Are there any long-term concerns about drinking ionized water?

In Japan and Korea, about 15% or so of the population has been drinking ionized water for over 30 years…some even longer. Many hospitals in both Japan and Korea use water ionizers for both its alkalizing/anti-oxidizing properties for drinking and for its acid properties in healing skin sores.

Innumerable tests have been done on mice, rats, chickens, etc., and in almost every instance there were good results noted and no negative results have ever been able to be replicated. There have been no substantiated incidents of negative long-term effects of people drinking ionized water.

I have personally known people who are cancer-free today primarily because of ionized water. My family and extended family are so much healthier because of ionized water! Over the years I have had hundreds of customers who either have written to me or spoken with me on the phone and told me their stories of how water ionizers have help them and their families so much.

Water ionizers have a bona fide and rightful, life-long place in any family’s healthy home.

As a long-time educator [I was a teacher/principal for over 24 years], I am very interested in educating people [and giving people the straight scoop] about water ionizers. I will not allow myself to sell a product that could do harm or isn’t tested thoroughly enough for safety. I also personally, have been drinking ionized water for over 16 years, along with my family and extended family. I can safely say that I am healthier today, at age 59, than when I started drinking it at age 43! The reason I am selling water ionizers today is because a water ionizer is the one, single, best, health product I have ever purchased. So after retiring from teaching I decided to pursue this passion.

Are there negative reports about ionized water?

There are going to be people who will, no matter what it is that you are advocating, will advocate against it. In every case, when I’ve come across a report I have given it my full attention. One chemist was warning people that ionized water could upset the balance in your colon. It seemed like a silly warning, especially in light of all the colonoscopy work that Dr. Shinya has done to show the great things ionized water does for all of his thousands of patients’ colons [Dr. Shinya is the inventor of the colonoscopy]. But even though the claim seemed silly, I still checked it out on myself.

Just a few months ago my husband and I had comprehensive stool analyses [which showed a perfect supply of good bacteria, zero bad bacteria, zero parasites, and good results in every other way.]

Not only do we feel healthier than ever, but the blood, stool and urine tests my husband and I have done [after drinking ionized water for over 16 years] are showing this as well!

Another health-reporter was worrying people about long-term use [he said short-term use for detoxing was good but not long term...however didn’t specify his reasons]. He hinted at the stomach/colon, and possibly “leaky-gut”, but was elusive [I think he just wanted to sell his newly imported water filters]. So, just last month I had a urinalysis [along with test for leaky-gut] and the comprehensive report showed that all levels for everything tested were perfect. In addition my heart rate and blood pressure were so good the nurse made a comment about how envious she was.

It’s interesting that none of the “authorities” that I’ve run across who have advocated against water ionization have ever actually tried it.

Their reports are obviously flawed in such a way as to show they haven’t much knowledge about water ionizers either. Many health authorities or scientists who HAVE fully checked out water ionizers have concurred with what I know from experience, that the health benefits possible are quite bona fide and even amazing. Here’s a question/answer report of an interview with Ray Kurzweil [inventor/scientist] who did in fact check out water ionizers top to bottom and highly advocates them. http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/uploaded/Ray_Kurzweil_Q_A.pdf

How do vitamins fit in with water ionizers?

Another benefit: Since I’ve been drinking ionized water, my intake of vitamins and minerals have lowered. I take a normal amount of vitamins today, but took a greater than normal amount 20 years ago…because I wasn’t as healthy then as I am today. Last year my husband and I had our blood fully analyzed and, just as we knew it would, every level of dozens of things the test covered was perfect.

Medical Uses for Water Ionizers:

There is one particular water ionizer that claims to be the only one suitable for medical uses [such as if a person has cancer or some other condition they are worried about]. This is bogus and absolutely, completely, 100% untrue. The actual fact of the matter is that it is a sales pitch and it is in my opinion bordering on fraud.

Water ionizers, in general, have been approved for manufacturing in 1965 by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare as medical equipment to produce medical substances.

In Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, water ionizers are considered as medical devices, but also as water treatment devices. In the U.S., water ionizers are not considered medical devices, and it could be risky for a company to market them as such. Enagic gets away with their marketing, because mostly these claims are being made person to person or in closed group settings. However it is a risky thing to do, and could put the company out of business or at least cause some damage in the way of fines. Several years ago, when I started hearing the claims by Enagic dealers, I decided to find out for myself. I was perfectly willing to switch companies if the Enagic was better. I just wanted to know. I cannot tell you how many times I have tested and retested [and retested and retested] their water ionizer against the other two top water ionizers, the Athena and Tyent water ionizers, as well as other water ionizers, and other than an occasional higher pH [for cleaning water…too high to drink] and a higher flow-rate [which in my opinion is not a good thing…because the filtration suffers when the flow-rate is too fast] the Athena is better. The Tyent is probably tied…but the warranty is better with the Tyent and so is the price.

For long-term use, when is it best to consume ionized water?

It is best to consume ionized water away from mealtimes if your meal contains meat. Some also suggest to not drink it while taking medications [vitamins are fine though]. A good rule of thumb is for 20 min. before and 20 min. after meals or taking medications, drink little or no alkaline water. If you like to drink water with meals containing meat, then I suggest you squeeze a slice of lemon into your ionized water and you’ll change the pH of it to acidic or just drink filtered water. The reason for this is that during the initial phases of digestion your stomach needs to maintain a more acidic environment [in particular if your meal contains meat].

How do You Know You’re Getting the Best Quality of Water Ionizer?

