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If you have ever seen or heard anything about alkaline ionized water, you may have received information that seems to be true, but perhaps is false. So we are going to clarify here for you 3 myths about alkaline ionized water and conclude with a surprising truth.
According to Dr. Julio Bergman, a doctor who specializes in alkaline diets, every time the stomach receives an alkaline food molecule, it produces an acidic molecule to maintain the acidic pH of the stomach (exactly as it should be, acidic), but at the same time time it produces an alkaline bicarbonate molecule in the blood that helps the body maintain the alkaline balance in the areas where it needs to be alkaline.
No. Your blood NEVER changes it’s pH, either acidifying or alkalizing. If this occurs, you will be at serious risk, because our blood has a slightly alkaline pH, around 7.45 and the body has its own means of maintaining this value. If you read or watch any advertisement for a product that will alkalize your blood, ignore it, after all it is just a phrase to try to sell products that are not beneficial to your health.
There are several studies that prove the quality and benefits of alkaline ionized water. The confusion usually happens because of the truth that we will present you next, read the next paragraph and click on the link below that will redirect you to another article with several scientific studies proving that alkaline ionized water is indeed the best choice for your body.
Surprising, isn't it? But just being alkaline brings little or no real benefit to your health. Do you know why?
First, because a lot of things can make water alkaline and, even so, unfit for consumption. Let's take chlorine as an example, if you put chlorine in a glass of water you will see that it will be extremely alkaline, but you should not drink chlorinated water.
Another very important point is the production of alkaline water at home with recipes with bicarbonate, for example, which are also not so beneficial and can be dangerous, after all you need a large amount of water every day and the amount of bicarbonate to alkalize that volume of water would be extremely higher than your body can handle.
In addition to all this, there is the concept of PRAL, which is the alkalizing power of water and its ability to remain alkaline in all situations. Make a test, take a common alkaline water and an alkaline water with negative PRAL and put a little acid in them, like vinegar, and see that the common one becomes acidic at the same time while the water with negative PRAL remains alkaline.
Study showing how acidity has been present of people who had pre-diabetes and where at higher risk for diabetes in other words they had a Positive PRAL (Bad PRAL) in their system.
A high-risk state for diabetes development.
(Source:) Tabák AG, Herder C, Rathmann W, Brunner EJ, Kivimäki M. Prediabetes: a high-risk state for diabetes development. Lancet. 2012;379:2279–90.
Study showing how alkaline water can ease the symptoms of reflux.
Potential Benefits of pH 8.8 Alkaline Drinking Water as an Adjunct in the Treatment of Reflux Disease
(Source:) Koufman, JA, Johnston, N; Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol July 2012 vol. 121 no. 7 431-434;
This study showed drinking alkaline water inhibited high-fat diet-induced obesity, helping people to lose weight.
Anti-obesity Effect of Alkaline Reduced Water in High Fat-Fed Obese Mice;
(Source:) Rosa Mistica Coles Ignacio, Tae-Young Kang, et al; Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin; Vol. 36, No. 7 p. 1052-1059
Alkaline mineral water lowers bone resorption even in calcium sufficiency;
(Source:) Emma Wynn, Marc-Antoine Krieg, Jean-Marc Aeschlimann, Peter Burckhardt; Bone Journal; Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 120–124;
In type 2 diabetes reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause the reduction of glucose uptake, and this study shows how ionized water scavenges reactive oxygen species and protects DNA from oxidative damage!
Natural Reduced Water Exhibit Insulin-Like Activity on Glucose Uptake into Muscle Cells and Adipocytes
(Source:) M. Oda, K. Kusumoto, K. Teruya, T. Hara, et al.; Animal Cell Technology: Products from Cells, Cells as Products; 2002, pp 425-427
The study looked at both cancer cells and found that alkaline reduced water suppressed the growth of cancer cells.
Suppressive Effect of Alkaline-Reduced Water on the Growth of Cancer Cells and Microorganisms
(Source:) Takaaki Komatsu, Shigeru Kabayama, et al; Animal Cell Technology: From Target to Market; ESACT Proceedings Volume 1, 2001, pp 220-223;
Alkaline Reduced Water Scavenges Active Oxygen Species and Protects DNA from Oxidative Damage
(Source:) Sanetaka Shirahata, Shigeru Kabayama, et al; Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; Volume 234, Issue 1, 8 May 1997, Pages 269-274;
“These results suggest that drinking ARW (alkaline-reduced-water) has an effect of alcohol detoxification by antioxidant mechanism and has potentiality for relief of ethanol-induced hangover symptoms.”
Alkaline-reduced water inhibits acute ethanol-induced hangovers in Sprague-Dawley rats.
(Source:) Park SK1, Qi XF, Song SB, Kim DH, Teng YC, Yoon YS, Kim KY, Li JH, Jin D, Lee KJ.
Biomed Res. 2009 Oct;30(5):263-9.
Research showing proof that alkaline water from an ionizer does effect alkalinity.
Hydrogen-Rich Water Affected Blood Alkalinity in Physically Active Men Sergej M. Ostojica* & Marko D. Stojanovica
(Source:) Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal; Volume 22, Issue 1, 2014
The authors state: “Alkaline-reduced water (ARW) is known to exert several anti-cancer effects, as well as to scavenge reactive oxygen species and reduce blood-glucose levels.”
This study shows the benefits of drinking alkaline, ionized water, long-term for people with diabetic symptoms.
(Source:) Anti-Diabetic Effect of Alkaline-Reduced Water on OLETF Rats
Dan JINab, Sung Hoon RYUc, et al; Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry; Volume 70, Issue 1, 2006;
In this animal study, the authors found that alkaline water is a very important strategy in managing metabolic acidosis: “Alkaline ionized water can be considered as a major safe strategy in the management of metabolic acidosis”
Ionized alkaline water: new strategy for management of metabolic acidosis in experimental animals.
(Source:) Abol-Enein H1, Gheith OA, Barakat N, Nour E, Sharaf AE.; Ther Apher Dial. 2009 Jun;13(3):220-4.
Clinical Evaluation of alkaline-ionized water for chronic diarrhea. Placebo- controlled double-blind study.
(Source:) Med Gas Res. 2018 Oct-Dec; 8(4): 160–166.
Published online 2019 Jan 9. doi:
BPA exposure reduced lifespan and altered age-related changes in Caenorhabditis elegans. BPA-exposure resulted in accelerated aging in C. elegans.
(Source:) Ling Tan, Shunchang Wang, YunWang, Mei He, Dahai Liu. Volume 235, Issue 2, 1 June 2015, Pages 75-83
The presence of contaminants in water can lead to adverse health effects, including gastrointestinal illness, reproductive problems, and neurological disorders. Center of Disease and Prevention.
(Source:) Environmental Protection Agency. Factoids: drinking water and ground water statistics for 2007. March 2008, April 2008.
