The bottled water industry didn't even exist half a century ago and now it is literally a multi-billion dollar industry! In 2007, US consumers purchased more than 33 billion liters of bottled water alone! That is approximately 30 gallons per person on average. There are numerous bottled waters on the market being sold for a hundred times more than the very water that comes out of our kitchen faucets and are of no higher quality.
Let's talk a moment about the use of plastic to bottle these waters. Did you know that bottling and shipping water is the least energy efficient method to supply water and that 90% of the cost for bottled waters comes from creating the bottle itself? Approximately 24 million gallons of oil are needed to produce one billion plastic bottles. No big deal because they can be recycled right? Wrong! Only about 20% of bottles used are actually recycled which leaves 80% of these bottles going to the dump where they will sit for hundreds of years literally (not at all conducive to a healthy environment). Not only this but for every 1 kg of oil burned it creates about 3 kg of carbon dioxide. In other words: For each kg of plastic, about 6 kg of carbon dioxide is created during the production and incineration processes (ouch!). The plastic bottles used are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which can leach harmful chemicals and hormone disruptor's into the water especially when exposed to heat (think about how many times you've left that bottle of water sitting in your hot car in the summer so you could run into the store). Studies have found fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, disinfectants, and other chemicals in bottled waters as well. Not to mention that the majority of, if not all, of these waters are acidic in nature and in no way helpful to our bodies.
Purified water is detrimental to anyone who consumes it. This "dead water" is produced by deionizing (removing all vital minerals), distilling or reverse osmosis and should not be consumed. If you’re drinking “dead water”, you’re simply not eliminating free radicals nor are you gaining any of the necessary minerals needed to secure a stable environment within your body. On the contrary, purified water is very acidic and leaches minerals from our bodies doing more harm by increasing oxidation.
Every liquid has either an acid or alkaline pH (potential of hydrogen) and the pH of the liquids we consume have a direct effect on the health of the tissues within our bodies. As mentioned previously, disease and ailments tend to thrive in acidic environments which means that we should strive to consume alkaline substances such as raw vegetables, fruits and Ionized Water to help fight free radical damage and bring our blood pH into balance. In other countries around the world where preventative medicine is much more of a focus, one of the basic blood tests taken on an individual is the blood pH. A stable blood pH is absolutely vital in order to keep our bodies in balance (i.e. homeostasis).
Let's move on to the 'star of the show' as it were. I'm talking about pure, antioxidant rich, oxygenated, alkaline ionized water! What is this water you might ask and how can it help me? Oh boy I am happy you asked! This is a subject I have recently become extremely passionate about! This water is truly a gift and the closest thing we will ever find to the fountain of youth!!! That's a pretty big claim I know but let me tell you why. Alkaline Ionized Water is by far the most superior drinking water we can consume. Countries such as Japan, Canada and Australia are already fully aware of the numerous health benefits of this amazing water and use it daily in their hospitals and homes to aid in disease prevention. Ionized Water is water that is electrically separated using a mean known as electrolysis. It is created by running our ordinary tap water over negative and positive electrodes which ionizes the minerals in the water. What is truly amazing (some say where the magic comes in) is when the ionizer separates the positive hydrogen (hydrogen is a very oxidative substance) ions and negative hydroxyl ions to create alkaline and acidic waters. The two waters are always created simultaneously in the water ionizer at a ratio of 70% Alkaline Ionized Water to 30% Acid Ionized Water (Acid Ionized Water has its very own health benefits which will be covered in a future post). Through this electrolysis, H2O clusters are reduced in size making the alkaline water more hydrating and more easily absorbed by our bodies.
Another amazing attribute of this water is its Oxidation Reduction Potential or ORP. ORP is a measurement of a substance's ability to either encourage or reduce oxidation. All liquids have an ORP. We are all aware of how vital it is that we consume antioxidants and Alkaline Ionized Water is by far the most powerful liquid antioxidant known. Just take a look at the following graph! Seriously phenomenal!
Any number above zero indicates that there is a potential for increased oxidation while all numbers below zero are considered antioxidants (our free radical killers). ORP is honestly the single most important term to familiarize ourselves with. Although extremely difficult to determine accurately, a person's ORP level would be an amazing way to reveal whether a person is in a state of homeostasis or disease. When we begin to consistently drink Alkaline Ionized Water we are essentially bathing our tissues in this negatively charged liquid promoting rejuvenation on a cellular level. Absolutely amazing!
Think about how much better you will be functioning just by consuming this amazing water! As you can plainly see, consuming Alkaline Ionized Water offers huge benefits to our overall health.. The benefits of adding this superior water to your diet are countless and I haven't even begun to share all Alkaline Ionized Water can do for you and your family!
If you have questions or would like to hear more about this amazing water, please contact any one of us here at Health-n-Hydration.
Until next time, you have been 'water blogged'...
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