One way is to compare the water ionizer’s ORP per Unit of PH: Not all ionizers will give a good ORP at lower pH levels, such as at pH settings of 8 or 8.5. That’s why I’ve done extensive testing of both the pH and ORP of all of the leading water ionizers. I have also tested ionizers in a variety of different locations, so I could get an idea of how source water affects the ORP at the various pH levels.

Why Would People Need the Lower PH Settings of 8 or 8.5?

People whose diets are mostly fruits and vegetables are probably more naturally alkaline and may need to set their ionizers to give them pH levels of about 8 or 8.5. Also, depending on the pH level of your incoming water, some water comes in at already a 8 – 9 pH. In this case, the ionizing of water is still very beneficial, because ORP [oxidation reduction potential, or antioxidant value of the water] delivers over 50% of the health benefits from water ionization.

People whose diets are fairly typical of US, with several trips to a fast food restaurant per week and/or more than 40% of food intake [visually] is from meat and grains will probably be more acidic and need higher pH settings for their ionized water, such as a pH of 9 or 10.

Which are the Best Water Ionizers?

It probably depends a little on your source water [where you live], but I’ll give you a very brief summary of what I’ve found to be the best water ionizers.

Medium-Hardness Water Areas: The best ionizer I’ve found for giving high ORP per unit of pH in medium-hardness water areas is the Athena water Ionizer [and also its under-sink equivalent, the Delphi]. The Tyent is also good, as well as the Enagic, Miracle Max or VS70, in that order, although these perform better at the higher [too high to drink] pH settings and do not get as good ORP per unit of pH in the lower pH settings. The Enagic is not good at getting lower PH levels when the source water is too alkaline to begin with. You can do it, by increasing the flow-rate and reducing the power-setting, but then the ORP is not good.

Soft Water Areas: The ionizer needs to work harder in soft water areas to bring the pH level up. Some water ionizers are more suited to this. The best ionizer I’ve found for giving high pH and ORP in extreme soft water areas [such as BC, Canada, or Washington state] is the Chanson Miracle Max or VS 70 water ionizers. The Athena or Delphi water ionizers are good if you set the pH-Boosting setting up to the highest level, and add a mineral filter to one of the filter ports. In this case you will get fantastic ORP per unit of pH in soft water areas, better than the Miracle Max, however you may not be able to get much higher than an alkaline value of 9.5 or 10 pH or much lower than an acidic potential of 4 or 5 pH [for cleaning purposes]. The Tyent and Enagic water ionizers are great too, probably equal to the Athena for drinking pH-levels, if you add a Remineralizer. In all cases, if you have extremely soft water [either because you have reverse osmosis or if you live in an extreme soft-water area, I recommend using a Remineralizer for the best results. With the addition of a Remineralizer or two, you can boost your incoming hardness to any desired amount.

Very Hard Water Areas: In very hard water areas, such as Arizona or Vegas, or in the case of very hard well-water, it is difficult to use any water ionizer to its full potential unless you do something to fix your source water first. For instance, you may be able to get decent drinking water, but may not be able to get any acid water lower than a pH of 5 or 6. The best results would come from reducing your source water to medium-hardness levels before ionizing it. I have had very good reports from people who have used the Reverse-Osmosis-Remineralizer-System to treat their water prior to ionization. The only down-side to this is the amount of water you are likely to be able to use at any given moment is about 1 ½ gallons. After that, you will need to wait about a half hour before you can pour more. The second-best fix for water that is extremely hard is the Spartan Ionizer Shield. I have several very good reports from happy customers about this product. The Spartan Ionizer Shield pre-filtration system doesn’t reduce your water flow or quantity, and it cuts the hardness in about half. If you use a whole-house softener [which uses sodium or potassium] the Spartan Ionizer Shield wouldn’t be the right product, though. The only effective filtration for sodium or potasium is reverse osmosis.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

Wishing You Water Wellness!
Sincerely,
Cathie LoGrasso

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Most people associate aching bones, arthritis, memory loss, among many other ailments, with aging.  These are all common things in the elderly.  But who really knows why these things occur as we get older?

Water in Aging

At infancy we are made up of about 75-80% water.  As we age, that percentage decreases to 60-65% for men and 50-60% for women.

Your brain is made up of 85% water, yet many autopsies show shriveled, dehydrated brains in older people.

Even your bones contain water, 10-15% water, and this needs to remain this way for good bone condition.

One theory of aging is that the body’s percentage of water has a lot to do with the overall health of the body. If your water content decreases in any particular body parts [such as skin, muscles, and organs], then the health of these specific parts of your body would decrease. You’d look and feel less youthful and more aged.

A phenomenon of aging is that as people get older they tend to drink less. Whatever this is due to, it is not good. You can easily get into a habit of drinking too little. Maybe you don’t like the taste of water, because your taste buds have been spoiled to tastier drinks. Or, maybe you are too busy or preoccupied to think of drinking. Whatever the reason, it is a dangerous habit to allow, as you can get dehydrated. Dehydration sounds so harmless, but if you want to avoid diseases and other ailments as you get older and you want to continue to look nice well into your senior years, you should increase your water-drinking habits to about 2 1/2 – 3 liters or so. It’s not too hard to do, just pay attention to how much you are drinking, and drink a little bit more each day.

Recommended Drinking Quantity of Water

You will find many different recommendations for how much water you should drink in one day.  Per the Mayo Clinic, they have concluded that the “Adequate Intake” of liquid (not just specifically water) is 3 liters for men and 2.2 liters for women. Dr. Robert Young says to drink 3 to 4 liters depending on your body weight [i.e., 1/2 oz. of water per pound of body weight.] I, personally, drink about a gallon of ionized water per day.

