BENEFITS OF ALKALINE IONIZED WATER

ALKALINE MACHINES & THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF ALKALINE IONIZED WATER

I have the advantage of 20 years of experience and great benefits of alkaline antioxidant water. Drinking alkaline ionized water has changed my life and the lives of many hundreds or even thousands of others who I either know well or at least have had some contact with. Drinking ionized alkaline water benefits anyone. I've seen how it helped me raise my children, without allergies and free of typical childhood illnesses. The list of alkaline ionized water remediesthat I can personally relate to is extensive. I've seen conditions such as spider veins, headaches, ear aches, throat soreness, congestion, acid reflux, gout, constipation, acne, colds, allergies, and almost "you name it", go away and stay away because of drinking ionized water.

One of the greatest benefits of alkaline antioxidant water, ionized water, is the ability of H2- antioxidants to penetrate cell walls and do their work where no other antioxidant can. The cathode (positively charged electrode) within the electrolysis chamber of a water ionizer produces the smallest, most natural and basic antioxidants there are, H2- (Hydrogen Antioxidants, also known as molecular Hydrogen or Hydrogen Gas). These H2- Antioxidants get dissolved into the alkaline antioxidant water and will stably stay dissolved for several hours. The reason these are the most powerful antioxidants is because they are so tiny. Their size is that of a single electron, and so these microscopic antioxidants can enter cells and give their antioxidant benefits directly into them - which no other antioxidant can do.  Read more about the power of alkaline antioxidant water.

This page gives you an overview of the many benefits of alkaline ionized water. But there is literally so much information. We have additional pages that you should definitely visit when you have finished reading this page.

• Laboratory and Hospital Research
• Reports & Successes from Doctors
• Testimonials from Customers
• Ionized Water Natural Cures - Remedies

IONIZED ALKALINE WATER BENEFITS:  WATER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NUTRIENT TO ALL LIFE!

When you consider that your body is mostly water, you can see how important water is to your health. Water brings nutrients to your cells. It lubricates your tissues, and it also helps to transport wastes out of your body. Second to air, water is the most needed molecule for life. Without it you would die.

The percentage of water in your body is somewhere between 60% and 75%. Children and very healthy adults are usually closer to 75%, and it is a quite well researched fact that dehydration [too low a percent of water in a body] is associated with dozens of illnesses. Read more: Water and Health. 

Why is alkaline ionized water different than plain, filtered tap-water? Alkaline ionized water has two very important differences from plain, filtered tap-water: 1) It provides pH-buffers to help the pH balance of your body, and 2) It contains high levels of antioxidants. Antioxidant-water helps your body fight free radicals. The rest of this page is devoted to explaining these and other important features of alkaline ionized water. The benefits of ionized water can make a world of difference to your life, as it has to mine.

EXPLANATIONS OF A WATER IONIZER AND ALKALINE WATER BENEFITS.

I've selected these two videos to put on this page, because they are packed with information about the history of water ionizers, how water ionizers work and emphasizes the benefits of ionized water with great illustrations. They are both pretty short videos and their transcripts are below each. I'm guessing between the two videos they will help to answer a lot of questions for you.

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WHAT IS A WATER IONIZER AND WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF IONIZED WATER?

Very simply stated, a water ionizer is an alkaline machine that gets hooked to your water supply and splits the water clusters into two streams of water: alkaline water and acidic water. A water ionizer has two output hoses for this. Alkaline water usually comes out of the top flexi-hose [spout] and acidic water comes out the bottom hose...which is usually positioned behind the water ionizer to drain into the sink. The above video does a great job of demonstrating all of this and how it happens.

Depending on both the flow-rate and settings of your water ionizer, the alkaline water output can usually range in pH from 8.5 to 10 [and sometimes even higher]. If your source water is already high alkaline [which is unusual, but does happen] your alkaline ionized water range of pH will be higher, accordingly. Some people ask if it is still advantageous to ionize the water if the tap water is already alkaline. Answer: Yes, it is, because alkaline ionized water is full of antioxidants and it's structured water. Tap water is not. Your body can adjust to these pH differences. 

DRINKING ALKALINE ANTIOXIDANT WATER HAS SO MANY BENEFITS

• PH Balance: Our bodies need pH-balance, yet our diets are all too often overly acidic. Alkaline water drinking does wonders for providing us with the buffers we need. One of the health benefits of alkaline antioxidant water, ionized water, are the alkaline water pH-balancing benefits. Alkaline machines give you many levels of pH water, so you can give your body the right pH buffers that it needs. Having ready pH-buffers allows your cells to rid themselves of their acidic wastes - this includes FAT! Without constant pH-buffers, our cells must hold in their acidic wastes. This is very unhealthy for your cells. Your body will also rob your joints, bones, or muscles to get the pH-buffers it needs. These protective mechanisms keep you from dying, but the downside of robbing vital minerals from your joints, tissues, etc. is the development of disease, such as cancer, osteoporosis, and arthritis to name a few.
• Alkaline Antioxidant Water: One of the most important advantages of drinking alkaline water from an alkaline machine comes with the high levels of natural antioxidants. Alkaline ionized water contains huge amounts of antioxidants [These are negatively-charged h2- molecules that have extra electron to donate to free-radicals within your bodily fluid, blood and cells. It is such a powerful antioxidant that it can get into cells and even through the blood-brain barrier. This is theorized to be one of the reasons people consuming ionized water will often experience remissions from such a variety of illnesses. 
• More Absorbable Water: Another benefit of ionized water is to make the water wetter! When you drink ionized alkaline water, the body is able to absorb it better than tap, bottled or other water. A water ionizer breaks the water down from larger clusters of water molecules to smaller ones. By doing this, the smaller clusters are more able to pass through cell membranes and enter the cells.
• Best Water Filtration: Among the benefits of ionizing water is the filtering of chlorine and other toxins. By splitting the water into two streams [alkaline water and acidic water] the more toxic acidic minerals, such as Fluoride and Chlorine, will naturally be diverted to the acidic line. In addition, water ionizer filters have been known to remove up to 99.99% of fluoride, chloramine, heavy metals, toxins and even pharmaceuticals depending on the water ionizer you buy, but allows the good minerals (such as calcium) through. Not all water ionizer companies offer the same quality of filtration. Refer to the water ionizer comparison chart [#36 Filter Comments] to compare this feature. If you have any questions about filtering your particular water or anything at all on our water ionizer comparison page, feel free to give us a call. It's sometimes important to analyze your source water in order to get the best water filters to go with your ionized alkaline water machine, and we will do a free water analysis for you.
• Taste: Water ionization also typically improves taste. Alkaline ionized water is great tasting! It is far superior to the water that comes out of your tap and certainly better than bottled water.
• Healing Qualities: Like the water in Lourdes, France, Vilcabamba, Equador or other locations famous for their healing-water, the biggest health benefit of alkaline water is its healing qualities. Alkaline ionized water actually enables the body to heal itself, keep itself healthy and be free of sickness and disease. This is what the body was designed to do, but with the advent of junk food, pesticides and thousands of other modern inventions, mostly acidic, our bodies lose their balance and so lose this ability to heal over time. Ionized water in every glass of water you drink specifically targets returning balance to your body and this in turn improves health.

