The Top 5 Myths of Water Ionizers

I am going to debunk 5 myths people commonly bring up about water ionizers. You may have encountered some of these when family and friends have come over and asked what that thing was on your counter.

     1.      Water ionizers actually split the water molecule.

           Water ionizers don’t split the water molecules. That takes a lot of power and if it did, you wouldn’t be getting a glass of water from your ionizer, but instead hydrogen and oxygen gases. The hydrogen and oxygen molecules are very solidly bound together and aren’t separated in your ionizer.

     2.      Kangen water is different than alkaline water.

           Kangen water is just a company name created by the Enagic Corporation. Their water ionizers ionize the water in the same way any other water ionizer does.

     3.      Water ionizers make artificial alkaline water.

The way you make artificially alkaline water is by adding slaked lime to the water. This is a common practice of city water treatment plants. They do this to raise the pH of the water. This practice has been in use since the 1890s to help with the corrosion of pipes.

     4.      You can get the same benefits from alkaline water found in stores.

The antioxidant property of alkaline water doesn’t last very long, not more than a couple of days if stored properly. So even if the bottled alkaline water you picked up at the store was alkaline water when bottled, I can guarantee you it no longer is when you get it home.

     5.      Alkaline water will make me too alkaline.

Most people in today’s society are far too acidic. Only in extremely rare cases does someone who is already very alkaline become too alkaline when drinking ionized water. But this is an ultra rare occurrence and nothing to be concerned about.

What other myths have you heard about alkaline water? I would be more than happy to dispel them. Leave them in the comments below.