In my experience, the more ionized water I drink the better I feel [i.e., many health benefits]!

Why Choose Alkaline Ionized Water?

With ionized water you’ll be drinking well-filtered water, rich with antioxidants. Do not count all fluids toward your daily intake of water.  Lots of popular drinks today are far from healthy and hydrating. Anything with caffeine in it, coffee, tea, etc, will act as a diuretic.  This just means that it will make you urinate.  Harmful chemicals in various soft drinks can add up. The more you put into your body the more your body has to filter and rinse out. This puts a strain on your kidneys, for one, but also contributes to overall poor health due to dehydration and toxin build-up in the cells.

Alkaline ionized water hydrates you even faster than regular water because it is micro-clustered and more easily absorbed by the body.  Also, it gives you the benefit of great filtration and antioxidants [which will fight off aging as well]!  The alkalinity will help balance out the pH of your body and make it less acidic.

As you might already know, acidic environments breed disease and cancer.  So, alkaline ionized water will help prevent that as well.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

Wishing You Water Wellness!
Sincerely,
Cathie LoGrasso

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I was doing a little research on distilled water verses ionized water, and I found some pretty interesting things.  I have a few friends who insist on drinking distilled water because their rationalle is it does not have any chemicals in it and it is pure water, so it obviously is “good for you”. This sparked an interest in what the health benefits or consequences are from distilled water versus alkaline water.

I found a few things that I thought were very interesting about distilled water.  Now obviously distilled water is not going to kill you, but I wanted to find out how healthy it really was for you, especially in comparison to alkaline ionized water.

Distilled Water

• No minerals
• Slightly acidic
• Removes contaminants
• Leeches body of minerals

I found that distilled water tends to be slightly acidic.  The reason for this is that distilled water is void of all minerals.  This is how water gets a pH value [by assimilating minerals]. If it has no minerals, it will assimilate the carbon or other minerals in the air [which are mainly acidic].  On the other hand, distillation removes a broad amount of contaminants, which are in typical tap water.  Contaminant removal is the main reason people drink distilled water.  “Pure water” just sounds so good for you, right?”

Since there are so few minerals in distilled water, it tends to want to get minerals from other places.  If you drink distilled water it would tend to leech the minerals from you.  If you cook with distilled water, it would tend to leech the minerals from the food you are cooking.  This is called adhesion, the attraction of water to other materials.  Water has a positive charge on the Hydrogen side of the water molecule and a negative charge on the oxygen side.  That is what makes water so attractive!

Ionized Water

• Alkaline
• Filters out some contaminants
• Allows good minerals through

As you may well know, diseases thrive in acidic environments. People have known for years that eating raw fruits/vegetables, whole grains, etc., which are alkaline, and avoiding acid-producing foods [white flour, sugar, processed foods...] are good for their health. However, some how or another it doesn’t always sink in that what you eat/drink is directly proportional to how well you are. The last time I checked, doctors don’t ask very often about what your eating/drinking routines are. The availability and desirability of junk foods, processed foods, fast foods [all highly acid-forming] along with our fast-paced lifestyles today, drives people to eat more and more of the wrong things and avoid the right foods.

Alkaline ionized water is alkaline. The alkaline ionized water will allow for acidic wastes to be discarded much more easily and also turns the state of your body more alkaline. Alkaline ionized water will help to buffer the less than perfect diet. In addition, alkaline ionized water is packed full of antioxidants, which also ward off diseases.

All water ionizers allow for the good minerals, such as calcium, magnesium and potasium to go through their filtration process.  This is important because in order for electrolysis to work you do need minerals in the water.  You cannot ionize distilled or reverse osmosis water without remineralizing it. Water ionizers also filter out many of the contaminants found in tap water. Some ionizers have better filters than others. For a comparison of water ionizers [including their filtration] see http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/water-ionizer-comparisons .

There actually have been studies showing that hard water prevents cardiovascular disease.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3396141.stm . [Hard water is just water with lots of calcium in it.] 

So, the idea that “pure water” is better for you is just not true.  You don’t get a significant amount of calcium or any mineral from water, but it does seem to have an affect on health.  In the link above, it was found that acute heart attacks were significantly lower in areas of the country where water was harder.

Conclusion

The one benefit that distilled water has going for it is that it does not have contaminants in it.  Other than that, it is actually not very healthy for you.  Alkaline ionized water, on the other hand, is going to help alkalize your body.  If you’re concerned about the purity of your water [from the standpoint of eliminating pharmaceuticals, water-treatment chemicals, and other harmful contaminants], some water ionizers have better filters than others. So, do your homework, and check out the link I gave you above. There are also some great pre-filters out there that will take care of pretty much anything you would be worried about.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

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What are the health benefits of calcium in alkaline ionized water?

I have gotten this question regarding the health benefits of calcium in alkaline ionized water in one form or another many times.  I’d like to address it here:

Question: “I boiled my alkaline ionized water and this is what it looked like.  What are the white flecks?” 

Answer: The white flecks in your alkaline ionized water are actually Calcium, Calcium Carbonate to be exact.  The above picture is an extreme example, because this customer lives in an area of extreme water hardness, but don’t be alarmed if you see a few white flecks in your alkaline ionized water, especially if you boil it.

The first thing to know is that usually calcium is dissolved into the structure of the water molecules so well that you can’t see it, but boiling [or even ionizing] the water will un-dissolve some of the calcium. It’s similar to putting a few tablespoons of salt in a glass of water and then stirring. After a minute or two, you won’t see the salt anymore, because it will dissolve.  

