What is Alkaline Water?

The term Alkaline Water is just a label used to describe ideal drinking water as provided by nature; one of many labels that arise as we explore the hidden properties of water.

All natural water** consists of H2O molecules and OH- and H+ ions in very small quantities. It is these ions that give acidity and alkalinity to water. When these ions are equal in number, the water is neutral, when the H+ is more it is acidic, when the OH- ions are more, it is alkaline.

Alkaline water has more excess oxygen and alkaline minerals then neutral or acid tap water. It is highly oxygenated water with the oxygen in the stable bias OH- form that is needed by our cells. Each of these ions is bonded with an alkaline mineral in the all important colloidal form.

At pH between 8-10, ionized alkaline water will have 100's of times more excess oxygen then neutral tap water and no acid elements or toxic substances in it.

In health literature alkaline ionized water is also called:

Ionized Water
Micro-clustered water
Hexagonal water
Structured Water
Reduced Water
Electrolysis Reduced Water (ERW)
Ionic Mineral Water
Light Water
Living Water
Anti-Aging Water
Oxygenated Water
Energized Water
Miracle Water

Water is like a diamond, it has all these properties which can be thought of as the different facets of the water diamond.

Alkaline pH is just one of these facets, the most easily measured facet of the water diamond - hence this term is used the most.

The pH facet of the diamond - the fact that the water ionizer separates neutral tap water to acid and alkaline waters - can be easily checked by the litmus test or by a pH meter by anyone.

The other aspects or facets of good water, ORP values (show if the water is reduced or oxidized), bio-energy levels, and general life enhancing qualities are less easy to measure and quantify by the average person.

Water researchers, particularly in Korea and Japan have researched all these aspects of ionized alkaline and acid waters.

Health Benefits

How Ionized Water can help You
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1. Ionized Water Is Nature's Antioxidant

Alkaline, ionized water acts as a powerful and natural antioxidant.

Because 60% of our body weight consists of water it is important to look at what type of water will benefit you the most.

Ionized water through having a negative ORP (see below) and through producing hydroxyl ions helps with oxygen production, neutralizing harmful free radicals, increasing your energy level, correcting your body's acid/alkaline balance, hydrating cells and in general reducing many of the symptoms of aging.

Millions of dollars are spent on the antioxidants vitamins A, C and E yet millions again are spent on buying bottled water that is over 100 times more acidic than regular water and which is unable to be ionized because all the essential alkalizing minerals have been taken out.

What vitamins A, C and E have in common with ionized water is they are capable of carrying oxygen with an extra electron attached. These hydroxyl ions in the ionized water seek out and neutralize free radicals. This is very important since free radicals are what cause damage to our cells and bring about disease and (premature) aging. When the hydroxyl ions as an antioxidant have neutralized the free radicals the result is a body rich in oxygen and energy.

In our modern world oxygen levels are depleted due to stress, environmental pollution, diet and lack of exercise. Oxygen helps to destroys cancer cells, removes waste, carries nutrients and also helps in resisting bacteria and viruses that invade your body. A glass of ionized water first thing in the morning is a wonderful way to greet every day.

A high positive ORP (such as found in most bottled and city water) creates oxidation and accelerates the aging process. In comparison, when you drink clean, ionized water you are drinking a powerful and natural antioxidant that renews us at the cellular level. How amazing that so much is spent on doctors, pills and cosmetics as our bodies dehydrate and acidify.

If you make fresh organic juice you will have an antioxidant with a -250 ORP. Yet Ionized water will give this ORP and lower AND you will be able to drink and enjoy as much as you need throughout the day without any negative side effects.

If you are still addicted to coffee etc then try making it with ionized water. Not only will what you drink be so much healthier but the ionized water will also pull out the taste and flavor so much better than other water does.

When water is stored for over a day it becomes "dead", By drinking your oxygen-rich, antioxidant ionized water straight from your alkaline ionizer you gain the most benefit.

