Tyler LeBaron lectures on Molecular Hydrogen and Hydrogen Water.
Tyler LeBaron has become the #1 source of information on hydrogen rich water. This talk, given to the Age Management Medicine Conference in November 2015 shows just how far he has come.Tyler also established the Molecular hydrogen Foundation last year, a non-profit organisation of the best scientific minds from around the world. To keep up to date with the 700+ studies on H2, his site is the place to go.
Tyler tested our UltraStream water filter, alkalizer and hydrogen infusion system and discovered its amazing H2 concentration ability.. almost four times as much infused H2 yet ata cost around 1/8 of an electric ionizer.
This lecture is almost an hour long, but well worth it if you are at all skeptical about the potential of hydrogen water.
Why Drinking bottled Alkaline Water is.. er.. DUMB.
It’s pretty simple really. Most water supplies are already alkaline.
So why are you paying premium dollars for bottled alkaline water – in plastic?
Yes, we’ve all accepted that drinking alkaline water was good for us and the metastudy we have on our website proves it.. but no-one asked about the water they already drink from their home tap and whether drinking $5 worth of bottled water (sent from Italy to Australia or America) a day will actually restore our alkaline balance.
So here’s the truth. It won’t! The best way to restore the alkaline minerals used up by our bodies in counteracting our acid overload is simple. Replace them in quantities sufficient to restore balance.
Sounds so simple, and it is. Yes, alkaline water will help, as will alkalizing foods, but for my money, taking the actual minerals in their original form is the obvious answer. That’s why every morning I take a glass of UltraStream water, and add a teaspoon of Alkaline Booster. That way I have my molecular hydrogen and my alkaline minerals aplenty.
Take a look at this video as I explain in full.
UltraStream: Why it’s different than any other water ionizer and how it evolved
The UltraStream water filter, water ionizer, water alkalizer and hydrogen infused water system isn’t a one-off product.
It’s an evolution from electric water ionizer to natural, from high cost and maintenance to simplicity and high end filtration. Ian Blair Hamilton is the designer of the UltraStream and is founder of AlkaWay in 2000. He is regarded as an ‘elder’ of the water alkalizer and alkaline diet community internationally.
Take a few minutes to learn the ‘why’ of the UltraStream.
To learn more about the amazing Aussie innovation, the UltraStream, go to one of the following links:
AUSTRALIA NZ
USA
CANADA
UK
EU
We Compare 3 Water Ionizers for Molecular Hydrogen
Now we have a reagent test designed specifically to test for the presence of molecular hydrogen in our water, it’s easier for potential buyers to see what they are getting – or not.
We know now that molecular hydrogen is the most important ‘secret ingredient’ in water ionizer water, and that the higher the H2 content of the water we consume, the higher the beneficial effect.
It’s early days in the story of molecular hydrogen and so there are some people claiming H2 without even testing for it. I watched an interview of Dr Ohno from Japan, leading H2 scientist who laughed as he related that most molecular hydrogen device makers don’t even own a test for H2!
We used our H2Blue test on 3 Ionizers.
1. A copy of our own past model, the AlkaStream
2. On AlkaStream
3. Our own invention, the UltraStream.
For more information on the AlkaStream and UltraStream, we have a video specifically looking at why we went to the UltraStream, with a special offer for current AlkaStream owners.
Can just drinking good water help your weight loss campaign?
This great little video on weight loss says it so well. For more details go to alkaway.com.au
Hydration: How much water should you be drinking? Really?
It’s a given that we all should be drinking more water to maintain health, but sometimes we need to question the timing of when we drink water.
The most common question we get is whether it’s good to drink water before or during a meal. Or, if you drink water during a meal, does it alter your stomach’s digestive acids, causing your food to digest inadquately?
There’s a number of different thoughts on this, and they range from positive to negative, but the majority response from experts is yes, you can and should drink water before and during meals. There’s no solid evidence that drinking water during a meal dilutes our stomach acids enough to affect digestion.
Here’s a few reasons why.
Water fills you up, allowing smaller meals.
Drinking water before you eat makes you feel full faster than if you had an empty stomach. It’s obvious. It takes up room in your stomach. The big payoff here is that you will eat less at a meal instead of stuffing yourself. It’s an under rated and simple trick smart dieters use to regulate intake.
Drinking water before a meal will start your digestive acids flowing.
Your body can’t tell the difference between a glass of water and solid food, so as soon as something enters your stomach, your body will begin the digestion process. A glass of water just before a meal will mean that once you actually start eating, your body is in full digestion mode, and your food will digest faster. Water in your stomach will also help break down food faster, aiding your digestion. Thiank about it: what happens to a piece of bread when you dip it in water. Nice and solid to a mushy-soft and it disintegrate fast.
That’s what the extra water in your stomach helps do.
Drinking cold water vs warm/hot will give faster absorption.
A study from the Korean Nutritional Society shows that, among other factors such as electrolyte concentration and flavoring, cooler fluids absorb better into the body. The study states that ” preferred beverage temperature is often between 15 and 21℃”, which is a few degrees lower than standing room temperature (in most cases). This all being said, having even colder water shouldn’t have negative effects on your digestion and absorption.
