To Drink or Not to Drink Alkaline Water
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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2015
- Bottled alkaline water for drinking is now available in many grocery stores, restaurants, and online. Some say the water helps balance the body's PH level and as a result, slows the aging process and helps prevent disease. Not everyone agrees. Others argue too much alkaline water can be dangerous and at the very least, is money down the drain. The List's Larissa Wohl explores the pros and cons of this popular H2O.
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So it appears that if I can develop a sense of when I need alkaline water, and drink it only then, I'm all set.
I want to help people understand that alkaline water is nothing more
than false marketing. Your body PH cannot be that easily altered by
ingesting alkaline or acidic foods directly. Basically all you are doing
by drinking alkaline water is ingesting an antacid. And once it in your
stomach it mixes with the hydrochloric acid and simply makes your
stomach acid less acidic. The PH of the human body is around 7.2 so it’s
already alkaline. If it was that easily altered by alkaline water,
you’d die. If your body PH falls to 6.9 you’d be sick. If it falls to
6.8 you’d be in a coma and below that you’d be dead. It’s the same for
alkalinity. If your blood PH was upwards of 7.6, you’d feel sick.
7.8...you’d die.
Here’s the truth, most fruits and vegetables
are by nature, acidic. Yet they are healthy. Some people think that if
they eat watermelon, it makes your body alkaline (even though watermelon
is slightly acid) because they piss on PH test strips and see an
alkaline reading. This is false. Naturally your urine is more acidic
when you wake up and by the end of the day it’s more alkaline. This is
not because your blood is more alkaline. Urine excreted at the end of
the day is naturally more alkaline because your body is expelling
electrolytes. If acidic fluid in your body was so bad, we’d all be dead
from our own stomach acid. And by taking acid blockers or antacids
“alkaline products” your body has trouble absorbing B vitamins. So no,
drinking alkaline water is not good for you.
Here’s some additional info. Some foods that you eat may be acidic in nature, but
the byproducts that are created after the body processes it are
alkaline. The human body PH is very carefully regulated “the blood.” You
cannot alter it by ingesting acids or bases, as it does not get
absorbed into the bloodstream. And even if you could, you wouldn’t want
to alter the PH of your blood that drastically or you'd be very ill.
People need to do a little research and use some common sense before they buy
into this stuff. Sure there are other components that can be added to
water such as mineral and vitamins, but PH alone has zero health
benefits other than replacing your heart burn medication. I really hate
to ruin sales, but if the alternative is letting society become dumber,
I choose education.
Very informative. Thank you!
Not all true. When you eat acid forming foods, the bodies pH buffering system kicks in. One thing it does is pull minerals from tissue and bone. Resulting in mineral loss and brittle bones. FACT.
When pH is slightly alkaline no minerals are leached to buffer pH, in fact their uptake can be improved. The kidneys then set about buffering pH via elimination.
Growing Answers - absolutely right - "alkaline water" is a marketing scam that targets people too gullible to know any better.
@@pete.b.3889 - that's incorrect. The human stomach is very acidic, to start with - it averages 2.5. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆, for our digestive processes and to fight infection - a more alkaline environment encourages the growth of harmful bacteria. Regardless of what you eat, the stomach will try to maintain that very acidic pH. Drinking alkaline/caustic water just forces the stomach to increase acid production - the same as does taking pills to "neutralize acid."
Trying to make the digestive tract less acidic is asking for real trouble - for 'SIBO' (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), a compromised immune system, etc.
It's a billion dollar industry 🤫
Who else clicked here for the ripe ta-tas?
“Taste like water” jeezus hahaha she obviously doesn’t drink enough water to tell water has different tastes hahaha
Yes, I hate when people who never touch water taste mine and say "it's just stupid water" when all water drinkers know how clean it tastes.
