Patrick Flanagan

[Monica]

These products don't purify water; if one drinks delicious polluted tap water one may be energizing less than beneficial compounds.

Agreed!

Here's some water deionization products (lab grade water) to remedy this issue.
Pure Water Systems

That looks like a good method of purifying water. However, purified water isn't necessarily healthy water. Water can be very clean (such as distilled and reverse osmosis) yet still be very harmful.

Your placement of apostrophes around the word energize speaks to me profoundly. I understand it can be frustrating not fully understanding many new energy technologies and I apologize for not being able to provide a more thorough explanation at the moment.

Actually, I'm the one who should apologize! I'm sorry for not explaining myself better. I normally post rather long-winded commentaries, but this time I was in a hurry and thus wasn't very clear.

I'm not sure of your point about minerals but I'll clarify that I don't believe it's water's place to provide nutritious minerals. It's the job of your favorite multivitamin and whatever other supplements you may take to ensure your continued good health through constant mineralization efforts. I'll write a post about this soon probably.

That's what I thought too, until I learned the hard way. I drank distilled water (the 'cleanest' possible water) and it almost killed me.

Distilled and RO waters are both devoid of minerals, making them 'hungry' waters which are in constant search of minerals. They leach minerals out of the body.

In addition, they are both very acidic and oxidizing, both of which are exceedingly harmful.

Here is an educational webinar explaining this in more depth:

​http://crystalightwater.info/

I disagree with your opinion that these technologies are useless; increasing the energetics of water can be very healthy.

I didn't say that these technologies are useless. I've been interested in Patrick Flanagan's work since the early 80s. But I think he has missed the mark when it comes to drinking water, by recommending that the Crystal Energy (formerly marketed as its previous incarnation 'Microhydrin') be put into distilled water.

Is he still recommending distilled water? Back in the 90s, when he had his company Royal Body Care, that's what was taught. But maybe he has changed his recommendation...?

I drink energized water. And in fact, it literally saved my life! My issue isn't with energizing water; it's with his recommendation that distilled or RO water be used.

Patrick refers to the Hunzas in this clip. The Hunzas drink mineral-rich glacier water, that is energized, alkaline, antioxidant, and electrically charged. He even uses the term 'cloudy water' and mentions the minerals.

Most of us don't have the luxury of a freshly-melted glacier in our backyard. But fortunately, technology exists that can give us such water.

When I used his Microhydrin, it didn't make the water white. The water I drink now is white and swirly when it's fresh out of the machine.

Patrick's product produces water that, according to the label:

Additional information on Crystal Energy® by its creator Dr. Patrick Flanagan:

Crystal Energy drops contain silica-based nano-spheres that average 2-3 nanometers in diameter. They have an electric charge (zeta potential) of -140 mv (millivolts).

Electrolyzed Reduced Water contains nano-spheres also, but includes other minerals as well, and it's all energized by the machine, rather than putting just a few drops of energized water into a glass of dead water. ERW from an ISO-medically-certified device produces water with an electrical charge of -500 to -900. My water typically tests at around -780.

So I am in complete agreement with the principles he is describing. My only complaint is that he is starting out with dead water. I don't think a few drops of nanoparticles are enough to offset the dead water.