If you slow the water flow down you will notice that your glass will have hundreds of very small bubbles floating in it. These bubbles are the hydroxyl ions and why your water now carries a negative ORP.

2. Ionized Water is Alkaline Water

Ionized Water helps to balance your body's pH. In general, our bodies are out of balance and have become too acidic. Feeling over-tired, weak, restless, frustrated, stiff, overwhelmed, unfocused or confused are often early warning signs that our bodies are no longer able to cope with their toxic overload.

A body that is too acidic provides the ideal environment for diseases to manifest and thrive in. Our body tries to buffer (or reduce) the effect of this excess acid by taking calcium from the bones, and magnesium needed for heart health. It turns acidic wastes into solids and stores them in fatty tissues resulting in hardening of the arteries and excess weight. It stores crystalline deposits in joints that creates gout, inflammation and stiffness. As our body's communication channels break down, cancerous cells may appear and organs will shrink and degenerate.
Because it is very alkaline, ionized water dissolves accumulated acid waste and helps to restore balance. Keeping yourself alkaline is your first line of defense in fighting any disease.

Ionized Water is up to Six Times more Hydrating than Conventional Water

Ionized Water is very different from water that has been stored in dams and bottles. For many thousand of years, we have been genetically trained to drink water that has been moving (bouncing over rocks) and which is free from chemicals.

In a few places in the world you can still enjoy, in nature, the health benefits of clean, safe, ionized water. Now, we have alkaline water ionizers that bring this lost source to your kitchen sink. With ionized water the size and shape of the water molecule cluster is reduced in size and is changed in shape to hexagonal. This size and shape allows the water molecules to pass through your tissues more easily.

Also when the essential alkalizing minerals are ionized your body will be able to absorb and use them much more efficiently. In comparison, drinking reverse osmosis or distilled water will lead to mineral deficiencies and the ability of the body to absorb mineral supplements will be compromised if your body is already in an over-acidic state.

Ionized Water improves the Taste and Quality of Food

Because ionized water is able to hydrate food better, it is able to draw out its goodness and flavor better. It will also reduce the acidic level.

Acidic Ionized Water is great for the skin and itchy scalp..

The skin is naturally an acid organ. People who regularly use acidic water to wash their bodies tend to have a younger looking skin than those who use hard water. Hard water is water that is alkaline usually due to the presence of excess calcium. By applying acidic (soft) ionized water to the skin it will help to clear up excess bacteria (reduce acne and other blemishes) and will work like an astringent to tighten up the skin and remove wrinkles. In Japanese hospitals acidic water is used to help sterilize wounds, treat diabetic ulcers and keep hospitals clear of infectious bacteria and viruses. Acidic ionized water can also be used to reduce inflammation and itchiness caused by insect bites.

Medical Studies

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Who is Drinking Ionized Water

Alkaline Ionized Water

by James Khan

What kind of water are these health experts drinking?

Why would these world renowned experts be so excited by ionized water?

Dr Ray Kurzweil	Dr Terry Grossman	Dr Gabriel Cousins	Dr Susan Lark
Dr Robert & Shelley Young	Dr Sherry Rodgers	Tony Robbins	Dr Theodore Baroody
Sang Whang	Daniel Reid	Dr William Kelly	Dr Hidemitsu Hayashi
Deepak Chopra	Herald Tietze	David Miller	Dr. Ingfreid Hobert

 They all drink Ionized Alkaline Water as produced by a Water Ionizer.

Most of these and many other health experts have written books, papers or given lectures explaining why alkaline ionized water is the simplest, most effective way to Alkalize, Hydrate, Detoxify and Mineralize the body.

What is Alkaline Water and why are so many cutting edge health experts so excited by it, drinking it and asking you to drink it?

Well, they love the taste. Ionized water is great tasting water, but great taste doesn't explain why people like Dr Ray Kurzweil who has been awarded 12 Honorary Doctorates and honored by 3 US Presidents (including Bill Clinton) have decided to write books and papers about the benefits of drinking ionized water.