The second thing to know is that alkaline ionized water will contain more Calcium than your tap water because Calcium is an alkaline mineral. Inside the ionization chamber [water cell] of your water ionizer it is split into two “poles”, alkaline and acidic. The alkaline minerals are drawn to the alkaline “pole” while the acidic minerals are attracted to the acidic pole. Therefore there will be a greater concentration of alkaline minerals in your alkaline ionized water.

The third, and most important thing to know is that…

Calcium is very healthy for you. 

As a matter of fact, studies have been done revealing that people who live in hard water areas [which basically means they have more calcium in their water] live longer and have less disease in general than those living in soft-water areas. Here are just a couple [of the many thousands of links] to studies that show “people who drink soft water tend to have higher death rates than people who drink hard water”

• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969781800472
• http://www.springerlink.com/content/uh28022555t11082/

Is it possible to get too much calcium in alkaline ionized water?

The amount of calcium you will get via alkaline ionized water will be insignificant compared to what you’d get in a calcium tablet, for instance. People who take tablets and tablets of calcium daily would possibly come to a point where they were taking too much calcium, but the small amount of calcium in alkaline ionized water is not a problem at all. Check your alkaline setting, though, on your water ionizer and, for drinking, don’t set it too high. The ideal alkalinity for alkaline ionized water is 8.5 to 9.5 pH. Setting your water ionizer too high will make your alkaline ionized water have more minerals in it and that may make it taste less desirable to you (although I like the taste myself), it also may be too alkaline for the most efficient entry into your body. Here’s a link to a page describing the proper pH for consumption…and why:  http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/digestion

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

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Live Blood Cell Analysis

Your blood is a very direct indicator of how healthy you are.  Live blood cell analysis is a very scientific way to show how healthy or unhealthy you are and/or also predict your future health.

Healthy Blood

Healthy blood will be round and uniform in size and shape.  It will be floating freely and not be “sticking” to other blood cells. Alkaline ionized water will help you get your body to a state where it’s blood is healthy.   Here is a picture of healthy blood.

(The image on the left is unhealthy blood and the image on the right is healthy blood)

Unhealthy Blood

Blood that has any irregularities tends to indicate diseases or disorders.  This also indicates that it is in an acidic environment.   Your diet can cause this, as well as the air you breath and a stressful lifestyle, among other things.

Unhealthy blood indicates that there is something wrong with your body’s pH, and/or your body’s various systems [e.g., immune system, digestive system, etc]. You can catch things that could later cause problems with live blood analysis because it is so basic.

A change in diet and adding healthy alkaline ionized water will help your body be able to function properly.

When you alkalize your body, it shows in your blood!

Watch these videos to see how alkaline ionized water can improve the health of your blood within 20 minutes!

In these videos, Jason Fowler, a nutritional microscopist, examines Lisa Ramirez’ blood samples before and after drinking alkaline ionized water.  The results are pretty amazing. Lisa’s blood looks better only 25 minutes after drinking ionized water.

Yeast and Fungus were in Lisa’s Blood: Yeast and Fungus are both indicative of disease and an acidic body environment.  The presence of yeast and/or fungus would also indicate that the blood is not able to get rid of waste very easily.  Alkaline ionized water allows the body to rid itself of these toxins safely, and will let the blood have the slight alkaline pH that it likes.

Different sized and shaped blood cells: This indicates that the body is having trouble digesting and getting the nutrients to the blood cells.  This is also helped by alkaline ionized water. Also see our blog on the digestive system http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2011/07/06/water-ionizers-help-digestive-system/ .

Lisa’s Blood had Some Rouleaux: Rouleaux is a blood condition in which the blood links together in chains.  Alkaline ionized water gives the blood a negative charge and so the cells then repel each other and can exist in their own space.

Lisa’s Blood had some Erythrocyte Aggregation: Erythrocyte Aggregation is a condition in which the blood sticks together, but on all sides.  In both this condition and rouleaux, the blood would have trouble going through small capillaries.  Again, alkaline ionized water will reduce the amount of aggregation and allow your cells to move freely through your veins.

Lisa had some Ghost/Shadow Cells: Ghost/Shadow cells are cells that are very faint.  The reason for this is because the outer layer of the blood cell is made up of 97% fat.  So, if your body has trouble digesting fats or you don’t have a lot of good fats in your diet, you will have a hard time making healthy blood cells.  Alkaline ionized water helps in allowing your body to reach a balance in which your organs can function correctly and with little stress on the body.

Jason Fowler also mentions that every cell has electricity, or an electric charge.  Being sick or diseased will take this energy away from the cells and their normal function.  Drinking alkaline ionized water gives your cells energy because it is highly charged (negative ORP).  This not only allows for your body to repair itself from sickness etc, but also allows the cells to have enough energy to pick up nutrients and drop them off, amongst many other functions.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

Sincerely,
Cathie LoGrasso
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I used to be a lot like Dr. Mercola. [who is a world-famous nutritional-healing advocate and who also owns a huge online vitamin & natural-remedy store].

Dr. Mercola is an avid natural-healing advocate, and I am too. 

