What is Ionized Water?

  • Ionized water is water with mineral ions in it. Minerals in water become ionized when they either gain or lose electrons. All water found in nature has minerals in it.
  • Ionized water has minerals in it. All water found in nature is ionized to some extent.
  • Deionized water has no minerals in it. It is made by distilling water or through reverse osmosis.
  • Water with no minerals in it is not natural water, all natural water has minerals in it.

Two Kinds of Ionized Water

Ionized alkaline water is also known as Electrolyzed Reduced Water because it has been shown in laboratory settings to reduce the effects of oxidation. The ability of ionized alkaline water to reduce oxidative damage is referred to as its Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP).

Oxidation – Happens when an acidic substance steals electrons from a substance. Oxidation will damage or destroy a substance; it causes cut apples to turn brown, and metal to rust. Acidic water oxidizes things – including body tissues and DNA, by stealing electrons from them. Doctors recommend antioxidant foods to stop the damage caused by oxidation.

Reduction – Happens when an antioxidant substance gives electrons to a substance such as free radicals that attack body tissues and DNA. The antioxidant reduces the free radicals ability to oxidize tissues and DNA. Medical science suggests this process help keep you healthy.

Ionized alkalinewater is known by scientists as Electrolyzed Reduced Water, because it reduces oxidation. ERW has extra electrons which can reduce the ability of harmful substances to oxidize things like tissues and DNA. Research into the health benefits of the reduction caused by ERW is ongoing.

Ionized acidic water is known by scientists as Electrolyzed Oxidative Water (EOW) because it increases oxidation. It’s ability to increase oxidation gives EOW the ability to sanitize surfaces, tools, kitchen implements and more. When it’s made with salt, EOW becomes a powerful disinfectant that replaces many toxic household cleaners.

How is Ionized Water Made?

Tap water is a mixture of two kinds of ions: Mineral ions, such as calcium, magnesium and potassium, and bicarbonate ions. Those mineral ions have a positive electromagnetic charge. Bicarbonate is dissolved CO2, it’s formed when CO2 is absorbed by water from the air. Bicarbonate has a negative electromagnetic charge.

Home water ionizers use electromagnetism to separate the positively charged minerals from the negatively charged bicarbonate. Water ionizers have charged plates, which act just like magnets, they attract the ions that have the opposite charge they do. When that happens, the ions pass through a membrane called a Bipolar Exchange Membrane. The membrane allows ions to pass through it, but it doesn’t allow other types of particles to cross.

The ion separation process makes both alkaline and acidic waters at the same time because the membrane separates the minerals from the bicarbonate. That makes the water inside the alkaline chamber into alkaline water, and the water inside the acidic chamber into acidic water.

In-Vitro Study on ionized water shows it can reduce oxidative damage to DNA strands.

The study, called Electrolyzed–Reduced Water Scavenges Active Oxygen Species and Protects DNA from Oxidative Damage examined ionized alkaline water’s ability to stop oxidative damage done to our DNA by harmful oxidants like free radicals. Oxidation by free radicals has been linked to premature aging and degenerative disease.

Read the full study here:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X97966225.

The study was done In-Vitro which means: In glass, such as a test tube. In vitro experiments are done in glass or plastic vessels in a laboratory. The study showed that Electrolyzed Reduced Water (ionized alkaline water)made by a water ionizer prevented DNA from being oxidized by free radicals. Research on the antioxidant properties of alkaline water is ongoing. If successful, it would result in antioxidant water being used to protect DNA from the oxidative damage that is associated with premature aging and degenerative disease.

Does ionized water have health benefits?

There are many studies like the one above that suggest that drinking ionized alkaline water does have health benefits. Could it help improve your health? Everyone’s body is different, the best way to find out if alkaline water may help in your case is to call us. There are over 40 studies on the health benefits of drinking alkaline water – and we’ve read them all – give us a call, we’ll be happy to discuss them with you.

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