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What Should Be Body Ph To Promote Oxygen Solubility In Red Blood Cells?

I am a physically active 44 year old male. Competitive marathon runner. good diet. Low processed sugar / flour / food What is the optimum body Ph to promote oxygen solubility in red blood cells and / or the concentration of red blood cells? What ph levels would this tend to demonstrate in urine or saliva
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
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Hi, thanks for posting your concern in the HCM.
The normal pH of blood is 7.4(+/-0.05).
Saliva is a bit more acidic and the pH typically ranges from 6.2 to 7.4 and varies at different time of the day.
Urine pH is also variable. Urine is slightly acid in the morning, (pH = 6.5 - 7.0) generally becoming more alkaline (pH = 7.5 - 8.0) by evening in healthy people.
However, change in urine pH may not necessarily be in the same direction as that of blood pH. E.g. In case you develop acidosis, your blood pH goes down. But, your urine pH may rise depending upon the underlying mechanism/cause of acidosis.
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What Should Be Body Ph To Promote Oxygen Solubility In Red Blood Cells?

Hi, thanks for posting your concern in the HCM. The normal pH of blood is 7.4(+/-0.05). Saliva is a bit more acidic and the pH typically ranges from 6.2 to 7.4 and varies at different time of the day. Urine pH is also variable. Urine is slightly acid in the morning, (pH = 6.5 - 7.0) generally becoming more alkaline (pH = 7.5 - 8.0) by evening in healthy people. However, change in urine pH may not necessarily be in the same direction as that of blood pH. E.g. In case you develop acidosis, your blood pH goes down. But, your urine pH may rise depending upon the underlying mechanism/cause of acidosis. Hope you are satisfied with my answer. If you think I have satisfactorily resolved your query, please rate my answer. In case you have any new query in future, you can directly ask me questions @ http://www.HealthcareMagic.com/doctors/dr-kaushik-sarkar/68460. I will try my level best to help you.