Drinking plenty of water benefits us in some very important ways. First, water sustains life. Second, it fights the formation of gallstones and kidney stones. Third, it helps cleanse and purify body. As it circulates through the body, water not on y brings in nutrients and carries away waste materials, but also rids the body of carcinogenic dioxins, environmental hormones and other harmful substances. The kidneys and the urinary bladder serve as the conduit for water that removes these waste materials and harmful compounds if carcinogens accumulate at the same spot in the body, they can invade the cells and cause cancer. Water washes away these cancer-causing compounds, thus reducing the risk of cancer. Cigarette smoking increases the incidence of bladder cancer, but it is known that drinking plenty of water an diuretics such as black tea, green tea, and coffee also reduce the risk of bladder cancer.

Many people think that the way to lose weight is to cut down on the amount of food and water they drink, and to engage in activities that make them perspire. However limiting fluid intake not only has harmful health effects, but can also lead to hardening of the arteries in the brain and the heart.

Water accounts for 60~7O% of our total body weight (the proportion differs depending on age.) Sometimes we have to go to the toilet right after drinking cold water, but the fact is that the water we drink does not go immediately to the Kidneys and turn into urine. The fluid we ingest along with our food is absorbed in the intestines along with a complex mixture of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. Water then circulates as part of the blood stream to all parts of the body. Much of this it is filtered by the kidneys, where it mixes with waste materials to form urinen. We lose about O.8 liters of water daily from evaporation and absorption of water from the surface of our skin. When we perspire from physical activity, we lose even more water. If we do not replace at least this much water, we can become dehydrated. Just sweating a lot and drinking less water is no way to diet. People do not gain weight from drinking plenty of water. We have to have water in order to metabolize fat, this means that drinking water will actually help us lose weight. Also, right after sports activity that makes us sweat, if we drink water it will be absorbed quickly to give us what we need. Tonized water, supplemented with trace elements. Will help us recover from fatigue more quickly.

Unnoticed evaporation (fluid content lost to absorption and perspiration) does not make people particularly thirsty. Replacing just 2O% of this fluid loss is enough to quench our thirst. As a result, drinking only until we are no longer thirsty often leaves us with not enough water in our systems. Unnoticed, water evaporation is even more of a problem with children, and parents need to pay close attention Thirst is also related to the concentration of trace elements in the blood Stream.

However, perspiration contains both water and trace elements, so the trace element level in the blood does not necessarily change very much, and this means we do not become very thirsty.

We lose even more water when we run our air conditioners.

If we want to be truly healthy, we should be drinking 3 liters of ionized water everyday. Drinking plenty of water works to prevent inflammation, dehydration, bladder cancer, and kidney cancer. It also protects the body from dioxins and other harmful chemicals. Some people may not be able to drink quite this much water. Still, just one cup of ionized water before going to bed and after rising in the morning will cleanse the blood stream and help prevent hardening of the arteries in the brain and the heart. Please be aware, though, that using soft drink beverages to replace fluids may elevate sugar levels too much. If you cannot drink 3 liters of water a day, then you should at least try to drink 2 liters. It will also help you lose weight. Furthermore, it is inexpensive and safe. The Japan Environmental Equipment Association has stated that one out of every four five-year-olds is already a candidate for degenerative diseases in later life. We should all be concerned about this.

Active Oxygen

Ordinary oxygen exists as a pair bond between two oxygen atoms, represented in chemical symbols as O2 This pair bond is very stable, in contrast active oxygen consists of single non-bonded oxygen atoms. In this state, oxygen is very unstable, It Will easily bond with other substances creating oxidation.

The body itself produces active oxygen under a variety of conditions. Among these conditions are coprostasis (long-term buildup of fecal matter in the intestines) and malodorous stools. Solar ultraviolet radiation also forms active oxygen when it strikes water molecules (H2O). Thus, around 2-5% of the oxygen we ingest consists of active oxygen.

Active oxygen does have some beneficial effects, but it has many more harmful effects the reason is that active oxygen is a toxin. The reason why we get sunburned at the beach is because ultraviolet rays produce active oxygen that damages the melanin in our skin. Frequent and severe sunburn can lead to skin cancer.

When we hang out our heavy blankets to air in the sun, ultraviolet rays strike the moisture content (not only liquid) in the blanket and produce active oxygen. In turn, the active oxygen kills bacteria mold, ticks, and fleas in the blanket. However, some active oxygen remains inside the blanket, which is why there has long been a saying that you should not sleep under a blanket while it is still warm from the sunlight.