Ian: Note electrolyte concentration. That’s minerals in your water, like magnesium, calcium potassium and sodium!
A quick word on dehydration, meals and timing.
When you drink water with a meal, it will be absorbed more slowly than if you drank the water by itself. Your stomach wants to digest the food before releasing it into your intestines where much of the absorption takes place.
Digesting water alone takes far less time. So if you’re dehydrated after a jog or sports, and you can’t get water before a meal, your body will keep dehydrating until the meal is digested.
My overall suggestion therefore is to drink water at least 45 minutes before a meal to re-hydrate yourself if possible. This 45 minutes gives your body time to digest just the water and get it into your system faster.
Naturally I can’t NOT remind you that like the old advertsing slogan “Oils aint oils”, Water ain’t water when it is in the form of enhanced, electrolyte rich, alkaline and hydrogen infused. When it is all of that, and you drink ENOUGH water, then you are taking out the cheapest health insurance you could ever have.
New AlkalIne Diet and what to do about those nasty cravings.
Almost everybody who starts our New Alkaline diet has to deal with cravings. I’m sure even Elle McPherson went through them.
Unless you never ate sugar in your life, you’ve had cravings. Yet… knowing that it’s a common problem doesn’t make it any easier for you.
We’ve found that these tactics help a lot. We are asking a lot to give up your ‘crutch’ your ‘Mother’s Little Helper’ so the least we can do is show you what we have learned about overcoming cravings.
There are a few tactics we have found that work for almost everybody.
5 Crave Stopping Hacks
1. Sleep Enough.
It sounds like an odd first hack, but short on zeds does make you crave junk food. It’s also a sure way to make sure that you don’t have enough willpower to resist because you feel like well… crap..
Without sufficient sleep, 2 things happen.
a) You overproduce cortisol. This makes you hungrier, particularly for sugar.
b) Your body sends less glucose to your prefrontal cortex , your impulse-control center. You have less control over your actions (and your cravings).
How important is sleep? Try living without it.
2. Eat Enough Healthy Fats.
We usually crave non-NAD (New Alkaline Diet) foods because we’re just not eating enough, especially when first starting on the diet. Remember that you’re cutting out a lot of the nasty starches and sugars, so you need a replacement. The health-friendliest and most satisfying way to replace it is with good fats, such as coconut oil, pastured beef fat, avocado fat etc.
Make sure that you eat enough food at every meal. If this doesn’t seem a problem,Sounds like it shouldn’t be a problem, but when you’re changing diet, you often under eat without even knowing.
3. Avoid Snacking.
If you are already a snacker you’ve trained your body like a puppy to beg for food at regular hours. Continue to snack regularly, and you’ll continue to be reminded snack at those times because your body will expect it.
I know, I know. You don’t like this suggestion. just remember the AA maxim. One day at a time.
Once you say no to snackaddiction (and begin eating only nutritious NAD foods), your hunger pangs will cease because you’re getting off the up-down mood cycle so evident in over-acidic people.
4. Drink More Water: alkaline hydrogen rich pure water if possible..
Drinking has the same problems as eating. Being dehydrated supercharges your cravings. You don’t need to drink gallons, but definitely make sure you drink water regularly.
5. Go Cold Turkey.
There’s no easy way to say this. Just do it. We admit we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable. Face it, Kiddo. If you could have changed your diet, YOU WOULD HAVE! Sugar is by far the most addictive part of non-NAD foods. It isn’t easy to give up processed sugar cold turkey, but if you can do it, your cravings will be much easier to control sooner rather than later. I can absolutely say that my whole food preferences, servings size and enjoyment have all changed as I gave up on sugar (and grains and acidic foods!)
Are you in? Or are you still trying to manage the addict?
PS: Hey, if this resonates with you… we KNOW where you are!
If you want help – really want help – we’ll send our New Alkaline Diet E-Book (150 pages of 15 years of research and hard earned experience)AND add you into the queue for our online program.
Go here to get it free now. We are about to put a price tag on it and convert it to kindle so don’t muck about.
EFSA ignores cocktail effect of multiple pesticide residues in food
European Food Safety Authority:
Hmm… seems they haven’t read their own name lately!
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a new report: ‘The 2013 European Union report on pesticides in food’.
The report, shows the results for almost 81,000 food samples from 27 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway”.
Their Press Release of 12th March 2015 reports that:
“a combined total of 80,967 samples of a wide variety of processed and unprocessed food products were tested for the presence of 685 pesticides”.
It continues, “97.4% of the samples analysed fell within legal limits” but adds that,
“Residues of more than one pesticide (multiple residues) were found in 27.3% of samples”.
That’s one in four!!!! Muliple health and environmental NGOs say that EFSA does not examine the ‘cocktail effect’ of these residues on humans. Martin Dermine of Pesticide Action Network told Euractive,
“Providing statistics of single residue level in food is too simplistic”.
