Category: Alkalinity

What's In Your Drinking Water?

9/5/2017

Do You Know What's In Your Tap Water?

EWG's Tap Water Database
Since 2010, water utilities' testing has found pollutants in Americans' tap water, according to an EWG drinking water quality analysis of 30 million state water records.
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In Search of the Optimal Liquid Solution

11/26/2016

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XOOMA WORLDWIDE·SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In Search of the Optimal Liquid Solution

We all know that today’s world is an unhealthy one. Our diets are poor, we stress too much, and we don’t get sufficient exercise. But there’s another huge problem that’s compromising our health. We don’t drink enough water, which leads to a dehydrated, acidic state in the body and ultimately to a deteriorating state of health. That’s right. We’re constantly dehydrated, and the water we do drink is full of contaminants and pollutants.
Of course, bottled water is very popular. And it’s certainly better than standard tap water. But it’s still just plain water—or what many people refer to as “dead” water.

Dehydration, Acidic State Contribute to Major Health Concerns

Plain tap water is often referred to as "dead" water.

There’s good news. Hydration is now being revolutionized with a superior-quality, mineral-rich alkaline water. With such a product, you’re receiving so much more than just plain water or a few nutrients. This product addresses the core problem of most of today’s health woes. Because of our poor diets, chronically high stress levels and the fact that we are dehydrated, our bodies are in an acidic state most of the time. Science has clearly shown that our bodies must maintain an alkaline state to be healthy. If our cells are acidic in their pH, then our tissues, organs and entire body will also be in poor health. Sick, acidic cells lead to increase in inflammation, sluggishness, low energy and depleted vibrancy. An acidic, imbalanced pH is also the foundation for many of today’s top health concerns from obesity to heart disease to diabetes. It’s also important to point out that the other beverages that we commonly consume contribute to the problem. Coffee, diet sodas, energy drinks, and so-called “sports” drinks are hugely popular in today’s society. Unfortunately, they are major contributors to the problems linked to dehydration and acidity in the body. Instead of rehydrating the body and replenishing the cells with essential nutrients, they’re simply overloading the body with harsh stimulants, sugars and other chemicals that only make our cells sicker.

Image Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acidosis)

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How Professional Athletes Benefit from Alkaline Water By Dr. Robert Burns, PhD / Dr. Susan Lark, MD

7/5/2014

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Competitive, elite athletes and sports trainers know that subtle changes in pH can have profound effects on the overall health, feeling of wellness, level of fatigue, pain, weight, ability to train and athletic performance. Muscles work best in a narrow range of Ph. At rest, muscle pH is about 6.9, while arterial blood is about 7.4.

When we exercise, the increased use of muscle glycogen for energy produces lactic acid, pyruvic acid, and CO2, which decreases muscle pH. The harder you exercise the quicker your muscles become acidic which leads to fatigue. Accumulation of acid also limits the production of ATP, the energy molecule, and disrupts enzyme activity that produces energy.

For example, the enzyme phosphofructokinase is the rate-limiting step in muscle use of glycogen. When muscle pH falls below 6.5 it stops working altogether. Acidity also reduces muscle power directly by inhibiting the contractile action of muscle fibers.

“Endurance and elite sports athletes should be concerned about maintaining a healthy pH balance,” says Robert Burns, PhD. He notes that lactic acid build-up or hydrogen ion excess is of most concern. As the body metabolizes food, acid waste is created which must be removed or neutralized through the lungs, kidneys (urine) and skin. “pH balance and acid buffering are crucial to human health and slowing the aging process,” he explains. Athletes, coaches and practitioners of holistic and traditional medicine are paying more attention to this area. “We may be able to buffer or slow the negative effects that acidosis has on athletes as well as the many disparate maladies that share acidosis as a common thread,” he concludes.

The use of alkaline water is proving to increase competitiveness and overall performance in world class athletes. A diet that supports alkalinity is also recommended by sports nutritionists. Consuming alkaline water will reduce the accumulation of acidity in exercising muscles, improving workout intensity and recovery time. Former Denver Bronco, Bill Romanowski, was introduced to the power of ‘ionized’ water late in his career doing anything legal to maintain his competitive edge.

