The Benefits of pH Balanced Water

What is pH Balanced Water?

pH balanced water is water with a pH balance of 8.5 – 9.5. Water in that pH range, consumed daily is beneficial for supporting good overall health. pH balanced water maintains the body’s alkaline buffer and reduces the occurrences of diseases associated with pH imbalances such as acid reflux.

The potential benefits of drinking pH balanced water increase with age. This is because the body’s alkaline buffer – the systems used by the body to buffer acids – declines with age. For this reason, the people who stand to benefit the most from pH balanced water are age 50 and older. Postmenopausal women can find significant benefits in pH balanced water’s benefits for bone health.

Younger people often don’t need pH balanced water for health unless they have health problems that acidity contributes to. However, younger people can reap performance benefits from drinking pH balanced water when they work out. The alkalinity provided by the water helps to counteract the acidity produced in the muscles while working out. Also, regardless of age, pH balanced water hydrates better than plain water.

What is pH Balanced Water?

pH balanced water has a pH which is greater than 7. That makes it alkaline water. Alkaline water has the right pH balance for health because the body has a slightly alkaline pH balance. Blood is regulated by the body in a pH range of 7.35 – 7.45. In good health, the body needs no help whatsoever in maintaining that pH balance. It is only once our body’s alkaline buffer declines that our bodies could use a little help in maintaining a healthy pH balance.

Health Benefits of pH Balanced Water: An Overview

There are over 40 studies that show benefits to health from drinking alkaline water. What’s important to keep in mind is that alkaline water isn’t a drug, it doesn’t cure disease. Alkaline water promotes general health. What that means is: If your body is in a state of poor general health, alkaline water may help improve it. For example:

Life Ionizers customer Marissa Zeppieri Caruna, is a board member for The Lupus Foundation of America. She drinks alkaline water and uses it to detox her produce before eating it. Marissa has Lupus. She credits alkaline water with reducing her suffering from the symptoms of Lupus. Additionally, it helps protect her health against toxic pesticide residues on her produce. She still has Lupus, but alkaline water from her water ionizer  lessens her suffering. That helps her feel healthier overall. The same goes for people with many different health challenges. For those who suffer in silence, until there is a cure, alkaline water improves the overall quality of their health and lives.

Health conditions that may be helped by ph balanced water

Research on alkaline water is largely composed of preliminary studies. This means that initial studies were done which showed promise. But those studies need to be confirmed by additional research before the health claims in them are considered proven. For example, the strongest evidence to date is for bone health. Multiple studies have been done which showed that drinking alkaline water reduced bone loss. Due to those studies, Katherine Zeratsky of The Mayo Clinic stated that there may be a link between alkaline water and bone health. However, she cautioned that long-term studies are needed to test whether those benefits endure over the long term.

Benefits of pH balanced water reported in studies

Acid Reflux – Two studies has been done. One of which suggested that alkaline water and the Mediterranean diet may cure acid reflux! The study showed that alkaline water permanently inactivates pepsin, the enzyme that triggers acid reflux. Additionally it buffer the acidity of acid reflux. Buffering means that it prevented or reduced the drop in pH that would normally be caused by acids. The study on alkaline water and the Mediterranean diet was published in The Lancet, a prestigious medical journal. It is considered to be definitive: You can rely on its results to effectively treat acid reflux.

Antioxidant benefits – Several studies have been done on alkaline water’s antioxidant potential, but most of them are lab studies. Because of this, alkaline water is regarded as a potential antioxidant.

Research shows that alkaline water neutralizes Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) substances that are a byproduct of metabolism. Alkaline water may be helpful in situations where ROS levels get too high, such as when you overindulge on alcohol. Animal studies have shown that alkaline water protected rat’s livers from damage caused by excessive levels of ROS that were caused by alcohol

Studies on the antioxidant potential of alkaline water suggest it:

• Triples the antioxidant benefit of vitamin C
• Increases the antioxidant potential of tea and coffee
• May prevent oxidative damage to the brain caused by ROS
• Can protect the liver from alcohol-induced ROS damage
• May prevent oxidative damage when used in kidney dialysis

Blood pressure – If your body is mineral deficient, drinking mineral-rich water can lower your blood pressure. Drinking alkaline mineral water can be very beneficial for people whose bodies have a hard time absorbing minerals, and can even benefit people who get enough minerals in their diet! The World Health Organization recommends that you get 10 – 20% of your daily needs for minerals from the water you drink. Learn More

Blood and urine pH – Alkaline water raises the pH of your urine by a pH of .5 to 1 on average. You can test this for yourself with pH test strips. It can also raise your blood pH, if it has become too low. This is a temporary condition called metabolic acidosis. Healthy people’s bodies don’t have a problem correcting their pH balance, but people whose health is compromised may need the extra help.