Ian: I totally agree. I cannot understand why people don’t understand that if we are ingesting toxins at this rate we don’t have a plan in place to continually detox – even something as basic as good hydration!
A Wet Weekend in AlkaWayland
We spent a very wet weekend at home here in Byron Bay at the edge of a cyclone. I decided that wet was just a state of mind and stoked up with a BIG energy boost. I had a dose of Rocket Fuel, colloidal minerals and I LOVE H2, donned shorts and tee, and went out to our HUGE pile of mulch that is waiting to be barrowed around the garden. Well, I did around 30 barrowloads in the rain.
Kinda proud of my 69-yearold self, but I do have to give some attribution to my ‘energy cocktail’!
While I was out and about in the garden I couldn’t help but notice how may flowers took the rainy weather as an opportunity to ‘come out’.
Dehydration and Heart Attack; The Link. And ‘Sludgy Blood’!
From HCPLive
About half of a group is ischemic stroke patients were found to be dehydrated when they arrived at the hospital, a Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Stroke Center team reported—and they did poorly compared to the patients who arrived hydrated.
Presenting a study at the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference in Nashville, Tenn., Mona Bahouth, MD, a Johns Hopkins Hospital stroke fellow, said that the report suggests all stroke patients should get fluids.
The problem is that rehydration poses a risk of hypervolemia, which can put stress on the heart and cause fluid to back up in the lungs.
In the study, Bahouth and colleagues followed 168 patients admitted with ischemic stroke. They found that stroke condition worsened or did not improve in 42% of the dehydrated group, but that only 17% of the hydrated group worsened or did not improve.
The patients’ progress, or lack of it, was tracked with MRI scans, and NIHSS scores.
Discussing the results, Bahouth said it is already known that about 60% of stroke patients are dehydrated, and that the condition may in itself cause strokes. “When patients don’t drink enough water, their blood gets sludgy,” she said. That could mean that as it travels through the brain, this thicker blood flows slowly and can back up in narrowed or blocked blood vessels.
“The beauty here lies in the simplicity of this potential treatment,” she said, “Rehydration is cheap and can be given to people even in the most remote locations.” But that does not mean these patients should be told to immediately drink water after the onset of a stroke. That could lead to choking.
The research also did not resolve the question of whether the patients’ dehydration signaled other medical conditions that could have contributed to their tendency to have poorstroke outcomes.
Still, Bahouth added, in general, “as people get older they tend to avoid drinking enough water, partly because they don’t want to have to use the bathroom as often—particularly if they have a disability.” That reluctance to drink water could be contributing to stroke risk, she said.
The study found that dehydration in the group of patients followed was not linked to race, gender, ethnicity or diabetes status. Patients with kidney disease were not included in the study.
Ian: Hmmm. I relate to the bit about getting older and not wanting to pee so often.. but I made the choice. Pee more and drink enough. And yet the underlying question is whether consistent hydration supports stroke immunity.
From all we read.. especially the comment about sludgy blood – means to me that hydration is incredibly important!
We could take this question much farther. Your salt ratio relates to your ability to hold water. And then we can look at the effect of changed pH on the effect of water. I had the experience for most of my life of bloating with tap water or bottled water, but as soon as I began drinking high hydrogen alkaline water this all changed.
Just one other point I picked up.. I had never heard of hypervolemia. Obviously it only applies when someone is dehydrated and attempts fast rehydration, but surely a better answer is a daily program or target of hydration?
The Scarcity Principle in Water Ionizer Sales
Amongst internet marketers, a powerful secret psychological weapon is a relatively unacknowledged knee jerk reaction most of us have to ‘missing out’. Smart marketers capitalise on this by offering limited time or limited numbers of whatever they are selling. I’m not here to judge the tactic: I can say it works because I’ve been caught many times myself.
But.. I’m learning that if a marketer is going to do that he or she has to be darn careful not to be found out.
I received the fourth in a series of sales emails from a guy who sells electronic water ionizers to a huge list of people who sign up to learn about the alkaline diet. The series of emails he sent me go like this: (The red is where I identify the scarcity principle at work)
Email 1.”Because time is tight, I’m gonna get right to it..
Over the last couple of days…
You’ve heard (and seen) me talk about the XXXXX Ionizer I use at home…
And people have been asking if there’s anyway to TRY one out themselves…
Well here’s the deal:
I literally just got off the phone with XXXXX…
I’ve been quietly hard at work for you over the last couple days…
And just got final confirmation of some really EXCITING NEWS:
I’ve been able to setup a special opportunity for 50 people…
To TRY the SAME XXXXX Ionizer I use at home – risk-FREE…
At a MASSIVE discount off the regular price…
Here’s the link:
www.xxxxx
That link will explain everything you need to know and how this deal works…
Now, before you click on that link…
I do need to tell you this:
You see, because XXXXX only agreed to make 50 units available for this special program…
If you’re interested (or even just curious)…
I strongly recommend you go ahead and check this out now…
Because based on the HUNDREDS of video comments…
And DOZENS of private emails I’ve received from folks telling me how EAGER they are for this opportunity…I have no idea how quickly these units are going to get claimed…
So if you’re even REMOTELY interested…
Go ahead and check this out now, while you’ve got this email open and you’re thinking about it.
