alkaline water
The United Nations released a report for 2006-2010 listing the top 40 healthiest countries in the world. Japan ranked #1 while America squeaked in at #38 behind Cuba. This is not optimistic when you consider how much Americans are spending on health insurance, and grim for those who can’t afford coverage. I have to ask, just what are all these advances in medicine in America doing for us as our health hovers at the bottom of this list? According to this report, not much.
I confess. I am not a strong advocate of allopathic medicine nor of popping pharmaceuticals for every ailment. I do, however, have respect and admiration for the advances in surgical procedures that can seemingly “fix” just about anything. I have been under the knife more than once, and at the time, it seemed I had no other choice. But lately, something new has come along that has made me stop, and really think. It has forced me to question whether all the need for so many pharmaceutical drugs and surgeries could potentially be completely unnecessary much of the time. So I looked deep into the Japanese culture to see what they were doing right to earn the coveted #1 position for health in the world. I found three distinct differences from the American lifestyle.
The first is diet, which I embrace in being a sushi lover. Though sushi has the potential for parasites, raw fish and vegetables are full of enzymes that nourish the body. The Japanese diet is loaded with the detoxifying properties of miso based soups, and fermented foods that provide healthy pro-biotics for the digestion. They don’t eat a lot of processed food and fillers. They choose beneficial anti-oxidant green tea over Starbucks.
The second element lies deep in the Japanese culture as a people of ritual. There is a foundation of spiritual unity consistent in the culture that transcends into the daily rituals of every Japanese family, allowing them to all feel a sense of connection to one another. Americans are famous for their fierce devotion to freedom and independence in their beliefs. Though we have sacrificed dearly to have this, we are a melting pot of individuals doing our own thing, often without a sense of connection to what our neighbor is doing. We are lacking the threa
d of common ritual and beliefs that could serve to unite us despite our differences. This thread is spiritually based, and provides transcendence, even support, for our differences. America is a country still searching for a deeper, meaningful connection through a unified spiritual truth.
The final, and most significant, element is found in drinking water. “Miracle waters” have been produced by nature in only five places in the world of which Japan is one. In every one of these places, the native people enjoy long and healthy lives. The secret is in the water. These waters are clean, alkaline, micro-clustered, anti-oxidant waters. The Japanese drink this alkaline water.
Could it really be as simple as changing the water we drink to discover true health? I think so. The American diet is famous for acid producing foods. Daily life can be stressful, and that stress produces high levels of a naturally occuring acidic compound known as adrenaline. We are exposed daily to more and more toxic chemicals we breathe and absorb through our skin. We are drinking impure water, regardless of its source. Tap water is susceptible to chemical dumping, run off fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, raw sewage leakage, hormones, heavy metals, parasites, arsenic, radon, chlorine and more. Bottled water and Reverse Osmosis have capitalized on our impure tap water, yet both of these are not providing the healthy hydration we require. Why?
Because 75% of bottled water is more acidic than tap water, and 25% of all bottled water is nothing more than untreated tap water. A recent study on bottled water found that 33% violated industry standards with high levels of synthetic organic chemicals, bacteria and arsenic. Perhaps the worst offense is the leaching of petro-chemicals from the plastic into the bottled water which has proven to contribute to certain types of breast cancer. The water produced from reverse osmosis, and distilled water, is highly oxidizing, acidic water empty of vital minerals. The result is in large molecule clusters that lack the ability to flush our cells because we drink toxic,acidic water. The little water we do absorb is unhealthy, and we remain chronically dehydrated. And chronic dehydration over time results in disease.
Our bodies are composed of roughly 70 trillion cells which are 76%-98% water. The health of these cells depends on the quality of the water we drink. Clean, alkaline, micro-clustered water is easily absorbed by our cells, nourishing our cells with mineral nutrients and cleansing our cells of cellular acidic waste. Drinking alkaline water restores our bodies to the proper, healthy ph balance wherein disease cannot flourish. We are aging prematurely with acidic environments that cause oxidation. Oxidation is a systematic break down of our bodies resulting in wrinkles, degeneration of the bones, organs, glandular systems, cellular membranes and an overall loss of vitality. Everyone I know seems to be popping anti-oxidants like crazy, yet these can’t compare to the benefits of alkaline rich water.
The benefits of alkaline water are many. But suffice it to say, we could very well do away with many pharmaceuticals, surgeries and face lifts if we were drinking alkaline water. Drinking the “right” water is the single most important element if you want to achieve and maintain optimal health. Apart from high mountain glacier melt, the best water is made from an alkaline water ionizer. The ionization process replaces water soluble acids with vital minerals and nutrients, creates a true anti-oxidant, micro-clustered water, aids in the elimination of acids and super charges the cells in cleansing.
Drink water the way nature intended it to be. You will change your life beyond belief if you change your water.