Similarly, many normal activities produce active oxygen within the body, including breathing, eating, and exercising. Smoking produces a lot of active oxygen.

The active oxygen kills harmful bacteria, which is a good thing, however, if there is top much active oxygen, it will attack normal cells and turn them cancerous.

They attack the islets of Langerhans, insulin production will be disrupted, causing diabetes.

Essentially, the body is rusting (aging) aging is actually a disease.

Furthermore, active oxygen attacks the DNA in cell nuclei. This causes mutations in the three billion nucleotides present in human DNA. Recently we have come to understand that this is the cause of a variety of human illnesses and other maladies.

Because active oxygen has such powerful bonding capacity, it will bond with, and oxidize, virtually anything.

Oxidation changes the chemical properties of very day substances.

We see this in the form of degradation in plastic, textiles, and dyes.

Active Hydrogen

Active hydrogen bonds with active oxygen to form harmless water molecules. However, water that contains large amounts of active hydrogen is known as ionized water.

As we saw with active oxygen, ordinary hydrogen consists of a pair bond between two hydrogen atoms represented in chemical symbols as H2 in contrast active oxygen consists of single a bonded hydrogen atoms. These single hydrogen atoms have extremely powerful reducing, or anti-oxidizing, capabilities, and they chemically reduce other substances. When active hydrogen comes in contact with excess active oxygen in the body, it immediately bonds with the active oxygen to form water. Thus, it removes active oxygen from the body, and it does so harmlessly, and with no side effects. Active hydrogen reacts strongly with a great many substances, but most especially with oxygen. There are other materials besides ionized water that have a "scavenger" effect to remove excess active oxygen. The most prominent of these is super oxide dismutase, or (enzymes) SOD.

However, both the quantity and effectiveness of SCO in the body diminish with age.

This means that we need to think about supplementing' it.

The ideal supplement is active hydrogen.

Note: Scavenger enzymes are enzymes that prevent active oxygen from bonding with and oxidizing other substances.

PH

PH is a chemical index of acidity or alkalinity. It is the inverse ratio of the hydrogen concentration in a liquid.

A pH of is completely neutral where as a pH of 7-10 is alkaline, while a pH of 2-7 is acidic.

Human stomach acid has a pH of 1.8+/- O.O3, which means it is strongly acidic.

This acid kills bacteria that enter the stomach from the mouth.

However, Illness still can occur if disease organisms enter the stomach while acid levels are low.

Other animals have even stronger stomach acid than humans, strong enough for them to ingest some harmful microbes without causing illness.

Clusters

Natural water molecules usually form into molecular clusters that are not readily absorbed through the stomach wall. The clusters often number in multiples of six. This is why when water freezes it forms hexagonal snowflakes.

Insulin

The nutrients that we ingest from food is converted into glucose, this serves as the body's energy source. Blood carries glucose through the blood vessels to every part of the body. The hormone known as insulin plays a critical role when glucose enters body cells from the blood. When the body ceases making insulin, or its activity level decreases, glucose continues to circulate in the blood stream without ever entering into cells.

This is the condition we call diabetes. When the blood is too high in sugar, while cells are malnourished Excess blood sugar is excreted through the kidneys in urine, but this requires large quantities of fluid.

This is why with the initial onset of diabetes people drink large amounts of water arid have to go to the toilet more often. Initially diabetics are often unaware they are sick, which itself is a problem.

In addition, blood glucose tends to bond with proteins and accumulate on the blood vessel walls, damaging those walls. As diabetes progresses, blood glucose damages the fine capillaries in the retina and the kidneys, while also harming cranial and coronary blood vessels.

Accordingly, it is important to protect the islets of Langerhans from attack and assure the body's supply of insulin.

Oxidation-Reduction Potential (ORP)

Not all forms of ionized water are identical.
The oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) is an index of the potential for bonding with activated oxygen, or, in other words, the reduction or anti oxidation potential. Kangen water has a negative ORP, while acid water has a positive ORP. To put it differently, a negative ORP indicates reducing or anti-oxidant properties, while a positive ORP indicates acidic properties. The greater the absolute value of the ORP, the greater the ability of the substance to oxidize or reduce other substances.

All the types of water sold at convenience stores and supermarkets have positive ORP values Kangen water, on the other hand, has a pH of 8-9.5 and an ORP of-250 to-40OmV. This is the type of water that offers health benefits. "Potential" refers to the magnitude of energy to bring about a chemical reaction.

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