Here’s the link one last time:
Email 2: Important XXXX Instructions: The Calm before the storm)
OK, I’m opening the XXXXX offer tomorrow morning…
This is the first time I’ve had any discount on the XXXXX in over six months, and it’s unlikely to happen again this year.
PLUS it’s by far the biggest discount ever, anywhere, in the history of the XXXXX company…
In fact, this is only the second time I’ve done this in the past 24 months…
And as ever, XXXXX have strictly limited the number of units I can sell at a discount to just 50 (fifty!).
Remember, XXXXX is like Apple, you almost never see a newly-released, newly updated iPhone available at a discount… (Can you imagine getting the next iPhone 7 at a discount, the day before it’s released?)
And XXXXX are the same.
So they’ve limited my offer to just the first 50 people on a first-come-first-served basis…
Back in August when I last ran a promotion that was nowhere near as good as this…
It sold out in under 24 hours…
And this time it will probably be no different.
That being said, this should not be a panic situation for you.
If you want to make sure you get one then just jump on tomorrow as soon as you see my email, place your order and you will be fine…
I’m going to open the promotion TOMORROW (that’s Wednesday, February 11th) at 8am eastern U.S. time (that’s New York time) / 1pm GST (London time).
IMPORTANT: I will be sending you the link once we “go live”…
To find out what that means in your local time, you can use this time zone converter:
Time Zone Converter
I’ll be sending you the link when we open up in just under 24 hours.
Until then, stay alkaline 🙂XXXX
Email 3: Subject: Exciting News!
Is following the tried and true marketing system. It’s a copy of the first one.. just to make sure the 100,000 people+ on his list gets it.
Email 4: Heading: Bad news!
“I’ve got some GOOD news and some BAD news.
The bad news is…
Remember that email I sent out yesterday?
The one giving 50 people the opportunity to “try before you buy” a brand-new XXXXX Ionizer in your home? Well the bad news is…
We completely sold out of those 50 units – in just under 24 hours.
(I could NOT believe how fast we sold out… WAY faster than I expected…)
In fact, if you tried ordering yesterday but you couldn’t get your order through in time…
There’s a good chance that it was because we had to shut down the shopping cart after we oversold.
That’s the bad news.
But………
The good news is this:
I’ve managed to get another 30!
I’ve been on the phone with XXXXX, seeing if there’s something we can do…
XXXXX were so blown away by the demand and how passionate people were .
They’ve decided to make 30 more units available, on a first-come-first-serve basis…
But that’s it.
Just 30 more.
(You still get all of the bonuses too)
The only catch is…
Because these units still need to be prepped and go through their final stages of production…
It’s going to take an extra couple days for them to be shipped to you.
But that just means you’re getting a brand new, fresh unit.
Which at the end of the day…
With the special deal I’m offering?
Is really no big deal.
So anyway…
Here’s the link to grab one of the last few units before they sell out again:
www.XXXXX
p.s. You might be asking ‘why only this many units for sale?’
Well here’s the thing…
XXXXX are a lot like Apple when it comes to pricing.
You know how you basically NEVER see an Apple product for sale at anything below full price?
That’s how XXXXX like to do things too…
So it’s extremely rare that they would have a special deal and they’re only letting me do this privately, to my own subscribers…
You don’t see me plastering this price everywhere – you guys are the only ones who see it…
So that’s why there are only 80 in total at this price, worldwide…
They kinda want to keep it under-wraps and are doing it as a bit of a favor to me.
They definitely want numbers limited.So when these last 30 are gone, that’s definitely it.
And that will almost definitely be in the next day or so…
So here’s my suggestion: if you want one – grab it now:www.xxxxx”
So.. you may say, yes, I’ve seen campaigns like that before.. So what?
Well, let’s look at this. He says he hasn’t run a campaign like this for six months.. but on November 16th 2014.. just 3 months ago, he sent this out:
“OK, so I have some important information about the XXXXX offer I’m opening tomorrow morning…
And I urge you to act fast, because there are only 50 units available with the discount, and once they’ve gone, the price goes back up by $450 / £300 to full RRP again.
The discount will go live TOMORROW (Monday) at:
10am UK time (GMT, London time)
6am NYC time (EST)
I will be sending you the link to get the discount the second it goes live, and I recommend acting fast.
Remember — this is completely risk-free.
You are fully covered by my 60-Day 100% Guarantee Trial Period – which means you can try the XXXXX in your home for up to 60 days…
And if for any reason you want to send it back you can, and get 100% of your money back.
Again, this is completely risk free.
This is the first time I’ve had any discount on the XXXXX since February.
In fact, this is only the second time I’ve done this in the past 18 months…
And as ever, XXXXX have strictly limited the number of units I can sell at a discount to just 50 (fifty!).
Remember, XXXXX is like Apple, you almost never see a newly-released, newly updated iPhone available at a discount…
(Can you imagine getting an iPhone 6 at a discount, the day it’s released?!)