Ever since my first child was born in 1974, I have been enthusiastically seeking out answers to “how to stay healthy, keep my children healthy, and never get sick”. In my first 20 years of being a mother I read every book I could, related to nutrition and natural healing. I visited health food stores regularly. I bought various nutritional products, herbs, etc. both for preventative measures and remedies.  And whenever I got sick [or one of my children] I got a remedy or two out to fix it. Even so, we did [all of us] end up at the doctor each 2 or more times a year for various things [ear aches, infections, sore throats, etc.] . When my first two children went through puberty, they got the usual acne. I think we were pretty typical of a normal, mostly-healthy, family.

 I didn’t have a PHD, MD or ND behind my name, but I had a masters in education, 20 years of parental experience, and I was a self-taught expert in natural remedies by the time my first child was 20.

The reason I was like Dr. Mercola is that he is always reading and learning about the latest natural-healing remedies out there. But why did using a water ionizer cause me to change? 

It’s interesting to me how much my point of view has changed since the time my first two children were young.

What happened to change my point of view?… a water ionizer.

Around the time my 3^rd child was 9, my 4^th child was 6 and my 5^th child was 3, I was introduced to the concept of ionized water and the pH of our bodies . This was a pivotal point in my life as an expert in Nutrition and a mother. I bought my first water ionizer in 1996 and that single action [although the water ionizer was an older, weaker model than most any water ionizer you can buy today] changed our lives.

What did a water ionizer do that all of the other books and remedies in the entire health-food store not do?

A water ionizer helped my family and I to change the water in our bodies, so as to provide our cells with more suitable water for detoxifying and maintaining the perfect pH balance that our bodies and cells need to be truly healthy.

All the rest of the “preventions” and “cures” became obsolete and un-needed after just months of drinking alkaline ionized water.

I didn’t just buy a water ionizer, by the way. I learned all about body pH, water, water pH, and water ionization uses AND I applied what I learned by actually drinking the ionized water [and having my children drink it.]

I also observed. I saw that ionized water was making a difference in our family’s health. So, I did more. If I saw any hint of illness [a sniffle] I would have whoever it was drink more ionized water as the antidote for whatever germs may be trying to invade. Whether it was my own self or one of my children …or even my husband, I would utter my famous words “here, drink more water”. It was almost a family joke that I was so insistent on all of us drinking the ionized water so much.

What happened was miraculous though. All of the runny noses, ear aches, head aches, sore throats, acid reflux, and other little defects in our health started to disappear. Even allergies that I was sure were genetic and unavoidable disappeared. As each of my three younger children reached puberty they were virtually free of the acne problems experienced by my older two children.

Before water ionizers I was a self-taught nutritional expert trying to stay abreast of all the latest nutritional answers, preventions and cures, but now I have found a single, simple answer that has changed everything and put all the rest of the “answers” into perspective.

Unless your body has an excellent and continual supply of just exactly the right water to support what your body needs, all the other remedies in the entire world will still not be good enough. Water is KEY to your body’s good and stable health. Ionized water is PERFECT for your body. Drinking ionized water helps your body to be perfect.

With all my other knowledge about vitamins and nutrition in general, I would be remiss to not mention that of course you need to eat well [well-balanced and properly-combined meals] and DO take your vitamins. However, with ionized water I predict you will find that the answer to most ailments is “drink more water”.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

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This is an article which will both show you the role of water ionizers in good digestion and its relation to each organ in the GI [gastro-intestinal] tract, or digestive system. [don’t worry, it’s written in lay-men’s terms].

What is the Gastro-Intestinal Tract?

The GI tract can be considered to be all of the organs involved with eating and elimination. The GI tract releases hormones to help signal the release of the proper enzymes.

PH is a key factor in knowing which hormones to activate.

Food needs enzymes to assist in proper digestion, and without enzymes functioning properly digestion would be sluggish, causing many health problems to arise. Hormones associated with enzymes can sense the pH in each organ and if the pH is right for the enzyme that hormone controls, the enzymes are signaled to become active and do their job properly.

Stomach

The stomach is the only organ in the entire digestive system that requires a low acid pH level in order to do its job, and it produces it all by itself by injecting HCL, or hydrochloric acid, into the stomach as food arrives.

The stomach is an interesting and unique organ. When dormant you will find only a tiny bit of acid in it, but when digestion is stimulated gastric acid, containing mostly HCL, is produced on demand to handle the load. HCL’s pH is 1-1.5.

• Organisms in the food are likely to be killed by the low acid of the stomach juices. This makes it part of the body’s immune system.
• The acid itself doesn’t break down the food, but rather the low pH environment is conductive to the enzymes doing their job to break down of the protein walls.

Does Alkaline Ionized water upset the HCL balance in the stomach?

No. HCL is a strong acid, creating a low acid pH in the stomach during digestion, but unless you’re actively eating, there isn’t much of it [or much need for it] in the stomach. Water, by itself, does not trigger the production of HCL or digestion, so is allowed to pass through the stomach quickly and undigested. [see video] without upsetting the overall pH balance of the stomach.

Duodenum

The duodenum is the top portion of the small intestine, just below the stomach, and it is significant in the digestion process.  The duodenum injects bicarbonate and other buffering “juices” in order to raise the pH to its preferred level of 8.8, which is very alkaline.

The duodenum likes this high alkaline pH, because it  is more suitable for digesting fats [which come into the duodenum undigested]

Note: the best time to take your fat-soluble vitamins [A, D, E, Omega 3 fatty acids, etc.] is with a meal containing fat. This way the combination of food is not interfering with efficient digestion.

I did some testing of ionized water, trying to simulate the water passing through the stomach and into the duodenum. The following three videos and chart not only show this testing in full, but also give good insights into how digestion works in general and also how pH affects each major organ of the digestive system.