ALKALINE WATER MACHINES HELP YOU ACHIEVE THE PERFECT BODY PH-BALANCE IN AND AROUND YOUR CELLS.

Our bodies need to be alkaline to be healthy, however our typical American diets are way too acidic (meats, grains, dairy, soft drinks, tea/coffee), and so we lose our pH-buffers. A buffer is something which helps to neutralize or bring balance to the body. PH buffers can neutralize the acidic elements, toxins, that are attacking and damaging your cells Therefore they can extend the life of your cells. Acids have a way of getting trapped in our bodies if we don't have immediately available buffers for them. They settle into fat cells or joints mostly and they also solidify into uric acid crystals. They do this to protect us from the alternative: death. This is how alkaline water drinking actually helps people to lose weight and stay fit.

Medical Fact: The blood must maintain a balance of about 7.365 pH at all times. The alternative is death.

Our cells must be constantly bathed in slightly alkaline pH water in order to be hydrated and cleansed (draw the acids out of the cells). One of the benefits of ionizing water is achieving this and other forms of balance in the body.

WHEN ACIDIC WASTES GET STUCK IN OUR CELLS, IT INHIBITS CELL FUNCTIONS.

The inability to rid ourselves of acidic wastes leads to most of America's common illnesses (colds, allergies, diabetes, obesity, acne, indigestion, headaches and cancer). To prevent this entrapment of acidic wastes our cells must be constantly bathed in slightly alkaline pH water. I have discovered that the best remedy to colds, allergies, acne, acid-reflux, etc. is ionized water from a well-designed water ionizer.

WE FEEL THE DIFFERENCE! OUR DRINKING IONIZED ALKALINE WATER PROVIDES US WITH THE PH BUFFERS AND THE HYDRATION THAT WE NEED.

After drinking ionized alkaline water for so many years we can feel how lucky we are; how healthy we are; it's amazing! Not only myself and close relations, but complete strangers call or email me regularly to tell me that they also can feel the difference.

WHAT ARE ANTIOXIDANTS AND ORP?

ORP stands for "oxidation reduction potential", which is another way of saying antioxidant. You are probably familiar with the term antioxidant because vitamin C and E are anti-oxidants, but the hydrogen gas antioxidants in ionized water are much more powerful antioxidants. The reason is because of their tiny size. H2- antioxidants can enter cells where no other antioxidant can. 

Oxidation: Oxidation is what's happening to the apple in this picture or to iron when it rusts. It happens inside our bodies all the time and contributes to diseases.

Oxidation is a chemical reaction. Active Oxygen [O2+] or other free-radical circulates the body, stealing electrons & damaging the cells. A free radical is an unbalanced molecule with an unpaired electron. It needs another electron to be stable and steals it from your cells. Ionized water produces a Negative ORP - which is really good, because it contains lots of electrons to donate in order to neutralize free-radicals and repair cell damage. 

There are no better, more easily absorbable antioxidants that a person could consume than those found in alkaline ionized water. 

H2- ANTIOXIDANTS HELP REVERSE DISEASES, WHERE NO OTHER ANTIOXIDANT CAN. WHY?

The research on hydrogen gas (H2-) is surprising. Here's an article all about this powerful antioxidant and the research behind it. See definitions, video and a great article on H2, the most powerful antioxidant on Earth, and its unique ability to prevent or reverse diseases. It is exciting, important, and should not be overlooked! Research Analyst, Nate Darnell, who sits on the board for Diabetes Support Services, delivers a compelling presentation on the phenomena of hydrogen gas (causing spontaneous remissions) in diseases, such as diabetes & cancer. The everyday person needs this information: H2- Antioxidant and Power Over Diabetes & Other Diseases

It's important to note that the only practical way of making H2 antioxidants is with a water ionizer. 

MICROCLUSTERED WATER WITH ALKALINE WATER IONIZERS

Water is usually found in large clusters of 14 or so water molecules per cluster. Alkaline water ionizer machines break the water down from larger clusters of water molecules to smaller ones.

By creating micro-clusters, a water ionizer creates water that is more easily able to pass through pores, tissues and cell membranes. Therefore alkaline ionized water will hydrate the body and cells better and faster.

SUPERIOR FILTRATION [THE BEST WATER FILTERS] WITH ALKALINE WATER IONIZERS

In addition to the other benefits of ionized water, a water ionizer will usually give you excellent water filtration. A water ionizer will help you to remove: Chlorine, Chloramine, heavy-metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and many other contaminants from your water. In addition, alkaline water ionizers will usually force you to slow down your speed of pouring water just enough to utilize your water filtration to the maximum effectiveness. A slow flow through a good water filter gives you the best filtration. Note: The best water filtration that has ever been developed was developed for water ionizers, UltraWater filtration.