And XXXXX are the same.
So they’ve limited my offer to just the first 50 people on a first-come-first-served basis…
Back in February when I last ran a promotion that was nowhere near as good as this…
It sold out in under 24 hours…
And this time it will be no different.
That being said, this should not be a panic situation for you.
If you want to make sure you get one then just jump on tomorrow as soon as you see my email, place your order and you will be fine…
I’m going to open the promotion TOMORROW (that’s MONDAY, November 17th) at 6am EST (that’s New York time) / 10am GST (London time).
IMPORTANT: I will be sending you the link once we “go live”…
To find out what that means in your local time, you can use this time zone converter:
Time Zone Converter
I’ll be sending you the link when we open up in just under 24 hours.
Until then, stay alkaline 🙂XXXX”
Anything seem familiar? Yep, the same campaign wording as the one I just received. 3 months. Not six months. Sent to the same list.
But wait, there’s more!
On September 10,2014 another one! At least this one is six months ago.
And guess what? Same wording!
“Hey, heads up…
I just wanted to let you know…Today is the LAST DAY to claim one of the XXXXX Ionizers at a MASSIVE discount, by clicking on the link below:
www.XXXX
Remember, after completely selling out of the 50 units XXXX made available for this special program…
I was able to convince them to make another 30 units available at the same price. But that was IT.
And right now? I don’t know if we’re going to sell out later today – or if we’ve already sold out by now…
But this is the reason why – if you’re interested (or even just curious)…
I HIGHLY recommend clicking on the link below now to claim your unit before they completely disappear forever:www.XXXX
Remember…
Because you’ve got a full 60 days to try out the unit in your home BEFORE you need to decide if you want to keep it… By claiming one these units now, you’re not making any sort of commitment whatsoever.
You’re just claiming one of these units so you can try it out for yourself.
Then if you like it – and the results you get from it, simply do nothing – and it’ll be yours forever at a MASSIVE discount off the regular retail price.
(And if for some reason you decide it’s not for you – simply send it back, and you won’t be charged a single penny.)
And the best part?
With this special program, shipping is FREE – and you also get over $300 worth of bonuses (including a FREE Alkaline Stick – which is the perfect companion to your Ionizer)
But don’t delay.
This opportunity disappears like a shadow in the night at the stroke of midnight tonight (Thursday)
(sooner if all units sell out beforehand – which is looking like that will happen…)
Here’s the link one last time:
www.xxxx
Yes there’s more.
But the question is.. is this real discount?
The biggest vendor in the world of the same water ionizer sent an email to me last week. Its title?
“Did you see this amazing deal yet? Up to $900 in Freebies!”
My question of this strategy is: is it for real?
If other dealers are offering mega discounts on this ionizer, is there even a special time limited offer at all, or is it simply an automated routine created to make sales using the scarcity principle? You be the judge!
But.. beyond the offer and the selling technique.. are YOU are half full sort of a guy, or a half empty sort of a guy? Because the scarcity principle will nail the half empty guy every time!
Where have you installed YOUR UltraStream?
When you have a really, really great water system like the UltraStream it doesn’t really matter where tit goes, as long as you can get the water. John, our man on the ground in California attended an open house recently, and guess what he found in the bathroom?
We’re going to drink more water! Yes we are…. maybe.
Nearly three- quarters (72 percent) of Americans will be committing to “drinking enough water” in 2015, according to a new survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of the Council for Responsible Nutrition.
“Water is a must! It’s essential to many bodily functions for people of all ages. We’re encouraged to see that people recognize the importance of appropriate levels of hydration,” said Duffy MacKay, N.D., senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN. “But water is only one of the healthy habits that this survey demonstrated people found most important. Let’s remember that the key to good health is a constellation of healthy habits, not just one habit in isolation.”
According to the survey, “drinking enough water” was the number one health and wellness habit American adults are committing to in 2015, with the following four options rounding up the top five:
- eating healthy/healthier in general (66 percent)
- getting more physically active (62 percent)
- getting more sleep (49 percent)
- taking vitamins (47 percent)
In the bottom five were starting the day off right with..
- a healthy breakfast (37 percent)
- spending more time with family and friends in real life, instead of online (34 percent)
- staying cool, calm and collected when stuck in traffic (30 percent)
- visiting the doctor before getting sick (23 percent)
- tracking meals/exercise via mobile app(s), online tool(s) or personal gadget(s) (17 percent)
Over one in five (22 percent) selected “other health and wellness habit(s)” and eight percent responded that they are not committing to any health and wellness habits in 2015.
This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of CRN from Dec. 8 to 10, 2014, among 2,021 adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
Are you drinking enough Water?
“How much water should I drink each day?” is one of the most popular Google search terms in the world.
Unfortunately there’s no hard and fast rule when it comes to hydration. Aside from helping digestion and absorption of food, water regulates body temperature, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells and removes toxins and other wastes. Water also cushions joints and protects tissues and organs, including the spinal cord, from shock and damage. Conversely, lack of water (dehydration) can be the cause of many ailments.
