Are Alkaline
Water and Alkaline Ionized Water the Same Thing?
So, what is Alkaline Ionized Water? Is it different than Alkaline Water? It is very common
to hear these two terms used interchangeably, but they are, in fact,
two very different things.
Alkaline Water
simply has a pH above 7.0, and it can be created in many ways by
adding minerals to it (such as baking soda, which we have discussed
previously), lemon juice, Himalayan Salt, to name a few, to make the
pH higher. You can also purchase expensive bottled alkaline water at
stores such as Wal-Mart.
Alkaline Ionized
Water is water that has been ionized and made alkaline by a procedure
called Water Electrolysis. It is full of antioxidants and is far more
absorb-able and hydrating than regular water or water that has
minerals added to it to make it alkaline.
As you can see in
the Alkaline Water Plus Blog simply adding baking soda to alkalize your water is not an effective
measure. In fact, the high level of sodium alone is detrimental to
your health, especially if you already deal with such conditions as
high blood pressure or water retention.
The many great
benefits of Alkaline Ionized Water aren't simply from the fact that
it is alkaline, but that it is ionized. Drinking water that is merely
alkaline is not providing anywhere near the benefits as drinking
alkaline ionized water.
The Benefits of
Drinking Alkaline Ionized Water
There are several
different qualities to Alkaline Ionized Water that make it so
beneficial to your body and health.
These qualities are:
- The water raises the alkalinity of your body
- The water is rich in antioxidants and very oxygenating
- The water is far better at hydrating than any other water
Let's take a look at
each of these qualities separately.
The Water is
Alkaline
Our bodies tend to be very acidic. This is due to the average diet,
smoking, alcohol, stress, pollution, etc. We store deposits of acidic
toxins in our body that can (and do) cause disease, malnutrition or,
if you are lucky, just an overall since of not feeling well.
Drinking alkaline ionized water has been shown to prevent and
reverse disease, malnutrition, lack of energy, etc., by ridding
the body of these acidic waste build-ups and creating an environment
in the body that disease and malnutrition cannot survive in.
The Water is Rich
in Antioxidants and is Oxygenating
Antioxidants seek out and neutralize the free radicals in your body.
Since the antioxidants have an excess of electrons, they can give
these electrons to the free radicals that are in need of them, which
keeps them from leeching electrons from healthy tissue. The body is
then left with an excess of oxygen molecules that it can use for
energy production and oxygenating the tissues in the body.
The Water is More
Hydrating
When the water is ionized, the water molecules are made smaller,
called “microclustering”, and are therefore easier for your cells
to absorb. This provides even greater hydration than drinking tap,
bottled, distilled, filtered or reverse osmosis water. And right
along with this, if you have, for example a powdered vitamin
supplement mixed into your alkaline ionized water, this vitamin
supplement will be absorbed by your cells in a greater amount than it
would otherwise be if you were drinking regular tap water.
As you can see,
there are many great benefits to be had from drinking alkaline
ionized water. These same benefits cannot be found by simply
alkalizing your water by adding minerals to it. I very highly
recommend obtaining a water ionizer for you and your family as soon
as possible.
Also, I will be
writing blogs in future weeks that go over in greater detail some of
the points we have covered here, like what exactly a free radical is,
what antioxidants are, water electrolysis and so forth. So stay
tuned...
