Alkaline Ionized Water and Children

Alkaline Ionized Water and Children

As an adult it's easy to see where I went wrong as a teenager and young adult. If only I could go back and re-live my teens and 20's! The one thing I would want to change the most is eating healthier and thinking more about my future health and well-being. Maybe if I had I wouldn't have had to struggle so much when I was in my 40's to regain my health, be slimmer, lower my blood pressure, etc.

So this leads me to the thought “Hey, I have a chance now to pass on all I know to my kids and grand-kids!” Back in our day, parents didn't have the gold mine of information that is the internet. Mom couldn't just Google whatever it is she needed to know, from alternative cold remedies, to vaccines, to what exactly is in these chicken nuggets.

I have learned so much over the years about healthy eating, the pH of our bodies, how disease cannot sustain itself in an alkaline body, the ill effects of soda and sports drinks, how sugar affects little ones and so on. Therefore, I am passing this on to my children. And one of the first steps is providing alkaline ionized water for them. Plenty of it. I urge every one of you to get rid of the soda, Gatorade, sweet tea, juices (all of which RAISE the acidity that gets trapped in bodies) and make sure you have pure alkaline ionized water for your children to drink.

How alkaline should alkaline ionized water be for children?

I suggest that you don't make the alkaline water too strong for children. It is a good rule of thumb to give infants and toddlers purified [filtered] water. On every water ionizer there is a setting for this. Then 2 to 4 year-olds should drink about 8 pH level [which is equivalent to the lowest alkaline setting on your water ionizer]. Four to seven-year-olds should drink at about level 2, or 8.5 pH. After age seven a child should drink at the same alkaline water pH-level as an adult.

You may be thinking to yourself, “Why not just drink tap water or bottled water?” Well, I'll tell you. First of all there is a list of about 100 contaminants that must be removed from tap water, as mandated by the Safe Water Drinking Act. But over 60,000 chemicals are used in the US daily that get into our water supply that have not been tested for toxic effects on our environment or bodies. And what's even more horrifying, pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, anti-psychotics, sex hormones, mood stabilizers, etc, have been found in the drinking water of over 41,000,000 Americans. In large metropolitan areas from California to New Jersey these drugs have been found in the tap water. Most treatments in the water plants do not eliminate all drug residues from the drinking water. There hasn't been enough time to see exactly what long-term effects this will have, but I can tell you that I am not going to wait around and see.

The standard drinking water is also not the best to provide sufficient hydration due to the chemical compounds found in it that actually works against hydrating the body.

So, how does alkaline ionized water fit in to the picture? First, a water ionizer filters out up to 99.99% of all contaminants from the tap water [depending on the water ionizer and filter combination]. The chemicals, the drug residues, heavy metals. Second, ionized water is “microclustered”, meaning the water molecules are smaller and far easier for the cells of the body to absorb, leading to enhanced hydration. And third, the water has an antioxidant property. Having an excess of electrons, it seeks out and eliminates free radicals in the body. These free radicals are what can cause disease, usually later on in life.

Therefore I have been increasing my childrens' and grand-children's consumption of alkaline water and I encourage you to do the same.  If you are skeptical or curious, do your research. Ask questions. Email me. It really is interesting what you'll find. 

What is in Your Tap Water?

Today I want to talk about water quality.  There are many different contaminants in tap water which affect the water quality.  Most people think that water filtration is complicated and hard to understand, but it really is very simple.

Water is a very interesting compound.  It has a property that it will pick up bits of minerals and even chemicals if it is exposed to them.  This is why some areas have hard water and some have soft water.  This is directly related to the mineral content of the soil in the area.  Water will run over and through the ground and pick up anything that is in it.  So, if the soil contains harmful pesticides, this will be assimilated into the water as well as minerals.

Our water treatment here in the US is pretty established and would probably take quite a while to change.  So what are you to do to get better water then?  Well, the answer is to filter it yourself.  There are many different chemical such as chlorine, chloramine, fluoride, pesticides etc. in the water supply.  There are even byproducts that happen when you disinfect the water with chlorine or the like, which contaminate the water even further.  If you use municipal water, these chemicals cannot be avoided.  

One simple way to find out what kind of filtration you need is to get your water tested, or find out what is in your water from your municipality.  We offer a free water quality report here: https://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/get-free-water-quality-report/.  Once you find out what is in your water, then you can filter out exactly what you need to. 

Very often a simple carbon filter will be able to filter out a good deal of chemicals that are in your water.  Visit our water filter page to find out more about filtration and the many filters we have to offer: https://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/water-filtration-basics/.