Str8PoolMan said:
Linda,
While I don't think water filters are a bad idea (I have one myself), go here:
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/DSH/coral2.html
to read what a doctor has to say about the acid/akaline theory of disease. Of course, he's just an M.D., so he might not be familiar with "natural medicine".
The bottom line is: Nothing you eat or drink changes the acidity level of anything in your body except your urine. Not that the filtered water won't be "better" for you, but it has nothing to do with it being "alkaline water".
Yes, I had read that before. Also, that article does document the fact that calcium is leached from the bones. Many MD's also endorse drinking alkaline water as attested to in the video in my previous post. Here are some more advocates (some are PhDs):
Dr Hiromi Shinya,
Director, Shinya Medical Clinic, New York.
His revolutionary “Shinya Method” has become widely used in colonoscopy procedures worldwide.
"It is widely recognized in the medical profession that a healthy and clean colon is one of the most important precursors to good health and that the great majority of body ailments and diseases originate in an acidic and dirty colon. Water is essential for your health. Drinking “good water;" especially hard water which has much calcium and magnesium keeps your body at an optimal alkaline PH."
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Dr Theodore Baroody,
Author, Alkalize or Die
"I have administered over 5000 gallons of this water for about every health situation imaginable.
I feel that restructured alkaline water can benefit everyone."
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Felicia Drury Climent,
Author of The Acid Alkaline Balance Diet,
Adjunct Professor, City College, New York
"After years of very positive continuous clinical experiments that I am conducting with hundreds of clients using electronically restructured alkaline water, it is my opinion that this technology will change the way in which all health providers and the public will approach their health in the coming years...My suggestion is to drink restructured alkaline water whenever possible."
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Dr Sherry Rogers.
"Alkaline water rids the body of acid waste... After carefully evaluating the results of my advice to hundreds of individuals, I'm convinced that toxicity in the form of acidic waste is the primary cause of degenerative disease."
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Dr. Susan Lark,
University lecturer, Author of The Chemistry Of Success, says:
"Drinking four to six glasses of alkaline water a day will help to neutralize over acidity and over time will help to restore your buffering ability. Alkaline water should be used when conditions of over acidity develop, such as cold, flu or bronchitis. Like vitamins C, E and Beta Carotene, alkaline water acts as an antioxidant because of its excess supply of free electrons. This can help the body against the development of heart disease, strokes, immune dysfunctions, and other common ailments."
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Daniel Reid,,
Author of The Tao of Detox says:
"Drinking alkaline water is a great way to neutralize and flush out all of the toxins and acids that drain from the tissues and bodily fluids, and to quickly rehydrate the body and keep the blood alkaline."
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David Niven Miller,,
Anti-aging expert and author of Grow Youthful.
"Increasing your consumption of good quality tap water or filtered water can transform your health and play a central role in the healing of virtually all degenerative diseases. However, alkaline water has profound long-term effects because it alkalizes your body and provides an effective antioxidant."
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Harald Tietze,
Author of Youthing says that:
"By drinking alkaline water, the aging process can be reversed and the wastes can be reduced in the long-term to a level of a much younger person. The functions of the organs can be revived."
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Dr. Ingfreid Hobert MD
"You do not need expensive medicine with all the negative side effects to regain health.
Alkaline water has profound long term effects because it alkalizes your body and provides an effective antioxidant."
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Dr. Robert O. Young, PhD
Author of The pH Miracle.
"Those willing to look again, and with clear eyes, will be rewarded with the secrets to permanent health. We can heal ourselves by changing the environment inside our bodies. Potentially harmful invaders, then, will have nowhere to grow and will become harmless."
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Dr Hidemitsu Hayashi,
Director of the Water Institute, Tokyo,
"Bad diets such as meat and potatoes, fried foods, soft drink colas, and sugars build up acid salts in the body. Often these deposits, by having to be stored away from the blood flow, can remain in the body for decades. I recommend the consumption of ionized alkaline water, which will slowly and gently wash these salts away."
"The top 4 causes of poor health, chronic disease and aging and how they apply to YOU.
1. Dehydration. The average person, in an average climate needs 2.5 liters of liquid intake per day to remain fully hydrated. We also need to factor in the different weights and type of activities people do, so a good guide for your daily water intake is to drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day. Add to that if you are doing strong physical activity.
