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Original picture credit: Benefits of Alkaline, Ionized Water by Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D., Director, Water Institute of Japan, edited by Healing Cancer Naturally © 2008.
Water (H20) “congregates” in clusters formed of a number of H20 molecules. In the case of tap and well water, these clusters consist of 10 to 13 H20 molecules (as shown by NMR [Nuclear Magnetic Resonance] analysis). On the right-hand side, you see an illustration of one such cluster as found in “normal” water.
Now compare this with the illustration on the left. This shows a water cluster from water after it has been submitted to electrolysis. This process has reduced the originally larger water clusters to about half their normal size, with just 5 to 6 H20 molecules per cluster, making these clusters approximately half the size of normal tap water clusters. (In addition, but not illustrated here, the electrolysis/ionization process also charges this “microclustered” water with excess electrons (e-) and reduces its molecular weight).
It stands to reason that such “smaller” “microclustered” water will permeate the body and its cells as well as various substances more readily than untreated “large-size” tap water. And water as the universal solvent of course both brings nourishment and flushes and carries out wastes at the cellular level.
For the same reason, it is a known property of the micro-clustered structure of the water produced by Enagic’s water alkalizer/ioniser, that any nutrients, supplement, medications etc. will be absorbed better. This is desirable when taking helpful supplements, but not when taking medications, since you don't want to get a stronger dose of the drug. (Hence, Enagic recommends that people not drink Kangen Water for 30 minutes before and after taking any drugs. This is also why their machines have a 'clean water' ie. filtered only, neutral pH option.) Natural supplements, however, are wonderful to take with Kangen Water, since you'll get a more potent amount of the nutrients (and thus actually save money).
This enhanced permeating/extracting quality leading to a greater “yield” is powerfully demonstrated in one of the videos available on www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove where the same teabag is used multiple times to yield a glass of tea while their “sister” steeped in tap water only yields one glass of tea, and more slowly at that.
I already had my own amazing and unexpected (i.e. as far as I can tell, not placebo-induced) experience with this “permeating” and detoxing property regarding a badly bruised ankle. This ankle and in fact my entire left foot had been off and on strongly swollen after gliding off a ladder sometime at the beginning of June 2008, and showed little signs of improvement. After purchasing Enagic’s SD501 “flagship” machine, I set it up at my friend's place on Tuesday, 5 August 2008, and drank some 600 ml (c. 2 glasses) of Kangen™ water at pH 9.5. On Wednesday, I had c. 950 to 1250 ml (3 to 4 glasses) of the same, then set off to my place which involved walking up and down 12 flights of chairs, going shopping and lugging some heavy stuff in warm weather wearing shoes that were too heavy for the temperature.
On Thursday, 7 August, I woke up with my ankle back to normal (slim and trim) except a certain slight pain lurking in two spots or so (only noticeable when I moved it). This I think cannot be attributed to placebo. While I did hope and expect the water to help with the ankle and foot in the long run, I never expected it to help that quickly and dramatically after drinking just 1.5 liters or so and putting a heavier strain than normal on my injured foot!
Since I had left my machine at my friend's I had to wait till I would be back to take more. So without drinking any more Kangen™ water,
it was only on Friday, 8 August, that the slightest swelling reoccurred, which was however far from the elephantine proportions my ankle and foot tended to reach beforehand which had regularly turned my walk into a limp.
A friend had told me that when he had sprained his ankle at some time, it took him 2 years for it to properly heal. He thinks it was due to the fact that he didn't heed the advice to perfectly rest the foot for
several days after the damaging event, an advice which I had equally ignored.
Now, October 23, 2008, in spite of drinking the Kangen™ water just sporadically, my foot is close to normal and importantly, never once was there another swelling after August 7, beyond some minor ones. This getting better could of course be attributed to the simple natural healing propensity of the human body. However, August 7 definitely marked the decisive turning point, and was clearly triggered by drinking a few glasses of 9.5 Kangen™ water.
On the importance of drinking fresh Kangen™ water
As mentioned below for bottled water, the antioxidant property does not survive the bottling process, and the same applies to the water from Enagic’s machine. “That is why Enagic does not bottle the water but sells the machine instead. It is crucial that people, especially those dealing with serious illnesses, drink the water immediately, fresh from the machine. Of course, we all have busy lives, so we do carry jugs of water with us during the day*, but while at home, we drink the water straight from the machine. The alkaline pH lasts, but the antioxidant property will be lost by the end of the day. Both properties are crucially important when dealing with illnesses, especially cancer.