FOR HEALTH, BEAUTY AND WEIGHT LOSS [ALKALINE IONIZED WATER]

Dr. Robert Young [5:26 minutes], author of The pH Miracle explains the health benefits of ionized alkaline water in assisting those who are overweight to lose their unwanted fat. Since fat is acidic - fatty acids - it needs alkaline buffers to be removed from the body. Read more about alkaline water benefits for weight-loss.

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Here's another video about the PH Miracle for Weight Loss & Alkaline Water Health. Obesity is associated with too many acidic toxins in the body. The fat traps the toxins so they don't poison you. Raising your body's pH will help your fat cells release the acidic fats so they can be properly flushed out of your body. As part of the demonstration you can see the recommended alkaline foods.

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WATER IONIZERS HELP THE STOMACH AND COLON:

Alkaline ionized water benefits the stomach too!

Some people will claim that because the stomach needs to be acidic that alkaline ionized water will upset that balance. This is not at all true, and as a matter of fact alkaline ionized water improves digestion. Of course at meal-times, or 20 minutes before/after, one should just add a tiny squeeze of lemon to neutralize the pH of the alkaline ionized water. Other than that one should just sip on alkaline ionized water all throughout the day.

Among the benefits of ionized water are improved conditions in the GI tract including better elimination, digestion, energy, and overall health. One thing about weight or health problems that many people don't realize is the importance of the pH balance in the gastrointestinal tract and the body in general. Most people do not know that it's not stomach acids that digest your food. It's enzymes. Also, water has no calories and so it doesn't trigger digestion or reduce the stomach acids at all. It just goes straight through for the most part. So anyone saying that to drink alkaline ionized water is bad for the stomach doesn't know what they're talking about. Of course if you are in the process of eating meat or dairy I don't suggest it, because it could interfere then. Or, just squeeze a tiny bit of lemon juice into it to neutralize it, as stated earlier. But 20 minutes before and after eating to drink alkaline water is not a problem. You also should drink at a reasonable pH-level, such as 8.5 to 10.5, although I have talked to many cancer patients who report better, faster results when they drink higher pH-levels.

The stomach can handle all pH-levels and can easily create the acids it needs on demand when it needs it.

Click here to read a whole page devoted to alkaline ionized water and digestion.

THE COLON

The colon absolutely requires an alkaline pH. Colon cancer [which is an awful disease] would be prevented so much better than to "cure" after-the-fact. Dr. Shinya, inventor of the colonoscopy, has done a lot of work with that. He highly recommends alkaline ionized water as part of his program to help people heal their colons so they don't get cancer. READ MORE...

ALKALINE WATER HEALTH AND AN ALKALINE DIET

High body acidity is caused by the foods we eat and drink, exercise, tension & stress, to name a few. Ideally our diet should be 60-80% alkaline, but in reality it’s usually just the opposite -- about 60-80% acidic! Animal proteins, grains, dairy products, soft drinks...are all acidic and are potentially going to be stored in the body as acids. [It's not so much that the food itself is acid, although it often is, but it is that the resultant byproduct of digestion of that kind of food is acidic.] Too much acidity in the body is dangerous. Diseases are often by-products of an acidic body environment. So, when you "cure" them without changing your daily routine that got you there, you take the risk of getting whatever you had come back. So, huge benefits of drinking alkaline water lie in the area of giving you the BUFFERS you need to handle whatever comes along.

IS ALKALINE WATER GOOD FOR EVERYONE?

Actually there are occasionally people who have enough alkaline buffers and don't particularly need alkaline water. However even in this case the antioxidant benefits are good. That person should simply select a lower alkaline setting and let the other family members choose higher if it agrees with them. Also, children under 2 years old are already alkaline enough, and usually should only be given filtered water from that setting on the water ionizer.

CELLS NEED STRUCTURED, IONIZED WATER: DR. MERCOLLA INTERVIEWS DR GERALD POLLACK

Dr. Pollack has been studying water at the University of Washington as a principal Bio-Engineer. His extensive research shows that living cells need structured water [also known as ionized water]. Many processes make water lose its natural, healthy structure, i.e., pollution, extreme methods of filtration, and bottling processes. Yet, the body's blood, cells and tissues need structured water [ionized water]. Life needs this water, because the potential energy in ionized water is vital to our cells and tissues. Read more about Structured Water

WHAT ARE THE TWO MAIN TYPES OF WATER IONIZER DEVICES, AND HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?

There are two main types of water ionizer devices: electric water ionizers and non-electric filtering water ionizers.

From my experience the alkaline water benefits with electric water ionizers are superior to non-electric water ionizers, but both devices have their advantages. We sell both kinds.

Electric water ionizers are necessarily more expensive because to be safe and effective they must have pure titanium plates covered with pure, medical-grade platinum. The platinum, alone, has a major influence on the cost. [Platinum costs over $1500./ounce.] Electric water ionizers are better and healthier, because they will ionize all of the healthy, alkaline minerals [such as calcium, magnesium, potassium] and non-electric water ionizers will only ionize magnesium. Ionizing the minerals makes them more readily available to absorb into your cells.

All non-electric water ionizers are basically filters, not machines, and are cheaper to make. They filter the water and then add magnesium to the water in the presence of magnetized ceramics. This method was originally researched and developed by Dr. Hayashi but now there are hundreds of devices that use this principle. We have tested many of these types of devices and found that some worked well [but were too expensive]; some worked poorly; and ones that we found work the best, and are reasonably-priced, we sell on our site. We constantly research this, but regardless of outcome, the electric ionizers will always be better than the non-electric because the body needs calcium a lot more than magnesium, and non-electric water ionizers can only ionize the magnesium.

