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Coffee, for example, has a pH of around 4. Soda is a 2.

To get a more accurate reading, the best time to test your pH is on your second pee of the day and before meals or at least one to two hours after eating.

The simplest and most accurate way to read your pH is to test your urine—the most reliable bodily substance—with litmus paper strips, available online for about $10.

Optimally, you want to be a little on the alkaline side, with a blood pH of around 7.365.

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Here’s a cheat sheet of yummy alky food and drink—have your fill!

We often have a hard time believing that the simple choices that we make in our lives each day—what we eat, how we respond to stress, how much exercise we get, and (perhaps most important), how much love and intimacy we have—can make such a powerful difference in our health and well-being, but they do.

Here are a few effective ways to ride the wave of the crave without falling into the ocean: