Yeah, I think we have to be more observant, even to the point of taking copious notes of our experience. Just relying on memory isn't enough as we're often biased to what should be and this blinds us to what really is happening, and that's what we should observe well and be able to use these observations to form our own conclusions, which are of more use to us. It makes us more credible to ourselves and to sharing with others our experience and conclusions.I didnt read all of the comments, but making sure to only salt to taste, and not any more then that stopped my frequent urination. I was previously salting a lot, thinking that it would help me stay warmer, but instead it just made me pee a ton, and then id supplement potassium/mag/sodium bicarb just to titrate the acidity but now i dont use either and pee less. Im thinking of giving up dairy as well and experimenting with raw leaves instead which might help.
I think that being in the forums long enough I can pretty much tell who are the ones who can form educated observations and conclusions and those who are shooting from the hip.
I think that having enough carbonic acid, CO2, and bicarbonate in our system is part of the natural healthy order of things in our body. But I have come to think also that endogenously generated carbon dioxide is the best way to establish this order. If we are not producing enough CO2 from our metabolism, that is a problem and supplementing with bicarbonate is just plastering over the problem. If we have an infection and it causes acid to be produced, taking bicarbonates to get the pH right is only plaster, it still doesn't address the underlying infection.
Bicarbonates is a useful intervention, to help in the short term, but I sense that relying on it is becoming the norm with many people. They should still actively fix their metabolism and state of infection. Relying on bicarbonate supplementation is just adding another layer of complexity to our state of health.