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What is Ionized Water?

29 Jan

Ionized water is water that has minerals in it which have been ionized by an electrical current. Ionization changes the number of electrons in an atom; the result of ionization is that the minerals take on an electrical charge. Minerals are found in all water sources on Planet Earth, and any water found in nature is ionized to some degree. There are two kinds of ionized water: Alkaline Ionized Mineral Water – Drink for health; Acidic Ionized Mineral Water – Sanitation and cosmetic uses.

Ionized water is simply water that has mineral ions in it. Minerals are found in all natural water sources on Planet Earth, and all water found in nature is ionized to some degree. There are two kinds of ionized water:

Alkaline Ionized Mineral Water – Used for drinking

Acidic Ionized Mineral Water – Used for sanitation

The minerals found in ionized water are what make the water alkaline or acidic. Alkaline water is recommended by health professionals and the World Health Organization for drinking because alkaline minerals are good for you. Acidic mineral water should not be drunk because it will contain minerals that are not good for you.

Examples of Alkaline and Acidic Minerals
Alkaline Minerals - Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Iron

Acidic Minerals – Mercury, Boron, Sodium, Fluride

How is Ionized Water Made?
Minerals in water become ionized when they gain or lose an electron. The alkalinity or acidity of the minerals in ionized water is changed by ionizing the minerals in the water. Home water ionizers use a process called electrodialysis to ionize water. The process makes both alkaline and acidic waters at the same time because it depends on a special membrane (called a cation-exchange membrane) in the ionizer that causes the minerals found in the water to separate into two sides. Alkaline minerals have a negative charge, and acidic minerals have a positive charge.

Why is Alkaline Ionized Water Good for You?
The minerals found in alkaline water are beneficial, and necessary for your good health. A water ionizer simply concentrates those minerals in your drinking water for you, and puts a negative electrical charge on the minerals.The negative charge on the minerals is very beneficial to your health. Doctors refer to it as negative Oxidation Reduction Potential, or ORP for short. ORP measures the ability of the water to donate its negative electrical charge to positively-charged molecules, which are called oxidants. Oxidants in the body are called free radicals, they are considered to be a significant factor in aging and disease. Drinking alkaline ionized water with negative ORP is believed to counter the damaging effects of free radicals in the body.

World Health Organization. WHO Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality (2004)

 

 

 

 

 

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What is Acidic Water?

27 Jan

All tap water has a positive ORP which is associated with free radical damage in the body. The pH of tap water varies widely, but EPA allows tap water to have an acidic pH (as low as 6.5 pH). ALL bottled waters also have a positive ORP so they may also promote the formation of harmful free radicals in the body.

Acidic water (often referred to as electrolyzed water) is water with a potential hydrogen (pH) of less than 7. pH refers to the amount of hydrogen mixed in with the water. pH is measured on a scale from 0 to 14; 7 represents “neutral,” where the water is neither alkaline nor acidic; 0 through 7 indicates acidity; and 7 through 14 indicates alkalinity.

PH Scale

Signs of acidic water include:

- Blue stains on copper fixtures or pipes

- Blue or green stains in tubs or basins

- pH test showing less than 7 is considered acidic

- A sharp or chlorine smell at the tap

Home water sources have been known to have a pH level of less than 5.5, which many water treatment solutions will not guarantee service for or offer systems to deal with.

Like the Richter scale for measuring earthquake intensity, the pH scale is logarithmic. A solution with a pH of 8.0 is ten times more alkaline than a solution with a pH of 7.0. A solution with a pH of 9.0 is 100 times more alkaline than a solution with a pH of 7.0.

The intake of acidic water along with the acidic foods in the modern diet cause the body to work overtime to maintain the blood pH within the health range. To do so, the body will take alkaline substances from body parts, such as bone. By drinking alkaline water, a person is able to reduce the intake of acids and increase the availability of alkaline minerals, helping the body regulate its pH in a healthier way.

Recent studies of acidic water uses have discovered many home uses; for example a recent patent in Europe has been filed after a study showing acidic water obtained by electrolysis, is a highly effective treatment of dermatosis in domestic animals when applied or sprayed several times at the initial stages of the dermatosis.

Medical and Dental offices often uses acidic water to destroy micro-organisms, as well as a sterilizing hand wash.

Uses of Acidic Water
Although drinking alkaline water is important for optimum health, acidic water also has many beneficial uses as well:

Skin care: Using acidic water to wash your face can improve the complexion of your skin as it works as a natural astringent and removes dirt and oil without the use of chemicals. Acidic water can also relieve dry and itchy skin, and expedite the healing process of cuts, scrapes, insect bites, rashes, athletes foot, nail fungus, blisters, acne, eczema, bisters, and poison oak/ivy irritation.