Adding 3 drops Apple Cider Vinegar to Ionized Water to Simulate the Ionized Water Passing Through the Stomach

Small Intestine

Maintaining an alkaline balance in the intestines can make a great contribution to a person’s colon health as well as their overall health an well-being.

The small intestine is significant in the absorption of nutrients from the food. The mucosa of the small intestine is about 8.5 pH. All the way along the intestines, more enzymes are added and more food is absorbed until, by the time the chyme, digested food, reaches the large intestine, 95% of the nutrients should have been absorbed. The nutrients go into the blood, then straight to the liver for filtering before entering the regular circulatory system. Ionized water is very beneficial in the small intestine for many reasons.

• It assists the small intestines to maintain a healthy 8.5 pH so as to inhibit the growth of parasites, funguses, and other undesirable microorganisms. Parasites going unchecked are often a large contributor to mal-nourishment and weight-management problems.
• Proper pH stimulates proper enzymes to digest whatever food hasn’t been broken down thoroughly enough by now.

Ionized water, being absorbed at this point in the GI tract, is healthy for you in many ways.

The anti-oxidants will go to the liver and help to detoxify and anti-oxidize it [then will go to the rest of the cells in the body to do the same]. Also, the micro-clustered water will enable better absorption of water into the body and so keep the body hydrated better. This will put less demand on the large intestine for water, and so will help stools be softer, bigger, and move faster through the colon.

The Large Intestine

In the large intestine the main job is the absorption of water into the body, production of B and K vitamins, absorption of a few more nutrients, and then quickly eliminating the waste.

A good, healthy, alkaline pH level in the large intestine helps to inhibit the growth of bad-bacteria and maintain the proper balance of good bacteria [intestinal flora].  

Note: Insufficient water or oil in the diet or insufficient intestinal flora “good bacteria” can cause the stool to be hard, sticky and trapped in the walls of the large intestine.

If we don’t eliminate properly, we reabsorb toxins into our bodies from our bowels. Alkaline ionized water helps to promote good elimination through the colon. See the video, below,showing several short clips of colonoscopies done by Dr. Shinya. Dr. Shinya is the inventor of the colonoscopy and has learned many good tips for keeping a healthy GI tract. Also, see his advice below the video.

Dr Hiromi Shinya — Colon therapy

Dr. Shinya’s Diet Advice

In addition to drinking plenty of good water, Dr. Shinya advises you develop eating habits that are good for your colon and GI Tract health. He also advocates daily exercise, rest/sleep, and being stress-free. The following is the “Good Eating Habits” advice from Dr. Shinya’s  website.

Good Eating Habits:  90% fruits and vegetables and 10% protein. Dr. Shinya’s points for good eating are:

• Eat unpurified grains or cereals.
• Eat more vegetables.
• More seafood, less meat.
• Eat raw foods.
• Do not eat oxidized foods. [i.e., over-cooked, hydrogenated, or spoiled]
• Eat fermented foods.
• Avoid milk and milk products.
• Take Vitamins and Minerals
• Be disciplined with the food you eat.

How else can you take causative action to improve digestion?

• Drink ionized water: Drinking alkaline ionized water will help establish and maintain a healthy, necessarily slightly-alkaline, balance of pH in the GI tract as described above.
• Combine foods properly. Try to not mix sugary foods, refined carbohydrates or refined starches with meals.
• Avoid junk food. This just gives you empty calories, taxes your digestive system, toxifies the liver and other organs of digestion, slows down digestion, and can contribute to mal-nourishment and obesity.
• Eat unsaturated fats [cold-pressed oils for salads and olive oil for cooking] rather than trans fats and saturated fats. Good fats help to supply you with quick energy and make you feel satisfied, so as to have fewer cravings for sweets or food in general. Your body needs fatty acids, but only the good ones. Bad fats contribute to hunger, over-eating, mal-nutrition, heart disease, and many other ailments.
• Don’t overeat. This triggers insulin, which interferes with your body’s sugar/energy balance and so makes you feel more tired [and hungry] later.
• Stress can lead to poor digestion and an overly acidic body. Therefore, it is suggested that you adopt a healthy, stress-free, lifestyle. Stress-free doesn’t imply “action-free” or a lethargic existence. Quite the contrary. The more productive and purposeful a person is, often the less stress they usually experience.
• Move your body frequently and periodically exert yourself, so as to keep your muscles toned, use up your calories, improve circulation and improve digestion.
• Lose weight if you need to. Overweight people demand more calories, get hungrier, and so tend to eat more. The more you eat, the more difficult it is for your digestive system to function properly. Statistically, people who consume fewer calories live longer and healthier lives. 

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER! Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year!

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Body pH and Blood pH are Indicators of Health

An alkaline body is more conducive to health and well-being than an acidic one. Too low of a blood or interstitial fluid pH can lead to a variety of negative health effects. An acidic body has a greater risk for infections from bacteria, yeast, parasites, and viruses. Micro-organisms seek out and thrive in an acid environment.

Testing your body’s pH is one way you can assess how good [or not] your body’s chances are that it will remain healthy and disease-free. It’s kind of like testing the water in a fish tank. If the pH is off, you know you need to correct it, and there are steps, as a fish-owner, you can then take to restore the necessary pH balance that the fish need the water to be. Anyone who’s ever had an aquarium can also tell you that if you ignore pH, never test the water, and never adjust the pH to be the right range for the fish, they will most assuredly become diseased and die.

Health experts and researchers are becoming more and more knowledgeable and vocal about the fact that disease will surely come about if we allow our bodies to become too acidic.

