Is Alkaline Water Or Ionized Water (Kangen Water) Effective

Benefits Of Ionized Alkaline Water

The purpose of the water ionizer appliance is to produce alkaline water. Alkaline water is supposedto have these four main health promoting properties:

1. High alkaline pH value. The recommended ionized water for drinking is with pH value of 9.0 or9.5. This is alkaline water, and is supposed to neutralize the body acidity to maintain a healthy body.When the body is too acidic, it is prone to sickness. Cancer cells thrive in an acidic bodyenvironment.

2. High antioxidant level. Alkaline water has a very high negative ORP value. ORP stands for oxygenreduction potential. Very high negative ORP value, in simple language, means the ability toneutralize health-threatening free radicals. Although sufficient free radicals are essential for ourbody function, excessive quantity of free radicals will cause harm to our body. One of the defensemechanisms to minimize damage by these excessive free radicals is the presence of antioxidants.High negative ORP value indicates high antioxidant level. An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibitsthe oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation reactions increase free radicals and when this oxidationis not controlled, these free radicals can start a chain reaction in a cell damaging it or even kill thecell. When this chain reaction spreads unchecked, free radicals multiply rapidly, and more healthycells will be damaged and even be killed, leading to serious health problems, even cancer.

3. Smaller micro water clusters. Ionized alkaline water has smaller water clusters. Water is not justliquid floating around. Water consists of clusters of molecules. Normal water has clusters of around15 molecules. Ionized alkaline water has smaller clusters of around 7 or less. Smaller water clustersmean better penetration and absorption of the water into our body cells, and also regulates moreefficient disposal of toxins and wastes from the body.

4. Free from contaminants and rich in minerals. The water ionization appliance ensures water fromthe tap is thoroughly filtered before passing through the electrode plates. This filtering processensures absolutely clean water, free from chlorine, harmful bacteria and other contaminants. Ionizedalkaline water also has higher contents of ionic minerals such as magnesium and calcium.

The Controversies Of Ionized Alkaline Water

I will not go into details of the controversies of ionized alkaline water. Even amongst medicalprofessionals, there are the proponents and the opponents. The proponents swear by the wonderfulefficacies of the water, while the opponents condemn the water as just another "snake oil". Someeven expounded "scientific and medical" explanations that there was no way alkaline water could doany good for the drinker; in fact might even harm the person. On the other hand, many positivepersonal testimonies came from those who have taken the ionized alkaline water, which haveactually helped reduce or even cured their health problems.

Who would you believe? I will believe the positive personal testimonies of those who have taken theionized alkaline water, provided I know for sure that they are telling the truth. Here I have twopersonal testimonies from people very close to me. One is my elder sister. The other is my wife.

My elder sister is nearing 70. Occasionally, she had to use a walking stick, depending on her healthmood. But she definitely could not get up without any help once she knelt or squat down. Afterdrinking the ionized alkaline water for a few days, she could get up from the squatting position.Since then she did not require the walking stick as well. She spread the good news to us, and mywife was game to try the ionized alkaline water. You see, my wife has been suffering from chronicbody aches. The doctors attributed the cause to aging, which conveniently means no cure for heraching problem. One particular very painful problem was her "trigger finger" problem. "Triggerfinger" is defined as "a common disorder characterized by catching, snapping or locking of theinvolved finger flexor tendon, associated with dysfunction and pain". Whatever that is, theconsequent was that it was a very painful event when it happened, accompanied by a sudden loud

painful squeak. I was surprised, and so was my wife that since the day after drinking the ionizedalkaline water, the trigger finger did not recur! Now her affected right thumb can relaxingly bendwith ease and without pain.