Testimonials

Vitality and Memory

Old? Ha! I'm in my 80s, and began drinking ionized water about 18 months ago. At my age I have come to expect that getting up in the morning is a chore and that energy is not something I have a great deal of. I am also aware that my memory has been going from bad to worse.

My kids call it my 'Whatchmacallit' syndrome as my sentences slowly fill up with forgotten words. Within a month of beginning use of ionized water, the changes were profound. I walked from home to the beach, 2 kilometers along the beach, and up about 60 steps to a lookout.

My kids were amazed, but I didn't even think about it. The energy was just there! I have had a recurrent eye infection for a long time and it has cleared up. My inflamed gum, another long-term problem, has also cleared, and my tinea underwent its own 'healing crisis' and dried out from underneath the skin. My memory, my kids tell me, is much, much better, and that's a wonderful thing for me, having seen my sister succumb to Dementia.

I am also more aware of my food. I am aware of my choices and have stopped the 'hungry ghosts' ~ my need to nibble. I believe that the way the ionized water reduces the molecule size of the water has helped my brain to re-hydrate. So many older people drink far too little. I read about a doctor specialist in Geriatrics who healed his patients through getting them to drink water. That's true, but the water most of us drink, even filtered water, is nothing like as easy to drink as ionized water.

I drink it and love to drink it. It restored my 'natural' thirst, and I only realized I had lost it when it came back. I think as a nation we are all dehydrated and all acidic overloaded. If this water was available through our taps this country would be a very different, healthier one than what it is today."

Barbara B___, Australia

List of Short Testimonials

What Are People Saying About Alkaline Ionized Water?  [These are testimonials and not intended to diagnose or cure disease.]

• "I was interested in trying this water for some time, and when I found out more details about the health benefits, I decided to try the free 60 day trial period!  I wasn't sure what to expect, but, was "hoping" for all sorts of wonderful things. Well, the one thing that I did not expect, but happened, was, I needed way less sleep in just the first week! I was getting up 2 hours earlier than normal, and not feeling tired ALL DAY LONG!! It was almost weird that before I needed so much sleep to get thru the day, and now, I was getting way less, and not feeling tired! What a great thing for someone with such a packed schedule! This adds more time into my schedule to coordinate life and more free time to do the things that I want to do!" MK
• “I’d be dead by now if it weren’t for this water.” NM
• “If I knew then what I know now I would never have balked at the price. It’s worth over $20,000.00 to me. Really more than that.”  NM
• “I raised all 5 children doctor-free (except for routine exams). They didn’t even get adolescent pimples. It’s really amazing water.” CL
• “I cannot go on without alkaline water.”
• “It changed my life. I’m renewed!”
• “It allowed me to start exercising.”
• “My energy came back.” MC
• "My spider veins are gone!" CL
• "I don't have allergies anymore" TL
• “I had a whole host of illnesses going on and it was just getting worse. The alkaline water is working. It’s doing what we were told it would do.” RJ
• “My wife had an arthritic thumb. …After a full month of drinking the alkaline water, all the pain is gone. Terrific stuff.” GJ
• “Because of my age I have a lot of age spots on my hands. And, after I used the ionized water it starts to disappear. It’s amazing!”  HP
• “It quickly became my body’s best friend.”  KF
• “Endurance and stamina has definitely increased.”   RA
• “I had a very bad knee…arthritis…after drinking the ionized water the pain completely went away and it really improved my way of life.”  HP
• “Digestion and elimination issues are improved by using the water”  GJ
• “I sleep more peacefully at night.”   JA
• "No more strep throat!" CL
•  “I have 3 cats and they were not healthy. After using the ionized water they all got their good health back.”  HP
• “My parents were undergoing some major health problems. …I’ve never seen health benefits in this short of time in any of my patients.  Dr. D.L.

Energy-Sleep Bowels

"Our family has been using Ionized Water  for the past two weeks and we have noticed quite a change in all of us.

