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Need for Good Water
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| It is
estimated that at least 75% of Americans are dehydrated to such a
degree that it affects their health in a negative way. In many this
need from more water is misunderstood as hunger pains. |
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| Your body
consists mainly of water (on average about 70%). Your liver, for
example, is about 90% water, brain 85%, blood 83% and even the bones
35%. |
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| A person's
minimal water requirements is half their body weight in ounces. For
instance, a 200 pound person should drink at least 100 ounces of water. |
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Water Contaminates
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Bacteria
THE
MOST LIKELY SOURCE OF ACUTE
WATER-BORNE DISEASE - E. coli Bacteria and other
potentially dangerous
microbes are commonly found in our environment, but they should not be
present in our drinking water. Thousands of cases of bacterial illness
occur every year, many of them fatal. Many strains of bacteria are not
toxic, but some can cause very serious illness. Even mild cases can
result in diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, and other gastrointestinal
symptoms. Young children and those with weaker immunity are more likely
to be affected.
Since contaminated water may not taste or smell
"bad",
most cases of water-borne disease are not likely to be identified as
such. The presence of bacteria in drinking water indicates that
treatment methods are not working properly and are not adequate to
remove all viable microbes. When treatment fails, drinking water may
become potentially toxic. Community water systems take steps to
disinfect drinking water, but they may not become aware of problems
until it's too late. This bacteria was first recognized as a cause of
illness in 1982.
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Lead
LEAD FROM PIPES CAN
LEACH INTO HOUSEHOLD WATER USED FOR DRINKING,
COOKING, AND WASHING - Many homes and buildings have pipes
and plumbing
fixtures that contain lead. Lead can leach from pipes into household
water, making this plumbing a major source of water contamination and a
potential source of toxic lead poisoning. Lead is so toxic that even
very low levels may be dangerous. Lead consumption and poisoning has
been linked to many serious illnesses, especially in young children.
Lead can harm mental and physical development and may cause brain
abnormalities, kidney damage and hypertension. As with other water
contaminants, the risk of lead damage are much greater for children
than for adults --families should be particularly concerned about the
health of the water supply. Consumers should test lead levels at each
faucet in the home, especially if the plumbing fixtures could be from
the 1980's or older. Lead from pipes can leach into household water
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Pesticides
PESTICIDES ARE
COMMONLY FOUND IN DRINKING WATER Pesticides are deadly
chemicals used to eliminate weeds, insects and other harmful elements
in crops. Their pervasive use, however, has produced its own harm. Now
it is not uncommon to find pesticide contamination in our drinking
water. Atrazine and Simazine are two of the pesticides most commonly
found to contaminate drinking water. More than 60 million pounds of
these two chemicals are introduced into the environment each year as
herbicides, and left to potentially leak into the soil, groundwater,
and the lakes and rivers that are the sources for the water we drink.
They are so toxic that the EPA-mandated maximum level is equivalent to
less than one drop in a swimming pool. There are laws that require the
regular testing of community water supplies, but they are, in practice,
rarely tested. Now, Watersafe® brings laboratory-level accuracy within
your reach. |
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Nitrates
and Nitrites
A COMMON YET INCREDIBLY HARMFULL POLLUTANT ESPECIALLY TO CHILDREN AND
SMALL ANIMALS - When animal and human wastes or field fertilizers
come
into contact with water, they show up as nitrates and nitrites. Both
are serious contaminants because they affect the very core of human
life - birth and the development of young life. In 1992, when the
survey was released, some 22,500 infants drinking domestic well water
were estimated to be exposed to levels of nitrates exceeding the EPA
safe drinking water limits; for community systems, the number was
estimated to be 43,500 infants. |
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All
material provided in this site is provided for educational purposes
only. The information provided may not be relied upon for diagnosis or
treatment of any disease or medical condition. Seek advice from your
health care professional regarding the applicability of any
information, opinion or recommendation for diagnosis or treatment of
any symptoms or medical condition. Statements about products and health
conditions have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug
Administration. I do not intend to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent
any disease.
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Can
Alkaline water from a water ionizer assist me to alkalize my body?
We are not in a position
to make therapeutic claims. We can only refer you to the list of people
who have reported health changes to us, or to medical professionals who
recommend our products. For example, Dr Theodore Baroody, author of
Alkalize or Die, states that he has recommended drinking alkaline
ionized water to thousands of people over a long period of time and
continues to do so. So do countless more clinics and medical practices
in Japan where Water Alkalizers are sold over the counter in local
electrical stores. In the USA, ionizers are recommended by such
well known Health
Professionals as Dr. Robert O.Young, The pH Miracle and Sang Whang
Reverse Aging.
Why
can't I just drink water?
You certainly can, but if
you're like us, you have never really got into the water habit because
the water felt too much like a lead balloon. Ionized water from water
ionizers is light water. It has a smaller molecular cluster and you can
drink it throughout the day. Our family loves to drink it and our
sixteen year old takes a pitcher full into his room when he surfs the
net.