I accidentally boight this water thinking it was regular water and thought it was toxic because Alkali metals are full reacting metals because it needs 1 more electron atom for completion. Good thing we have the internet to inform us more about this
Everybody's body is different,it helps some people it just depends on rather your acidic or alkaline..NO over doing it is not good either.You can eat foods that provide the same as the water....DR.Sebi spoke on these things.
Just boil make a cup of tea out of a thumb size turmeric root and that's all the alkaline balancing you'll need for a week.
Johnfortich Vista is that right??
If our body Is smart then why we had acidity or other stomach disease ???
It's smart but won't be able to catch up with stupidity.
@@jivitsabay840 well, i guess you are immortal and never have disease, because you are so smart
common sense
Do just can't blame stomach disease on just water consumption, you eat and drink other things too.
@@nimueh4298 . You're freaking right if you eat a lot of fast food crap, like hamburgers, pizza, fries, fried chicken, fried zucchini, all the alkaline water that you drink is not going to keep you from, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure and other diseases like diabetes. I'm speaking from experience I drank nothing but alkaline water for 6 months but I was eating all the crap I just mentioned and alkaline water helped a little but not enough, so I decided to take responsibility and started to eat healthy after 2 weeks I'm feeling much better my blood pressure is in the 130s it was around 140 is going down slowly but the heartburn issues have practically gone away and I stopped drinking alkaline water it wasn't doing anything I actually feel better without it, but my neighbor he swears he's healthier because of his alkaline machine but he still has to take medication for his blood pressure twice a day, I don't care about doctors and I rather heal myself naturally, common sense just eat healthy, exercise, and try to stay away from drinking and eating crap that's not good for you and your won't have to drink alkaline water or have doctors give you a whole bunch of drugs that they call medication and get worst in the long run.
@@jivitsabay840 I agree with you that the body is smart and the body when at the right balance has the natural ability to heal itself. However with all the toxins in the air and food and liquids yes even the tap water we eat, drink and breath into our body it struggles to heal itself. So kangen water without the chlorine and other chemicals helps the body to be slightly alkaline which helps the body to then heal itself. Dr. Otto Warburg 2 time Noble Prize winner said that disease cannot survive in an alkaline environment, but will thrive in an acidic environment. PM me on FB for more info facebook.com/charlie.gerrard1 czcams.com/video/0iV9Hlik7nY/video.html
Did you know that alkaline water is given to cancer patient? I can attest that this cancer patient is now a survivor. A dr. Will always disagree to alkaline water because they will loose patient hence their jobs.
Rufus Jackson I don’t need to prove to you. I have family members who have survived cancer. I have a son who use to have febrile seizure and is now seizure free. Since we got our kangen machine, none of us have gotten sick. We typically get sick at least 5-7 times a year. So there’s your proof. Our lives are living proofs. I don’t need no doctor or scientist to prove that.
Rufus Jackson you know what, life is not all about making money. I am just stating my experience. I am not a distributor and do not plan to as we have good paying jobs. I just want to let people know the benefits and our experiences with it. I’m not forcing you to get it. Years ago, the machine was only available through the hospital and not to public.
@Rufus Jackson Mate, of course doctors are going to rubbish things like this. Why cure a disease when you can treat symptoms repeatedly and charge people every step of the way? That's the philosophy of the "medical" profession.
Sorry but this is so absurd.
So alkaline water is a miracle cure that somehow Doctors have managed to hide from humanity all these years because of greed? Cause if they cure cancer there's no other work for them to do?
Cause doctors themselves don't get cancer and die? If they knew the 'secret' of Alkaline water, wouldn't they use it on themselves and their loved ones?
I'm glad you got better, but what you're saying here is LAUGHABLE.
@@CluelessDad It's not "the cure". It's just a missing piece to overall immune health. Most people don't even drink water at all. They drink extreme acidic drinks all day, every day. Adding any water, ESPECIALLY ionized alkalized water to your daily routine can only help.
Balance balance balance. keep in mind that not everybody can hold a sustainble alakaline diet at home or on the go.Its is all about balance. more research needed for this. #myopinion
Just drink water!
