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“Alkaline Water” is one of the biggest buzz words in health. Many companies are cashing in with claims of improved health,
anti-aging and how alkaline water can cure everything from diabetes to cancer.
Before you buy into the hype it’s important to get the facts about this “miracle water.” While you can find water marketed as
“alkaline” at many stores and across the internet you should understand exactly what’s out there so you can decide what’s
right for you.
In addition, savvy water bottling companies are cashing in by adding alkaline minerals to water during the bottling process so
that it can be marketed as alkaline water. “Fuji” is one of the more common brands and can be found in most supermarkets
– at a premium of course – after all, it is alkaline water.
The fact is, the “alkaline water” that is associated with health benefits is not just water with a pH above neutral. It is water
that has been ionized. This type of alkaline water, the water that has been used by medical practitioners in Asia for decades
to treat disease, the water that people are claiming has helped treat countless symptoms of disease is very different from
what you get from your tap in a hard water area or the stuff you find bottled and sold at a premium both online and in local
stores.
The water then passes through the ionization or electrolysis chamber where the water receives an electrical charge. The
charge is delivered through a series of electrodes or “plates” – some delivering a negative charge and others delivering a
positive charge. The minerals in the water pick up the charge and are drawn, with the water, to either the positive or
negatively charged electrodes depending on the mineral – some minerals are alkaline, others are acidic.
The alkaline water is then dispensed through one area of the water ionizer for drinking. The water holding the acidic minerals
is dispensed through a secondary outlet which either goes down the drain or can be used for watering plants, household
cleaning or topically for medicinal purposes.
During the ionization process, the water is restructured at the molecular level. This process of separation by ionization
breaks down the water molecule clusters, which are normally found in clusters of 15 or more, come back together in smaller
clusters which bind together in an hexagonal structure.
Bottled alkaline water can offer a higher level of absorb-able alkaline minerals but at what cost? Can you afford for you and
your family to drink bottled alkaline water exclusively all day, every day? And what about the environment and all those
empty plastic bottles and forget the chemicals leaching into your water from plastics.
Drinking more water is good. Drinking alkaline water is better. But for the biggest health bang for your gulp, alkaline ionized
water is the best you can do. Alkaline ionized water has been shown to better hydrate the body, reduce body acidity, and
provide antioxidant benefits not found in water from your tap or any bottled source. Drinking alkaline water from your own
water ionizer not only benefits you but ultimately benefits the environment by reducing the number of plastic bottles that end
up in landfills. Over 28 million plastic water bottles were purchased in the U.S. alone in 2010.
To learn how you can have healthy, alkaline water in your own home contact a water ionizer dealer.