"You need to try to make your body more alkaline"

Hydrogen water – the most cost-effective medicine you can get
99% of the molecules in your body are water. In other words, the water you drink should be of the highest quality. What is good water for your body, however, is unclear to most people. Water is surrounded by myths and misunderstandings as well many technical terms few of us fully understand. The article aims to contribute to an explanation of some of these areas. It is worth noting that several of the processes in the water when it is electrified are not completely finished understood from a scientific point of view. The article does not include the importance of reduced surface tension, structures or clusters of water molecules which will be the subject of a separate article.

Hydrogen water generators variants
It is hydrogen's reducing properties, which have been shown to constitute the health benefits of drinking electrically treated water. Basically, there are two types of machines/technologies on the market, which increases the content of hydrogen H₂ (or other molecules with hydrogen).

The one the technology is referred to as ionization machines (alkalizing machines), such as "Kangenvann" and hydrogen water generators. The ionizers create alkaline water (basic water), which usually has a pH in the range 8-11. This is in contrast to the hydrogen water generators, which change the water's pH to a small extent, but increase the drinking water's concentration of hydrogen gas (H₂). The more hydrogen molecules there are in the water, the bigger it is the antioxidant effect, which is best measured in relative hydrogen, rH2.

Unnecessarily expensive to buy ionizers
The new hydrogen water generators provide more antioxidants (measured in rH2) than alkalizing ionization machines such as "Kangen vann". It is cheaper to buy a good one water filter and combine this with a professional hydrogen water generator (should have a PEM membrane or similar) and you get better and more health-promoting water in this way. In short, cheaper and better.

Briefly about acid/base
Whether a liquid is considered acidic or basic (alkaline) is determined by measure the relationship between H⁺ (or more specifically the molecule that forms in water H₃O⁺) and OH^-. Is there an excess of OH^-, the water is said to be alkaline. The solution is acidic when the pH is between 1 and 7. The solution is basic when the pH is between 7 and 14. The solution is neutral when the pH is equal to 7

Abbreviation pH ("possible hydrogen")
By possible hydrogen (or potentia hydrogenii), is meant how much hydrogen in the form of H⁺ ions that are in the liquid. When it is balance between the ions in the water in the body, will i.a. the blood is weakly alkaline (pH 7.35-45), and the fluids in the cells have slightly greater variation (normally weakly acidic with an intracellular pH around 7). Correct pH helps to maintain a vital balance between electrically charged particles in that the ratios between sodium and potassium, as well as magnesium and calcium ions.

The misconception about the health-promoting effects of drinking alkaline water
Much has been written about it alleged health effects of drinking alkaline water and how important it is that the body is not acidic. The latter is partial correct, but the method is wrong. The body should be in chemical balance and have a surplus of free electrons, which can counteract harmful/excessive oxidation. The latter can be measured biochemically with the presence of hydrogen in a bag (rH2 = relative hydrogen or in English "aka rH2 Score"). The explanatory models and claims abound, but they are not correct with basic biochemistry. When alkaline water (which has an excess of OH^- base-forming ions) come down into the stomach and hits the stomach acid, the ions are immediately neutralized by the stomach acid. This is at best completely insignificant for the body's pH balance and possibly the supply of base contributes to a temporary reduction of stomach acid, which is needed to digest the food you eat. Which is very unfortunate, as it is known that people with low stomach acid often are prone to irritable bowel, food intolerances and allergies.

Ionization machines and base-forming substances/minerals
Facts and misinformation get mixed up, and one is left with the impression that alkaline water produced by electrolysis or by the addition of alkalizing agents substances, are particularly health-promoting. This is a false conclusion. If you look at nature, you will quickly discover that places where the soil and water are strongly alkaline (basic), few plants and animals thrive and survive. That's it good reasons why, let's look at the chemistry.

The most common electrolysis machines (so-called ionization machines) split water (H₂O) and/or base-forming minerals in OH^- (base forming) and H₃O⁺ (acid forming) ions. Ions are electrically charged particles. The result is that the drinking water gets a temporary excess of OH^- ions, whereas the effluent receives an excess of H₃O⁺ and is then per definition sour. The drinking water stays on this the way basic (alkaline), with an excess of OH^- ions in the water you drink and a deficit of H⁺ or H₃O⁺ (more precisely). This is a simplified presentation as well different clusters of molecules such as H₃0^- and temporary H-type ions^-, as well as something H₂ (hydrogen gas).

