugar levels. I have a meter and in the morning glucose is extremely low and after my normal sugars through out the day my night glucose is almost dangerously high.

I chose to do fake sugar in my diet to help me loose weight but I am also trying to get my body used to lower amounts of sugar. In Feb I started with 8 packets of aspartame in each of my 2 cps of coffee, as of today I am down to 4 packets. When I get a BFP I will only drink 1 cp a day and I hope to be at no sugar or very little.... I have lost 40.5 lbs and I am very proud of it.

[mis2ninos]

I think it is aquafina but not sure... we buy it by the gallon at New Frontiers.

Flag is really nice right now with all the rain... so cool and refreshing. We have family in Tucson, Mesa, Fountain Hills, Sedona, and Las Vegas. We are going to Mesa Saturday to visit great-grandma. I have to try and hid my diet while there since I will be ovulating that day.

are you ttc this month?? good luck hiding the diet! maybe you can be sick??

[mis2ninos]

hi all,just putting my:twocents:in,but as a mum of 3,i would only drink really sugary coke(cant stand the sugar free)has to be really sweet,then not eating much and not as regular.wouldnt that make your bs levels go up and down etc making it better for girl sway????? im only talking from my own experience though as i dont know much about what diet you are meant to be following.sorry for butting in but i just had to say!:wave:pink dut to you all.

Hi Jane! thanks for sharing! You have 3 girls? With regular coke? See I conceived my only DD on regular coke too I'm really struggling with which is best.....

[mis2ninos]

The research shows that the people who have an extremely high sugar diet or a fake sugar diet are more likely to have girls... I normally had what I felt was a lot of sugar (1/3 of my high calorie diet) and I have boys. But I know from my family history that my body takes longer to break down the sugar levels. I have a meter and in the morning glucose is extremely low and after my normal sugars through out the day my night glucose is almost dangerously high.

I chose to do fake sugar in my diet to help me loose weight but I am also trying to get my body used to lower amounts of sugar. In Feb I started with 8 packets of aspartame in each of my 2 cps of coffee, as of today I am down to 4 packets. When I get a BFP I will only drink 1 cp a day and I hope to be at no sugar or very little.... I have lost 40.5 lbs and I am very proud of it.

40 pounds thats incredible!! I'm going to try to drop 20 and that will put me at about my lowest adult weight. How fast did you lose it? I bet its so hard :| But keep your eye on the prize, right??

[zanacal]

Congratulations on the weight loss purple, fantastic :D

[purplepoet20]

I have been loosing it since March... I could loose more. If I don't get my BFP in a few weeks I will skip TTC in August to loose more weight and then TTC in Sept and Dec and Jan.

I would love to be down to 130... with muslces. I am building a bike trailer so I can ride everyday after baby.

[atomic sagebrush]

how did they get such accurate results from paper?

so should you go for the least or most acidic? wouldn't it be the least acidic?

But it's not the pH of the food/drink itself that is the most important, it's the pH of what it does in your body (allegedly.) So some things that are alkaline react in your body to turn more acidic and vice versa, which is why blue swayers drink lemon water even though it's acidic.

[atomic sagebrush]

thanks pp, so do you think most acidic is better or most acidic that also contains aspartame? So diet soda? I would prefer the diet, I looked at a bottle of regular coke at the gas station today and it had 240 calories!!! wth

Reg sugar pop can help lower your blood sugar in addition to making you more acidic though, because your body releases insulin to digest the sugar and you end up with a blood sugar "crash" after drinking it. (that is, if you don't drink or eat anything else afterwards for a few hours!!!)

[atomic sagebrush]

Only drink diet soda... keeps blood sugar low, less calories, and turns you acidic. It is the fake chemical sugars that turn everything acidic and that is what you want. Real sugar, honey, agave, and one fake sugar I forgot the name of or for boys diets. I am drinking things with aspartame and splenda, can't wait to have real sugar again.

The best things to drink are crystal light, diet caff free sodas, and reverse osmosis water.

Where in AZ are you?

Sugar is ok for both pink and blue sways and the reason why is in this essay: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?2038-Sweetening-up-your-sway!-For-pink-and-blue

[atomic sagebrush]

oh we were just in Flagstaff I love northern Arizona!! Its so green! We love taking the kids to Phx too, much better waterparks than what we have. Plus we are northern Tucson so its only about an hour drive. Not bad. Phx is so big!!! Fashion square is nice ;)

Yeah we don't drink the water here, usually drink the walmart brand, what brands are RO? Aquafina? Dasani?

Here is the essay about water: http://genderdreaming.com/forum/showthread.php?2159-Water-water-everywhere!-For-pink-and-blue

[atomic sagebrush]

hi all,just putting my:twocents:in,but as a mum of 3,i would only drink really sugary coke(cant stand the sugar free)has to be really sweet,then not eating much and not as regular.wouldnt that make your bs levels go up and down etc making it better for girl sway????? im only talking from my own experience though as i dont know much about what diet you are meant to be following.sorry for butting in but i just had to say!:wave:pink dut to you all.

Yes that is exactly right Jane and thank you so much for your input. It means the world to me that you guys are so wonderful about helping out when I can't be here. :heart:

[jane]

Hi Jane! thanks for sharing! You have 3 girls? With regular coke? See I conceived my only DD on regular coke too I'm really struggling with which is best.....
Yes 3 girls.and I would say I had a very high sugary diet,some days I would just eat sweets most part of the day,never brekky and always sugary drinks!very unhealthy:-(

[mis2ninos]

Ok Atomic so what do you think about this? Drinking regular Coke alone and then drinking diet coke with meals so that I can avoid any problems with mixing the sugar and other food together? I'm not ttc until 2012 so I'm trying to get my plan to 100% so I'm not stressing these things when ttc! Need to be confident about my plan. Tks again!

[atomic sagebrush]

I think planning ahead is great for a pink sway because you're not getting all nitpicky over the details when it comes time to sway. :agree:

Your plan sounds great to me! Just be sure that you are not drinking the reg Coke all day long because you'll keep your blood sugar level constantly high. Allow some time for it to drop in between.