There is much confusion in the marketplace
concerning Water Ionizers. The Internet, for example, is full of
information, misinformation, disinformation and general confusion about
what Water Ionizers do and don’t do.
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Q: How to produce ionized water?
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Provide direct current to both poles of the
electrolytic cell in which the diaphragm is installed. The movement
of electrons gives the water at (+) pole more hydrogen ions, and the
(-) pole more oxalic acid ions. These hydrogen and oxalic acid ions
activate, and the water with more hydrogen ions and dissolved oxygen
becomes acidic, and the water with more oxalic acid ions becomes
alkaline. Alkaline ionized water contains much inorganic mineral and
becomes drinking water. The acidic ionized water has sterilization
effect and can be used for healing skin problems. Acidic ionized
water is also compatible with outside of the human body acidity of
pH5.5 and it is used as face and body wash for beautiful skin, and
hair protection.
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Q: The Feature of alkaline water?
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1)Little cluster
Motility improves when the molecular cluster is smaller. Small
clusters make it easier to dissolute and excrete waste matter within
the body. This fact is important because excess waste matter is the
reason for aging and disease. Alkaline ionized water has small
clusters with high motility and dissolute, so you excrete waste
matter from the body rapidly.
2) Abundant active mineral Minerals are also called inorganic matter
or mineral matter. There are many kinds of minerals. They are found
in animals and vegetables, food and water. These minerals smoothen
our living activities and maintain a balance. ; Mineral absorption -
Activated form of minerals are much better absorbed in the body.
3) Good restoration
Controls saprogenic bacteria in organs and
increases beneficial bacteria.
There are about 100 kinds of bacteria, up to a trillion
microorganisms living in the large intestine, and are classified as
both beneficial and harmful depending on the bacteria species.
Alkaline ionized water controls the saprogenic bacteria to prevent
disease. Alkaline ionized water is the only water that can restore
and help beneficial bacteria in the body.
Eliminates active oxygen
Active oxygen is oxygen that easily bonds or combines with
surrounding substances. Active oxygen is unstable and therefore has
with fewer electrons. The active oxygen possesses higher oxidizing
power, and is related directly to aging and disease.
4) Abundant hexagonal water
Water molecules consist of 13 ~ 15
molecules. Hexagonal water, water clustered with 6 water molecules,
is the most stable and natural to the human body. One human body
cell molecule is connected to about 70,000, 60~65% of them are
hexagonal water molecules. The body favors this kind of water. The
cell that suffers with diseases has less hexagonal water.
- Lower the temperature of water like iced
water.
- Electrolyze water with abundant mineral.
- Go through magnetic treatment.
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1) Acidity and alkalinity
pH= the unit that indicates the density of
acid and alkaline in water.
Water becomes acidic with increased oxalic acid, and alkaline with
increased hydrogen ions. The measuring unit of acidity and
alkalinity is indicated by pH values, e.g., pH 7 is considered
neutral. Each numerical increment indicates 10 times more hydrogen
ions or oxalic acid. For example, an increase of 1 in a pH table
means 10 times more alkalinity. A decrease of 1 means 10 times more
acidity.
2) Maintaining pH balance
The human body tends to maintain body fluid
at pH7.3 according to the homeostasis function. The body tries to
maintain the balance of each organ with alkaline body fluid of pH8.8
from the pancreases as the peak. However, consistent acidic
constitution will result in lowering one's self-protection function
in the body. Even though there is no visible sign of disease,
alkaline water drinking will support the body with homeostasis
functions. Alkaline water drinking also prevents geriatric disease
because it defends the body against acidification of the physical
constitution.
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Q:
Where are Water Ionizers currently manufactured?
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Water Ionizers are manufactured in two
countries, Japan and Taiwan. None are currently manufactured in the
United States. There are water ionizers on the market being sold as
American Made, however all their parts are imported from Japan,
sometimes Taiwan, and simply assembled in the US.
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Q:
How long have Water Ionizers been on Market ?
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Water Ionizers have been available in the
orient for over forty years and in the United States for about 10 years.
They were popularized in Japanese and began to become somewhat common
there around the mid 1980's. Several Japanese models imported in recent
years from Japan are no longer being manufactured although getting
filters for those units usually does not pose a significant problem,
although they can sometimes be costly.
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Q:
Should a Water Ionizer have a fuse or a circuit breaker?
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A Water Ionizer should have a three prong
plug and thick electrical wire. Two prong plugs encourage overheating as
they do with any other appliance. It does not matter whether a Water
Ionizer has a fuse or a circuit breaker, although circuit breaker Water
Ionizers often have thin electrical wires, two prong plugs and weak
transformers that overheat. Thus they often require a circuit breaker
rather than a fuse which would often need to be replaced.