Alkaline water with an excess of the ion OH⁻ is falsely portrayed as an antioxidant. The hydroxide ion (OH^-) cannot be reduced (counteracting oxygen's ability to steal electrons by oxidation) as a antioxidant, but together with H₃O⁺ form water (H₂O). A redox reaction is a chemical reaction in which one substance is reduced and another is oxidized (loses an electron). One takes from the hydroxide ion one electron (as in a traditional redox reaction), one will be left with one hydroxyl radical (OH), which is a powerful and destructive oxidant. Fortunately, this is not what happens in pure water, even if the molecules are split by wood electrolysis.

ORP – oxidant reduction potential. ORP measurements are not a reliable indicator of water quality reduction potential, when looking at ORP alone. This is because the addition of alkalizing substances can lead to a lower ORP (negative), without this increasing the antioxidant capacity (reduction potential).

If you look at the relationship between pH and ORP in pure water, you can also calculate so-called relative hydrogen, which is given as rH2. The rH2 number gives a better picture of the water's actual reducing ability or antioxidant potential. The reason is that The rH2 measurement tells how many free negatively charged electrons there are in the water that can reduce an oxidant. That is give up an electron and render an oxidant harmless.

Hydrogen as in H₂ has two "vacant" electrons (negatively charged particles) and is therefore a very efficient antioxidant. Relative hydrogen measurement has a scale from 0 to 42, where 0 is strongly reducing (has mass of hydrogen and begins to release hydrogen gas into the water) and 42 is oxidizing (excess of oxygen and little hydrogen). Neutral water has approx. 28. That is, it is neither an antioxidant nor an oxidant, reducing or oxidizing.

Examples of the relationship between pH, ORP and the rH2 number. The numbers are not intended to be exact and are primarily calculation examples, but the "trends" are correct.

Water type pH ORP rh2

Typical tap water 7.5 +250 30 (weak oxidant)
Purified tap water 6.8 +200 27 (approx neutral)
Purified/hydrogen water 6.8 -670 -2 (powerful antioxidant)
Ionized water Kangen 11.5 -650 8 (antioxidant)
Reverse osmosis (RO) 5.8 +200 24 (weak antioxidant)
RO with hydrogen water 5.8 -670 -4 (strong antioxidant)
Artificial alkaline water 11 +250 37 (oxidant)

The minus numbers are off the scale and indicate one temporary condition where it is formed hydrogen gas bubbles in the water. By artificial alkaline water is meant here tap water with added alkalizing minerals or sodium or potassium hydroxide (which are strong oxidants and are strongly discouraged). Hydrogen gas will be reduced of oxygen, and therefore hydrogen water is most effective once it is produced. If it on a closed container of good quality and the container is full, the quality of the water will be maintained for longer (depending on the container and the material, minimum 1 day). Note that when the water is slightly acidic (due to very low solids content (TDS)), becomes the capacity to reduce (act as an antioxidant) better!

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Health-promoting water has some essential properties
The most important of them is to hydrate the cells ours
Hydrating means adding hydrogen, which is absolutely essential for cell functions and metabolism should work. Molecular hydrogen or hydrogen gas (H₂) acts as an antioxidant and can release one electron (reduce an oxidant). Relatively speaking, there is more "free" hydrogen and thus a actually antioxidant potential (measured in rH2) in slightly acidic water, than alkaline water if the so-called the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) is equal. The occurrence of hydrogen gas can also be stated in ppb, and in balanced This is often hydrogen water in the area 1100-1600 ppb (or 1.1-1.6 ppm, parts per million).

What is TDS, and what does it say about water quality?
The abbreviation comes from "total dissolved solids" or total solute. TDS can often consist of positively charged ions of calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium and negatively charged ions of carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride, sulphate and nitrate. In addition, there are any others substances we do not want in the water. It can be toxins, humus, etc. A little simplified, you can say that many of these the substances will "occupy" hydrogen, so that there is less hydrogen to hydrate proteins etc. in the cells. Batteries needs completely clean water with a low substance content (TDS) to work as best as possible without deposits and that the water molecules reacts with the metals found in ordinary water. Simply put, our cells also act as batteries. We use water that has low TDS (low substance), it is easier to regulate the functions of the cells. Moreover, it is easier for the cells to produce structured "jelly-like" EZ water or cell water from water with a high charge and low TDS.

