About Our pH - Levels and Imbalances

About Our pH - What exactly is it?

The figure of pH denotes ‘potential of hydrogen’ and is simply used to express the acidity or alkalinity of a solution on a logarithmic scale where 7 is neutral, 0 is acidic and 14, more alkaline.

There are many substances in the human body that are monitored and measured using the pH scale, such as blood, urine, semen and vaginal discharge. Healthy pH levels are essential for all processes in the body necessary to a healthy life, including oxygen delivery to tissues, creating correct protein structures, and furthermore innumerable biochemical reactions.

A Delicate Balance

In the vagina, a healthy pH is somewhat acidic, scaling around 4. This helps our vaginal cavity fight off bacterias and stay clean. This acid can be so strong we sometimes see it bleach our black underwear lining! We need this acidity, if the right level of acidity is not being produced, it can lead to infections, while if too much acidity is produced, it can lead to itching and sensitivities. It is a delicate balance, however our body is an intricate and intelligent system that is programmed to produce such wonders.

Disrupting Factors

Although, even when the body is capable, there are external and unnatural factors that can disrupt the balance, and make it difficult for the body to defend itself.  One of the biggest impacts on our body that turns our pH is our chemical absorption and foreign bacterias. This can be in the form of processed foods, sugars, alcohol, medications, even coitus, and also from the clothes we wear, specifically underwear. If you read our message ‘The Truth About Underwear’, we explain how our body absorbs the chemicals that make synthetic clothing.

Why Cotton Underwear is Crucial 

We know chemicals are bad, but it is a difficult venture to eradicate them entirely from our lifestyle. So, if we our body is going to be exposed to chemicals on some occasions, what can we do? This brings us to the the most important factor for good vaginal health, and that is wearing breathable cotton underwear, this is our best chance of keeping a healthy pH. We have to let her breath, all ecosystems need oxygen to survive and our reproductive system is no different. The anatomy of a women is wondrous, and albeit, significantly understudied until recent years, still there are mysteries.

The most important thing, recommended by all doctors, to avoid infections such as thrush and bacterial vaginitis, is wearing cotton underwear. Synthetic fabrics are made using petrochemicals, the same stuff that forms plastic bags. Needless to say, there is no breathability there, and those fabrics create breeding grounds for bacteria. We have studied all other fabrics in relation to breathability and absorption and cotton has been drawn out as the most exceptional.

How pHany Supports Vaginal Health

This brand was created so that us women worry less about our pH. When we wear good, organic cotton underwear, our body recognises its ability to breathe, heal, and balance our pH. This has been trialed and tested.

Some other lifestyle practices to help our pH levels include using warm water (never soap) to rinse yourself after sex or whenever you are feeling irritated, and add some apple cider vinegar to a bath whenever you have one. Other than that stay hydrated, eat fresh, and wear pHany. We have got you!