Competitive bodybuilder, Wade McNutt, credits the use of alkaline water for motivating him to come out of retirement. He says he has increased his training volume by 2.5 times with decreased recovery time and no muscle soreness. In his opinion, all sports teams should be drinking alkaline water because it will reduce injuries and allow for more efficient training.

In her book, The Chemistry of Success: Secrets of Peak Performance, Susan Lark, MD, talks about the role of acid/alkaline balance in peak performance and health. The following is her assessment of alkaline water: “The benefits of the alkaline water created through electrolysis far exceed just its ability to gently raise the pH of the cells and tissues of the body and to neutralize acids. Because the alkaline water has gained a significant number of free electrons through the electrolysis process, it is able to donate these electrons to active oxygen free radicals in the body, thereby becoming a super antioxidant. By donating its excess free electrons, alkaline water is able to block the oxidation of normal tissue by free oxygen radicals.”

She continues by noting that another significant benefit of the electrolysis process is that the cluster size of the alkaline water is reduced by about 50% from the cluster size of tap water. “This allows ionized alkaline water to be much more readily absorbed by the body, thereby increasing the water’s hydrating ability and its ability to carry its negative ions and alkalizing effect to all the cells and tissues of the body.”

“If you are overly acidic an alkaline water device can provide a safe, gentle and effective way of restoring the pH balance of all the cells in your body as well as providing excess free electrons to act as super antioxidants,” Lark recommends.

Most people, including most athletes, do not consume enough alkaline rich foods, such as nuts, fruits, and vegetables. Instead their diets contain high amounts of acid forming foods, such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy. Because of this dietary imbalance, they may be at risk for increased acidosis that affects overall health and sports performance. Since proper hydration is also a key factor in preventing exercise fatigue, consuming alkaline water before, during and after exercise can help.

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Bye, Bye, Dry Skin

7/2/2013

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Dry skin can be caused by a combination of environmental stress and poor nutrition. You may need to experiment to see what is causing your skin to become dry. Here are 4 tips to keep your skin moist and soft:

- Hydrate! When cells are dehydrated, they lose their plumpness and structure. Make sure you are drinking at least 1.5 quarts of water a day (no caffeinated beverage!). Caffeine dehydrates the body and especially the skin.

- Eat foods rich in essential fatty acids (good fats) such as fish, nuts and seeds. The Omega 3 Fatty Acids are essential for healthy skin cells. For more severe conditions, consider supplementing with fish, flaxseed or evening primrose oil.

- Look into poor calcium metabolism - calcium is a drying mineral, and if it's not
processed properly, it can get dumped into the "wrong places", including the skin. You can find out by having a hair analysis done. Calcium has to be balanced with Magnesium and Vitamin D. These minerals are important to the elasicity and hydration of your skin.

- Look into your thyroid health, as low thyroid hormone level can cause many
symptoms, including dry skin. This test must be performed at a lab in conjunction with your doctor. If your thyroid is normal but in the lower half of the normal range, foods that support the thyroid may be of benefit to you. Foods that contain iodine such as seafood or sea vegetables, and iodized salt all provide small amounts of this trace mineral to support healthy thyroid function.

- Did I mention hydration? The single most important thing you can do for your skin is to drink adequate amounts of water, especially during the hot summer months when sun exposure and heat dry us out. Fresh water is made better if it is alkalyzed, but water without sugars, artificial sweeteners, or caffeine is the foundation of healthy skin and a healthy body.

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Keep Your Digestive Tract Running Smoothly

1/23/2013

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To keep your digestive system humming smoothly, there are three main strategies that you can follow:
*Detoxification
*Adding probiotics to your diet to build healthy gut flora
*Eat alkalinizing foods to balance your blood pH

Detoxification
Removing toxins from the digestive tract, especially the colon, can facilitate digestion,
absorption, nutrient assimilation and elimination.   Detox can double up as an elimination diet, during which you eliminate certain foods from your diet and add them back in after a week or two, one by one, to see if you are allergic to certain foods – some of these sensitivities can irritate and damage intestinal linings, causing leaky gut syndromes or other digestive ailments.

