Alkaline Water Benefits for Colon Health

Alkaline water benefits your colon in two ways: It improves colon hydration and supports the growth of beneficial probiotic microflora.  Research shows that alkaline water benefits the intestines by creating an antioxidant environment. That favors the growth of beneficial probiotic bacteria. It also helps reduce the growth of harmful organisms. Alkaline water hydrates better. So it helps maintain colon hydration, and a hydrated colon is a slippery place!

The most significant alkaline water benefit for the colon comes from it’s antioxidant potential. In the gut, an antioxidant environment favors the growth of beneficial probiotic microbes. That has a major effect on your colon health and your overall health. Many doctors now believe that good health begins in the gut. Because of this, alkaline water’s support for beneficial probiotic microbes is its most important health benefit.

You also get essential nutrients when you maintain a healthy oxidative balance in your gut. Ionized alkaline water contains calcium and magnesium in mineral hydrate form. The magnesium hydrates have a slight laxative effect. That’s why drinking alkaline water helps relieve constipation. Calcium and magnesium are actually 30% easier for your body to absorb from water than they are from food. In fact, the World Health Organization recommends you get 10 – 20% of your daily needs for calcium and magnesium from the water you drink.

Chlorine in water – a silent killer

Water ionizers filter the chlorine out of your water. That has important health benefits for your colon. Research shows that chlorinated water is a significant factor in tumors that form in the colon. The risk is so significant, that if you drink water with chlorination byproducts, your risk of developing potentially life-threatening colon diseases doubles.

Water ionizers protect you from chlorinated water in two ways: A water ionizer’s filters reduce chlorination levels in water. The ionization process used by an alkaline water machine will reject any residual chlorine in the water by pushing it out in the acidic water stream. A water ionizer is probably the single best protection you can get against chlorinated water for that reason.

Alkaline Water and the War going on inside your gut

For good health, your intestines must maintain an alkaline balance. When your stomach digests food, it alkalizes your food in the duodenum (the entry into the intestines) prior to  absorbing it. The ideal pH for your intestines to absorb food is 8.3.

Your intestines require the participation of beneficial bacteria called probiotics to convert digested foodstuff into absorbable nutrients. The harmful bacteria in your gut can prevent nutrient absorption. When that happens, digested food literally rots right inside your body! How can you help the beneficial probiotic microbes win their war against harmful microbes? Raise the pH balance in your intestines.

How pH balance affects your gut

Research shows that the helpful probiotics and harmful bacteria in your gut is affected by your intestines pH balance. Beneficial probiotic bacteria are anaerobic – they thrive in the lack of oxygen. The harmful bacteria are known as aerobic bacteria –  they thrive in oxygen.

An alkaline pH balance reduces the amount of free oxygen (in favor of hydrogen) in your gut, which favors the development of beneficial probiotic bacteria. Acidity in the gut increases the amount of free oxygen, which benefits harmful aerobic bacteria.  By simply drinking alkaline water, you can help  tip the scales in the war in your gut in favor of “the good guys”.

How Hydration affects your gut

When your body becomes dehydrated, your brain starts to ration your body’s water supplies. Your skin dries out. Then your colon is cut off from the body’s water supply. Dehydration is a major factor in constipation and other digestive health problems. Alkaline water has been shown to provide superior hydration. So by simply drinking the right kind of water, you can help your gut properly hydrated for waste elimination.

How to maintain your intestines with alkaline water

Health experts recommend drinking 6 – 8 glasses of water per day on an empty stomach for good hydration. Drink more if you work out or sweat a lot. Timing is everything. Spread your glasses of water out during the day for good hydration. You can also supply healthy alkalinity to your colon through the foods you eat by preparing them with alkaline water.

Alkaline water benefits your entire body! Call our healthy water experts today at 877-959-7977 for more information on the benefits of alkaline water.

Reference

Study on the effect of alkaline water from a water ionizer on gut bacteria and pH balance

Vorobjeva, N.V.. “Selective stimulation of the growth of anaerobic microflora in the human intestinal tract by electrolyzed reducing water.” Medical Hypotheses. Elsevier, 14 Jun 2004. Web. 8 Jul 2013. <http://www.medical-hypotheses.com/article/S0306-9877(04)00489-X/abstract>.

Study of the health risks of drinking chlorinated water to the colon:

Doyle, Timothy, Wei Zheng, et al. “The Association of Drinking Water Source and Chlorination By-Products with Cancer Incidence among Postmenopausal Women in Iowa: A Prospective Cohort Study.” PubMed NCBI. American Journal of Public Health. n. page. Web. 8 Jul. 2013. <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1380892/pdf/amjph00506-0090.pdf>.