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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out more: Alkaline
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