Alkaline Water Reviews

1.  What are people really talking about when they talk about body PH, or alkalinity vs. acidic effects on the body? The scale that is used for measuring the pH, or hydrogen ion concentration … is from 0 to 14, with 7 being the neutral point.  Below 7 is acidic; above 7 is alkaline. The optimal ph of the body’s fluids, such as the blood is 7.4, slightly alkaline. If deviated from this range … the body activity is no longer optimal and the metabolism is out of balance as the body will begin to store toxins in fat and move around acidic material to keep the blood PH in balance. The pH of the body is largely influenced by metabolic byproducts and our diet. Thus, pH is directly affected by the various categories of food that we eat and the internal mechanisms involved in their processing.  Some foods that are acid in their composition can become alkalizing following metabolizing by the body, such as lemons.  Accordingly, it is to become more aware of the impact...

About ORP ORP  = Oxydation Reduction Potential.  The other way an ionizer alters the water is to turn it into a powerful antioxidant, measured as ORP (“Oxidation Reduction Potential”) –  It is a more complex concept and is an extremely difficult measure accurately. ORP is sometimes referred to as “Redox”. An ionizer’s alteration of the ORP of your drinking water is what causes the micro clustering, antioxidant and hydrating effects.   ORP is a “potential” energy that is stored and ready to be put to work. An analogous way to look at ORP would be to consider pressure. When you blow up a balloon you use energy that creates force. As long as the balloon remains closed, this force is a “stored potential energy” in this case measured as air pressure. When released, this “potential” energy becomes kinetic energy.   Potential electrical energy in liquid can be measured. It is measured with an ORP meter. These meters display extremely ...

pH stands for “potential hydrogen”.  It measures alkalinity or acidity  on the pH scale that runs from pH0 to pH14. A pH7 is neutral which means it is neither alkaline nor acidic.  Values below pH7 neutral are said to be acidic and values above pH7 are alkaline.   The scale is logarithmic (like the Richter Scale), meaning each full point increases or decreases by a factor of x10 rather than a single unit. For example a pH8 is  ten times  more alkaline than pH7, and a pH9 would be 10×10, or  one hundred times  more alkaline than neutral. Typical tap water runs at between pH6.5 and pH7.25 although extremes exist. neutral pH = 7,0    /    acidic pH < 7,0    /    alkaline pH > 7,0