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Kidney Disease
When the body produces more acidic wastes, the kidneys must work more and more because these agencies have to filter wastes from the blood of this acid. Swelling of kidney disease, poisoning the urine, urinary bladder, are calculated by the acid, this situation can be improved by drinking alkaline water. It also helps control the osmotic pressure of the kidney. The hotel also makes members of the general environment highly acidic. The salt in the acid salts hotel is due to the combination of calcium and magnesium to reduce toxicity of phosphoric and uric acids. Drinking alkaline water with many numbers will reduce acidity in the urine and neutralize acids and prevent the acid form.
Prof. Kuwata Keijiroo, Doctor of Medicine:
The difference between drinking alkaline ionic water and the normal water is that the excretion of urine is slightly more than intake. However, for severe kidney failure patients, water intake has to be restricted. Consuming alkaline ionic water for these patients in controlled amounts proved to be beneficial. Normal tap water contains phosphate, calcium carbonate and the acidic ions. These acidic ions tend to reduce the efficiency of the calcium ions. Pure alkaline ionic water does not have these problems and it can effectively strengthen the heart and increase urination. After consuming the alkaline ionic water for a month, the amount of urea and uric acid in the blood will show a marked improvement but will not disappear completely.
However, if you continue to drink alkaline ionic water for a period of 6 to 12 months, the urea and uric acid should be grossly reduced. Intake of protein during this period should also be controlled; persistent drinking of alkaline ionic water should eliminate the toxic effect of the urea and uric acid from the body.
According to a foreign paper report, patients undergoing dialysis tend to have their negative ions significantly reduced and the positive ions increased. Hence, according to the above experiment and from my personal clinical experience, drinking alkaline ionic water increases the positive
ions which will have a significant effect on various kidney diseases. When kidney diseases do not respond to various drugs, it is good to treat them with alkaline ionic water.
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Heart Disease
Dr. Kancho Kuninaka, one of the pioneers in the technique of treatment with alkaline water in Japan, confirmed that all those who have high blood pressure in a state of the acid. He has succeeded in lowering blood pressure in alkaline water. If blood pressure is always at a high level, it can cause a narrowing of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and it takes a long time (maybe more than a year) so that the blood pressure down by drinking alkaline water. The small blade and dissolve cholesterol is created, it takes some time but certainly will succeed. Moreover, the long-term treatment will have no side effects.In addition to lowering blood levels of acid in the capital increase is attributed to hypertension, other treatments are also harmful. Dr. Sang Whang told the patient that disease, high blood pressure can not be cured, and patients will have lower blood pressure tablets, throughout the rest of his life. Within 6 weeks, this victim had been drinking alkaline water and cure high blood pressure. Doctors recommend that people with high blood pressure patients to stop eating high fat foods, abstaining from meat, sugar, soft drinks and non-smokers. These common characteristics do? We are drawn to get oxygen (oxygen) from our bodies.Therefore, ion-chemical alkaline water is the savior because it contains lots of dissolved oxygen.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Prof. Kuninaka Hironage, Head of Kuninaka Hospital
For over 10 years of my experience, my concept towards minerals, especially pertaining to ionic calcium in high blood pressure and other diseases is most significant. In accordance to the theory of medical Prof. Gato of Kyushu University on Vitamin K (because vitamin K enables the blood calcium to increase), or the consumption of more alkaline ionic water, the effectiveness of the increase in calcium in high blood pressure is most significant.
Most illnesses are caused by too much fat in the diets, which lead to the deposition of cholesterol on the blood vessels, which in turn constrict the blood flow. This results in high blood pressure. By drinking alkaline ionic water for a period of 2 to 3 months, the blood pressure should slowly drop, because the alkaline ionic water is a good solvent, which dissolves the cholesterol in the blood vessels.
HEART DISEASES
Prof. Kuwata Keijiroo, Doctor of Medicines
In my opinion, the wonder of alkaline ionic water is the ability to neutralize toxins, but it is not a medicine. The difference is that the medicine can only apply to each and individual case, whereas the alkaline ionic water can be consumed generally and its neutralizing power is something which is very much unexpected. Now, in brief, let me introduce to you a heart disease case and how it was cured.
The patient was a 35 years old male suffering from valvular heart disease. For 5 years, his sickness deteriorated. He was in the Setagays Government Hospital for treatment.
During those 5 years, he had been in and out of the Hospital 5 to 6 times. He had undergone high tech examinations such as angiogram by injecting VINYL via the vein into the heart. He consulted and sought treatment from many good doctors where later he underwent a major surgical operation. Upon his discharge from the hospital, he quit his job to convalesce. However, each time when his illness relapsed, the attack seemed to be even more severe.