You CAN just drink water and you will harvest some of the benefits we
speak of, but it still can't penetrate your cells like alkaline,
ionized water can. This is why ionized water with its bounty of
negative oxygen ions is able to help rid you of acid wastes in your
cells. It can go where ordinary water cannot, and it has the ammunition
to help neutralize free radicals, the cause of many problems. This is
also the fundamental difference between water ionizers and so-called
bottled anti-aging water. The Ionized water is 'alive'.
Why
are some waters healthier than others?
People located in the
Hunza Districts of Pakistan, Shin-Chan areas of China, the Caucasus in
Azerbaijan, and in the Andes Mountains live longer with less health
problems. Researchers believe that these waters are very pure and have
a negative redox potential caused by either intimate contact with
certain native volcanic materials/minerals or by cascading over certain
igneous rocks. It is believed that Emco Tech water ionizers are able to
produce a very similar effect using advanced technology.
Cannot
our body heal itself naturally?
We still come across a
few practitioners who believe in the old paradigm that somehow the body
has a miraculous ability to balance its own pH and heal itself.
Certainly, in times when we ate more alkaline food and didn't repress
stress the way we do today, this might have been so. However a study of
almost 1,000 Americans by Dr Linda Frassetto of the
University of California in 1999 has turned this old idea on its head.
She found the opposite; that we are now storing acid in our body fat
because we have become incapable of eliminating the increased tide of
acid wastes that we are now assailed with. This is an evolutionary
change never before seen in our evolutionary history, and must be seen
in the context of an unmanageable acid tide within.
What
is acidosis?
Every living cell within
our body creates acidic waste products. The nutrients from our food are
delivered to each cell and they burn with oxygen to provide energy for
us to live. The burned nutrients are the waste products. Whether you
eat the best of foods or the worst, all foods generate acidic waste
products. Foods, when classified as good or bad, are based on the
amount and quality of the waste products they produce. Most of our
cells go through metabolism and these old dead cells become waste
products.
Our body will discharge
this waste through urine, feces and
perspiration. Basically, all waste products are acidic and that is the
reason our skin and urine often has a low pH level. The real problem is
that our body does not get rid of 100% of the waste it produces. Our
life style, such as lack of rest, types of foods we eat and our
environment helps produce these waste products, but does not help us
eliminate them. In the vast majority of Westerners, diets heavy in
meat, fried foods, carbohydrates, soft drinks, and sweets build up acid
salts in the body, as does stress and exposure to environmental
pollutants.
What happens to those
non-disposed acid wastes? As they build up within
our body, these waste products become solid wastes, such as
cholesterol, fatty acid, kidney stones, etc. This accumulation of
non-disposed acidic wastes is called acidosis. This condition
accelerates the degeneration of cells, tissues, and the body as a
whole. It accelerates the aging process. Drinking alkaline water makes
it easier for the body to dispose of acid wastes. Just as the
accumulation of wastes accelerates the aging process, the reduction of
acid wastes retards the aging process and perhaps - according to Sang
Whang -- even reverses it. Alkaline water is not a medicine to treat or
cure any diseases but if consumed regularly, alkaline water can reduces
acid waste, allowing for a natural health improvement.
How
do I know if I have acidosis or an acid-overloading system?
Most Westerners do. The
pace of life, and the concentration of acid-producing items in our diet
means that the vast majority of people are overloaded. You can use
litmus (or pH) paper to test your urine or saliva and to
give you some idea of your acidity. This is not foolproof, however,
because your body is always attempting to balance your acid and
alkaline levels and could well be getting rid of a load of acid at the
time of the test. For more accurate results it is recommended to test
at different times of the day over time.
Eating processed foods,
chemicals, lack of gentle exercise and stress
all create an acid buildup. There are a number of good books on how to
become healthy on an alkaline diet. They also come with lists of acid
and alkaline-producing foods.
Is
it ok for children to drink ionized water?
Absolutely - even nursing
infants. And since children have usually not accumulated toxins in
their bodies, they experience no detoxification symptoms. (A few adults
might).
I
know what I should eat and drink to be healthy, but I can't seem to
keep to a consistent program. How will an ionizing filter help me?
Ionized, microclustered
alkaline water is perfect for people like you. You only need to drink
it to enjoy its many health benefits. Each Ionizer has a number of
graduated settings of ionization to meet anyone's needs.
Are
there any cautions about drinking alkaline ionized water?
You should start slowly.
Set the controls to the lowest alkaline level. Assuming the water
agrees with you, increase the amount you drink and the level of
ionization intensity. High levels of alkalinity -- up to 9.5-10.0 --
are best for drinking water; the highest levels can be used for cooking.