Our youngest is 16 months old, has had more energy throughout the day; which, to our favour, has been sleeping better through the night. When she gets thirsty, she picks up her cup and points to the water cooler. However, I would advise parents who breast feed to take into consideration that your child is consuming more water than we realize.

On the other hand, the three adults in the family have had some changes also, to say the least! We have become more regular in our bowel movement. Our bodies have been releasing toxins through flatulation and through excessive urination.

We have also been using the acid water, which has cleared up dandruff. It has also helped with uncontrollable hair frizz and has made hair feel like silk. These are, however, minor to someone who has been using this system for some time.

These are only some changes that have occurred over a two week period, so one can just imagine the potential health benefits using this system over a lifetime, which we are definitely looking forward to."

K & D ________, Edmonton, Canada

Headache

A Man in his late 40s presented to my clinic with chronic headaches. Had been seeing his doctor and chiropractor with no changes in his symptoms. On Live Blood examination using a microscope we found he had lots of chemical and uric acid crystals (works on a farm), as well as massive platelet clusters (clotting factors).

After discussing his water source (rain water with chemical drift), he decided it could be beneficial to purchase and use the ionized water system. He was also prescribed supplements to reduce his platelet size and numbers, feeling this build-up could be causing his headaches (blood vessels to head restrict flow). I normally check the blood after 3 months, but in this case, because I referred him back to a GP, we wanted to look at his blood before the visit, only eight days after the initial examination and only four days after being on the water.

I did not expect to see much change, as normally the supplements take a few months to show radical improvement, but hoped to see a slight shift to show we were on the right track.
 

Well, we were both amazed, as his blood looked great. All crystals were gone and platelets had reduced to completely normal size and number. He also said that since drinking the alkaline water he had more energy and he'd only had one headache which was before he started the water. (He was having major headaches every second day and dull headaches the other days). He feels the results were to do with drinking the water and I tend to agree as the supplements as great as they are don't usually work that fast. I am glad I'm drinking the water too."

A Chiropractor's Perspective

Dr. Daniel B__ is leaving the profession of Chiropractic to pursue his clinically-tested belief that the primary causative factor in Headaches, Neck & Low Back pain is Dehydration of the tissues and the inability to eliminate accumulated Metabolic wastes from the body.

While treating over 3,500 patients and delivering over 120,000 chiropractic adjustments, Dr. B__ observed that over 90% of his patients were inadequately hydrated.

"My most consistent finding was that 100% of my chronic Headache and Low Back patients were severely dehydrated. Many of these patients acknowledged an absolute disdain for drinking water," says Dr. B__l. "For those patients who adopted my daily water regimen, an immediate decrease in pain symptomology was observed. That result was too consistent to be a coincidence."

Dr. B__ is determined to continue the work of Fereydoon Batmanghelidj, M.D., who wrote the 1992 best-seller, Your Body's many cries for Water. Dr. Batmanghelidj died in 2005, but his signature slogan "You are not Sick, you are Thirsty---Don't treat thirst with Medications" lives on. "Dr. Batmanghelidj warned the public back in the 1980s that America's thirst for Soda, Coffee, and Sugar-filled drinks would create a huge population of unhealthy and obese people," says Dr. B__. "To say his prediction was accurate would be a gross understatement."

B__ begins his new journey with the firm opinion that ALL water is not optimum for health. His extensive research has shown that Tap, Bottled, Charcoal-filtered, Distilled and Reverse Osmosis Water is NOT the ideal Water for long-term health and healing. "America has ignored the miraculous healing being experienced by the Koreans and Japanese with Ionized Alkaline Water," says B__. "Where Bill Gates vision was a computer in every home, my lifetime mission is to get an Alkaline Water Ionizer in every home throughout the world. That would not only eliminate obesity, chronic pain and the need for useless Medication, Surgery & Radiation...it would single-handedly cut our annual $1.5 Trillion health care costs by 90%."

"I would rather people spend more time with their families, their hobbies and the work they love, than sit in a doctor's office for four hours waiting for a doctor's visit they really DON'T NEED."