Last year, in August, his relatives were in despair and expected he would not live much longer. It so happened at that time that the victim’s relative came across the alkaline ionic water ionizer. His illness responded well and he is now on the road to recovery.
Japanese doctors have been using alkaline water to successfully treat high blood pressure for years.
Acidification of the body begins in the blood. Remember that the blood must keep its pH within that safe range of 7.3 to 7.45, and will do so by transforming liquid wastes into solid ones and storing them. This physiological state of homeostasis is maintained by chemicals called buffers. When buffer levels are too low, possibly from the ingestion of too many acid foods or drinks, then a condition called acidosis develops.
Japanese doctors feel that people with high blood pressure have an acidosis condition. They cite many successful clinical cases where the ingestion of high pH alkaline water has lowered blood pressure. These doctors cite several causes for their success in lowering blood pressure through administering alkaline water. When the pH of blood is raised or alkalinized, and if you raise it from 7.3 to 7.45 you increase its pH by 68%, then excess oxygen is added to the blood, and the heart does not have to work as hard. Also, the ionized calcium added to the blood from the alkaline water may be dissolving the plaque and cholesterol build-up on the walls of the arteries. While the effect of alkaline water is gentle, and its greatest health benefits do not happen in a day or a month, you should be able to lower your blood pressure within a few months of drinking alkaline water.
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Oxygen Rich Water
Enagic water contains more oxygen than regular tap water. This added Oxygen varies according to the pH selected and is present in the form of alkaline hydroxide ions (OH).
The body makes use of the oxygen bound in the hydroxide compound when the aspirated oxygen (O2) runs low in the blood stream. This benefit will be most apparent during
exercise and physical labor. It has been written that Ionized Water “may also lower blood pressure and help the heart work less hard.” Quoted from Reverse Aging, Sang Whang.
Dr. Arthur Guyton in the Textbook of Medical Physiology stated: “The first step in maintaining health is to alkalize the body. The cells of a healthy body are alkaline while
the cells of a diseased body are acidic. Since our bodies do not manufacture alkalinity, we must supply the alkalinity from an outside source to keep us from being acidic and dying.”
Oxygen is key to cellular health. We must keep the oxygen levels around our cells and in the blood at good levels. Acidic fluids cannot hold dissolve oxygen very well. We need alkaline fluids in our bodies to hold the oxygen.
Technically speaking, the H+ atoms in an acid combine with the oxygen to form H20 (water). So the oxygen tends to neutralize the acid (uses up the H+ found in acid) but
it also uses up the oxygen so that it is not available for cellular metabolism.
However, alkaline fluids can hold dissolved oxygen, which is why the blood has to be slightly alkaline to carry oxygen to our cells.
“Disease can not survive in an alkaline fluid. Oxygen rich alkaline body fluids are more capable of killing viruses.”
There is a constant interplay of the pH of the fluids inside the cell and the fluids outside the cell. Normally, the pH of a cell is 6.5 or higher and the sugar glucose is broken down
into nucleotides, which are the basic building blocs of DNA (the basic blue print of the body).
If, on the other hand, the fluids inside a cell become too acidic (pH of 6.0 rather than the normal 6.5) the sugar glucose molecule breaks in half forming two lactic acid molecules which make the inside of the cell even more acidic. {1} “This is probably the main reason why acidosis results in degenerative diseases, and why raising the body’s fluid pH can result in curing the disease.”
Moreover, with the capillary blood vessels clogged up, the function of every organ in the human body accumulating acidic waste will begin to deteriorate, causing serious illnesses in the long run.
So when does the accumulation of age-contributing acidic waste begin? Scientists say that aging begins when a child starts to wean. An unborn child lives on nutrients from his mother while in the womb and the body of the baby becomes alkaline, owing to the consumption of alkaline minerals.
Naturally, this is due to the release of alkaline minerals from the mother. This release of alkaline minerals during pregnancy does temporarily weaken the mother’s body, causing
a lack of appetite etc.
The baby will remain alkaline while breast-feeding, but will begin to reduce in alkalinity once put on infant cereals. If the cause of aging lies in acidosis, then the answer to longer life must lie in eliminating such acidic wastes.
Hence, to neutralize acidic meals, alkaline water could be the answer. Many doctors recommend a vegetarian or low meat diet as alkaline minerals and vegetables help neutralize acidic waste. But vegetables only contain a very small amount of alkaline minerals and that is why a very large quantity of vegetables needs to be consumed in order to neutralize these wastes in the body.
We live and die at the cellular level. All the billions of cells that make up our human body are slightly alkaline, and must maintain alkalinity in order to function and remain healthy and alive. However their cellular activity creates acid and this acid is what gives the cell energy and function.