In a few individuals, the
detoxification effects from drinking alkaline
ionized water can cause headaches and diarrhea for a short time. And
for some older people, ionized water can tend, at first, to open the
bowels. This is why a slow start is advised. Use the "Purified Water"
setting for taking any medications that your doctor advises not to be
taken with alkaline water. Do not drink the acid water. Having said all
of the above, be aware that millions of Japanese have been drinking
alkaline ionized water daily over the last 30 years. The water ionizer
has been approved as a Household Medical Instrument by the government
of Japan. In addition, test results on safety by the Welfare Ministry
in Japan reveal no harmful influences on the body.
I
am told that you claim a lemon will help to alkalize your body, but
other people say the opposite. What's the truth?
This is all about a basic
misconception most people have about food and its effect on the body.
It is true that if you plunge a pH meter into a lemon it will read as
acid. But once you have consumed (burnt up/converted to
energy/metabolized) a lemon, what is left is alkaline. It is what is
left of all of our foods that determines our acid/alkaline balance, not
the pH of the food we are about to consume. This is known as the 'ash'
of a food.
After food has been
completely burned up and converted to energy, the
leftover minerals are what makes up our mineral content and therefore
our pH or acid/alkaline balance. Unfortunately many other factors
affect our pH balance, including pollution, stress and our own body's
metabolic wastes. We are not "what we eat". We are what is left over
after we eat.
Why
should I remove chlorine from my drinking and bathing water?
Dr. Zoltan Rona, M.D.
M.Sc. answers:
"Most people never give (the dangers of chlorine) a thought. After all,
our elected public officials keep assuring us that chlorinated city tap
water is completely safe for human consumption. Numerous scientific
studies report that chlorinated tap water is a skin irritant and can be
associated with rashes like eczema.
"Chlorinated water
contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes
which are carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with
compounds in water. These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do
not degrade very well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of
the body (breast, other fatty areas, mother's milk, blood and semen).
Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune
system function and interfere with the natural controls of cell growth.
"Chlorine has been
documented to aggravate asthma. Several studies also
link chlorine and chlorinated by-products to a greater incidence of
bladder, breast and bowel cancer as well as malignant melanoma. One
study even links the use of chlorinated tap water to congenital cardiac
anomalies.
Anything you can do to
filter tap and shower water that eliminates or
minimizes chlorine would certainly be helpful and possibly curative for
some immune system problems. The use of at source water filtration
devices is increasingly popular and affordable. Discuss their use with
your health care practitioner".
What
is a pH saliva test?
In a healthy state, our
saliva should be alkaline. However, a large majority of North Americans
and Europeans are in an acid condition, and this can be demonstrated.
If you're curious as to whether you're acidic, ask for our free pH
saliva test. In this simple test, special pH papers are used to measure
the acidity /alkalinity of saliva under carefully controlled
conditions. This can give you a relative, general picture.
I
have read elsewhere that I should have slightly acid to neutral body
tissue?
It's not so simple.
Different parts of the body need different pH levels. At a cellular
level, there are two factors working together to keep our energy up.
The interior of each cell is alkaline. The Mitochondria - the power
producer of the body, swims in an alkaline sea inside the cell’s
membrane. Outside, the interstitial (between cells) fluid is saline,
alkaline and mineralized. This is the fluid that transports nutrition
to the cells. The cell allows it in after checking it with its many
receptor antennae that swim in the alkaline fluid. Once inside, the
mitochondria consumes it and converts it to energy - electrical energy.
Here’s where the minor miracle of life repeats itself billions of times
a day. Through the tiny antennae that protrude into the interstitial
fluid, and via the actual cell membrane, electrical energy is
transmitted. This process permits the cell to pass the energy as
electricity from positive to negative, just like a car or household
wire passes power! Consider for a moment the effect of poor
conductivity. (acid to alkaline) Energy flow would be greatly reduced.
So it’s incredibly
important for the interstitial fluid to be correctly
alkaline because if it’s not, the power can’t flow, the tiny antennae
that detect germs etc can’t work properly, and we lose energy.
It’s also important to
realize that we are never just acid or alkaline.
We change by the hour, even the minute, and our body is a marvel of
design and engineering as it shunts around alkaline minerals to
neutralize excess acids within minutes of them entering the body.
It’s probably also obvious to you now that if we use minerals to
maintain our balance, they must come from somewhere.
This idea of a
body miraculously adjusting its balance really makes no sense at all
because without a ready supply of alkaline minerals how could it
balance anything? These are the same minerals we spoke about in the
‘lemon’ question, and the great advantage of drinking water loaded with
ionized alkaline minerals that they get into the body without
metabolism occurring - that is, they just go straight to work! When we
hear someone say ‘being alkaline is no better than being acid’
we really do wonder what comic book they have been reading.
Are
Water ionizers safe for gastric problems?
Emco Tech has
manufactured thousands of ionizers currently in use in the USA. No case
of stomach problem has ever been reported. Many users have reported
cessation of heartburn and other gastric
problems.
Is
alkaline water suitable for livestock and pets?
Alkaline water is used
for horses, commercial dairy operations and for dogs and cats.
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