Neither electric nor non-electric water ionizers are more "natural" than the other. When searching the net you may encounter some sales hype about this. It's just that the electric one ionizes all the minerals that are naturally in your water and the non-electric adds magnesium, which will spontaneously ionize in the presence of the magnetized ceramics.

WATER IONIZER BARGAINS LIKE NEVER BEFORE!

What a bargain my first alkaline water ionizer was! You and your family can also experience the benefits of alkaline ionized water, and for a reasonable price. In addition, the latest technology of water ionizers includes some pretty sophisticated features, such as continuous-cleaning and 99.99% pure UltraWater filtration. What that means for you is greater ORP [antioxidants] and better filtration than ever before. Note: I sell the best water ionizers available.Discounts on water ionizers are almost always available too.

ALKALINE IONIZED WATER TESTIMONIALS

These are some great testimonials of the fantastic results of using Alkaline Ionized Water! [3:19 minutes] This video is one of many that show hundreds and thousands of people talking about the health benefits of alkaline water.

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Webmaster, Cathie LoGrasso

With a masters+ in education; was in the field of education [as teacher and principal] from 1982 to 2007 [almost 25 years]; and has been drinking alkaline ionized water since the mid-90's [over 20 years]. "My first water ionizer I thought was the best product I ever bought...that is until I came across and started selling the ones I sell today. There is nothing better for my family's health. "

You can read about all of the alkaline water benefits I've personally experienced with drinking ionized water over the past 20+ years here: My Testimonial.

WATER IONIZERS - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Why are alkaline machines [water ionizers] so expensive?

Answer: First, if you compare alkaline water machines to medical equipment, they're not expensive at all. But I'll explain how the expense of an alkaline water machine breaks down. 1) The water ionizer contains platinum coated plates. Platinum is quite expensive [over $1500/oz]. Cheap water ionizers that use alloys are not able to ionize as efficiently or safely. 2) Design, electronics, fine workmanship and warranties are also quite costly.

Q: Why do electric water ionizers [alkaline water machines] need platinum coating on the electrodes?

Answer: The reason that alkaline water machines must use platinum is: Platinum [along with titanium] is a very hard & dense metal and will not break down and leach into your alkaline ionized water - even over time. So the electrodes will virtually last forever and platinum catalyzes [speeds up] the electrolysis process allowing water to ionize instantly as the water passes through the alkaline water machine's electrolysis chamber. A water ionizer [alkaline water machine] wouldn't ionize water well at all without platinum.

Q: Which brand/model of alkaline water machine [water ionizer] makes the best water?

Answer: There are several water ionizers that I think are in the category of "best". As long as the water ionizer is manufactured properly, can achieve a wide enough range of pH, produces an abundance of antioxidants at each of the alkaline pH-levels, and has an adequate warranty I would call it one of the best ones. Then there are other features to consider... You’re invited to stop-by my "Water Ionizer Comparison Chart" page. I’ve placed objective alkaline water machine test results [and videos] on the page and I’ve analyzed the tests and ranked the ionizers according to what I think is Good, Better and Best, compared to all of the other alkaline water machines.

Q: Are there any cautions about drinking ionized alkaline water?

Answer: 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, 11pH or higher, can be used for cooking. 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 that comes out of the lower spout.

Q: What is pH and how do I test my body's pH?

Answer: PH stands for "potential hydrogen". It basically means how acid, alkaline or neutral something is. On a scale of 1 - 14, 1 - 6.9 would be ranges of acidity (with 1 being the most acid) and 7.1 - 14 would be ranges of alkalinity (with 14 being the most alkaline), and 7 would be neutral. In a healthy state, our saliva should be slightly alkaline (a little above 7.3). 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.

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Q: Which container is best and what's the best way to store ionized water?

Answer: The only really good bottle for storing ionized water is our vacuum stainless bottles. 

See our link for more about the stainless bottles.

Q: Does it change the pH or ORP of ionized water to mix it with flavor-aids or alcohol?

Answer: Yes it does. I've tried Kool-Aid, Crystle Lite and other drink mixes, and chemically-created drink mixes remove a good deal of the benefits [of pH and ORP] of ionized water. They'll actually make it acidic in many cases. However, adding alcohol to ionized water doesn't change the pH or ORP for some reason. Here's my testing of flavor-aids & alcohol's effect on the pH and ORP of ionized water.

https://alkalinewaterplus.com/benefits-of-alkaline-ionized-water/

ANALYZING & COMPARING 20 BRANDS OF BOTTLED WATER TESTED FOR pH (+61 421 596 390)

ANALYZING & COMPARING BRANDS OF BOTTLED WATER

WHY ARE MOST OF THE BOTTLED WATER BRANDS SO ACIDIC?

The bottling companies, with the exception of just a very few, use extreme filtration and ozonation to treat the water before bottling it. Neither of these processes make the water healthier, and they are NOT better than what your water company does at all. Plus the extreme measures of filtration tend to make the water acidic. The concensus between the two main water quality regulating groups [EPA and EWG] is that bottled water is inferior in quality to tap water. 