As each alkaline cell performs its task of respiration, it secretes metabolic wastes, and these end products of cellular metabolism are acid in nature. Although these wastes are
used for energy and function, they must not be allowed to build up.
One example of this is the often-painful lactic acid, which is created through exercise. The body will go to great lengths to neutralize and detoxify these acids before they act as poisons in and around the cell, ultimately changing the environment of the cell. Most people and clinical practitioners believe the immune system is the body’s first line of defense, but in actuality it is not. It is very important, but more like a very sophisticated clean-up service.
What is ‘alkaline’?
The word ‘alkaline’ refers to the water’s pH level. This pH level is a number that measures how acidic or alkaline, a substance, is on a scale of 0-14. Something with a pH of one would be highly acidic, while substances with a pH of 13 would be extremely alkaline. Fitting into this equation is normal drinking water, which is generally in the centre with a neutral pH level of seven. Alkaline water is generally a notch or two above regular water with pH levels of eight or nine. Advocates of alkaline water firmly believe that drinking it can neutralize the acid in one’s body. A hidden fact about the alkaline effect which most people don’t know is that by neutralizing acid levels in the body it indirectly contributes towards the prevention of illness and disease.
Acidic bodies and disease
Research has proved over and over again that disease and illness thrive in acidic environments. Simply put, if your system is acidic, your risk of illness is higher. However, if your system is alkaline, it means your body has a better chance of fighting illness allowing you to lead a relatively active and productive life. This is the mantra amongst medical experts and health-conscious individuals everywhere today.
Patients who are diagnosed with serious illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease are generally put on strict alkaline diets consisting of well-known alkaline foods to eliminate acids and help speed up the healing process. Considering today’s fast-paced lifestyle and unhealthy diet trends, many people are living with acidic systems without even knowing it. Diet is a key contributor towards this problem however stress, lack of exercise and certain medications can also raise acid levels in the body.
How diet contributes to acidic systems
Diet plays a major role in creating acid inside the body. Chilie-laden spicy food, fried foods and fast food which is loaded with artificial sugar, salt, saturated fat and preservatives are the reason many people are living with acidic systems and falling ill regularly. Fast food in particular is made up of non-natural substances and ingredients which heighten the taste of food but in truth is extremely harmful to the body. Consumption of alcohol can also lead to acid build up.
Closer to home, our very own Sri Lankan diet could be considered a classic example of spicy and oily food. Comprising mainly of various forms of starch such as rice, bread, string hoppers, rotis and accompaniments like curries, fried and tempered dishes and sambols, Sri Lankan food is essentially made with chilie, spices and oil. Although our local cuisine is undisputedly delicious, it is high in its acidic nature and if not prepared and eaten carefully, can cause acid in
our systems.
Medication and acid
Today we live in an era of over-the-counter medications and quick fixes for various ailments. Rarely do people find the motivation and the time to make long-term lifestyle changes or seek natural remedies. Instead they have come to rely on medications to manage illnesses or physical conditions and by doing this they are compromising their overall physical well-being. People on long-term medications to control certain types of diseases as well as those who fall ill suddenly and require medications like antibiotics, are also susceptible to acidic bodies.
Lack of exercise and stress
Here is another important factor that is indirectly responsible for acid build up. Adequate exercise promotes a healthy digestive system which is key to good health. Lack of exercise can make your internal functions sluggish and allow acid build up. Today it has come to light through reliable research that stress is directly connected to certain diseases and here again it is through acid build up in the system. People today lead fast-paced lifestyles. They overwork their systems, push their limits and don’t get adequate sleep. These are all stress building factors which can affect one’s health in the long run.
Taking all this into consideration, it pays to alkalinize our systems by eating a diet rich in vegetables, fruit, whole grains, fish and of course, plenty of water to flush out toxins from the body. And of course, we must not forget to fit in some form of exercise and take a break once in a while.
Alkaline and non-alkaline foods
It’s as simple as visiting your grocery store or supermarket to identify foods in these two categories.
Common alkaline foods include beets, broccoli, pumpkin, carrot, cauliflower, celery, cabbage leaves (kale) cucumber and cabbage, ginger, garlic, beans, lemons, lentils, lettuce, millet, mung gram, ladies fingers, olive oil, coconut, pomegranate, spinach, sweet potato.
Non-alkaline foods include meat, poultry, fish, alcohol, refined oils, wheat products, certain grains, sugary food such as sweets and cakes, carbonated soft drinks, tea and coffee.
Of course it’s impossible to eliminate all acidic foods from your diet but it pays to limit them and be aware of what you’re consuming. Maintaining a balanced diet but including more healthy food options is important.
