Monday, November 24, 2014

Alkaline Water and Why To Avoid It!

Abbreviated from an article written by Lawrence Wilson, MD

This article is a warning to avoid drinking artificially alkalized water.  I am sorry to have to write it, but there is a push to get people to buy alkaline water machines, and the propaganda is intense.  Also, when one starts to use it, one feels better, so many people just assume they are becoming healthier, which is not the case. I am not selling any competing products, and I am only interested in keeping people well.

One reason for the popularity of these machines is that some people do indeed feel better for a while drinking this type of alkaline water.  Quick benefits may include fewer aches and pains, and perhaps a little more energy.  However, the problems with the alkaline water machines more than outweigh any benefits they confer.

Mostly tap water is put through an electrical machine that runs the water over platinum and titanium plates.  This process causes the exchange of some platinum and titanium ions that makes the water more alkaline in its pH.  In most cases the machine has a carbon filter to supposedly remove impurities.  With some units, one can also add a white powder to make the water even more alkaline.

This is very different from natural alkalized spring water.  Spring water passes over rocks in the earth and picks up various minerals, which helps regulate the pH levels in our bodys.  Good spring water usually has a slightly alkaline pH of about 8 or even 8.5, but not much more.


Problems with this rationale for alkaline water. 
The main problems with this theory are:

 1. The real cause of excess acidity at the cellular level is a deficiency of what are called the alkalinizing or alkaline reserve minerals. These come from what one was born with, and from your diet, the food that you eat.  They include calcium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and a few others.

Unfortunately, drinking artificially alkalized water does little or nothing to replace these vital minerals.  In fact, it can deplete them.  It may make the body think it is alkaline, so the body does not need to hold on to its alkaline reserve minerals as much, and it eliminates some of them, making the person even more deficient. If one lives a stressful life, one also depletes these minerals quicker.  

2. Also water from alkaline water machines still contains traces of cadmium, lead, arsenic and other toxic metals found in tap water that are not filtered, that I am aware of, by any carbon filters.  Some carbon only filtering systems claim to filter out toxic metals, but I have not observed this in practice.  Filters that I have seen that are said to remove a lot of toxic metals tend to damage the water even worse.  Reverse osmosis is an example of this type, along with KDF (Kinetic Degradation Fluxion) and other types of “advanced” filtration media.

3. In addition, the alkaline water machines also add traces of platinum and titanium from plates that the water passes over to make it alkaline.  These are both supremely toxic metals, especially platinum.


4. Carbon filtration also does not remove enough of the toxic chemicals in the water, so one is also getting a daily dose of chlorine, fluorides, aluminum, copper, residues of medical drugs in many areas, pesticides and more.


The only way to truly balance the body is to replenish the alkaline reserve minerals.  To do this, one must eat a good amount of vegetables.  The vegetables, and perhaps some mineral supplements, such as kelp, can and do supply the alkaline reserve minerals.

Good quality, natural spring water also supplies some alkaline minerals, as does good quality sea salt.  Using these on a daily basis, the body can be slowly remineralized.  This is the best way to do it.

The water from an alkaline water machine is not the same as naturally occurring spring water.



Why is the diet important? 


The diets need to be corrected by eating more green vegetables each and every day.  This is the best way to obtain enough alkaline reserve minerals.  Using sea salt, drinking naturally filtered water, and taking supplements of kelp, or kale also helps. 

We hope this article has been helpful,
Penelope & Rodney

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