Water is our most important nourishment and fundamental
for good health. A human being consists of 70 % water. Water is
the key to all bodily functions. Polluted water may pose a significant
health risk.
The quality of drinking water, which has surface
water as its source, is steadily deteriorating because of pollutants
and acid rain. Even water is becoming acidic. At a pH of 6 crab's
die, roach and salmon die at 4, and all fish die at a pH of 3.
Bacteria, algae, chloroform (from chlorinating), nitrates and
not least dangerous heavy metals, for example cadmium and aluminium,
may have acidified poor quality water. These pollutants may come
from factory discharges, agriculture, sewer pipes, water mains
and acid rain.
The Importance of Water:
Did you know?
Water is found throughout the body, both inside
and outside the cells.
Water is the key to all body functions.
Our blood contains of 90 % of water.
It is the water that carries nourishment to
all living cells.
Nourishment for body cells and waste products
that are formed in connection with metabolism are transported
with water
Water must be so pure that the organism's various
cells are not damaged.
Under normal conditions, a person needs 1.5
- 2.5 litres per day.
Water sustains all forms of life, in fact as humans
our bodies are 70-90% water and most of the food we eat contains
70-90% water. All body fluids contain water. Water adjusts the
body's temperature and, through urination and perspiration, is
the main way to rid the body of toxins. Most of us do not drink
enough water and are, therefore, dehydrated to some extent. For
the body to function properly, it is imperative to be properly
hydrated. Drinking the ionized alkaline water daily, assists the
body in flushing out toxic, acidic wastes.
How ionized alkaline water helps:
Alkaline water works in two ways:
First, let's look at pH or the degrees of acidity
or alkalinity. pH ranges from 0-14 with 7 neutral, l-6 is acidic
and above 7 basic or alkaline. Our body systems work to keep our
blood and the fluids surrounding our cells slightly alkaline.
The process of metabolism - the digestion and burning of our foods
to produce energy - results in waste products. These waste products
are acidic. If conditions were ideal, we'd get rid of our acidic
wastes as fast as they formed through breathing and through the
kidneys, bowels and skin.
Even under the best conditions a diet of largely
fresh alkaline foods and regular exercise-acidic wastes build
up in our bodies. Air pollution, processed foods, pesticides,
and too much stress are adding to the toxic waste burden our systems
struggle to eliminate from the body
"We age because we accumulate acidic waste products."
- Sang Whang.
Many health experts agree that an overly acidic
system also burdens the immune system and leads to disease.
How we can flush out these acidic wastes:
Drinking alkaline water daily assists the body to
flush out the build-up of toxic wastes. To safely rid the body
of stored acidic wastes, the alkaline water must contain, however,
the original alkaline minerals that occur naturally in water.
In addition to the alkaline minerals, the alkaline
water is rich in oxygen. Electrolysis separates water molecules
into acidic water-positively charged hydrogen ions (H+) and alkaline
water-negatively charged hydroxyl ions which have both an oxygen
and a hydrogen atom (OH-). The alkaline water is, therefore, rich
in oxygen.
Free radicals, disease and aging:
The disarming of free radicals is the second way
in which alkaline water works to improve our health. You've probably
heard about free radicals - they are mentioned frequently in health
articles and in advertising for antioxidant supplements. Many
health researchers point to free radicals as the cause of disease
and aging. Antioxidants are, therefore, recommended to scavenge
free radicals. Our bodies as part of the chemical reactions in
cell respiration, although destructive, produce free radicals,
naturally. The problem, today, is one of overproduction of free
radicals. In response to an overload of toxic wastes, our bodies
produce an abundance of free radicals. A free radical is an unstable,
or active, form of oxygen with an urgent need to find an electron.
They usually rip these electrons from cell membranes. When too
many free radicals are produced, they attack the membranes of
healthy cells. Over time, the damage shows up as a disease or
the signs of aging.
A safe way to disarm free radicals:
Alkaline ionized water, produces a safe source of
free electrons to neutralize free radicals. Here's how the alkaline
water works to disarm free radicals:
It has a mass of electrons to donate to free radicals.
For example, water with a pH of 7 has an oxidation-reduction potential
(ORP) of +400 mV to +500 mV. This means, it is apt to take rather
than to give electrons. Alkaline with a pH of 8,6, on the other
hand, has a negative redox-potential of approximately (-) 150
mV to (-) 250 mV. This means it has a large mass of electrons
ready to donate to electron-thieving free radicals.
- Is a natural antioxidant.
- Enhances delivery of nutrients.
- Increases stable oxygen.
- Improves the taste.
- Oxidation - Reduction Potential
' The new way to prevent your body from oxidation'
In nature, oxidation-reduction reactions occur incessantly.
Irons rust, oils deteriorate, metal accessories discolour, foods
rot, all because oxidation. Liver spots (chloasma), freckles,
etc., about which one may worry are also a result of oxidation,
as also is atmospheric pollution, which is not other than a process
or an outcome of oxidation reductions.
On the other hand, similar reactions also take place
ceaselessly in human body. In chemical terms, oxidation-reduction
reactions are exchanges of electrons, where electric potential
is bound to arise. This electric potential is called "oxidation-reduction
potential". In-vivo abnormalities of this potential seem to be
heavily related to human health.
You may have heard of the term "active oxygen".
Of course, oxygen is a vital substance, which is indispensable
for not only humanity but also all the rest of life on this planet.
Be that as it may, oxygen in an active state has
the property of violently reacting with other substances. Often
it even destroys normal cell tissues (in a phenomenon partly reported
to be cancerous). Moreover, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, ageing,
etc., have much to do with in-vivid oxidation. Indeed, our environment
has large varieties of oxidising substances that adversely affect
human organism.
Oxidizing substances, as such, may be the same but
their actions vary with their environment, acidic or alkaline.
Estimates are that in an acid environment, oxidizing substances
act violently, where in an alkali environment they act moderately.
Minerals are ionised in a phenomenon chemically
described as "ionisation through emission of electrons". In other
words, other substances have thereby been reduced chemically.
In its long travel underground, natural spring water chemically
reduces oxidising substances below ground and emerges as mineral-rich
reducing water. Its electric potential is stabilised at a level
suitable for human body.
Starting point of water -- Natural water (natural spring water)
Natural spring water dissolves minerals; is low
and stable in electric potential, and affords huge energy to the
growth of organism (living things). The "oxidation- reduction
potential" of natural water roughly ranges between plus 300 mV
and minus 30 mV. By contrast, city tap water has an electric potential
of plus 700 mV or thereabouts, it being "artificial" water with
chlorine added to it as an oxidising agent.
Drink Alkaline Ion Water
Research in Japan since the 1950's and testimonials
indicate the following conditions have been improved from drinking
alkaline ion water:
Arthritis, Chronic constipation, Diabetes, Chronic
diarrhea Heartburn, Chronic fatigue, Indigestion, High blood pressure,
Leg cramps, Poor circulation, Migraines, Nausea, Obesity Osteoporosis,
Psoriasis, Stress.
Athletic performance is enhanced as alkaline ion
water reduces over acidic body chemistry and increases stabilized
oxygen. Nutrients are also more readily absorbed.
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