“The saliva pH of the non-deficient and healthy person is in the 7.5 to 7.1 slightly alkaline range. The range from 6.5 which is weakly acidic to 4.5 which is strongly acidic represents states from mildly deficient to strongly deficient, respectively. Most children are dark blue, a pH of 7.5. Over half of adults are green-yellow, a pH of 6.5 or lower, reflecting the calcium deficiency of aging and lifestyle defects. Cancer patients are usually a bright yellow, a pH of 4.5, especially when terminal.”…The Calcium Factor: The Scientific Secret of Health and Youth, Carl J. Reich, M.D., Gilliland Printing Inc., Arkansas City, Kansas, 1996.

Cancer, for instance, thrives in an acidic environment.

Our bodies simply cannot fight disease if our body pH balance is compromised. Not only are you more susceptible to infections such as colds and the flu but also degenerative diseases are promoted if your body pH is acidic.

Much of the disease we see associated with aging is simply an inability to properly oxygenate the cells, hydrogenate the cells, or get rid of the acid wastes produced by the cells. Then the cells start dying and our body’s environment becomes a hay-day for the microorganisms associated with decay.

How would testing your body pH help you?

It always helps to know things, like what’s going on in your body. When you are trying to lose weight, it helps to get on a scale once in a while. It’s easy and gives you data about your progress toward your goal. Testing your saliva or body pH is as easy as getting on a scale. Therefore, pH paper should be kept handy and used regularly to ensure your body pH is what it should be.

Staying healthy requires a tight regulation of your body pH. Testing your saliva or urine pH, is alligned to the blood pH, and is an indication of either health or disease. To prevent disease you will need to get & maintain your body pH in the alkaline range. PH testing of your saliva and/or urine will help you obtain a good insight into the overall pH balance of your body. If the saliva or urine pH test comes up low, then you know you need to get serious about doing more to alkalize your body quickly.

The pH of saliva offers a window through which you can see the overall pH balance in your body.

Saliva pH is slightly more acidic than the blood pH [usually], but it is closely aligned with the pH of blood and interstitial fluids [fluids around the cells].

Optimal pH for saliva is above 7 pH. A reading consistently lower than 6.8 is indicative of possible insufficient alkaline reserves. After eating, the saliva pH should rise to 7.8 or higher. Unless this occurs, the body has alkaline mineral deficiencies ( mainly Calcium and Magnesium ) and will not assimilate food very well. To deviate from ideal salivary pH for an extended time invites illness. If your saliva stays between 6.8 and 7.2 pH all day, your body is functioning within a healthy range. If the early morning salivary pH remains above 6.8, people usually see many of their problems disappearing.

There is a great preventative value to doing some serious testing of your saliva pH. I recommend testing your saliva pH at three intervals during the day [first thing when you wake up, in the afternoon, and in the evening] for a few days in a row. If your body is stably where it needs to be pH-wise, then I would recommend doing a routine pH check-up at least every 6 months [just to be safe]. If your body is too acidic, then establish a plan to balance your pH-levels [see advice below] and re-test your saliva pH weekly to check your progress toward your goals.

How to Test your Saliva pH

Make sure to test your saliva at a time when you haven’t eaten or drunk anything for a while. Also, anticipation of food [smells] can cause enzymes to be released into your saliva which may change the pH of it. So, try to get a saliva sample that is as uninfluenced by food or drink as you can. First thing when you wake up in the morning is usually a good time. Also before meals is better than after them. 

To perform this test, you will need a roll of testing pH paper (preferably pHydrion test paper), a plastic spoon and some fresh saliva. The test uses a pH-sensitive, color-coded test strip to reveal your body pH balance status. For the saliva test: – Be sure not to eat, drink, or brush your teeth for 30 minutes prior to the test – Swallow a couple of times to clear the mouth and stimulate new saliva – Then discharge some saliva into a PLASTIC spoon (it is recommended NOT to touch the pH paper to your tongue due to the chemicals in the paper.

Tear off a 1/4 inch strip of pH paper, place into saliva and compare the color of your immersed pH paper with the color chart provided on the pH testing roll. The lower your pH value below 7.0, the greater your degree of acid stress. Continue testing and recording your pH for a few weeks – first thing in the morning, afternoon and at bedtime (This will show your body pH trend).

Here is a video demonstration of me testing my body pH.

Here are some general guidelines for judging your saliva pH test results:

• A young, healthy child will read at 7.0 – 7.5
• A healthy adult will read at 6.8 – 7.4
• An adult may not have any apparant illness at 6.8, but is starting to become deficient.
• Mildly deficient 6.5 [There will probably be some starting signs of illness, allergy, arthritis or disease.]
• Severely deficient and diseased 4.5 [Most likely has cancer.]

Testing Your Urinary pH

The pH of the urine indicates how the body is working to maintain the proper pH of the blood. The urine reveals the alkaline building (anabolic) and acid tearing down (catabolic) cycles. The pH of urine indicates the efforts of the body via the kidneys, adrenals, lungs and gonads to regulate body pH balance through the buffer salts and hormones. Urine can provide a fairly accurate picture of body chemistry, because the kidneys filter out the buffer salts of pH regulation and provide values based on what the body is eliminating. Urine pH can vary from around 4.5 to 9.0 for its extremes, but the ideal range is 6.5 to 7.0> Urinary pH tends to be lower in the morning and higher in the evening.

The pH of the urine can vary widely. The pH of urine is also affected by the biochemicals that the body is eliminating. These include biochemicals such as excess minerals, vitamins, and products of metabolism and also include drugs and toxins being eliminated by the body.