The human body is made up of 55% – 75% water, which means water is essential for all of our bodily processes. However why is it that nearly two thirds of us are chronically dehydrated?
You can become dehydrated by not drinking enough water, and you can also cancel out the water you have consumed by drinking sugary soft drink, caffeinated drinks and other drinks which have a diuretic effect. These diuretics promote the loss of body fluids which can lead to dehydration.
You’ve probably heard the 8×8 rule (8 glasses, 8 ounces/250ml each) as the answer for how much water to drink, however there’s no official source or specific evidence for this recommendation. Water requirements vary from person to person and even from day to day for the same person. Consider this: you’ll need to drink more water after running 10 miles than when you’re relaxing at home. If you take a vacation to a hotter climate and perspiring a lot, your body is losing bodily fluids more rapidly which means you’ll need to increase your water intake.
Learning to tell the more subtle signs could be the difference between satisfactory health and radiant health—many doctors even believe that dehydration is a leading cause of diseases.
It’s best to listen to your intuition, common sense and pay attention to the signs that your body gives you.
Three signs your body is telling you to drink more water:
1. You’re thirsty.
If you wait until you’re thirsty, you may already be dehydrated (especially after physical exertion, during which your body loses a lot of water through sweat). It’s better to drink a generous portion of pure water regularly throughout the day to take overthinking out of the process. If you’re going to do physical exertion in the next 24hrs increase your intake to pre-empt the dehydration process and also reduce that thirsty feeling.
2. Your urine is a dark yellow.
For optimal health, urine should always be a pale yellow color. If it’s darker, it means that your kidneys are retaining fluids. In turn this can mean a greater percentage of your urine is made up of toxins and other excretions. Because of this fluid retention, you’ll pee less often while still being dehydrated. Some people complain about having to urinate frequently when they drink a lot of water. The reality, though, is that a healthy, well-hydrated person will urinate at least 7 or 8 times a day—the inconvenience of which is far overshadowed by the dangers of dehydration.
3. You suffer from headaches, digestive problems, heartburn, fatigue, high cholesterol, confusion, anxiety, irritability, urinary tract infection or signs of premature aging.
These can all signal chronic dehydration. If you suffer from any of these symptoms, make a conscious effort to up your water intake and see if they’re alleviated. And of course, consult a professional if they continue.
Make sure you’re drinking the right kind of water
Once you have your personal water needs figured out, you need to ensure that you’re drinking clean, nourishing water.
I wish that I could say that any water is good water (maybe that was the case a long time ago), but in reality both tap water and bottled are often dangerous toxin sources. In some cases bottled water is even worse than tap water.
It can be said that the body will not retain impure water as effectively. This means even if you think you’re drinking enough water but still feel dehydrated, you may need to upgrade your water source. Drinking nutrient rich, alkaline water without flouride such as AlkaWay water can be beneficial in your body getting the most benefit from the water that you’re drinking. It’s a very common reponse from the friends of people who have begun drinking AlkaWay water to comment “Oh, you look so… juicy!”.
Water: the most neglected nutrient in your diet but one of the most vital.
Learn to listen to your body. You’ll be able to make choices that are more aligned with your health needs. And the better shape you keep your body in the more equipped it will be to send you accurate signals about what it needs. It’s a virtuous cycle.
Hydration is a perfect context for practicing this kind of self-listening because the signs are so easy to discern. Doing so with regularity will enable you to live consciously, brightly and vibrantly.
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Alkaline water.. is it worth buying?
Could you live on four litres a day?
Could you live on four liters of water per day?
A nonprofit is challenging people to try it for a day to encourage conservation and highlight the distress of those who live in places where clean water is not readily available.
“Fill a one liter water bottle and use it for everything: cooking, cleaning, drinking and bathing. You can refill your bottle 3x. Try to use all four liters without going over. Stay hydrated!” the human rights non-profit DIGDEEP says.
Four liters is the “minimum necessary to survive,” according to a Forbes columnist. That said, “between 50 and 100 liters of water per person per day are needed to ensure that most basic needs are met and few health concerns arise,” the United Nations says, citing the World Health Organization.
DIGDEEP founder and executive director George McGraw explained the challenge.
“People know we’re in the middle of one of the worst droughts in history, but it doesn’t feel real to most of us,” he said. “There has never been a better time to learn why water matters and how to protect it. Even without a drought, the USGS estimates we’ll run a deficit in the Colorado River by 2060 the size of the annual consumption of LA.”
In a Triple Pundit column, Michael Kourabas, who attempted the challenge, explained why it’s so hard.
“Most of us use nearly 4 liters of water — in other words, all of the water allotted in the challenge — every time we wash our hands or face. Most Americans use more than 400 liters of water every single day, or 100 times what the challenge requires. A single toilet flush uses about 6 liters of water, and a mere three flushes amounts to more water than most other people in the world use all day to clean, cook, drink and bathe,” the columnist said.
Ian: I have to add that it would depend on what sort of water I had to drink!