Hair Care: Use acidic water to wash and rinse your hair, as it is great for your scalp and addresses dandruff.

Antiseptic: Acidic water can be used as an antiseptic for abrasions, cuts, and a mouth wash to assist in removing plauqe from teeth.Food: Wash your fruits, vegetables, and meats to effectively kill bacteria.

Plant Care: Watering your plants and vegetables with acidic water will promote growth and reduce fungus. Cut flowers will last longer in acidic water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hydration

25 Jan

Studies suggest drinking alkaline ionized water may have these benefits:

Hydration: Ionized alkaline water has a higher pH, which studies indicate can hydrate you better and help your body absorb beneficial nutrients and avoid harmful ones.

Detoxification: Doctors use a method called Alkaline Diuresis to raise urine pH to a range of 7.5 – 8.5 pH, which helps flush acidic toxins out through the urine. Alkaline water has been shown to raise urine pH which may help in detoxification

pH Balance: Low urine pH is associated with the symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome. Raising urine pH is a method used by doctors that can help fight symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome such as a high Body Mass Index (BMI).

Anti-Aging: Free radical damage in the body is considered to be a factor in aging. Alkaline water has been shown to increase levels of age-fighting antioxidants in the body, and reduce levels of free radicals.

Everyone should drink more water.

- You should drink a number of fluid ounces equal to half your body weight. For example, a 200-pound man should drink 100 ounces (about 13 cups) per day; a 120-pound woman should drink 60 ounces (about 8 cups) per day.

- Pregnant women should drink a minimum of 80 to 104 fluid ounces per day.

Physical activity increases the need for hydration.

- Vigorous exercise for 30 minutes requires at least 16 fluid ounces of rehydration.

- Workouts longer than 30 minutes require at least 24 fluid ounces of rehydration.

- Water should be consumed before, during, and after each workout.

Caffeine has a dehydrating effect.

- Coffee, tea, and many soft drinks contain large amounts of caffeine.

- Drinking caffeinated beverages do not hydrate the body.

- For every cup of caffeinated beverage, you should drink an additional two cups of water to counteract the dehydrating effects of caffeine beverage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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How Ionizers Work

23 Jan

First developed in Japan in the 1950s, water ionizers use an electrical charge to split water into alkaline water (with a pH above 7.0) and acidic water (with a pH below 7.0). The higher the pH of the drinking water, the more effective it is at combating the damaging effects of acids in the body.

The process of electrolysis

- Water ionizers run water over positive and negative electrodes in a process known as electrolysis.

- The electrodes ionize the water into negative ions and positive ions—creating acidic and alkaline water.

- Acidic water is released out of one ionizer tube, while alkaline water is shunted out of another tube. You’ll know you’re getting acid or alkaline output based on the water output mode that you select on the electronic LCD screen.

Micro-clustering

- Before Ionization, water molecules typically cluster in groups of 11 to 16 molecules

- What water ionizers do is break large water molecule clusters apart, creating smaller clusters of 5 to 6 molecules.

- Research has demonstrated that water with an alkaline pH can hydrate better than water with a neutral or acidic pH.

Both alkaline and acidic water have benefits

- Alkaline water is ideal for drinking, cleaning vegetables, and cooking. Its antioxidant properties promote health.

- Acidic water is a natural cleanser and excellent organic skin and hair toner.

- The astringent properties of acidic water in the 4.0 to 6.0 range are ideal for cleaning and toning the skin.

- Used as a rinse when washing your hair, acidic water helps the scalp, reduces tangles and gives hair a radiant shine. It also helps the hair and skin of pets.In higher concentrations, acidic water has strong disinfecting properties and can be used for cleaning around the house and for cleaning toothbrushes, hands, and even as a mouth wash.

Double Duty!
Only water ionizers both clean and ionize your drinking water for better health.

 

 

 

 

 

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Alkaline Water Benefits

21 Jan

The ionization process breaks down water molecules in to micro-clusters allowing rapid delivery to cell walls for a superior hydrating effect at a cellular level. Micro-clustered water delivers nutrients to the cells more efficiently. Among several other benefits including proper hydration, detoxification, and balance in your body’s pH levels, drinking alkaline water can ultimately contribute to weight loss and anti-aging.

Restores the pH balance in the body.

- The antioxidant minerals in water, such as magnesium, calcium manganese and zinc, can help neutralize harmful free radicals in the body. Ionized Alkaline water tastes lighter with a pleasantly sweet flavor than comparable non-ionized alkaline mineral water. Some minerals, such as calcium are 30% easier absorbed from water than from food based sources.