* When traveling, we use polycarbonate bottles, which leach a lot less than soft plastic. At home, we use only glass, and drink it straight out of the machine.”
A fountain of youth?
In addition to the few examples of rejuvenating effects from water drinking given above, do have a look at the impressive picture of Mr. Oshiro, Enagic's president who has been drinking Kangen™ water for many years, see www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove. After meeting him at a June 2008 Enagic conference, Monica adds, "...jet black hair...and a very beautiful spirit! I was expecting him to talk about the company and the $$, but mostly he talked about COMPASSION and helping people by giving them water! I was very impressed! I am so happy to be aligned with a company that has HEART, that cares about people and not just $$! ($$ is nice too, but helping people has to be the top priority!)”
Just hype and resultant placebo effect?
To some degree or other, the placebo effect seems to play a role in most any kind of human healing (possibly apart from those achieved in children) and to my pleasure, the Enagic company recognizes this. One of Enagic's official promotional documents mentions the placebo effect and writes that 50% of people respond to this (often powerful) mind-induced healing mechanism (see placebo cure examples on Real-life healing stories). But does this also apply to the case of those animals who, far beyond any of their owner's expectation, have responded most eagerly to the Kangen™ water offered them, or the healing story of Monica's dog featured above?
The above-mentioned CD featuring testimonials from people who suffered for instance from fibromyalgia, arthritis, and even cancer, includes, in addition to those who could be attributed to a "simple" mind power/placebo effect a couple of very interesting ones where the placebo effect really couldn't have played any part. These are, of course, the truly valuable testimonials which show that indeed, there is something to the Kangen™ water which sets it apart from other types of water and which is independent of any mind-mediated healing effect.
In fact Monica Leal’s testimonial itself beautifully illustrates that there is more than placebo involved: just look how she describes the high hopes (placebo effect) she had after buying her first (Jupiter) water alkalizer/ionizer and how none of her expectations re health improvement were fulfilled by that machine within 2 years of faithfully drinking the water produced by it.
That Kangen™ water is indeed different is also Wade McNutt's opinion, a three-time Natural National Bodybuilding Champion who details his experience drinking Kangen™ Water at www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove. Quote, " ... I had been exposed to other ionizers and, frankly, I hadn't been impressed ... this time I was feeling something quite different in my body in just the first few hours. ...
Over the next few days I drank more water ... by the 3rd day I looked in the mirror and I could not believe the results. I was losing body fat at a rate that was quite shocking…my recovery at the gym was at a phenomenal rate ... with only 2 weeks preparation I won in two different categories and qualified to compete for Natural Mr. Olympia in Greece... because of the Kangen™ Water my physique transformed; my life transformed; I'm thrust back into competition. I believe that Kangen™ Water, produced by the Enagic machine, is going to be the next great thing in athletic performance!"
A water of all trades
To add to the apparent benefits already listed, Enagic's Kangen™ water filtration device actually produces 5 different types of water that can be used in multiple eco-friendly and sometimes dramatically healing ways. That's because the Kangen Water system allows you to control the pH level of the water it creates. These are some of the things you can do with this flexible water system: cleaning food of pesticides, cleaning dishes, cleansing your face and hair (replacing most or all of your skin care products and hair conditioners), washing clothes/removing stubborn stains without soap or detergent (!), disinfecting food products, sanitizing kitchen utensils, greasy countertops, sterilizing restaurants, bathrooms etc. to keep areas safe and free of germs, and even pest control (greenhouses etc.) and gangrene reversal as demonstrated on one of the videos available at www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove.
A company showing a holistic perspective
In addition to acknowledging the power of placebo, I really liked the fact that the promotional documentation distributed by the Enagic company includes references to the fact that our body’s acid/alkaline status is contingent upon and influenced by a number of factors, including non-dietary and non-environmental ones. Non-tangible influences are factors such as stress which acidifies the tissues while meditation, prayer and joy have an alkalizing effect. Hence the reported longevity and health benefits derived from a happy outlook on life versus the potentially "sickening" impact of stress and other negative emotions, compare Emotions & Cancer Healing.
“Sacred healing springs” and man-made water
I have a "natural" skepticism versus any man-made products. So much of human production has been geared to provide short-term satisfaction of often artificially created "needs", without regard to long-term effects of the respective product on humans, animals and the earth. Hence the environmental and health emergencies we are facing today in the industrialized nations (and even the developing nations which have been frequently used as dumping grounds for our toxic wastes).
