Why Alkaline water rather than just ionized or filtered water?

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There has certainly been a large amount of advertising aimed at attempting to convince potential purchasers that alkaline ionized water is not as good as 'naturally alkaline' water.

There has certainly been a large amount of advertising aimed at attempting to convince potential purchasers that alkaline ionized water is not as good as 'naturally alkaline' water.

For readers new to the one-sided debate, we can say that it all stems from one company that has a water filter with magnetic rock in it, which has no control mechanism for alkalinity selection. Hence the spin-term 'natural alkalinity'.

However as a potential investor in your own water system, it is important to understand the reasons behind alkaline ionized water as opposed to any other form of water.

Premature Ageing

Premature, unnatural aging can result from loss of water volume and the body being continuously exposed to contaminated water. Millions die every year from this cause.

Another major factor is the body's inability to adequately assimilate essential minerals and nutrients. A major problem in maintaining health during aging occurs as a result of years of medications that have accumulated in the tissues.

Latent Dis-ease

Even when a disease is treated successfully with drugs, it has been proposed by many researchers that cells still retain the germs in a latent state along with the toxins of the medications that had been used to destroy them.

Detox and "Re-Tox"

As the body ages and the immune system declines, this makes it possible for disease to re-emerge and effectively, 're-tox" as anti-aging reseracher Daniel Reid terms it.

Water, which makes up over 70% of our body composition, is the most influential and vital component that provides the body with the ability to maintain health and prevent its deterioration. This can only happen if the quality, content, and structure of the water meets the body's requirements. For water to be most effective in our body, it is necessary for it to contain minerals that haven been completely assimilated in order to nourish and protect the cells.

It should have a higher alkaline pH, which is necessary to support body fluids to resist becoming and remaining acidic, which may result in illness and more rapid aging.

Unbalanced Chemistry

However, because of contamination in our environment such as toxic wastes and chemical additives, food and water have been depleted of critical minerals necessary for metabolism. As a result, the body's chemistry becomes unbalanced, and destructive substances known as free radicals form. These free radicals destroy cells and cause the body in general to deteriorate.

Bacteria in the Body

Normally, bacteria in our body are stable. In fact, they are essential for our survival, such as intestinal flora found in the colon. It is only when bacteria lose an electron from a pair that they become erratic and harmful. Loss of an electron destroys the cell's stability, resulting in its loss of energy and the production of free radicals.This is how diseases related to bacteria flourish.

Energy is produced through electromagnetic forces in the body.

Ionized magnetically charged water may assist to activate the electrons surrounding the cells, and stabilizes electrons in pairs to maintain the normal structure and function of cells.

Why can't I just drink ordinary water?

The most widely prescribed therapy of preventive medicine today is to drink six to eight 250ml glasses of water daily. As the story goes: It's good for digestion, skin hydration, and it helps flush toxins that might otherwise increase to deadly levels. The logic is correct, but the solution may not work as we hope.

If you drink tap water, your body may also be a dumping ground for bacteria, pesticides, heavy metals, carcinogens and parasites. The US National Resource Defence Council recently found that 43% of all water systems, affecting 120 million people, violated federal health standards.

Researchers in Montreal, Canada found that one-third of all gastrointestinal illnesses were caused by drinking tap water. In Australia, our pride in water quality may be misplaced as much of our supply is in the hands of foreign multinational corporations.

If you live in the country, run-off from farms, mining operations and feed lots may be lacing your well with known carcinogens like pesticides and nitrates.

If you live in the city, pollutants are likely to be worse. For starters, chlorine, which is meant to protect you from dangerous organisms, can double your risk of bladder, colon and rectal cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. Chlorines accumulate in fatty tissue such as breast tissues and can be found in body fat, blood, mothers' milk and semen.

Fluoride, which in theory was supposed to reduce tooth decay, doesn't, according to hundreds of studies. Instead, it is reported to weaken bones, increase fractures and may be a catalyst for bone cancer. Dr. Gary Null, author of The Fluoridation Fiasco, says, "Fluoride is more toxic than lead and just slightly less toxic than arsenic." (We have on file a full test of our ionizer for flouride exclusion.)

THE SEARCH FOR HEALTHY WATER

Over the past thirty years, an assortment of home water treatment solutions have entered the market place. At the same time, the bottled water industry has grown into a $33 billion a year business. Systems include magnetic, reverse osmosis, distilled, ion exchange, backwash and more that have come and gone.

