Alkaline Diet – How Can Alkaline Diet Transform Your Health

[Monica]

monica

do u know what the ph of tap water is. and what is the ph of typical bottled water. thanks. i was also reading that cantaloupes and melons are very alkalizing For what it's worth.

Yes, I do happen to know! It's my business and I test many various waters quite frequently.

Tap water is generally neutral - in the 7 -7.5 range. But don't get too excited; it's neutral because municipalities typically add lye to the water, to protect the pipes. (Along with chlorine, which is easy to remove with a filter, and fluoride, which isn't removed with most filters, + tap water typically has trace amounts of a veritable cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs in it, because when people take meds, they come out the other end and aren't removed by water processing.)

Tap water scores a whopping 300-600 (depending on locale) on the ORP meter (Oxidation Reduction Potential).

Most bottled waters are acidic. There are a few exceptions: Fiji is slightly alkaline (about 8) and there are a couple of expensive brands sold in health food stores that test at around 8.5 or even in the 9 range if you're lucky. If you must drink bottled water while traveling, it's best to go with one of those.

However, even the bottled waters claiming to be alkaline still test oxidizing! This means they are adding to free radical damage. Without exception, all the bottled waters I've ever tested (literally hundreds of times, with many dozens of brands) all test oxidizing, ranging from +250 to +500 or so. (The higher the number, the more oxidizing it is.)

In contrast, water fresh from a medically-certified water ionizer machine is highly alkaline (9.5+) and antioxidant (indicated by a negative number on the ORP meter...the water from my machine typically tests at around -700-800 - this is about 10 times more antioxidant than green tea!)

In addition, bottled waters have cancer-causing chemicals, leached from the plastic.

On top of that, bottled water adds to pollution of the planet.

Reverse osmosis and distilled waters are both very acidic, oxidizing, and devoid of minerals. I almost died from drinking distilled water. It can leach minerals out of the body. Some say that's not true, but I know from experience it is true.

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