A Boy or a Girl? Is the choice this simple?
This scientific study from Japan suggests that if temperatures are warmer, there’s a higher possibility of a baby being female. So.. does that mean that with climate change and global warming we are entering the era of the Goddess?
Reading this reading the report I’m reminded of a comment by my old friend and colleague Korean born scientist and alkaline pioneer, Sang Whang. He said that in Korea, certain foods are seen as supportive of a male birth, while others support a female birth. Their whole food system, as many readers would know, is based on the concept of ‘warming’ and ‘cooling’ foods. I don’t know enough to say, but I’m guessing those ‘cooling’ foods would be our alkaline producing foods!
What I can say about having a baby is that your growing babe within is dragging all the alkaline minerals he or she can from you to build a good strong skeleton. So morning sickness can be seen as acidosis. We’ve had many clients over the years swear that drinking our water dismissed the bad morning problem. With what we now know about the power of molecular hydrogen we can reasonably assume that as well as delivering essential alkaline minerals to replace those stolen by your babe, H2’s abilities as an anti inflammatory, antioxidant and metabolic supercharger must have something to do with he happy pregnancies we hear about.
How to get alkaline minerals and the power of molecular hydrogen in your daily water.
Compared: Bottled Water to UltraStream water
Bottled Water versus owning your own UltraStream Alkaline Water Ioniser
Author Diana Michaels is one of our many Alkaway distributors, way down in Busselton, Western Australia .
Ian: Diana, thank you so much for this!
The cost of 15 litres of bottled water delivered to your home is about $19.95. A commercial price could be as low as $13.00 per 15 litres. Note that the costs used in this comparison for the bottled water were actual costs quoted by one of the largest distributors in Australia for the supply of water to a medium size corporate business earlier this year, 2014.
The cost to a business who used 1 x 15 litre of spring water weekly at a cost of $13.00 per 15 litre with a fortnightly delivery would be:
At $13.00 per week for only one 15 litre bottle the annual cost would be $676.00 – (780 litres of water per annum) . The cost of the UltraStream replacement filter cartridge is $199.00 and it produces 3000 litres of alkaline and ionised water.
Both the chilled water dispenser and the UltraStream unit cost to initially purchase – the water dispenser is approximately $200 the UltraStream is $499 (and for a commercial application an undersink kit is recommended which is $175). If no power source is available that would need to be installed for the water dispenser but not required for the UltraStream. The UltraStream does not require a plumber to install the Unit it can he installed by anyone who is handy;
The cost in the first year of the chilled water dispenser (buying only 1 x 15 litre bottle delivered fortnightly) is $676 for the water; approximately $200 for the dispenser; an additional cost of $1.25 fuel levy per delivery ($1.25 x 26 fortnights) adds 32.50; and in some cases the cost of installing a powerpoin and some power consumption – amounts to an estimated $908.50;
The cost in the first year of the UltraStream plus the undersink kit and a replacement filter is $499 for the UltraStream; $175 for the undersink kit; and $199 for the replacement filter (this is for next years 3000 litres of water); – this amounts to $873.00;
The cost in the second year of the chilled water dispenser with exactly the same usage (assuming that there has not been a price rise) is $676 for (780 litres of water) plus $32.50 for the fuel levy and some power consumption – amounting to around $708.50;
The cost of the second year of the UltraStream is $199.00 for the replacement filter (which you already purchased in your UltraStream Startup Kit). If you buy a replacement filter in the second year you will always have one on hand;
Subsequent years (assuming no increase in price) the bottled water will cost at least $708.50 plus power and the UltraStream will cost $199.00 for the replacement filter, plus a small amount for shipping;
UltraSteam wins hands down!
To read more click on this link …… In my capacity as a Occupational Health and Safety Advisor
Diana Michaels – Starlight Wellness Centre July 2014
14 Seriously Interesting Facts about water in your body.
1. Why Water is really, really important.
You may be healthy. This doesn’t mean you appreciate the importance of water intake. As a result there’s a good chance you may end up suffering from ongoing, l dehydration.
2. Want Energy?
If you are even a little ‘dry’ you slow enzyme activity. So you’ll probably experience lower energy or persistent fatigue. A small reduction in your ‘top-up levels can slow metabolism and inhibit your ability to exercise .
3. Want Good Digestion?
Internally, we produce an average of 7 litres of digestive juices every day. Lower liquid uptake = lower secretions and inhibited digestive process.
4. Want Regularity? Who doesn’t!
As undigested food passes through the colon, our colon absorbs excess liquid from the food. This is transferred into our bloodstream and a stool of ‘good’ consistency forms. If you’re low on water, you’ll extracts too much water from the stool, leading to hard, and dry ones. Slow elimination contributes to allround toxicity and of course, inflammation.
5. Want good blood pressure?
When chronically dehydrated, your blood becomes more like strawberry jam. With reduced overall blood volume, blood vessels contract. With increased vein-wall tension and increased blood viscosity, you must work harder getting blood to passd through the veins = higher blood pressure.
