What is Alkaline Water?

The term Alkaline Water is just a label used to describe ideal drinking water as provided by nature; one of many labels that arise as we explore the hidden properties of water.

All natural water** consists of H2O molecules and OH- and H+ ions in very small quantities. It is these ions that give acidity and alkalinity to water. When these ions are equal in number, the water is neutral, when the H+ is more it is acidic, when the OH- ions are more, it is alkaline.

Alkaline water has more excess oxygen and alkaline minerals then neutral or acid tap water. It is highly oxygenated water with the oxygen in the stable bias OH- form that is needed by our cells. Each of these ions is bonded with an alkaline mineral in the all important colloidal form.

At pH between 8-10, ionized alkaline water will have 100's of times more excess oxygen then neutral tap water and no acid elements or toxic substances in it.

In health literature alkaline ionized water is also called:

Ionized Water
Micro-clustered water
Hexagonal water
Structured Water
Reduced Water
Electrolysis Reduced Water (ERW)
Ionic Mineral Water
Light Water
Living Water
Anti-Aging Water
Oxygenated Water
Energized Water
Miracle Water

Water is like a diamond, it has all these properties which can be thought of as the different facets of the water diamond.

Alkaline pH is just one of these facets, the most easily measured facet of the water diamond - hence this term is used the most.

The pH facet of the diamond - the fact that the water ionizer separates neutral tap water to acid and alkaline waters - can be easily checked by the litmus test or by a pH meter by anyone.

The other aspects or facets of good water, ORP values (show if the water is reduced or oxidized), bio-energy levels, and general life enhancing qualities are less easy to measure and quantify by the average person.

Water researchers, particularly in Korea and Japan have researched all these aspects of ionized alkaline and acid waters.