Here are a few examples of cleansing and detox protocols:
[More details can be found in Digestive Wellness by Liz Lipski, p.134 – 138]

Fruits and Vegetable Cleansing
Metabolic Cleansings
Vitamin C Flush

These protocols should be conducted with the supervision of a wellness professional to ensure safety and efficacy.

At home, you can try carrot and apple juice (aids colon detox), or starting your day with a cup of warm water with juice of half a lemon first thing in the morning on an empty stomach (supports liver).

Healthy Gut Flora
Add foods that are rich in probiotics into your diet, namely cultured and fermented foods, examples include:
Yogurt and kefir
Kimchi
Sauerkrauts
Natto
Kombucha

Alkalinizing blood pH
Create an alkaline internal environment – it is particularly great for facilitating elimination:
“Green juice” made from algae, spirulina, leafy greens etc. (You can get them in powder
form in canisters or packets)
Lemon juice in warm water, most effective when taken in the morning on an empty
stomach
Fruits and vegetables – besides the alkalinizing properties, the fiber can aid
elimination while the enzyme from raw fruits and vegetables can aid digestion
and absorption.

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Why Drink Alkaline Water?

12/16/2012

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To talk about alkaline water we have to start by talking about pH. PH is the measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. Water has a neutral pH; it is neither acidic nor alkaline. Many of the fluids we drink and the foods that we eat are acidic. Sugar, fruit juice, meats and breads become acidic when digested in the body. Most of the vegetables are alkaline when digested.

Why does this matter? Because our body has a pH level that has to be the same no matter what we eat. The pH of our blood has to be 7.365. No matter what we eat or drink our body is going to maintain a blood pH of 7.365. This is slightly more alkaline that neutral (7.0). If we eat a lot of foods that are acidic and drink fluids that are acidic, the body is designed to make up for this by taking minerals from the muscles and bones to adjust the pH back to 7.365.

Is that bad? Muscles that don't have enough minerals feel achy. Bones that don’t have enough minerals become weak. Osteoporosis is a result of not having enough calcium and other minerals. Joints that don't have enough minerals become stiff and sore. A heart that doesn't have enough minerals will become irregular when it beats (arrhythmia). A brain without adequate
levels of minerals won't think clearly or as quickly and mood will be affected. Certainly not the optimal level of health that you want for your body, is it?

So what's the answer? It is certainly not avoiding all acidic foods. We still need the nutrients in some of those foods. Yes, cut back on the sugars and breads, but keep eating the protein, even if it is acidic. The answer is to make it easier for the body to get those alkaline minerals. Drinking water that is more alkaline provides a source of nutrients for the body to use in balancing the pH.

How do you get alkaline water? Well, you could out a quarter tsp of baking soda in your water each day. That would make the water alkaline. Some people just take the baking soda straight without even diluting it in water. This might work too. But baking soda is only sodium bicarbonate. It doesn't contain all of the major electrolytes and trace minerals that the body needs for healthy, muscles, bones, heart and brain.

Mineral supplements might also provide the electrolytes and trace minerals in a capsule or tablet. Both require adequate acidity in the stomach for digestion. A better solution is to dissolve those minerals in your water so that the body can make quick use of them as the water is absorbed from your intestines. A product like Xooma's X2O does this. The tiny mineral sachet dissolves the five major electrolytes and the 70 trace minerals in your water, allowing for easy absorption through the intestines and an easy way for every cell of the body to rapidly use those minerals.

Why alkaline water? Because drinking alkaline water is the best way to make up for the acidity of our foods, provide needed minerals for healthy body, bones, and brain, and create an environment within the body that fights inflammation, disease, and infection.

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What's In Your Drinking Water?

In Search of the Optimal Liquid Solution

In Search of the Optimal Liquid Solution

Dehydration, Acidic State Contribute to Major Health Concerns

How Professional Athletes Benefit from Alkaline Water By Dr. Robert Burns, PhD / Dr. Susan Lark, MD

Bye, Bye, Dry Skin

Keep Your Digestive Tract Running Smoothly

Why Drink Alkaline Water?

Mary Beth Lodge

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