If your overall contribution limit is $5,000, and you put $2,000 in a traditional IRA and $4,000 in a Roth IRA, you've contributed $1,000 too much. The IRS does not allow you to choose which contribution to fix.
Your urine pH readings. For directions on how to test your urine, go to pH strips. After you've tested, come back here to see what your results mean. Healthy urine pH should fall between 6.5 and 7.25. This means that your body has plenty of alkalizing mineral reserves and it is processing acids effectively. If your pH reads 6.25 or 6.5, it means that your body is a little overwhelmed with excess acid. This is easily remedied by shifting your diet slightly toward more alkaline foods.
Test your body's acidity or alkalinity. The best way to do that is to check our urine's pH. It is really easy to do. You have to get some pH test strips and moist it with your urine. The strip will immediately show a color which correspond to a pH. The first urine you excrete when you wake up or during the night might have a pH 5 or even under. When we sleep our body gets rid of its acidity. But later in the morning and during the day our urine should have a pH between 7 and 7.5.