My grandma lived to be 104 yers old and she ate pork
she could reach an easy 120 without that pork.
What type of water did she drink? 😂
pork for breakfast?
@@kelvinella Hell yes - pork, beef, chicken, etc., for any meal you want. 👍
Take advice from Tell-Eye-Vision.?
Get the kangen water machine from Enagic like I did.
Metabolic alkalosis?
Drinking free range milk is good for you.
That health coach needs to lose her certification. Alkaline water is the dumbest fad ever. Soon people will realize it's actually bad for you. When the doctor said it's equivalent to antacid, she's right. Look at the ingredients in alkaline water, and you'll see baking soda or other alkaline ingredients. I love the Internet but I also hate it too because it allows some of the dumbest people to spread lies and misinformation. Smh. Foods and drinks should be consumed in their most natural form possible. Therefore, clean spring water should be the better option.
Exactly! I prefer my water with a pH of 7 👍... I have an alkaline filter on my RO system, but that's because I have naturally acidic water (Raw is 6.3) and after it's been thru the RO it's likely lower ( don't have my water quality meter anymore) so my final filter is a calcium alkaline filter to lessen the blow there
The researcher didn't said It's bad. She said drinking it on REGULAR BASIS is bad. Listen again.
She is full of it sir. Most Americans especially are acidic because our water is messed up and 99.999% of what gets consumed as far as sugared up liquid is acidic as hell and cancer causing. Sugar is cancer food, go research it don't take my word for it. A Cancer cell CAN NOT survive in an alkaline environment. Still haven't figured out why cancer hasn't been eradicated yet? If you haven't you prob never will! I have a kangen machine and so does everyone who has ever asked me what it is. I could tell you testimonials you simply would think I'm making it up and no I don't sell kangen machines. I make insane amounts of money as is don't need the headache. If you don't have a kangen machine get on. Not a knock off brand. Only Kangen!
Yea she would say that to keep you sick and keep her money flowing. Ijs,
Damn Larissa Wohl 😍
reason I clicked lol
larissa is beautiful
alkaline water from the gas station verses spending $3000 ( which you can pay through financing) on a alkaline water ionizer are gonna have different results
when you are getting an alkaline water ionizer you need a Really good filtration system as well because all the chemicals that have been ionized aka given more bioavailability through the process of ionization will be able to be absorbed easier within the body
i would never recommend someone go and purchase False acidic "alkaline water" from a gas station
i also would highly advice against thinking spending $200-500 on an ionizer in the first place you get what you pay for not the results your looking for which is 1.6 parts per million (max) hydrogenated water which filters virtually all contaminants in your water
if anyone wants to know more and is interested in more details reply to this comment
Doesn’t this alkaline water just go straight into your stomach acid? Which is strong enough to dissolve the foods we eat each day...? Sounds like a total scam...
I have a bridge for sale up in San Francisco...anybody?......
How much u asking for it, Im very interested,,,,:)
1:31 she got amazing transparency ;)
I think she recently had a baby
Would! 😛
I see you’re also a man of culture
The only *truth* in these comments is that everyone needs to do their *own* thing and see for themselves.
Bullshit. I was told many years ago that I have a higher than normal acidity level. The Dr (an OBGYN) made it sound like it wasn't a big deal. It's still high, has always been high. My body never balanced it's own PH. And no doctor has ever told me that it was important. This is something I ran across while researching my grandpa's cancer (The cancer was treated and is gone now). I myself have a lot of health issues. And I can't help but to wonder if some doctor, any doctor, in the past 18 years since I was first told about my acidity levels, if I could have avoided any of them. Actually, I don't even know if it has ever been tested since.
Look up Electrolyzed Reduced Water. It may be good for your condition. You process it at home with a small machine. It's helped many.
I drink Evian water 7.2 pH neutral range this is good level range
If your body is overly acidic and you are suffering from acid reflux, alkaline water is necessary and helpful
It's only a temporary fix, just like antacid.
