WHY IONIZED WATER IS IMPORTANT TO YOU

The medical and scientific communities have acknowledged that diseases can’t survive in an alkaline environment. Diseases like cancer, and diabetes, and arthritis, etc etc etc. all require the body to be acidic in order to survive and grow. No wonder people are starting to talk and learn about alkaline diets and alkaline ionized water!

The human body is all about energy. Nothing happens without energy transfer, so our bodies require interactions between positively and negatively charged ions. Water makes up 70% of the human body, so the energy transfers in our bodies are between hydrogen (H+) ions and hydroxyl (OH-) ions. The scoring system for hydrogen ions is the pH scale, which measures the availability of H+ or OH- ions in the water. This logarithmic scale ranges from 0 (most acidic or positively charged) to 14 (most alkaline or negatively charged), with pure water being neutral at 7.0 In the case of the human body, negative (alkaline) is actually a positive thing, as negatively charged ions can interact and neutralize the positively charged acid wastes in our body. For a more complete description of pH, see the pH section to the left of this page.

The ideal pH level for humans is 7.365, which is slightly alkaline. It is typical in our society for most people to become more and more acidic as they get older because of the foods and beverages that we drink. Ideally, humans are supposed to consume a diet consisting of 80% alkaline foods and beverages, but unfortunately, the average Canadian only consumes 3% alkaline items in their diets. The human body can eliminate harmful acidic wastes by urination, defecation, sweating, and breathing, but it can only eliminate a certain amount of acid. Therefore, the ability of the body to perform its natural functions depends upon what you put into your body, and how active you are.

The human body is incredible when it comes to self preservation. The body can and will regulate itself in so many ways. As an example a body will shiver when it is cold to keep warm, or a body will slow down it basal metabolic rate to conserve energy if it is not receiving adequate caloric intake. When it comes to excess acid waste that the body can’t eliminate by the normal processes of urination, defecation, sweating, or breathing, it will store the excess acid waste in fat cells. That is why we see so much obesity in our society. Unfortunately, the acid buildup manifests itself in much more harmful ways, including disease. You can test the level of acid in your body fairly simply by testing a urine sample first thing in the morning with test strips.

As I said before, the body can only eliminate so much acid. Now that you are aware of the potential problem, what can you do about it?

The adult human body is made up of about 70% water. Intuitively, it makes sense that we should attack the problem of “acidosis” (the state of being acidic) with water. If your body is full of acid, you can work on reducing the acid by eating an alkaline rich diet, reduce acid intake, and by drinking alkaline ionized water. Eating a “raw food” diet is very healthy, but it is not easy. Becoming a vegetarian has obvious health benefits, but it also takes a great deal of discipline, and it does not guarantee that you your body will achieve a pH over 7.0

Drinking alkaline ionized water helps! Here’s why. A water ionizer separates naturally occuring neutral water by the simple process of electrolysis. The machine separates stable tap water into two separate streams of water. One stream is full of H+ ions (acidic water) and the other is full of OH- ions (alkaline water). The water from the stream with the OH- ions has effectively been bombarded with billions of negatively charged electrons. You will be able to see the OH- ions in the freshly tapped water, as they appear as millions of tiny bubbles in the glass of water that comes out of the alkaline water line of your ionizer machine. At first glance, the water may appear cloudy, but closer inspection will reveal the bubbles. When you drink the water with the negatively charged bubbles, you are on your way to better health.

The negatively charged water produced by a water ionizer is immediately bio-available to your body, whereas it takes the stomach 3-4 hours to make tap water bio-available. Ionized water is often referred to as micro or reduced water because the size of the H2O cluster has been reduced to 5-8 H2O molecules per cluster from the typical 12-18 H2O molecules per cluster in tap or bottled water. The smaller ionized water clusters are believed to be 3-6 times more efficient than regular water in hydrating your body.

Not only does ionized water with a negative charge (alkaline water) help neutralize the acids in your body, the water also dramatically increases the amount of oxygen in your body. More oxygen is available because of the configuration of the water has OH- ions as opposed to H2O molecules. The increased amount of oxygen typically provides increased levels of energy for many users.

So, what can you do to help your body help itself? I don’t want to turn this into a long list of DO’s and DON’Ts, but there are a couple of really obvious ones to consider as a first step.

The major DO is to start drinking lots of water. How much? Every human being should drink at least half their body weight in ounces of water every day. What??? Yes, half your body weight in ounces of water each day. That means if you weigh 160 pounds, you should drink 80 ounces of water. You may think that is a lot of water and it is, especially if you are drinking tap water or bottled water. If you have access to ionized water, it will be much easier to drink because it has a silky texture as feels smoother than regular water. While drinking regular water tends to cause bloating, ionized water doesn’t sit in your stomach for hours, as it is immediately bio-available. The key to good health and staying young is continue to hydrate yourself properly.

Now here is one important DON’T. Don’t drink pop! Coca Cola Classic has a ph 2.5 That means that Coke is about 50,000 times more acidic that water. You have all heard about the experiment where you put a rusty nail in a glass of Coke and the rust disappears. Well, 50,000 is a big number. If you our your children are drinking pop…..STOP! If you want a second one, don’t drink coffee at is has a pH of about 5.0, which is 100 times more acidic that pure water.

People in Canada and the USA are just discovering the health benefits of paying attention to what they eat and drink. Those fortunate enough to be able to own a water ionizer get a huge head start.