Is Fluoridated Drinking Water Safe? Mineral fluoride in our community drinking water supply has been debated ever since it was introduced back in the mid-1940s with the aim to prevent tooth decay. The evidence is mounting that in an era of fluoridated toothpaste and other dental health consumer products, the potential risks from consuming fluoridated […]
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Buffered vs. Unbuffered pH
Buffered vs. Unbuffered The difference between buffer and unbuffered is that buffer is a solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid while unbuffered is whose pH is not stabilized with a buffer. The human body is buffered, so is pool water and aquariums. Buffered means there are mineral concentrations (buffering material) that […]
Water Alkalinity and pH explained
pH vs. Alkalinity It’s important to understand pH and alkalinity are not the same things. Alkalinity is a measurement of the concentration of minerals in a solution (buffering material) while pH is measuring the hydrogen potential. Alkalinity requires a change in mineral content, pH can be increased by chemical reaction. You can have water with […]
pH test strips vs Litmus paper
General Chemicals and solutions are often classified as being acidic, basic or neutral. These properties are determined by the pH scale, which ranges from 0 to 14. Low pH values are considered acidic, high values are called basic and values around 7 are neutral. People need to measure the pH because it affects most life […]
PFA’s and PFOA’s
What you need to know about PFAs, PFOAs: Chemical contaminants called PFAs, toxic to humans at minuscule doses, are the peak of the iceberg in threats to groundwater internationally. Nitrates, industrial chemicals, and pathogens have been swept underground for decades. What else is in groundwater and seeping into drinking water? And what are the risks? […]
How To Use pH Test Strips
How to Perform a Urine pH Test To perform a urine test with the AlkaWay test strips, The test strips use a pH-sensitive, colour-coded test strip to reveal your body pH balance status. Do NOT place test strips in your mouth. To perform a urine test; Start with the first urine in the morning before […]
What is Alkaline Balance in the body?
What is Alkaline Balance in the body? It’s the body’s ability to balance alkaline and acids in the body. Why are people talking about it? Because we’re waking up to the fact that our diet and lifestyle are now hugely tilted towards excess acid uptake. This happens in the forms of food, drink, food additives, […]
Best Alkaline Water
What is the BEST Alkaline Water When you begin to search for the best alkaline water for you, it can be very, very confusing. So we’re going to make it simple. The best alkaline water is ultra pure water with alkaline minerals in it. The best ultrapure Alkaline Water is water that has the right […]
Alkaline Water and Health
Most people don’t easily connect the water they drink with the health they experience. Yet this metastudy of over 100 different studies of this relationship clearly demonstrates that the vast majority of worldwide studies concluded that alkaline water has a direct relationship with not just health (measured by the absence of major health challenges) and longevity. Summarizing, […]
Alkaline Water and Fitness
Unknown to most people, alkaline water has played a major part in supporting successful athletes – human and equine – for many years. We have supplied many, many athletes with alkaline water systems because of its ability to support faster recovery and to neutralise lactic acid. In the racing industry, we’ve supplied alkaline water systems […]
Bacteria and Water filters
Bacteria can be removed using a good water filter, but one needs to know some basic facts. This article from the Water Quality Association has a succinct and accurate summary of the methods used. Note that the article refers to chlorinated water, which is the most common method for water utilities to mass kill […]
Microplastics
What are Microplastics? Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic that pollute the environment. Microplastics are not a specific kind of plastic, but rather any type of plastic fragment that is less than 5mm in length according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). They enter natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, […]