Alkaline Water is becoming widely known as a means to help balance body pH and improve overall health and wellness. The pH of alkaline water is greater than 7.0 on the pH scale. Water that is 7.0 is neutral. Water less than 7.0 pH is acidic, and water greater than 7.0 is alkaline. The range of pH that is typically used for alkaline drinking water is from 8.5 to 9.5. Water machines such as Enagic’s SD501 Kangen Water ™ Ionizer can produce water with much stronger pH all the way up to 11.5 which can be used for purposes other than drinking. Most people who are seeking a solution to produce alkaline water are looking for purposes of drinking.
Benefits of Alkaline water can be numerous. People who have acid reflux obviously can benefit because the alkaline pH of alkaline water can help neutralize the acidic pH in the stomach. But there are other benefits that may be considered more strategic or less obvious. Osteoporosis, for example, is a condition influenced by dietary patterns including pH. Blood pH levels must be constantly maintained at 7.3 to 7.4 pH, regardless of the acidity level of the food consumed. With many Americans consuming a predominance of acidic pH in the foods and drink in their diet, how can the body maintain an alkaline pH in the blood? The body must convert the pH from acid to alkaline with the use of a buffer system which requires minerals, and if not enough minerals are available in the diet, then the body will prioritize to preserve life for another day by using minerals available from the bones in order to compose the buffer system to produce the necessary alkaline pH of the blood. Long term dependency upon this process of sourcing the buffer system with bone minerals depletes the bones of their optimal mineral density leading to osteoporosis.
Cancer is another pH sensitive condition. Otto Heinrich Warburg received a Nobel Prize in 1931 for proving the relationship of pH to Cancer. The bottom line is that cancer can thrive in tissue where the pH is acidic but tumors cannot grow where the pH is alkaline.
Alkaline water can easily be produced at the kitchen sink by running tap water through a water ionizer such as the Enagic SD501 Kangen Water ™ Ionizer. Not only does the Kangen Water ™ have an alkaline pH but it is also loaded with Antioxidants and Minerals for a very healthy drinking water solution.
