EVER SEE A GLACIAL STREAM OR AN
ICEBERG?
It's blue with minerals.
It tastes totally
different. It seems to
enter the body lightly.
It presents no
resistance and you don't
'bloat' like you may do
with tap water or even
filtered water. And the
minerals are there not
just to offer you those
elements your system
lacks, but also to
'hold' the real secret
of glacial water; its
antioxidant power.
Strong, pure hydroxyl
ions, actively seek out
positively charged
oxygen free radicals
already wrecking havoc
on our bodies at a
cellular level.
This is naturally
occurring ionized water.
Now technology has
delivered a 'clean'
answer to us in the form
of alkaline, water
ionizers. Water or H20
(Two Hydrogen atoms, one
oxygen atom) is split
into two separate
streams of water -
acidic waste water and
drinkable alkaline
water, rich in minerals.
OH-
One atom of Oxygen and
one atom of hydrogen
negatively charged
create the Hydroxyl ion.
These are abundant in
the prized alkaline
water that we drink and
love.
This 'splitting' of the
H20
Molecule happens in a
sealed ionization
chamber, under exact
control of a dedicated
microcomputer, to ensure
the exact result time
after time. As filtered
tap water passes across
5 specially designed
Titanium electrodes, it
separates into the two
components mentioned
above.
We drink the
alkaline ionized water
and we apply the
acid water. How simple
and how wonderful!
So WHAT"S ALL THIS ABOUT "pH"?
Fact:
Almost all of us are
negatively affected by
excess acidity.
Fact: This need not be.
Help is at hand.
The
pH scale
ranges from
0
on the acidic side to
14
on the alkaline, and a
solution is neutral if
its pH is
7.
At pH
7,
water contains equal
concentrations of H+ and
OH- ions. Substances
with a pH less than 7
are acidic because they
contain a higher
concentration of H+
ions. Higher
concentration of OH-
than H+. The pH scale is
a logarithmic scale, so
a change of one pH unit
implies a tenfold shift
in the concentration of
hydrogen ions
.
pH 6
means you are
ten times
more acid than
pH 7.
pH 5 means you
are a hundred times
more acid than
pH 7
The Importance of
Balancing pH
Living things, including
humans, are extremely
sensitive to pH.
. Blood plasma and other
fluids that surround the
cells in the body have a
pH of
7.2 to 7.45.
A blood pH of
6.9
can induce coma and
death. That is why all
bodily systems are
secondary in importance
to the system of pH
balancing. Your body
will willingly shut down
digestion, alter
temperature, rob your
bones of calcium,
deprive your pancreas,
just to maintain
adequate fluid buffers
of alkalinity to balance
the 'acid tide' we
inflict upon ourselves
through diet and stress
etc.
However your body
possesses numerous
special mechanisms to
aid in stabilizing these
fluids so that cells
will not be subject to
appreciable fluctuations
in pH.
Substances which serve
as mechanisms to
stabilize pH are called
BUFFERS.
Buffers have the
capacity to bond ions
and remove them from
solution whenever their
concentration begins to
rise. Conversely,
buffers can release ions
whenever their
concentration begins to
fall, thus helping to
minimize the
fluctuations in pH. This
is an important function
because many biochemical
reactions normally
occurring in living
organisms either release
or use up ions.
Imagine now what a load
is taken off your body
if its primary safety
system of pH balancing
can be 'stood down' from
a continual 'full alert'
because you now are
alkalizing your body
through reducing stress,
eating healthier foods,
avoiding harmful
chemicals and drinking
adequate amounts of
clean, healthy water!
Tap
Water - What It Is and
Isn't
On the pH scale of 0 to
14, normal tap water
measures out an
approximately neutral 7,
or slightly either side;
acid in the case of
rainwater, alkaline in
the case of chemically
altered municipal
supplies or in hard
water areas.
This water can be
measured with a pH or
ORP meter, and its
redox (oxidation
reduction potential) is
+400 to +500 mV. Because
it has a positive redox
potential, it is apt to
acquire electrons and
oxidize other molecules,
and then rob your body
of electrons in the form
of energy..
Reduced Ionized Water,
on the other hand, has a
negative
redox potential of
approximately
-250 to -800 mV.
This means it has a
large mass of electrons
ready to donate to
electron-thieving active
oxygen. It is 'Live
Water', similar in
atomic structure to the
waters that the
Hunzakuts drink directly
from glacial streams in
the high Himalayas.
How Your Water
Ionizer Unit Works
The
water ionizer unit,
about the size of a
bread maker, is an
electronic water filter
connected to your
kitchen water supply to
perform controlled low
voltage electrolysis on
tap water before you
drink it or use it in
the kitchen for cooking
or cleaning.
A special attachment
redirects tap water out
of the faucet through a
plastic hose into the
water ionizer unit.
Inside the unit, the
water is first filtered
which helps to remove
common pollutants found
in city water. Then this
filtered water passes
into a chamber equipped
with platinum-coated
titanium electrodes.
Here is where the
electrolysis takes
place.
Cations, positive ions,
gather at the negative
electrodes creating
cathodic or reduced
water. Anions,
negatively charged ions,
gather at the positive
electrode to make anodic
or oxidized water. By
this electrolysis
process the reduced
water not only gains an
excess amount of
electrons (e-), but the
H2O clusters are reduced
in size from about 10 to
13 molecules per cluster
to 5 to 6 molecules per
cluster.
The reduced ionized
water comes out of
the faucet, and the
oxidized water comes out
of a separate hose
leading into the sink.
You can use the reduced
water for drinking or
cooking. The oxidation
potential of the
oxidized water makes it
a good sterilizing
agent, helpful for
washing your hands,
cleaning food or kitchen
utensils, and treating
minor wounds and eczema.