1. Extreme Filtration: The majority of the bottled water companies use extreme filtration [ion-exchange, demineralization "dissolving the enamel", reverse osmosis, distillation, deionization or any combination of these]. Regardless of the source, wells, springs, rivers, lakes, and municipal water supplies, when you use extreme filtration it is proven over and over that you create dead-water. Dead water is void of all healthy minerals, similar to acid rain. It's called dead water because of the death of tissues, cells and life caused by this type of water. It takes a while for acidic rain-water to soak into the ground, trickle through layers of calcium and other rock and in the process calcium, magnesium, potassium and other healthy minerals absorb into it. Then with one foul swoop these bottling companies "treat" the water by removing everything from it, including all of the healthy minerals.
2. The disinfection of bottled water usually includes ozonation. The process of ozonation is basically infusing the water with oxygen [which is another way of saying oxidizing it]. Oxidizing is the opposite to anti-oxidants. It's used to kill germs, but creates complications by adding too many free-radicals - more than what is healthy for the body. 
3. Safety of bottled water vs tap water: The result is that most brands of bottled water are void of healthy minerals, have no electrolytes, and are acidic. An extra problem is that water wants minerals in it and it will dissolve more minerals as soon as it can, such as acidic minerals from the air and alkaline minerals from your bones, joints and muscles. When you consume a lot of this type of purified water it will rob your body of its healthy, essential minerals as you drink. Not good.
4. According to a 2015 study, done by the American Dental Hygienists' Association, the majority of waters tested had a more acidic pH when tested in the lab than the value listed in their water quality reports. Note: This particular study was for the purposes of educating patients on the dangers of dental erosion and tooth decay from over consumption of acidic foods and beverages.

 TESTING OF 20 DIFFERENT BOTTLED WATER BRANDS

All of my testing of brands of bottled water shows them to be inferior to filtered tap water. This video shows you one of the many demonstrations/tests I've done on various brands of bottled water. In particular this video focuses on the pH of the water being tested.

pH OF BOTTLED WATER BRANDS

The following brands of bottled water are shown here in this comparison chart with their pH-levels and water source/treatment notes in order from worst to best: Vitaminwater 3.4, Propel Zero 3.5, Propel Fitness Water3.36, Penta 4.0, Dasani 4.5, Function 5.0, Perrier 5.5, Poland Spring 5.8, Voss 6.0, Ice Mountain 6.0, Crystal Geyser 6.0, Deer Park 6.3, Smart Water 6.5, Great Value Walmart 6.5, Gerber Pure Water 6.5, Arrowhead 6.83, Evian 7.0, Eternal 7.0, Volvic 7.0, Zephyrhills 7.5, Absopure 7.5, Fiji 7.5, Super Chill 7.5, Evamor 8.0, Real Water 8.0, Essentia 9.0. The pH-levels of several locations where I've tested the tap water is also shown for comparison sake.

DO BOTTLING COMPANIES FILTER THE WATER BETTER THAN YOUR MUNICIPAL WATER COMPANY?

In a word, NO. Municipal water companies do a pretty good job of filtering the water, and their quality of filtration is highly regulated. They do add chemicals, such as chlorine, to treat your water, but these can be filtered out easily and quickly just before you drink it. The water lines going from the water company all the way to your tap are also regulated, by municipal codes, all for the purpose of bringing you clean and healthy water.

WORRIED ABOUT CHEMICALS AND TOXINS? 

There are usually no chemicals or toxic elements in your water that can't be removed with proper water filtration. Keep in mind your municipality already filters your water. Most chemicals of concern in your tap water are put there by municipal water companies in order to rid the water of germs, fungus and algae. Water that is stored without any disinfecting chemicals [i.e., no chlorine] will soon start growing algae, fungus, etc. Chemicals used to treat your tap water, such as chlorine, are fairly easy and inexpensive to remove. The best way to handle water treatment chemicals is for you to keep the water disinfected, then freshly filter it when it's time to drink it. 

There are three main types of products which filter water easily and effectively: portable water filters/pitchers, water filters attached to your water supply directly, and water ionizers. The advantages of any of these methods over bottled water are numerous: decreased cost & land-fill wastes; increased freshness, convenience & control of what you filter; and overall healthier water.  

DO POPULAR BRANDS OF BOTTLED WATER TASTE BETTER? ADVERTISING DOLLARS OF BOTTLED WATER COMPANIES WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THIS.

Bottled water brands are actually proven to be inferior to tap water in taste-tests! The common perception, caused by the brainwashing of advertising, is that bottled water tastes better than tap water. There have been many blind taste-tests of bottled water vs tap water to prove that in fact tap water tastes just as "good" when presented as an expensive brand of bottled water.

In a famous CBS expose people in a fancy restaurant were presented with an expensive "Water Menu" they immediately believed that the taste of the water was better. In each case the customers reacted to the PR and hype of the fancy label, price, menu and waiter's attitude rather than their own senses in deciding how well they liked each water they tasted.

BOTTLED WATER: POPULAR BUT NOT HEALTHY

A walk down the water aisle in the grocery store will tell you how popular bottled water has become. However, pretty much all brands of bottled water are not the healthiest water. They've been sitting around in plastic bottles for who knows how long, and while they're certainly better than soda, they are still not good for you.

Many of the bottled water brands are simply tap water from some municipality put in bottles without specifically removing the pharmaceuticals, pesticides, fluoride, VOCs and water treatment chemicals. Many other brands of water use extreme measures of filtration, such as reverse osmosis, ion-exchange, and distillation which are cheap ways to remove everything from the water. But removing everything from the water makes it extremely unhealthy for you!

This is a video which is a great piece done by ABC's 20/20 reporters on the subject of bottled water vs tap. The healthier and tastier alternative is to set up a water filter system in both your home and office.

Granted, tap water may need some basic filtration in order to be as healthy as it can be, but simple and inexpensive water filter systems can give you fresher, cleaner and healthier water than bottled water.

REVERSE OSMOSIS AND DISTILLED WATER

Reverse osmosis and distilled water are void of minerals. Water is known as the universal solvent. As it travels through rivers, rock, etc. on its way to your tap it picks up minerals. Most of the regions in the US have some pretty healthy minerals [like calcium, magnesium, and potassium] that are picked up by the water as it travels to your tap. Unhealthy elements are picked up too, such as lead, copper, and arsenic, but these are pretty easily removed from your water with the right filtration. By the time your water has reached your tap, you are right to think that many of the elements in it might be unhealthy. So what do you do? Reverse osmosis or distillation is not always the wrong thing to do, but you should know that when you remove all of the minerals from the water you will need to put healthy minerals back into the water to make it stabilized. What happens with reverse osmosis water or distilled water (which has not been remineralized) in the body is that it will travel through and pick up minerals right out of your joints and bones! Water has the property of wanting to do this. It does not want to stay void of all minerals. It is usually better, cheaper and easier to avoid reverse osmosis or distilled water filtration, but sometimes it is necessary. If you have a whole house water softener, for instance, then that water is full of sodium and reverse osmosis can remove sodium from water (but it's only one of the methods that can do this).