The pH of the urine is not as affected by digestive enzymes as salivary pH. However, the pH of the urine can be affected by:
preservatives you eat

• pollutants you breathe
• stress you encounter
• the food you eat
• how much water you drink
• the amount of pathogens in your system
• how much rest you receive
• all the biochemical activities going on in your body.

What can you do if you find your saliva or urine pH is too acidic?

If your body is too acidic, take action!

My first recommendation is for you to get yourself a water ionizer. I honestly, and truly have never experienced a better preventative measure for the health of myself or my family.  What a simplicity my life became when we bought our first water ionizer back in 1993. I used to go to the health food store, medical library or book store regularly seeking out answers to my questions related to how to heal this or that [ailment] naturally.  I was a definite natural healing enthusiast [and still am], but the difference now is that I don’t [or rarely] ever have anything to heal any more.

How could an alkaline water ionizer help?

Substances which are alkaline contain a higher concentration of OH-. Higher concentrations of OH- help to bring oxygen to your cells and that helps you reverse the aging process.

“When you drink alkaline water, you are drinking water with excess oxygen, not in the form of O2, but in the form of OH- which is very stable because it is mated with positively ionized alkaline minerals. Two of these hydroxyl ions can form a water molecule (H2O) and give out one oxygen atom. The alkaline mineral is used to detoxify poisonous acid compounds and when that happens the hydroxyl ion is freed to supply excess oxygen to the cells.”…Reverse Aging, Sang Whang, 1990, page 51

In addition to drinking ionized water, I would also recommend you start eating more alkaline, in general: eat more salads [raw foods]; consume less saturated fat and more unsaturated fat; probably reduce your protein; take good-quality vitamins/minerals; consume less soft drinks, coffee, processed foods, salt, sugar and refined carbohydrates; I would also suggest you purchase a book about alkalizing your body such as one of the pH Miracle books.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER!  Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year! 

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I often get questions asking “Will alkaline ionized water interfere with digestion?”

For myself, my family, and my extended family, not only has ionized water not interfered with digestion, lots of drinking of alkaline ionized water…

 has improved our digestion…

 along with all of our other body functions overall. I used to get heartburn and acid reflux regularly, and so did my husband. Since we started drinking ionized water [about 16 years ago] we have had few [or no] instances of heartburn or any other digestive disorders. I have to say, though, that we, personally, never have drunk alkaline ionized water with meals. We drink lots before and after mealtimes…but not specifically with meals. We really have no reason for this, it’s just the way we eat [our preferences]. Some of the people we know do drink ionized water with their meals, such as my father and my mother-in-law, and none have reported that it interfered with their digestion in any way.

Actually, water is one of the only substances we consume that doesn’t stimulate digestion.

The reason is there are no calories in water whatsoever. There are no proteins, carbs or fats to stimulate any of the enzymes or gastric juices related to digestion.

Normally, when you are not in “eating mode”, your stomach has only a tiny amount of HCL [hydrochloric acid] in it [maybe a teaspoon's worth or less]…that’s all. If the stomach thinks food is on its way [because of smell or taste-signals sent to it], then it has the ability to deliver the gastric juices it needs on-demand. Water, on the other hand, does not have any smell or taste to stimulate gastric juices to be produced. Once in the stomach, there is nothing in water [no carbs, proteins, or fats] to trigger digestion, so the water is allowed to pass right on through to the intestines without any digestion whatsoever.

Ionized water gets into your bloodstream fast!

All kinds of water, especially alkaline ionized water since it’s micro-clustered, will get into your bloodstream within minutes [rather than hours] of consumption, because it does not trigger digestion at all. This is unlike anything else you consume.

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Water ionizers can help you ward off all allergies. They have for me.

When you have a water ionizer you have a great tool to use in adjusting your body’s health-needs. The pH of your body fluxuates according to a lot of factors, such as diet, exercise and stress-levels. That means that some days you may need more ionized water than other days in order to provide your body with: the alkaline buffers it needs to adjust for the daily living needs, the hydration it needs [you need more hydration the more you sweat], and also to provide it with the ORP [antioxidants] it needs to combat free-radicals. I have found, over the years of drinking ionized water, that allergy symptoms are more related to stress, hydration, and diet than to anything else.

What do I suggest an ionized water drinker do if they get an allergy symptom?

Drink more ionized water. Don’t raise the pH of the water you’re drinking…just drink more. Whenever I’ve followed this rule, the allergy symptom has gone away within a few minutes of drinking more ionized water. Here are some examples.

• I was driving, and sneezed once. I had my mind on something else and had forgotten to drink enough ionized water. So, I reached for a big, 32 oz. bottle of ionized water and drank most of it all at once [guzzle, guzzle]. That was the end of that allergy symptom.
• A few times I’ve been out of town and not able to get ionized water, and then gotten some allergy symptom [sore throat, itchy nose, sneeze, or cough], but when I arrived back in St. Louis drand a big, 32 oz. bottle of ionized water [as above] and the symptoms were gone. That was that.

For some reason, for me, 32 oz. seems to be the magic number if ever a symptom arizes. However I would never suggest that I knew that number for everyone. Each person has to figure out their own needs, when it comes to quantity of ionized water, but I’ll be willing to bet that following the general rule of drinking more ionized water will help anyone combat their occasional allergy symptoms.

After over 16 years of drinking alkaline ionized water, I can say with conviction that the very best thing I could give to myself or a loved one is a WATER IONIZER!  Give yourself and your family the gift of health this year! 

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