This is your emotional braking system. A heathy GABA system allows you to remain cool calm and collected, responding to the ups and downs of daily life with ease.
An unhealthy GABA system results in someone who is “Short Tempered” and “Cranky”, these people are often stuck in a “Negative Thinking Loop” fixating on something bad that has happened. This results in “Insomnia and Exhaustion” and eventually a feeling of being “Overwhelmed” develops.
So how do you check on your GABA levels ? GABA has an inverse relationship with Chloride. What this means is that if there is too much chloride in the surrounding tissue, the GABA receptor cannot close. The nervous system literally cannot apply its brakes … and off you go out of control.
So the real question now is, how do we measure chloride in the tissue?
Excess chloride creates an acidic environment, the higher the chloride, the lower the pH of the tissue. Test your Saliva and your Urine they are often different . Testing kits are readily available at health food stores and chemists. An inexpensive source would be gardening stores. Its super easy to do … Spit on the strip wait 60 secs and compare the wet strip to the colour chart
pH 7 is normal , anything below this is acidic. The lower the measurement goes, the worse your symptoms will be. I have routinely found patients with a saliva pH of 5.0 and its SHOCKING how much better they feel when they alkalise.
An Acidic Body lowers the function of all your organs but especially Liver & Kidney Filtration, which in turn causes the general acidity to worsen. Alkalising allows you sleep deeply and everything is better when you can sleep
Liver & Kidney function can both be slowly improved by activating NRF2 & Nrf1
NRF2 & Liver - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25278702/
NRF2 & Kidneys - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28494744/
NRF1 & Liver Disease - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28893420/
NRF1 & Kidney Disease - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30012333/
At one point in my clinic , I spent 2 yrs of my life measuring every single patients saliva and Urinary pH, at every single every visit , I monitored their symptoms and I tested the effect of multiple products. One of the most common causes of excess chloride in the tissue comes from the Immune System battling any type of infection. Post any cold or flu your whole
head will be acidic and quick way to feel better is to Alkalise. There are many products claiming they alkalise. In my actual experience, I have found most of them to be completely ineffective. The most basic way to alkalise is to mix a teaspoon of Baking Powder in a glass of water and sip it through the day. CAUTION most people have a low bowel tolerance to this mix , so dont drink it all at once, because you will get the runs (and curse me ) Just sip it thru the day. Yes I know it tastes bad … I did say this was the basic method
A well tolerated method is encapsulated Spirulina and Im happy to provide an online script to anyone for my favourite brand. A spirulina / chlorella combination is also highly effective but is not encapsulated. It is however, great to add to smoothies. Online Booking
Continue daily for 6 -12 months and you will be shocked at how much better you feel
All green leafy vegetables help to alkalise. Supporting your GUT function goes a long way to reducing the main cause of inflammation .. poor digestive function.