6. Had a gutful of bad guts?
Under normal circumstances, the stomach secretes a layer of mucus (which is composed of 98 percent water) to prevent its mucus membranes from being destroyed by the highly acidic digestive fluid it produces. Chronic dehydration, though, impedes mucus production and may irritate and produce ulcers in the stomach lining.
7. Breathe Easy.
Your lungs are coated with a moist mucus membrane as a protective measure. If you are ‘dry’ these dry out too. dust, pollen and particulate are able to actually reach your lung surfaces.
8. Get really hydrated.
Dehydration slows enzyme reactions. Enzyme slowdown = interruptions of all cellular actions and reactions = inflammation and acidification. As your internal cellular environment acidifies, things get worse. Excretory organs that eliminating acids (e.g., the skin and kidneys) don’t have enough liquid to do their jobs properly. We need to be juicy.
9. Want slim?
Many people think being thirsty is the same as hunger, so they eat! False sensations of hunger can cause overeating. Poor hydration may also start the storage of inflammatory toxins, promoting weight gain.
10. Want good skin?
Dehydrated skin is inelastic skin. It’s dry and flaky. It can lead to skin irritation and rashes, even eczema. We sweat about 24 ounces a day. We have to, to dilute and t remove the toxins eliminated through our skin. With chronic dehydration, our sweat is more concentrated. Toxins are not efficiently removed. Results? Moe inflammation, more irritation.
11. Want Cholesterol? Of course not!
Cholesterol is essential for cell membrane construction. Chronic dehydration means reduced inner cell water. Your body will try to prevent this by manufacturing more cholesterol in an effort to reduce porosity of the cell walls. This unecessary overproduction introduces too much cholesterol into the bloodstream.
12. Want good ‘Water works?
Ouur kidneys really work hard to flush water-soluble toxins from our system. Not enough water means you’re trying to flush toxins with a dribble rather than a real hearty flush. It’s inefficient but the toxins also irritate the urinary mucus membranes, creating an infection-friendly environment.
13. Want creaky Joints? No?
‘Dry’ cartilage and ligaments are brittle and prone to damage. (Just look at an old man whose body water percentage has dropped to as low as 10%). Your joints may also be painfully inflamed when irritating toxins produced by the body and concentrated in our blood and cellular fluids, go to work on our joints and ligaments… setting the stage for arthritis.
14. Gettin’ Old?
As we age we experience a slow but inevitable loss of cell volume and imbalance of the extracellular and intracellular fluids.
It happens faster when we don’t ingest enough liquids, or when our cell membranes lose the capability of maintaining a proper fluid balance.
Why our Filtration Process is better
Why Our Water Filtration Process is Better
Water filters are everywhere. They range in cost from under twenty dollars to hundreds and even thousands of dollars for an under-sink, electrically powered reverse osmosis system (like our own UltRo System).
So what makes our energy-saving Ultrastream mechanical filtration system a truly outstanding choice for American families?
Multi-Functional
The UltraStream filtration system comes in a good-looking case — white or black and brushed metal — and can be used on a countertop, or it can be installed under your sink for in-line service through a water filter tap. It’s compact and well designed, with an easy to change filter stack and a compact footprint.
Multi-Purpose
The Ultrastream filtration system creates the best alkaline water you’ll find, both in terms of effectiveness and taste, but that’s not all it does. It will also add molecxular hydrogen and antioxidant negative ions, while it removes harmful toxins. For example, the Ultrastream will remove excess fluoride from water, lowering the concentration by up to 70 percent. It also filters harmful organic particles, pesticides and pharmaceuticals and removes heavy metals and chemicals like chlorine, chloramines and trihalomethanes, too.
Developed Over More Than a Decade
It took us over a decade of research and testing to hunt down the filtration layers needed to purify ordinary tap water through a process of extreme filtration, and then transform it into a health-enhancing drink accessible every day. The UltraStream system creates water with enhanced hydrogen supplementation that is also ionized to act as an antioxidant.
Fully Researched and Tested
At AlkaWay, we — unlike many of our competitors — are willing to put our money where our mouth is. We commissioned Griffith University to perform independent testing to analyze our filtered water under conditions reflecting the full one-year life span of the filter – not just the filter in as-new condition.
What did they find?
The UltraStream continues to perform up to spec for 12 months and up to 3,000 liters of water. The UltraStream system continues to increase the hydrogen concentration in the water 10,000 times and deliver oxidation / reduction potential, or ORP, of -350 millivolts up to an entire one year life of the filter. It also keeps the water’s pH in a healthy, alkaline range of 8 to 10.
Taken together, this means that the Ultrastream alkaline water ioniser outperforms more energy intensive systems that are offered at many times the cost. You can use it on your countertop or, with an inexpensive installation kit, under your sink. Once you’ve researched the benefits of alkaline water and ionized hydrogen water and looked into the alternatives that are currently on the market, you’ll agree that the UltraStream system offers an amazing value and that no health conscious household should be without it.
Our water filters were designed in Australia, tested in the US, and are manufactured in California, so you know that you can trust the quality and consistency of our products.
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