I have various powdered substances I wish to add to my melt and pour soap. The only pH tester I have is an electronic probe type for testing liquids.Can I mix a certain ratio of a powder with distilled water and test it this way? Most of the powders I will be using will not dissolve in water but will form a suspension e.g. Kaolin clay.
pH is a measure of the acidity (or basicity) of a solution, so yes, you need the substance to be dissolved, or at least mixed with water. Even relatively insoluble substances will dissolve to a slight extent and change the pH of distilled water.
There is no standard way of doing this. The pH will depend on the amount of what is being dissolved and the amount of water.
Keep in mind that this approach is a pretty in-exact measurement, but you will get a ball-park idea of how acidic or basic the substance might be.
Chemistry Lesson: Ph Tests for Acids & Bases : Testing Ph Balance of Shampoo & Beauty Products
Our great intellect is in large part necessary because of the quest for food. A cow is as smart as it needs to be to figure out how to eat what is always underfoot. The apex predator-clawless, fangless man-needs great cunning, memory, logic, and analytical thought. The spear and arrow have now been replaced with the grocery cart, but even more cunning is necessary in order to survive well and remain healthy in our confusing modern world. We can no longer rely on instinct, senses, and trust. The healthy choices that were before us in the wild have now been replaced with endless options, most of which can rob our health. More choices mean we must be smarter. Intelligence creates our modern predicament; intelligence must be used to sort it out.
Our world is now all about marketing, manufacturing, and science, but much of it is without conscience. The words of Dr. Malcolm in Jurassic Park come to mind:
“Your scientists were so busy wondering how they could-they didn’t stop to ask if they should.” It’s up to us to discern, cut through the malarkey, and make smart choices.
The heuristic cornerstone for health enlightenment is, to repeat, understanding our proper genetic context. Health is not about a doctor’s visit, a cholesterol check, a mammogram, counting calories, or faithfully taking meds. Like any great truth, health truth is right there in front of us, slapping us in the face. It’s obvious, simple, and easy. The problem is that it is obscured by the clever deception of modern circumstances such that even a 1.5 trillion dollar medical industry can’t see the obvious. The deceptive illusion is that it is right and normal to live without sunlight ever striking our skin, breathe conditioned and polluted air, sit on our duffs the majority of the day, eat a salmagundi of processed trinkets from packages, get vaccinated, swill ‘diet’ soft drinks, and languish in front of a TV.
We are supposed to be out in the woods, not nestled among oil derricks and snack extruders while scheduling appointments for pap smears and prostate checks. Our genetic fine-tuning to the natural world does not disappear because we invent electricity, plows, hammer mills, and video games. The good life is not achieving a handicapped sticker because we have eaten and lived our life with abandon.
Ignoring our true genetic heritage may not doom us immediately, but the effects over time result in dis-ease: our genes are not at ease with what we are imposing on them.
The wisdom of returning our lives to our genetic roots is an algorithm-a logical framework used to solve problems. Just like a blueprint algorithm can map the construction of marvelous edifices and identify flaws in construction, so too can our genetic algorithm build health and identify the causes and solutions to health problems. There is no need to look for a magic elixir of youth, the right doctor, or an expert to give us a list of dos and don’ts. The only tools we need are our brains and the right algorithm.
If we apply that algorithm, it means we will seek fresh air, clean water, exercise, sunshine, rest, pleasant social contact, physical and mental challenge, and fresh, natural foods in variety to the degree it is possible to achieve this.
As obvious as that sounds, it’s difficult to apply because our bodies are resilient and permit us, for a time, to get away with cheating. If we were given a convincing jolt of electric shock every time we did something that would bring eventual harm to ourselves, to society, or to the environment, most problems facing humanity would be almost instantly solved. But that’s not the way things are. Some lessons are easily learned, like not to pet a snarling dog, and to keep your grip when climbing a tree. But our modern world is more challenging than that. We are faced with many decisions that require intelligent foresight to measure potential consequences that may not come until far into the future-or may only come to our children or theirs.