Deposits can also occur in the body which we call calcifications and which we also see in showers and pipes where the water contains too much calcium. For example, do you clean the water with an Aquaphor J. Smith water jug or Crystal ECO fixed filter, you get a TDS in the 50 range, which is good. For special purposes, you can use water that has still lower TDS (reverse osmosis or distilled water). Water that is slightly acidic and has a low TDS has a greater ability to dissolve up minerals and more hydrating than water where the molecules are bound to different substances.

"You need to try to make your body more alkaline"
Have you heard this phrase or something equivalent? At the same time, have you heard that you should eat food that is alkaline so that the blood becomes less acidic? Firstly are the so-called "alkaline diets" with lots of vegetables and raw food in themselves not proven to change the pH in the blood or other places in the body. There is no scientific basis for such a claim. We also don't want to be either acidic or very alkaline, we want to have balance. This is primarily regulated by the lungs and kidneys together in the body's pH buffer system. Excessive intake of protein produces an excess of uric acid which the body must then excrete out (with water via the kidneys). Generally speaking, we are not looking to make the body alkaline, but to help the body to maintain a natural and correct acid/base balance. Therefore, we should drink close to neutral water (pH < 7). Some substances and foodstuffs have a low rH2 number such as vitamin C and certain fermentable vegetables etc. They therefore have reducing properties and acts as an antioxidant.

Ionized alkaline water compared to neutral hydrogen water

• Alkaline water can help reduce stomach acid, which is bad for digestion.
• Alkaline water does not cure cancer, reduce the risk of heart disease or prevent osteoporosis.
  Neutral water has more free hydrogen needed to hydrate the cells.
  Neutral, completely pure water is slightly acidic and can counteract the occurrence of crystalline calcium.
• Neutral completely pure water does not have too much calcium, which is a common problem.
• Alkaline water ionizers are expensive compared to a good water filter and a hydrogen water generator (PEM), which gives better results.
• Alkaline water compared to neutral weakly acidic water has less reduction potential (can to a lesser extent act as an antioxidant).
• Artificial alkaline water can be harmful to health by e.g. impaired kidney function.
• Your body is constantly striving to maintain an acid/base (pH) balance, and too much of one or others may be harmful to health. Water that is neutral or slightly acidic does not challenge the body's pH buffer system.
• There are few scientific studies that document the benefits of drinking alkaline water instead of regular water clean water. It is the presence of hydrogen and thereby a lower rH2 number. which stands for the positive effects and the fact that the water is purified before the electrolysis.
• On the other hand, it is well documented that a low rH2 number in the presence of H₂- gas in the water has health-promoting effects.

Conclusion comparison of ionized hydrogen water and neutral hydrogen water
Recent research shows that perceived health benefits when using alkalizing machines are due to the fact that the water is purified and that the alkalizing process contributes to a higher content of hydrogen in the drinking water. This constitutes the properties that are health-promoting.

Health effects of consuming water that has a high content of hydrogen and a low rH2 number

• Acts as a selective antioxidant
• Supports natural gene expression
• Counteracts allergies
• Counteracts cell death (healthy cells)
• Counteracts the aging process
• Reduces pain
• Protects the skin
• Increases combustion
• Regenerate other antioxidants
• Counteracts muscle fatigue
• Reduces the occurrence of lactic acid during physical exertion
• Prevents diabetes
• Prevents the growth of cancer cells
• Positively affects our ability to think, intellectual and mental performance
• Contributes to protecting DNA and RNA
• Prevents radiation damage
• Reduction of muscle fatigue during intensive training
• Reduction of oxidative stress after radiotherapy
• Positive effects on people with insulin resistance
• Positive effects on people with type 2 diabetes
• May have a preventive effect against Parkinson's and other neurological disorders
• Can have a positive effect on mood
• Has anti-inflammatory (anti-inflammatory) effects
• Contributes to increased energy turnover and thus to weight reduction
• Can help protect the mitochondria and increase ATP production
• Daily bathing of the face in hydrogen water significantly reduced the extent of wrinkles in 3 months
• Contributes to faster wound healing
• Can counteract overactive bladder
• Can improve heart function
• Can counteract hair loss
• May reduce allergic reactions
• Can help reduce the effects of poisoning