Which system is best for me and my family?

The decision is not so easy. The more you understand the role of water in the body, the more you realize that the most important characteristics of water may be related to its interaction with the energy fields of our body. In that case, many of the standard water treatment system are inadequate. The only logical choice, given the fact that the vast majority of us are fighting a losing battle against acidity, may be "live" alkaline water.

As we age, our body becomes chronically and increasingly dehydrated.

As we reach a state of "water deficiency," the water content of the cells of the body decreases. As a result, the operation of every system in the body that depends on water becomes impaired. Gastro-intestinal problems emerge together with joint inflammation, back problems and mental fogginess. The buildup of acid wastes increases - and our bodies become an environment ripe for disorder and disease.

At this point most people resort to an assortment of drugs.

However, just as vitamin deficiencies can be reversed by supplementation of the missing nutrients, the best treatment for dehydration is water.

Unfortunately, not all water is equal in therapeutic effects. Studies show that many tap waters can actually be harmful. Some treated water is virtually ‘dead’ and biologically inactive, that is, nothing can live in it. By contrast, ‘live’ alkaline ionized water may assist the body to hydrate, lubricate and energize living cells.

The human body is composed of approximately 25% solid matter and 75% water. Throughout the body, water content varies: the brain is 80%, blood is 90% and bone is only 13% water.

The operation of the numerous systems throughout the body requires water. All tissues of the body are composed of living cells that must remain alive and be reproductive for that particular organ to function. For the tissue to remain alive, the most simple and basic need is water.

According to Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, in his landmark book, Your Body's Many Cries for Water, water plays important roles in many life sustaining functions throughout our bodies. For example, products manufactured in the brain cells are transported on "waterways" to their destination in the nerve endings for use in the transmission of messages. The digestion of solid foods depends on the presence of copious amounts of water. Proteins and the enzymes of the body function more efficiently in solutions of lower viscosity.

On the other hand, Dr. Batmanghelidj asserts that when there is a lack of adequate good water, as in chronic dehydration, various disease conditions such as asthma, allergies, hypertension, arthritis, angina, multiple sclerosis, depression and more begin to emerge.

Gastrointestinal Problems?

The role of the pancreas is to secrete insulin, which regulates blood sugars as well as a watery alkaline solution that neutralizes the acids that enter the intestine. When water in the body is insufficient, these and other digestive events fail to operate efficiently and problems begin to develop. Pain in the digestive and intestinal system, according to the good doctor, is your body's cry for water. Gastritis, indigestion and heartburn are thirst signals of the body.

Arterial Plaque?

Cholesterol build up in the arteries of the body is a component of drought management. Its increased production and presence in the arterial wall is one of the chemical mechanisms for decreased water permeation through the walls of the cells that line the vessels. Increasing water intake before meals to prevent blood from becoming concentrated will reduce the cholesterol levels in circulation. "Substantial water intake approximately a half hour before meals reduces cholesterol levels," says Dr. Batmanghelidj. Water during meals, he says, does not achieve the same beneficial results and has the disadvantage of diluting important gastric fluid used in digestive processes.

Asthma and Allergies?

Water is needed for every bodily function, including breathing. When water is in short supply, the body produces histamine which prevents water loss. In asthmatics the histamine makes the bronchial muscles contract to prevent more water from escaping through the lungs. Too much histamine in the body causes a variety of common ailments , which is why so many modern illnesses are treated with antihistamine. In addition, without sufficient water vital enzymes and nutrients cannot be transported around the body.
Swollen Joints?

Arthritis pain in the joints is another of the regional thirst signals of the body. Under normal conditions, cartilage cells are immersed in a matrix containing water. The lubricating property of the "held water," utilized in the cartilage surfaces of bones in a joint, allows the two opposing surfaces to glide freely over one another during movement. Dehydration turns that fluid motion into friction and subsequently pain. However, dehydration. like any other deficiency disorder such as a lack of vitamin C in scurvy, iron in anaemia or vitamin D in rickets is best treated by supplementation of the missing ingredient... in this case, water.

Dr. Batmanghelidj 's message is "You are not sick. You are thirsty. Don't treat your thirst with medications." He is convinced we are over-medicated because the medical community still fights diseases with drugs and procedures that treat the symptoms but do not prevent or cure the problems.

Read more: The Untold Truth about Alkaline Water

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