WHAT IS THE HEALTHIEST WATER TO DRINK?

I have tested alkaline antioxidant water against various brands of water: bottled water brands, soda, distilled, reverse osmosis and tap waters. Over the past 20 years of using alkaline ionized water for myself and family, I have found that the healthiest water to drink is alkaline antioxidant water, and I encourage you to move away from drinking bottled and give alkaline ionized water a try.

WHY IS ALKALINE WATER GOOD?

To keep our blood the right pH, 7.365, we should drink water at a pH of about 9 to 10. Drinking alkaline water helps the body detoxify. Toxins are acids, and to maintain pH balance while you are detoxifying, one needs an abundance of alkaline buffers.

Alkaline Water is Important to Cleanse the Cells of Toxins. In order to rid the body of acidic wastes, it is important that you have sufficient buffers, and that's a big reason why alkaline water is good. Our blood requires and actually enforces pH balance and when water is too acidic, your body is unable to flush out the acidic wastes from your cells and tissues. Organs deteriorate and disease sets in over time when you don't flush out the acidic wastes.

Scroll up to see our big chart comparing the pH-levels of alkaline antioxidant water with tap and bottled water, together with reverse osmosis water, soda, gatorade and distilled water.

ALKALINE ANTIOXIDANT WATER IS THE HEALTHIEST WATER TO DRINK

Not only is alkaline water good, but also the fact that ionized water is antioxidant water is fantastic! The healthiest water to drink for a variety of reasons is alkaline antioxidant water. It will provide you with pH buffers to help keep your body pH-balanced (slightly alkaline). It's also packed with natural antioxidants [negatively-charged electrons], which are free to naturally fight free radicals. Free radical damage in the body is like rust, and cell walls can get so degraded that they even mutate if you don't do something about free radicals. Drinking alkaline antioxidant water all day long will help you prevent and even reverse free radical damage. When you've finished reading this page, take the time to learn more about the important subject of alkaline ionized water and why it's the healthiest water to drink... Benefits of Drinking Alkaline Ionized Water

WHAT IS WATER IONIZATION?

Most water is oxidizing by the time it reaches your tap (or bottle), and oxidized water contains positively-charged free radical molecules (active oxygen, or O₂⁺⁾. Alkaline ionized water contains a good amount of alkaline minerals, and is negatively-charged (antioxidant water). The minerals, like calcium and magnesium, which are the most abundant minerals in alkaline water, are coincidentally the healthiest to consume. By ionizing this water it gives these healthy minerals a negative charge, which helps the body recognize them as more absorbable than if the water came with its usual mix of minerals and positive charge. Our bodies are naturally electrical and that means having a negative charge. Negatively charged anitoxidant water is the healthiest water to drink.The fact of being able to sip on ionized water (water which has an abundance of antioxidants) is a great health benefit! This is far more helpful than taking an antioxidant pill, for instance, because a pill is unreliable in how or where any antioxidants will arrive. My experience with this is that I literally saw my spider veins disappear when I started drinking high-antioxidant water.

FILTERED AND IONIZED TAP WATER VS. BOTTLED WATER BRANDS

There are hundreds of brands of bottled water. The advertising on the various bottled water brands and general perception is that bottled water is the healthiest water to drink. This site will hopefully allow you to look at bottled water in a new light. Bottled water brands are part of a multi-billion dollar industry, which got that way by convincing consumers that their bottled water was cleaner and healthier than tap water. However my comparisons of bottled water vs tap water have shown that you can filter your own tap water for a fraction of the cost and much more conveniently, and you can make it absolutely cleaner, safer and healthier than bottled water. Peer-reviewed research validates this fact:  4-year study done by the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

PH is another whole issue, but is definitely related to the healthiness of your water. Bottled water brands are often acidic, and research tells us that alkaline water is the healthiest water to drink. There are very few brands of bottled water that have an alkaline pH, or even neutral, and the great majority of brands of bottled water that I've tested for pH are acidic [from 4-6 pH]: Aquafina, Arrowhead, Crystal Geyser, Dassani, Deer Park, Walmart Distilled Water, Gerber Pure Water, Walmart Great Value Water, Ice Mountain, Lassens, Penta, Perrier Water, Poland Spring Water, Propel Fitness Water, Nestle Pure Life, Smart Water, Vitaminwater, and Voss Water. Why are most bottled water brands so acidic? It's because of the extreme filtration techniques of the bottling companies. More about that below.

Let's compare two top brands of bottled water with tap water filtered by a simple, yet powerful, pH-pitcher, the Ultrawater Pitcher. The pitcher is able to filter any tap-water better than the best of the bottled-water brands, at a cost of 80% less. Why can the pitcher filter so well? It has to do with the utilization of space-age water filter technology. With UltraWater filtration you can remove absolutely everything harmful from your water, including pharmaceuticals, fluoride and radio-active elements, while leaving the healthy minerals in the water. 

The above chart compares popular bottled water brands, Fiji and Essentia with tap water filtered by the UltraWater PH Pitcher.

The bottled water companies aren't using space-age technology, they're using reverse osmosis, distillation and other older and cheaper technologies to filter their bottled water. Cheaper technology and greater price of bottled water means the bottling companies are lining their pockets with your dough.

An additional benefit of the pH pitcher is its ability to ionize the water in addition to filtering it. Ionization increases the pH of the water in a way that also increases the antioxidants in the water.