Athletes and others who work out can benefit from alkaline water since exercise also induces metabolic acidosis. Two studies done at Montana State University show that drinking alkaline water can raise blood pH in conditions of exercise-induced acidosis. A third study done on physically active men corroborates those findings. Alkaline water was shown to raise blood pH by 40 – 70% within the normal pH range for blood.

Bone Health – Drinking alkaline water lowers levels of two hormone markers in the blood that doctors use to measure bone loss. This benefit happens even if you get enough calcium in your diet! People affected are mostly 50+ years of age, or at high risk for bone loss, such as post-menopausal women.

What about cancer and diabetes? There haven’t been any clinical trials done on humans. There are alternative health practitioners that claim benefits, but those claims need to be tested in clinical trials.

Cholesterol Reduction Clinical testing suggests that drinking alkaline water can lower levels of V-LDL (Very Low Density Lipoprotein) and Triglycerides in the bloodstream. These are the two most harmful forms of cholesterol.

Dehydration/Hydration – Alkaline water has been shown to hydrate better than plain water. Research done at Montana State University, a study done on extreme dehydration in firefighters, and research done on elderly people all show the same thing: Alkaline water hydrates faster and more thoroughly than plain water.

Note: Because alkaline water enters your system faster than plain water, you should never take medication with alkaline water. It can cause your body to absorb the medication faster than it should.

Detoxification – The pH of the water you drink affects what substances your body absorbs from it. Studies from Sweden show that women who drank from wells with alkaline water absorbed calcium and magnesium from it. While women who drank acidic well water absorbed mercury and boron from it. This lead researchers to conclude: Alkaline water may protect against the toxic effects of mercury. A US study on people who were new to alkaline water showed that they discharged 10 different heavy metals in their urine over the course of a two-month period.

Digestive health – There is a war going on in your intestines: Good, probiotic bacteria versus bad bacteria. In lab testing, beneficial probiotic bacteria thrive in alkaline water with antioxidant potential, they are destroyed by oxidative water. This research is backed by Japanese clinical trials which showed that people with mild digestive upset could find gradual relief from their symptoms by drinking alkaline water. In Japan, alkaline water is commonly recommended by doctors for digestive health.

Heart health – The largest study done on drinking water for heart health, called Hard Water and the Heart, the story revisited concludes: The more alkaline the water, the greater the protective effect on the arteries. The minerals in alkaline water – calcium and magnesium – are good for your heart. The pH balance of alkaline water makes it easy for your body to absorb those minerals. In fact, the World Health Organization says that your body absorbs minerals from water 30% faster and easier than it does from food!

The facts are very clear: People who drink hard water tend to have better health than people who drink soft water, because soft water has very low mineral content, and is oftentimes acidic.

Did you know? Hard water from your tap is better for your heart than bottled water because most bottled water lacks minerals, and has the wrong pH balance for health.

Hydration – Alkaline water hydrates better than plain water. It has been tested on firefighters, cyclists, runners, and other athletes that depend on hydration for maximum performance. It only takes 2% dehydration for athletic performance to suffer. That’s why Pros like Major League Baseball pitcher Barry Zito depend on Life Ionizers to give them the performance edge that comes with ultimate hydration.

Weight Loss –  You can lose weight by drinking water at the right time. Research on alkaline water for weight loss suggests that alkaline water may speed up the process. In one clinical study, four clinically obese individuals drank alkaline water for two months.  They lost an average of 12 pounds over that two month period.

Why a water ionizer is the best source of pH balanced water

A water ionizer makes alkaline water with four different pH levels. This is helpful because for things like cooking, making coffee, athletic performance, and digestive relief you want to use a high pH (10+) water. But for daily drinking, water with a pH balance between 8.5 and 9.5 is ideal. People new to alkaline water should always start at a lower level, a pH range of 7.5 to 8.5 while their bodies adjust. Water ionizers give you alkaline water with the right pH for whatever you’re doing.

Avoid bottled alkaline water, it’s too expensive and is harmful to the environment. Bottled alkaline water costs $2 – $3 a bottle. You can actually finance a water ionizer for less than you’d pay for bottled alkaline water if you drank one bottle of alkaline water per day. Once you own a water ionizer, you can make as much alkaline water as you want for just pennies per gallon!

 

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