pH level of the body? level, body

I've heard that a person's pH level can be really important in determining if you're more vulnerable to getting a disease/illness or not. Do a lot of illnesses result because of a person's body being too acidic? I was interested in getting some of those pH strips to test my pH level. Has anyone tested their pH level before, and is it pretty accurate?

I'm currently on a Candida diet, and when I'm done with this I'm going to look more in to this body PH level. I'm hearing more and more about this. If it's just a fad or has some benefits I don't know, but I'm going to give it a try.

A friend of mine has changed here urine from acid to neutral. Whether this is just a change in the urine or also in her body as a hole is a god question.

In what way is pH testing a scam?

Urine should be steril. But as for you pH I know its suppose to be 4.5-7.5 that is normal. I dont know if that makes it threatening to disease if its higher or lower.

Acid-base status is commonly measured at hospital admission for many diseases, but it is extremely unusual to find acidosis or alkalosis of the blood or extracellular fluid in the early stages of any major disease except kidney disease. Moreover, no food is acidic or alkaline enough in a mixed diet to produce long-lasting changes in the body's acid-base balance.

I have read in nutrition books that it is not healthy to have too little acid in the stomach. We should take digestive enzymes that contain hydrocloric acid and pancreatic acid in order to have good digestion , that is if we have too little of these acids and are having trouble with digestion.  If we don't have enough of these acids in our stomachs, bad bacteria will grow.

That is why a dog can eat spoiled meat and food and not get sick.They have so much acid in their stomachs, several times what we have.

But, I have been told the same thing.  When I check my ph with a saliva strip, it shows that I am very acidic and I have wondered if the strips are accurate or what. Or maybe there are good acids or bad acids. Or do the strips have anything to do with stomach acidity.

Doctors used to say that too much stomach caused ulcers, but now they say ulcers are caused by a virus.

Maybe someone will post that will have the answer.