- A higher pH in the body reduces the need for fat and cholesterol to protect the body from damaging acids.

- Negatively charged hydroxyl ions, (OH -) found in abundance in alkaline water, act as natural antioxidants and donate electrons, neutralizing harmful free radicals.

- Alkaline water tastes lighter with a pleasantly sweet flavor.

- Improves the body’s absorption of essential nutrients

- Improves body function by cleaning your cells from the inside out.

- Using water with a higher pH level improves the taste of beverages and food.

- Cooking with alkaline water improves the taste and quality of foods and using acidicwater when boiling eggs improves their quality.

Provides superior hydration and nutrition at the cellular level.

- Ionization breaks clusters of water molecules into smaller micro-clusters, reducing the size of the clusters from the 11-16 molecules in standard water to just 5-6 molecules in ionized water. Smaller clusters pass through cell walls more easily and hydrate the cells more quickly.

- Faster hydration allows the body to regulate its temperature more efficiently.

- Micro-clusters of mineral-bearing ionized water also deliver nutrients more efficiently to the cells

Detoxifies cells more efficiently than standard drinking water.


- Alkaline water raises the pH of your urine, which may help excrete acidic toxins in the body using a process called ion-trapping. Doctors use this method to detoxify poisoning victims in the emergency room. Drinking alkaline water may stimulate a much milder form of ion trapping than doctors use.

- The negative charge of ionized alkaline water will attract the positive ions of acids and neutralize them within the body.

 

 

 

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Acidity in the Body

19 Jan

The human body creates acid, all day, every day, as a byproduct of metabolism. In addition, acid is introduced into the system through eating and digestion. Many secreted and digested acids are swept away by the blood stream, filtered out by the kidneys, and released from the body in the urine. Other acids leave the body through perspiration. Your body can only process a certain amount of acids, however, so it is possible to overload the system and for the body to become acidic.

The modern diet is extremely acidic.

 

  • Meat, including beef, pork, chicken and turkey are acidic.
  • Dairy such as milk, butter and cheese are acidic.
  • Grains such as rice and barley are acidic.
  • Beverages such coffee, tea, and soft drinks are very acidic.
  • Fruit and fruit juices contain high concentrations of acid.
  • Simple carbohydrates such as potatoes, pasta, and bread contain large amounts of acids.

    • Acidity in the body is related to disease

     

  • Acid reflux is a painful condition that occurs when acidic stomach liquid backs up (refluxes) into the esophagus, causing irritation, inflammation and damage to the lining of the esophagus.
  • High cholesterol occurs when the body produces excessive amounts of cholesterol to neutralise large amounts of acids in the blood stream before they damage living cells.
  • Heart disease is the result of a build-up of cholesterol in the coronary arteries that reduces the blood flow to the heart muscle. As stated above, cholesterol forms to product the arterial wall from acidity in the blood.
  • Fat is produced by the body to trap and neutralise acidic waste in the body. As Dr. Robert O. Young, author of The pH Miracle for Weight Loss, puts it, “The body retains fat as a protection against the overproduction of acids produced by the typical American diet….Your fat is actually saving your life.”
  • Inflammatory related diseases such as allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, and even stroke are related to low-grade metabolic acidosis.

    • Drinking alkaline water can help restore the body’s pH balance, reduce acidity and promote detoxification.

     

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    About pH and ORP

    17 Jan

    Ionized alkaline drinking water is saturated with negatively charged ions. These negatively charged ions attract the positively charged ions of harmful acids and neutralize them. Scientists have devised ways to measure and assign values to the electron activity. The measurement is known as oxidative reduction potential, or ORP.

    Drinking water should have a negative ORP measurement.

    -The value of ORP quantifies the amount of energy in water by numbering electrons.

    -ORP values are expressed as millivolts, or mV.

    -Drinking water should have a negative mV number of at least -50mV.

    -Water with an ORP of -50mV will have enough negative ions to attract and neutralize excess acids.

    Drinking water should have a pH level at or above 9.5

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    Benefits of Alkaline Water

    15 Jan

    Chances are, even with a proper diet you are still not getting enough of essential dietary minerals in your diet to maintain good health. Studies indicate that alkaline water may be the best way to get your minerals and have associated it with these health benefits:

    -Reduced rates of heart disease

    -Healthy weight loss

    -Improved digestive healthMaintenance of bone density

    -Improved athletic performance

    Alkaline water has been used in Asia as a health supplement for years, and Asian countries rank highest in world health surveys. Used properly, alkaline water should be combined with a proper diet, exercise and healthy lifestyle to produce optimum results.

     

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    What is Alkaline Water?

