Dirty Secrets Behind pH Water Machines - Voodoo or Magic?
Dawn Boyer, Ph.D.
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There are easier, more affordable, and better solutions for restoring the acid-alkaline balance in your body.
Here is a simple solution:
Use baking soda.
Why talk about it?
I have been very skeptical of those 'expensive, brand-name' alkalinity water machines from the moment I have heard of them and been bombarded with sales pitches from the multi-level marketers and distributors. I feel these folks have been duped into believing the pitch.
Why does the machines have such high-costs, and all the research ONLY developed in Japan? Because the medical field has already debunked it already here in the USA! Here is some questions someone recently asked who was 'defending' the machine(s) and their benefits.
What is the pH of your stomach? The pH of gastric acid is 1.5 to 3.5 in the human stomach lumen, the acidity being maintained by the proton pump H+/K+ ATPase. The parietal cell releases bicarbonate into the bloodstream in the process, which causes a temporary rise of pH in the blood, known as alkaline tide. The normal human stomach has a pH, which can range from approximately 1-3 but is usually closer to 2. When there is food in the stomach the pH can rise to as high as 4-5. After the food leaves the stomach bicarbonate ions are secreted to neutralize and alkalinize the mixture. The pH of the small intestine is approximately 8. The pH of your stomach acid is pH 1 to 3, which is a strong acid. (This is when it's empty and pH 5 when it's full.)
What is the pH of Human Blood? The pH of human blood - 7.35; Blood pH is regulated to stay within the narrow range of 7.35 to 7.45, making it slightly basic. Human blood stays in a very narrow pH range right around ( 7.35 - 7.45 ). Below or above this range means symptoms and disease. If blood pH moves to much below 6.8 or above 7.8, cells stop functioning and the patient dies. The ideal pH for blood is 7.4 A healthy blood pH without cancer has acid + alkaline balance almost equal. Actually a healthy body is slightly alkaline measuring approximately 7.4. This ideal blood 7.4 pH measurement means it is just slightly more alkaline than acid.
What is the pH of Household Bleach? The pH of bleach is around 12 depending on manufacturer. All bleaches are highly basic or alkaline, hence the reason for their high pH values. The most common brand of bleach, Clorox, is 6% sodium hypochlorite and has a pH of 12.6.
What is the pH of baking soda? 9
The trouble with those ‘alkaline’ water machines.
There is a High Potential For Unsafe Drinking Water Because Alkaline Ionizers Don’t Remove Contaminants: Here are common contaminants you may find in alkaline water:
Chemical Contaminants – The quality of water alkaline ionizers produce is very dependent on the water it is put on. Are you using tap water, well water or bottled water? Learn more about the type of water you’re using in your alkaline ionizer. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified hundreds of contaminants that are allowed to be in your water, such as aluminum, fluoride, chlorine and more. These are contaminants that the EPA considers must be in water to keep it safe and healthy on their terms, not our terms.
Mineral Contaminants – Alkaline ionizers have to re-mineralize the water with filters. And even though it’s beyond the scope of this discussion, be very skeptical of re-mineralizing filters. Re-mineralizing filters typically use natural minerals for various reasons. And those natural minerals, which are from the earth, can also contain contaminants that are re-released into the water, creating yet another complication.
Your Need to Know Summary:
- Alkaline ionizers do not create substantial alkalinity of water. Alkaline ionizers are highly dependent upon the source of the water supply for alkalinity. There has to be enough alkaline minerals in the source water supply (e.g., tap water) to create alkalinity of water.
- Alkaline ionizers do not contribute to acid-alkaline balance in your body (or alkalizing your blood stream). There have to be enough acid-neutralizing minerals to create alkalinity in your body.
- Alkaline ionizers do not have good filtration. Your drinking water may still contain contaminants that are unsafe to drink.
- Alkaline ionizers are unnecessarily expensive. Why spend thousands on an inadequate water filter when you can have more success with pure, clean water and baking soda?
Still shaking my head at those snake-oil sales persons who really don't understand the science and the voodoo being sold to unsuspecting buyers for these machines.
Resources:
https://altered-states.net/barry/update178/
https://www.purative.com/2012/01/scientists-say-dont-be-duped-by-alkaline-water/
https://www.aqualiv.com/alkaline-water-exposed/
https://www.apswater.com/article.asp?id=198&title=Alkaline+Water+Hoax+It+is+Simple+Science
https://www.alkalinewaterionizers.org/consumer-reports-why-are-kangen-water-ionizers-so-expensive/
https://www.prevention.com/mind-body/natural-remedies/dr-andrew-weil-alkaline-water
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/Chem_AcidsBasespHScale.shtml
Dawn D. Boyer, Ph.D.
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9 年How do you use the baking soda? Is there a 'formula' of sorts? I'd really like to know.
HUman-US
9 年Thanks Dawn Boyer, Ph.D.. Very imformative. Demystifies the whole thing.