Muscular Pain

"For years I suffered uncomfortable rheumatic muscular aches / pains and digestive problems. After only 3-4 days of drinking alkaline water my muscular endurance improved dramatically. Now 12 months later, I feel 20 years younger and rarely have any problems. Also my digestive problems just disappeared!"  Dr. E___  ____, Naturopath, Australia

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Consumers thirst for info on bottled water
July 8: Two new reports suggest it's easier to find out what's in tap water than what's in the bottled water that costs so much more. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

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Consumers know less about the water they pay dearly for in bottles than what they can drink almost for free from the tap because the two are regulated differently, congressional investigators and nonprofit researchers say in new reports.

Both the Government Accountability Office and the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization, recommend in reports released Wednesday that bottled water be labeled with the same level of information municipal water providers must disclose.

The researchers urged Americans to make bottled water "a distant second choice" to filtered tap water because there isn't enough information about bottled water. The working group recommends purifying tap water with a commercial filter, however.

Both reports were released at a congressional subcommittee Wednesday morning.

Bottled water — an industry worth about $16 billion in sales last year — has been suffering lately as colleges, communities and some governments take measures to limit or ban its consumption. As employers, they are motivated by cost savings and environmental concern because the bottles often are not recycled.

Bottled water sales were growing by double-digit percentages for years and were helping buoy the U.S. beverage industry overall. But they were flat last year, according to trade publication Beverage Digest.

Beverage Digest editor John Sicher said some consumers are turning on the tap during the recession simply because it's cheaper.

From 1997 to 2007, the amount of bottled water consumed per person in the U.S. more than doubled, from 13.4 gallons to 29.3 gallons, the GAO report said.

The issue before a subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee was less about waste and water quality concerns and more about the mechanics of regulating bottled water.

Nutrition information
As a food product, bottled water is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration and required to show nutrition information and ingredients on its labels. Municipal water is under the control of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The two agencies have similar standards for water quality, but the FDA has less authority to enforce them, the GAO said, and the environmental agency requires much more testing.

Subcommittee chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said the subcommittee was requesting information Wednesday from a dozen bottled water companies on their water sources, treatment methods and two years' results of contaminant testing. It was not immediately clear which companies were being contacted.

"Consumers may not realize that many regulations that apply to municipalities responsible for tap water do not apply to companies that produce bottled water," he said in statements opening the hearing.

The GAO noted the FDA has yet to set standards for DEHP, one of several chemicals known as phthalates that are found in many household products, while the EPA limits the presence of phthalates in tap water.

In a survey of officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the GAO found they think consumers are misinformed about bottled water.

"Many replied that consumers often believe that bottled water is safer or healthier than tap water," according to the GAO report.

The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group said in its report that consumers do not get enough information to determine which water is best for them.

Both groups said some bottled water brands include the same information required of tap water providers on either labels or company Web sites.

The GAO called for more research but said the FDA should start by requiring that bottled water labels tell consumers where to find out more.

Community water systems must distribute annual reports about their water's source, contaminants and possible health concerns.

Consumers should know where all their water comes from, how it is treated and what is found in it, said Richard Wiles, senior vice president for policy and communications for the Environmental Working Group.

"If the municipal tap water systems can tell their customers this information, you would think that bottled water companies that charge 1,000 times more for this water could also let consumers know the same thing," he told The Associated Press.

The bottled water industry's trade group, the International Bottled Water Association, planned to testify Wednesday that the product, — subject to the same regulation as other soft drinks, teas, juices and other beverages — is safe. Additional standards apply for bottled water products labeled as "purified water" or "spring water," among other labels, because they must prove a connection to those sources, according to planned testimony from Joseph Doss, president and chief executive of the International Bottled Water Association.

Doss said consumers can learn about bottled water by contacting the company, reading its Web site and visiting sites run by state governments.

State safeguards for bottled water often exceed the federal, though they are less stringent than for tap water, the GAO wrote.

The trade group declined to comment on the reports before they are released.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press.