The pH of Various consumable Liquids

[RookieBuds]

What’s up OGers

I’ve recently been experiencing ongoing skin issues out of nowhere, and I haven’t really changed anything about my life But, it kinda got me thinking, what if the things I’m eating or, in this case, drinking, are making my body “acidic”? Could this even mean anything??

So then I busted out the ol’ pH meter and started testing the things I drink the most. Let’s start with coffee, light on the sugar, medium amount of half n half:

Wow, that’s way higher than I thought it would be!

Ok, now for unsweetened black spearmint tea:

Kinda expected that. Nice

The tap water at my house:

We have good tap water here, so I have no qualms about drinking it

Lastly, and this was a big surprise to me, unsweetened seltzer soda:

Holy shit! That’s downright acidic, is it the carbonation i wonder? I didn’t expect that, i drink a few of these a day.

[Gpaw]

Carbonic acid.
Basically, that’s dissolved CO2 in water.

Cheers
G

[RookieBuds]

I should also add, I also pH tested a shot of Rockstar Energy sugar free punch, and it tested at 3.6, but after testing the seltzer soda & realizing the effect of carbonation on pH reading, it’s not so shocking anymore.

I drink about 3 to 5 energy drinks a week, never more than 1/day, almost exclusively the sugar free ones now, occasionally opting for the full-sugar version. I’ve been doing this for YEARS though, so I have no reason to believe these are the root cause of my new skin issues, but, I can’t rule out that they’re at least part of the problem accumulatively, maybe?

[Hashpants]

Stomach acids are about 2 to 3 ph. Things get reduced with a quickness in the stomach.

[RookieBuds]

Makes me wonder if bile is a stable pH-down for plants

[Hashpants]

I will have to ruminate on that one for a bit.

[Calcium_Enriched1996]

I guess thats why pouring soda on your car battery terminals works to get you out of a pinch.

[sfzombie13]

or they added something in the mix that caused your issue.