Another type of water ionizer, with even higher amounts of antioxidants, is an electric water ionizer. Owning an electric water ionizer is a filtering investment that pays off big. With excellent filtration, and built to last a lifetime, the average water ionizer has a "cost per liter of under 15-cents. You can click on any of the water ionizers we sell and see a chart that compares the cost of using that water ionizer.

BRANDS OF BOTTLED WATER VS. WELLBLUE ALKALINE IONIZING PITCHER

The WellBlue Ionizing Pitcher is a portable water ionizer machine. It doesn't need electricity and is easy and convenient to use. In this video I am testing it against various brands of bottled water to make a point that for a lot less money and virtually no work, you can get fresh, filtered, alkaline ionized water which is a lot safer and healthier than even the most expensive bottled waters.

The technology of ionizing water in a portable way, with no electricity, was discovered a little over 15 years ago by Dr. Hayashi. This method is based on a discovery that adding magnesium to water in the presence of magnetized ceramics will excite the water to ionize spontaneously without the use of electricity. This form of water ionization is a lighter ionization than what you would get with an electric water ionizer.

This video shows the alkalinity of Smart Water, Voss Water, along with the WellBlue pitcher. The WellBlue Alkaline Ionizing Pitcher can filter and remineralize that water, improve the pH-level to a perfect 9.5 pH and also transform it (ionize it) so it has antioxidants in abundance in the water! All of the tested waters, even the Essentia, were shown to be oxidizing [positively charged] when tested. The WellBlue portable water ionizer pitcher made the water negatively charged, which means it has an abundance of free radical scavenging - negatively charged - electrons, called antioxidants to help cells stay healthy and free from the damage of oxidation.

FLUORIDE TESTING OF 21 BRANDS OF BOTTLED WATER VS IONIZED WATER

The fluoride testing I did is represented in both this video below and the chart above. I found that while all of the brands of bottled water tested contained far less fluoride than what is in my St. Louis tap water, a water ionizer was able to remove all of it. A special Arsenic, Lead, Fluoride filter was able to remove a great deal of it as well but did not do as well as a water ionizer in removing fluoride. While reverse osmosis removes fluoride, it also removes all of the other, healthy minerals and electrolytes that your body needs in the water it consumes. Drinking water void of electrolytes is a very unhealthy choice, so these brands, even though they do remove fluoride, are not at all suggested.

Why is fluoride bad? Fluoride is a poison and even if one consumes as little as 1 mg. of fluoride the toothpaste warning states you should seek immediate medical care. It's linked to learning disabilities and Alzheimer's disease, and because of this I take fluoride filtration very seriously. Here's the video.

Do we have a pitcher that will filter all contaminants, including Fluoride, out of your tap water? Yes. Here is a link to our latest pitcher that will do just that:UltraWater PH Pitcher See the chart, above, which compares the "best of the bottled water brands" with the "best of my pH pitchers": Essentia Bottled Water vs. UltraWater PH Pitcher.

HOW DOES IONIZED WATER BEAT OUT BOTTLED ​WATER IN EVERY SI​NGLE WAY?

• Good Filtration: Even if you pay the highest price for the best filtered bottled water, after it sits in a plastic container on the store shelf for a few weeks or months, it will need whatever has leached into it filtered out!
• PH: Fresh alkaline filtered water [especially if ionized] can be relied upon to give you far better health results.
• Antioxidants: I have witnessed the effects of a high-antioxidant value of ionized water when I saw the spider veins on my leg disappear right before my very eyes one day.
• Convenience: Some people think it's just more convenient to go to the store and buy water. If you think of the time it takes to go into the store alone, it is just not convenient.

MORE STORIES OF BOTTLED WATER:

THE RECYCLING MYTH

There's also the issue of plastic wastes. Of the billions of bottles of water sold in the US, only about 1/5 is recycled. Then out of the ones that are recycled, not all make it into the actual recycling process. Some even end up in landfills overseas! That means that not only is the production of bottles costing us millions of barrels of oil each year, but almost all of these bottles are filling our landfills and polluting our earth. The industrial chemicals that are in the material of the bottles haven’t been measured, other than BPA which is only one of the many potentially disease-causing agents in the bottles. Water, the universal solvent, has the ability to leach all kinds of chemicals into itself. The variables of time and temperature are not reported by bottling companies. The EWG, Environmental Working Group, recently found all kinds of contaminants, such as human wastes, bacteria and pharmaceuticals in several brands of bottled water. So, short of doing our own testing of each bottle, we have no assurance of purity and healthiness of the water. It's best to learn how to filter your tap water so YOU can know it's of the highest water quality.

It is time, as a society, that we work to reduce the amounts of things stored in plastics wherever possible. We think plastics are all being recycled, yet in reality only about 10% of all plastics made actually achieve that end.

We are being duped into thinking that our recycled bottles are all being responsibly taken care of. Watch the video, below, to get the real story of bottled water.

MORE BOTTLED WATER FACTS:

Most bottled water is just re-packaged tap water with added toxins from the bottling process and the bottles.

It takes 5 liters of water to make one liter of bottled water.

Plastics are the fastest growing form of municipal waste.

We use 15 million barrels of oil yearly to produce bottled water.

The weight of our yearly plastics wastes are 1.5 million TONS!

In one week we drink enough bottled water to make it halfway to the moon!

MORE TESTING OF BOTTLED WATER, TAP WATER, SODA & IONIZED WATER

None of the bottled water tested offers acceptable drinking water in my opinion. The amount of leaching of potentially disease-causing chemicals into the water from the plastic and the high oxidation levels of the bottled water tell me that this is unhealthy to drink. The EWG, Environmental Working Group, is dead-set against bottled water as well. With all of the testing they've done it would be advisable for you to actually visit their great website. They even found pharmaceuticals in several brands of bottled water. One big difference between your tap water and bottled water is that at least the EPA requires your municipality to report on the major, known, disease-causing agents in your tap water yearly. However bottled water companies have almost no regulations and quite often do not divulge what their test results are.

