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What is pH?

What is pH?. pH. pH tells you if a substance is an acid or a base In your body, acids and bases affect the way you feel Your stomach has a lot of acid inside it to help you digest food!. Your stomach. Your stomach makes acid to help break food into smaller pieces

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What is pH?

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  1. What is pH?

  2. pH • pH tells you if a substance is an acid or a base • In your body, acids and bases affect the way you feel • Your stomach has a lot of acid inside it to help you digest food!

  3. Your stomach • Your stomach makes acid to help break food into smaller pieces • Sometimes, it makes TOO MUCH acid…what do you think this is called?

  4. Heartburn! Upset Stomach! • What kinds of medicines can you take to help an upset stomach? • Tums • Alka Seltzer • Pepto Bismol • Pepsid AC • How do they work?

  5. Acids & Bases • When you add an acid to a base, they react • The acid cancels out the base and makes water! • So do you think Tums is an acid….or a base? • A BASE!

  6. Acid Reflux

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