    13 Jan

    Alkaline water is water with a potential hydrogen (pH) value of greater than 7, which is neutral. Water ionizers use a process called electrodialysis, which separates the water into alkaline and acidic streams. The alkaline side contains healthy ionized minerals like calcium, magnesium and potassium. Studies have shown that minerals in alkaline water are 30% easier to absorb than food-based minerals.

    Doctors use medication that raises the pH of urine to treat the symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Raising the pH level of your urine by drinking alkaline water may help reduce your chances of suffering from the symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome:

    -High Blood Pressure

    -Elevated Blood Sugar Levels

    -High Body Mass Index (BMI)

    -High Cholesterol Levels

    -Kidney Stones

    Home tap water contains a mixture of minerals, salts, and other substances, some of which are good for you, and some of which are not.

    After many of the harmful elements are filtered out, a home water ionizer uses the electrodialysis process to separate the remaining minerals in the water into healthy alkaline minerals, and acidic minerals. During the process, some water molecules are split, releasing hydrogen and hydroxyl ions – charged particles.

    The charged water ions – called hydroxyl ions – are short lived, but they combine with the minerals in the water to produce mineral ions, referred to in chemistry as hydroxides. Medical research suggests that alkaline water has antioxidant properties, there are a couple of different theories that may explain why:

    - Ionized alkaline water contains ionic minerals like manganese which are known antioxidants.

    - Ionized alkaline water has strong Oxidation Reduction Potential (-ORP) which is a measurement of antioxidant potential.

    -Ionized alkaline water is rich in hydrogen, which may provide an antioxidant benefit.(If present in your source water).

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    Acid-Alkaline Balance

    11 Jan

    Proper Health starts with the correct acid-alkaline balance in your body. The pH level (acid – alkaline measurement) of our internal fluids affects every cell in our bodies. Extended acid imbalances of any kind can overwhelm your body, and lead to health complications.

    Just as the body regulates its temperature in a rigid manner, so will it manage to preserve a very narrow pH range – especially in the blood. As a matter of fact, the body will go to such great lengths to maintain a blood pH of 7.365 that it will even create stress on other tissues, body systems, and organs to do so. Chronic acidity will interrupt all cellular activities and functions – it interferes with life itself.

    When the pH of the body gets out of balance (too acidic), we may experience low energy, fatigue, excess weight, poor digestion, aches and pains, and even more serious disorders.

    The cycle of acidity begins primarily as a result of three things:
    1. Ingesting acids. Eating too many acidifying foods like processed sugar, meats, dairy, coffee, alcohol, etc. Create an acid ash in the body. These acids can overload the body’s ability to neutralize them.

    2. Creation of acids. Pathogens and microforms create acidifying toxins in the body. As the body becomes more and more acidic, bad bacteria, yeasts and other microforms proliferate in the body. Since these organisms are living, they eat as well as create resulting toxins. These toxins are often very acidifying.

    3. Improper elimination of acids. Not all acids are the same; some are weak and some are strong. Weak acids like citric acid are much easier to neutralize than strong acids like uric acid. The body uses many systems in order to buffer acids including breath, mineral reserves, and fat. When the body’s buffering systems become compromised, excess acids build up.

    The process of reestablishing  acid-alkaline balance begins with proper diet and nutrition. This includes eating alkalizing foods (vegetables, low sugar fruits, etc.), super hydration (drinking plenty of alkaline water that is ionic and structured), and proper supplementation.

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    pH Balance begins with SE7EN Alkalne Ionized Water
    Water is the most crucial factor in establishing and maintaining proper acid-alkaline balance. Since your body is 70% water, it is extremely important to constantly replenish your supply of it. The body loses 2.5 liters of water every day just through normal bodily functions. The quality of the water that you drink is just as important as the quantity of water you drink. The water you put in your body must be able to prevent toxins and chemical substances from accumulating and creating destructive influences on cells. Water must also transport minerals and nutrients required for cell metabolism, and remove any substances that can damage the cell. Ideally, the water you drink should have a ph between 9 and 10, and you should be drinking 3-4 liters of it daily.

    In order to hydrate your body optimally, you need to drink water that is alkaline and ionized. Alkaline water helps to neutralize stored acids and toxins. Once these acids are neutralized, they can then be removed by the body. Alkaline water containing ionic minerals also acts as a conductor of electrochemical activity from cell to cell. Reports from studies suggest that ionized, alkaline water can help the body resist disease and slow aging by:

    Increasing Intracellular HydrationReplenishing Essential Minerals Stabilizing and Protecting Cells Helping To Maintain Normal Blood Flow and Acid Alkaline BalanceFlushing Out and Preventing Wastes from Accumulating in Cells Preventing Free Radicals from Forming and Damaging Other Cells….

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