I did my own series of tests on the many brands of bottled water that are in the chart, below. My tests were focused on the pH, ORP, oxidation reduction potential, and fluoride levels of the various brands. If you pinned me down and made me declare which bottled water was the best to buy, I'd have to say Essentia, but then I'd be doing you a dis-service, because there is no bottled water that even compares to ionized water in potential health benefits to you. At the same time with a water ionizer you also save money after the first year or so of use. A water ionizer, lasting about 10 - 20 years or so, will eventually be one of the best economical deals you could make - for both your health and your wallet.

See the following chart for information about popular brands of bottled water as compared to each other and to ionized water. Where ORP is mentioned, what that stands for is "oxidation reduction potential", which is another way of saying antioxidants. The positive "+" sign means the water was oxidizing. The negative "-" sign means it is anti-oxidizing (contains antioxidants) and is in-line with what our bodies will accept readily.

Brand	Description/Notes	PH	ORP	Fluoride Content [mg./liter]
Absopure	Natural Spring Water: Processed by 1 Micron filtration, UV light, and Ozonated.	7.5	+281	.15
Amway Perfect Water	Bottled ionized water.	7.2	+250
Aquafina	Filtered Municipal Water [Made by Pepsi] Purified by reverse osmosis.	5	+430	.01
Arrowhead	US Spring Water. Called Mountain Spring water, but judging from the acidity, it's probably valley spring.	6.83	+360
Chill [Super Chill]	Natural Spring Water [from Jackson County, Michigan]	7.5	+271	.08
Crystal Geyser	Plain Water	6	+324
Culligan	RO Purified & Remineralized	8	+214
Dassani	Purified Tap Water [made by Coke]	4.5	+378	.09
Deer Park	Spring water, bottled by Nestle	6.3	+450
Distilled	Walmart Brand Distilled Water	5.0	+400	0
Drinking Water	Walmart Brand RO Purified Water [Remineralized]	4.5	+274	.15
Essentia	Purified, enhanced with electrolytes and Micro-Clustered Water [ionized]	9	+188	.15
Eternal Water	Naturally mountain spring water. Naturally alkaline water; electrolyte rich	7	+255	.03
Evamor	Artesian well water	8	+174	.21
Evian	Spring water	7	+350	.06
Fiji	Fiji Spring Water: From an ancient artesian aquifer deep within the earth.	7	+274	.1
Function		5	+436	0
Gatorade	This is made with regular water [not purified] and at least some artificial ingredients.	3.5	+325
Gerber Pure Water	Purified using reverse osmosis and distillation, with the following added: magnesium sulfate, potassium bicarbonate, calcium chloride.	6.5	+297	0
Great Value RO Water	Walmart Brand "Drinking Water" bottled in Quincy, IL, and processed by reverse osmosis.	6.5	+380
Ice Mountain	Natural Spring Water: From Frontier Springs, located in New Tripoli, PA and other cities in Pennsylvania and Maryland.	6	+302	.07
Hilton Head, Tap	Hilton Head Municipal Water Supply	8	+350
Ionized Water	*Athena Water Ionizer, St. Louis, MO	10	-700 Negative ORP!	.06
Lassens		6	+406	0
Los Angeles Tap Water Free	LA Municipal Water Supply	7.5	+350
New York City Tap Water	NY Municipal Water Supply	4	+440
New York [Kingston]	Well Water	6.5	+400
Penta	Purified water... 11-hour process [Purified by reverse osmosis/deionization with USP medical-grade oxygen. Source Colton Municipas Water District]	4	+392	.08
Perrier Water	Sparkling Water Made by Nestle	5.5	+400
Poland Spring Water	Spring Water Bottled by Nestle	5.8	+380	.08
Propel Fitness Drink		3.6	+280
[Nestle] Pure Life $1.00/gal.	Purified water & enhanced with minerals. Bottled by Nestle	6.5		0
[Gerber] Pure Water	Gerber brand purified with RO and remineralized.	6.5	+297
Real Water	Micro-Clustered Water	8.0	-60 Negative ORP!
Saint Louis, MO	St. Louis County Water Company [Tap]	9.4	+300	.5
Ionized St. Louis Tap Water	Using various water ionizers	9.5	-300 to -800	0 - .1
Soda: Canned Diet Pepsi	Typical Canned Soda	3.24	+377
Smartwater	Distilled and remineralized with calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potasium bicarbonate.	6	+296	0
Spring Water	"Great Value" Walmart Brand spring water. Source: Hummel Spring, Liberty, IL. Processed by Ozonation, carbon filtration ultraviolet treatment and microfiltration.	7	+284	.14
Super Chill	Natural Spring Water [from Jackson County, Michigan]	7	+271	.08
Vitaminwater		3.4	+430
Voss Water	Artesian well water from Norway.	6	+256	.19
WellBlue Pitcher	Lightly ionizing St. Louis water with portable WellBlue ionizer pitcher.	9.5	-200 Negative ORP!

SUMMARY: FACTS ABOUT BOTTLED WATER BRANDS

• All brands of bottled water are a lot more expensive than if you filtered the water properly yourself.
• Bottled water is often acidic.
• Bottled water brands are not regulated for water quality safety as well as municipalities are for your tap water.
• We are filling the landfills with empty bottles. We can't even use all the recycled plastics.
• The bottles are made with petroleum and there is chemical leaching into the water from them.
• Even with the best alkaline water brands, by the time they get to you they won't be even close to "perfect" any more.
• You can do a far better job of getting the best water (filtered and ionized to perfection) on your own with one of our great alkaline water machines, or our new Alkaline Plus PH Pitcher.

Source: https://alkalinewaterplus.com/analyzing-comparing-brands-of-bottled-water/