The makers of Alkaline Water Ionizers make stunning claims for their product. According to them, it can cure anything from cancer to tiredness. But can it really do this? Let's see.
All our body fluids have different levels of acidity and alkalinity. This must be so. For example, if your stomach acid was alkaline and not acidic your food would never be digested. On the other hand your blood must be alkaline or you'll die.
Your body has wonderful systems to maintain these balances. So biologically speaking, the measurements cannot be changed by drinking alkaline water
Keeping the above in mind it would be interesting to see just what happens when you drink a glass of alkaline water. First it would enter your stomach where the stomach juices would strip it of it's alkalinity. From there it would pass into the large intestine where it would again get alkalized.
If we're on the subject of biology, we will discuss what would happen if you drank a glass of alkaline ionized water. Your very acidic gastric juices will strip the water of alkalinity. As the water enters your intestines, pancreatic juices will strip it of alkalinity. Exactly what happens? It becomes alkaline!
So don't waste your time and hard earned cash on an alkaline water ionizer in the false belief that it will neutralize acid in your body. It can't!
Anti-Oxidant?
How is it that some people believe alkaline water can cure cancer? This is because the manufacturers of these devices claim that the water becomes anti-oxidant. This means it can remove "free radicals".
Why is it that some believe alkaline water can cure cancer? According to the manufacturers of the ionizing machine it is because the water becomes an anti-oxidant. This means that it takes on surplus electrons that will then remove "free radicals".
You could almost believe it, except for the fact that the body already has a system in place to continually rid you of free radicals. Not only that, but it's millions of times more effective too!
All sounds very plausible, however it doesn't consider that the entire body already has devastatingly powerful natural anti-oxidants that are MILLIONS of times more effective!
Well consider this: What does bleach do?It's oxidizing power strips colour from things such as your clothes. It does this since it is an OXIDANT. Now did you know that alkaline water can bleach the colour from iodine? Yes it really can! it'll accomplish this because (wait for it... ) it is an OXIDANT!
A cancer curing anti-oxidant? I don't think so.
All our body fluids have different levels of acidity and alkalinity. This must be so. For example, if your stomach acid was alkaline and not acidic your food would never be digested. On the other hand your blood must be alkaline or you'll die.
Your body has wonderful systems to maintain these balances. So biologically speaking, the measurements cannot be changed by drinking alkaline water
Keeping the above in mind it would be interesting to see just what happens when you drink a glass of alkaline water. First it would enter your stomach where the stomach juices would strip it of it's alkalinity. From there it would pass into the large intestine where it would again get alkalized.
If we're on the subject of biology, we will discuss what would happen if you drank a glass of alkaline ionized water. Your very acidic gastric juices will strip the water of alkalinity. As the water enters your intestines, pancreatic juices will strip it of alkalinity. Exactly what happens? It becomes alkaline!
So don't waste your time and hard earned cash on an alkaline water ionizer in the false belief that it will neutralize acid in your body. It can't!
Anti-Oxidant?
How is it that some people believe alkaline water can cure cancer? This is because the manufacturers of these devices claim that the water becomes anti-oxidant. This means it can remove "free radicals".
Why is it that some believe alkaline water can cure cancer? According to the manufacturers of the ionizing machine it is because the water becomes an anti-oxidant. This means that it takes on surplus electrons that will then remove "free radicals".
You could almost believe it, except for the fact that the body already has a system in place to continually rid you of free radicals. Not only that, but it's millions of times more effective too!
All sounds very plausible, however it doesn't consider that the entire body already has devastatingly powerful natural anti-oxidants that are MILLIONS of times more effective!
Well consider this: What does bleach do?It's oxidizing power strips colour from things such as your clothes. It does this since it is an OXIDANT. Now did you know that alkaline water can bleach the colour from iodine? Yes it really can! it'll accomplish this because (wait for it... ) it is an OXIDANT!
A cancer curing anti-oxidant? I don't think so.
About the Author:
I'm not convinced of claims made by the manufacturers of the alkaline water machine are backed by science. In my article I examine supposed alkaline health benefits and see whether they can be belived or not. I also write about all things body pH as you can see from my article on the popularpH balance diet.