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Q:
Why do different
Water Ionizers come with a different selection levels of intensity?
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A Water Ionizer should have at least 3
levels of intensity to chose from. This is mainly because Ionized Water
is extremely detoxifying and people who have toxins built up in their
system can suffer reactions such as headaches or diarrhea. This is
especially true of the elderly because they often have built up many
toxins in their bodies over the years. Also those who have a very poor
diet or have taken a lot of medicine. Having 4 levels simply offers the
convenience of more levels of strength to chose from, thus allowing
people to build their tolerance for Ionized Water more slowly if they
wish.
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Q:
Does the volume of water that a Water Ionizer produces per minute an important
feature to consider? Are some Water Ionizers on the market stronger than other
Water Ionizers?
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All home Water Ionizers currently
manufactured that deliver approximately 1 to 1 1/2 gallons per minute.
There is very little difference between the strength of the various
Water Ionizers on the market. Ionized Water with a 10 pH or higher takes
only a unflattering taste, almost as though it is salty. The slower you
run water through a Water Ionizer, the stronger it will become because
the source water has more contact time with the electrodes. This is why
the flow rate of Water Ionizers essentially does not matter. If you wish
to drink strong Ionized Water then running the source water through it
very slowly will accomplish this.
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Q:Do
all Water Ionizers have a Calcium Port and what is its function?
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Some water ionizers feature a port or compartment where
calcium, magnesium and other minerals can be added, boosting the
intensity of the ionized water. Once minerals have been ionized they are
assimilated into the body more easily. The more minerals that are in the
source water used to produce the ionized water, the stronger it will be.
This is why ionized water cannot be made from distilled, purified or
reverse osmosis water sources.
Q:
Does it matter
what the electrodes on a Water Ionizer are composed of?
The electrodes are one of the most
important components of a Water Ionizer. It is sometimes suggested that
there are units on the market that have stainless steel electrodes and
this simply is not the case. All Water Ionizers currently
manufactured have titanium electrodes that have been dipped in platinum,
which is one of the biggest cost of a Water Ionizer. It is important to
note that the electrodes are coated with platinum, not electroplated
with it.
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Q:
There have been
claims made by water ionizer manufacturers that they use solid platinum
electrodes. Is this true?
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This can not be true because it would not
aid in the performance of the water ionizer. Water Ionizer manufacturers
use titanium because it is hard and lasts many years. They coat the
titanium with platinum because it is good conductor and it durable.
However, to manufacture electrodes that are solid platinum would make no
sense. It would be very costly, nearly tripling the prices of the
electrodes, and it would not improve the quality or strength of the
Ionized Water produced by them. Platinum is also a very soft metal,
which would not be suitable or practical for producing platinum-pure
electrodes since they must be comprised of a hard metal such as titanium
if they are expected to last several years. Electrodes comprised of pure
platinum would not last any longer than platinum-coated titanium
electrodes.
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Q:
Do all Water Ionizers have a carbon filter? Why do some carbon filter have
silver impregnation?
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All continuous flow Home Water Ionizers on
the market have a carbon filter. The carbon in the filter is silver
impregnated in order to retard bacterial growth. The silver that is
impregnated in the carbon will NOT leach into the water. Every major
manufacturer of carbon filters in the US produces carbon filters with
silver impregnation. There are no Water Ionizers currently manufactured
that use arsenic in their filters as has been suggested.
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Q:
What is the
advantage of having UV light on a Water Ionizer?
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The purpose of UV light is for bacterial
disinfection. However, on a Water Ionizer this is completely unnecessary
for several reasons. If you have city (municipal) water then your water
has already been disinfected through the use of chlorine. The carbon
filter on the Water Ionizer will remove the chlorine. The UV light
itself loses much of its effectiveness after the first six months of use
and should be replaced often, which is of course an expensive
proposition. Also, the glass tube that the water travels through in
order that it can be exposed to the UV light develops a film on it after
only a few months, which greatly lessens the effectiveness of the UV
light on the water which passes through the tube.
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Q:
Do Water
Ionizers remove fluoride from the water as some have claimed?
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There have been statements made regarding
Water Ionizers removing fluoride from municipal water. Water Ionizers
can not remove anything from the water. To Ionize means simply to gain
or loose an electron. The amount and type of minerals that are present
in the water before ionization is the same after ionization. In every
test we are aware of, no more than 50% of the fluoride in the water was
lost on the alkaline side of the Ionized Water. This means that half but
not all of the fluoride in the Ionized Water after ionization had
migrated to the acidic side of the ionization process which runs into
the drain. However, it must be clearly stated that the ionizing water
does NOT completely remove fluoride from the Ionized Water on the
alkaline side.
Why
are so many people excited about Water Ionizer?
Alkaline Water testing & Demonstration (Google Video)
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