Water absorption
Water from drinks 1.2
Water from foods 1.0
Metabolic fluid 0.3
Total 2.5
Water elimination
urine 1.5
sweat 0.5
through the lungs 0.4
through the intestines 0.1
Total 2.5
To remain in balance, you simply must intake 2.5 liters of fluid a day. When your body is dehydrated, the first signs are headaches and fatigue.. To make matters worse, your body will draw the water from other sources such as the colon, which provides some extra water, but leaves you constipated. Does any of this ring true for you?
I also used to think the water in coffee, soda, beer, etc, would count as part of my water intake.
Packaged drinks are made using distilled water. The more distilled water a person drinks, the more acidic the body becomes. The drinks themselves are diuretics and will only make you more dehydrated by flushing water from your system. Drinking more and better quality water is the key. Carbonated and distilled water are both acidic and are the wrong kinds of water.
If you are not having to use the restroom frequently -- to the point -- where it becomes annoying, then you aren't hydrated. Your urine should also be clear to dilute the toxins being flushed from your system.
2. Free Radicals.
We've all heard about free radicals and the damage they can do. Unstable atoms that bounce around inside our bodies, they destroy healthy cells as they search for 2 more electrons. Free radicals have an oxidizing effect on the body and the billion dollar anti-oxidant market exists solely to try and curb some of the damage they do. We know they account for 70% of diseases such as cancer and diabetes and help to accelerate the aging process.
Free radicals come from everything we ingest - foods, drinks, smoking, alcohol and pollution. In fact, 2% of every breath you take ends up as free radicals, which blows out to 20% during heavy exercise. (Pun intended!) At times of rest, our bodies can handle the load to some extent, but in times of stress and fatigue, the body just can't keep up. Getting rid of these oxidizing free radicals is key to being healthy.
3. Acidosis.
You know what the top selling medication is in the US? Antacid. We are an acidic nation and acidosis is simply the name for having an acidic body caused by diet and lifestyle.
Probably the most acidic food is any cooked meat, followed by simple sugars, processed dairy, coffee and alcohol. But they are also the staples of most diets. The alkaline foods such as fruits, vegetables and nuts and high pH water are not the staples of most diets. Over acid makes us sick, tired and overweight, maintaining a healthy pH gives us health and wellness.
We're not over weight, we're over ACID. It's not a fat problem, it's an over acid problem. If our body doesn't eliminate acidic waste, it gets parked on hips, thighs, buttocks and bellies. Being acidic is what makes us fat. What you eat and what you drink affects the alkaline/acid balance of the fluids in the body. We all need to focus more on alkalizing foods and high pH drinking water to counteract some of the acid.
Alkalinity and Weight Loss
Forget calories, protein, carbs and fat. The only thing you need to worry about is whether what you ingest is alkalizing or acidifying to the fluids of the body.
4. Intestinal Disorders.
We all know that most of what we ingest is absorbed via the intestinal tract. The vitamins, minerals, and nutrients we need in order to survive are extracted and absorbed from what we consume.
The intestines also have to handle the toxins, pesticides, heavy metals, chemicals, preservatives, hormones and carcinogens we find in modern day, processed foods.
Not surprisingly, the intestines require water to flush these toxins away. When working properly and hydrated, this process of food waste flows smoothly, but when the body is dehydrated, the intestines become cess pools of fetid matter. This matter sticks to the intestinal walls, resulting in a double whammy for our health. It becomes more difficult for the body to absorb nutrients and for the toxins to be flushed out.
This in turn affects the blood, and when the blood is toxic, so too are the organs it supplies. We know the average person has between 5 and 22 pounds of caked, rancid, decaying, fecal matter stuck inside their intestines. We know about the compromised absorption of nutrients, but this build up also creates free radicals.
We know that almost all diseases originate in the colon, or the toxic cesspool of fetid, fecal matter as the case may be. It is solely for this reason that colonoscopies are recommended yearly after the age of 40. They need to see just how bad your toxic waste dump really is.
Robin Williams has a great insight into what having a colonoscopy is like, but needless to say it is an unpleasant experience. The easiest way to ensure your colon remains healthy is to stay alkaline and hydrated."
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