Therein lies our problem. We are mentally lazy and pleasure-driven, too clever with alibis and excuses, like to play the odds, and are particularly good at self-justification-judging others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions. We continue whatever suits our fancy until eventually we are sufficiently harmed or are humiliated into changing due to the brute force of evidence or public opinion.
Although cigarette smoking, industrial smog, water pollution, radiation, toxic gases emitted from modern construction materials, and slothful living are all proven to cause harm, even grievous life-threatening harm, they continue because immediate ill effects do not occur and because change would mean inconvenience and sacrifice. And then there’s Uncle Josh. He’s robust at ninety-four and yet has smoked cigars, chewed tobacco, and swigged whiskey since he was sixteen. Your brother-in-law works in the nuclear plant and has never developed cancer. A damnable classmate you saw at the recent reunion doesn’t exercise, watches virtually every soap opera, and eats pounds of chocolates but looks more trim and fit than you in spite of your tofu and jazzercise. Or how about the incredibly athletic NBA All-Star who eats greasy fast foods, gallons of pop, and boxes of candy bars?
So we look at such examples and use them to justify poor life choices. But that’s like pointing to people who for decades have driven drunk without ever getting in a wreck as an excuse for us to drive drunk. Escaping immediate harm doesn’t mean a life choice is wise and that the odds are not against us.
(Originally published at GoArticles and reprinted with permission from the author, R.L. Wysong).
About the Author
R. L. Wysong is author of several books; his most recent is Living Life As If Thinking Matters. He has practiced veterinary surgery and medicine, taught college courses in human anatomy, physiology, and the origin of life, directed research for his health education and product development company, and heads the Wysong Institute. Visit: As If Thinking Matters
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Top 5 Romantic Wedding Favors For A Valentine’s Wedding Day Theme
One of the things that couples rack their heads for is coming up with the perfect wedding favor for their beloved wedding guests. You really have to think about it because it becomes your guests’ remembrance for that very special day in you and your partner’s life. First of all it has to be something that your guests would relate with. This is actually the crucial part of having a creative wedding favor. If it is something that the people in your wedding celebration can find meaning to without you explaining it then it would end up being a very creative wedding favor indeed.
Another important thing that you need to consider is how it relates with your theme. Anyway your wedding theme is the one which made your wedding day more special than it already is. It might be a bit difficult but having your wedding favor encapsulate what your theme is about is going to be worth it. It should at least bear witness to what your theme is about. Speaking of bearing witness, it also important to consider a wedding favor which reflects the personality of you and your spouse. It should be something that would not just remind your guests of your wedding day but most importantly, of you and your spouse as a married couple.
To help give you some useful ideas, here are some tips you can use to choose which are probably the best wedding favors for your Valentines Day themed wedding celebration:
1. Figurines – It might be classic but this option is never passe. These days there are so many types to choose from right from the usual porcelain, to clay, and even glass fixtures. Using figurines may also come in cheap yet still allowing you to be creative about it. There are plenty of suppliers that you can commission too to be able to do this work for you. You can start by creating a draft of the figurines you want made and then have those brought to life by your supplier.
2. Candle basket – This can be a really smooth way to give out giveaways especially if the candles are scented. You can give mini aromatherapy bundles for your guests and take note of those couples who are among your list. You can give them something that they can use to detoxify themselves or de-stress together after a hard day’s work.
3. Photo frame – If you have the time and the resources to do this, you can actually place the picture of your guests on the wedding favor to add a more personalized style to it. You can include a scenery of your wedding venue and this idea might actually be perfect for weddings celebrated at a non-conventional place such as the beach. You can also design the photo frames in relation with your wedding theme.
4. Chocolates – Give your guests a box of chocolates as a romantic wedding favor. They will definitely be delighted to receive an assortment of these luscious desserts made especially for the occasion. This way you can also be sure that your wedding favor would not go to waste since they will surely be consuming it.
5. Soaps – You can also give them some aromatherapy soaps as a useful and relaxing wedding favor.
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