I actually agree. People with IC swear by it. Primarily during the bladder healing process.
Well lots of controversy but science in those answers . Saying I think means nothing other than you do not really know right.
All that for the cost of being more susceptible to bacterial infections...il pass
1:31 your welcome
Natural Alkaline water is good compare to artificially Ionised Alkaline water, Natural water packed in Bottles are safe to drink and most of the critics haven’t tried them yet so ppl who have experienced the difference knows the tru value of alkaline water.
Well most alkaline waters come in plastic bottles and we all know anything in plastic is not good for you. You do not know how long that water has been in those plastic bottles and if those bottles have been exposed to heat cause that plastic will leech into your water if exposed to heat for long periods of time. The only safe water is naturally alkaline spring water bottled at the source into glass bottles. Any water that gives a neutral reading or below with a ph water tester is dead water and that can lead to health problems as well. But most common companies that sell alkaline water will add baking soda into the water to raise the ph level of the water by chemically neutralizing the acidity of the water as well as soften the water before the electrolysis process is done. And drinking baking soda for long periods of time is very dangerous. Most things these days are more than likely not good for you because our government does not want us healthy they want us fat sick and nearly dead so we stay on Big Pharma's medications. You have to really research what you put into your body.
false. Alkaline water is good for the gut. Good for digestion.
DONT LISTEN TO DOCTORS
and when you get sick, what will you do, see a mechanic!?
Yo I drank some last night and woke up feeling gorgeous
That big mouth ass doc looking like an alligator has never drank alkaline water to start with
Ron Berry that’s the thing, you won’t get sick so there will never be a need to see a doctor. Don’t you get it, kangen water machines were only sold in hospitals until recently. The dr. do not want anyone else to have this because at the end of the day, this machine is so powerful that there is no need for drs.! Alkaline water machines are given to cancer patients after their surgeries and why do you think this is???
@@applemendoza4288 you do not have to defend kangen water. I agree with you. I was only responding to someone who doesnt believe in its effectiveness.
Wrong
Here’s a quote from Wikipedia from the “Water Ionizer” page concerning “electrolyzed reduced water” or what ever you want to call it, sold from Kangen and other similar companies:
“There is no empirical evidence to support these claims, nor the claims that drinking ionized water will have a noticeable effect on the body. Drinking ionized water or alkaline water does not alter the body's pH due to acid-base homeostasis. Additionally, many have inaccurately claimed that the process of electrolysis changes the structure of water from large non-bioavailable water clusters to small bioavailable water clusters, called "micro clusters". However, there is no evidence such changes occur during electrolysis, and these claims not only contradict basic principles of chemistry, and biology, but if such chemical changes did occur it would be biologically harmful.”
Two facts according to basic Biology:
A. Drinking or eating Acidic or Alkaline things does not change your body’s PH.
B. Even if this was possible, it would kill you.
While cancer cells can’t survive in high alkaline environments, neither can any of the other cells in your body. And while the tissues immediately surrounding a tumor are more acidic, this is the result of the way cell masses use oxygen and create energy, not because the tumor itself is inherently more acidic. Researchers don’t know exactly why this process happens and are studying it, as it may lead to the discovery of more effective cancer treatments. But trying to make your entire body more Alkaline (you can’t) isn’t the solution.
This proposed mechanism, in which the diet can significantly change the acidity of the blood, goes against "everything we know about the chemistry of the human body" and has been called a "myth" in a statement by the American Institute for Cancer Research because it is "virtually impossible" to create a less acidic environment in the body. While a selectively alkaline diet may change the pH level in the urine, it has not been shown to elicit a sustained change in blood pH levels, nor to provide the clinical benefits claimed by its proponents. Because of the body's natural regulatory mechanisms, which do not require a special diet to work, eating an alkaline diet can, at most, change the blood pH minimally and transiently.
Thank you for having more a than 2 brain cells