So why do I tend to think that water “manipulated” and “denatured” by a water filter and alkalizing/ionizing system such as the one produced by Enagic is recommendable? First of all, unless one lives in one of the rarer locations on earth which still boast pristine land and water, all drinking water today is laden with toxins and/or denatured and processed, particularly in countries such as the US which allow fluoridation and use chlorination on a regular basis. So some kind of water purification system seems to be a must. But why drink water that is alkalinized/ionized/microclustered on top?
In addition to those healing testimonials that aren’t reducible to mere placebo referred to above, one fact that truly impressed and thus swayed me is that there are several recently discovered “sacred wells” in the world which give alkaline water. One of them is situated in Nordenau in my home country Germany and boasts a number of medically documented healings. While these wells also have some additional qualities, they all have in common that they give alkaline water.
Notes on bottled water
Apparently, as soon as even the best type of natural water is bottled, it loses most of its health-giving attributes. Monica Leal writes, “I have tested many varieties of bottled water, each claiming to be from some special spring, and ALL of them have tested oxidizing and usually quite acidic (or, at best, oxidizing but neutral on the pH). The antioxidant property does NOT last during the bottling process.
In addition, when water is bottled, [most] plastic leaches into the water. Sometimes bottled water sits in trucks, in the hot sun, which accelerates the leaching of the toxic chemicals” [such as xenoestrogens whose cellular growth-enhancing properties seem to contribute to the cancer epidemic].
... water from glaciers has crystalline properties when drunk FRESH at the site, but, again, as soon as the water is transported, it loses most of its beneficial properties. I have seen bottled waters with the name 'glacier water' that were absolutely worthless - they tested acidic and oxidizing.”
(Hopefully) needless to add, bottled water is not eco-friendly.
Can anyone drink Kangen water?
Disclaimer for those with kidney disorders
According to the SD105 operating instructions, people with kidney problems (kidney weakness and potassium excretion problems) should not drink Kangen water. This however, is simply erring on the side of the caution.
Kangen water is absorbed by the body very well, and hydrates the body more effectively due to its microclustered structure as explained in On microclustered water. Some people with kidney disorders may be following some special instructions from their doctors, such as a special protocol regarding the amount of water they drink. For this reason, the official Enagic literature includes a disclaimer regarding people with kidney problems, advising those people to abstain and/or consult their doctors. We have however heard many testimonials from people with kidney problems who have reported that the Kangen water helped them, including some people with kidney failure! (Some stories available upon request.) However, anyone with a kidney disorder should seek the advice of a health professional regarding whether Kangen water might be appropriate for them.
Why Enagic's water alkalizers/ionizers eclipse the competition by far
For an in-depth comparison of Enagic's main SD501 model with the "top-of-the-line" Jupiter water alkalizer/ionizer machine which graphically demonstrates the quality difference, please refer to the detailed information provided in the videos featured on www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove.
Monica Leal adds: "In addition to being alkaline and antioxidant, the minerals in the Kangen™ water produced by Enagic's water machines are ionized, meaning they are more assimilable by the body. And, the water is micro-clustered, having a hexagonal crystalline structure. Dr. Shinya, the inventor of the colonoscopy machine, has a book entitled 'The Enzyme Factor' in which he outlines the importance of hexagonal water, and even [goes as far as stating] that no disease can exist if the body consumes hexagonal water. This property is perhaps the most important of all, and Enagic's SD501 machine has been tested to show that it produces the largest number of microclusters in the water, and is the most consistently crystalline-structured.
[To add a significant anecdote,] last week, I went to visit a woman who sells colonic machines and massage tables to wholistic
practitioners. She had just bought a water ionizer machine the previous week, and had a sign on her wall saying 'Alkaline water, $3/gallon.' I asked if I could test her water from her new machine.
She said yes and got a glass of water. When I put in the ph testing drops, the water turned green...GREEN! which means a pH of around 7, which is just neutral. Then I got a glass of tap water from her
bathroom sink and tested it also, and it too was green! It was the same! She bought a piece of junk for $1400!
In all fairness, I've tested several other machines that had water turn
blue - meaning they got to about 8 pH [i.e. slightly alkaline]. But none of them turned purple, the 9.5 - 10 pH which the Enagic machine makes. I've heard that there are some machines that can
produce the alkaline water, but they do not produce the negative ORP (antioxidant), nor do they produce the micro-clustered water in any great quantity (meaning that MOST of the water molecules are NOT
structured, though a few might be).
Even if some of the competitor machines do produce alkalinity and antioxidants, all of them, as far as I know, operate on much lower
wattage. Most of the machines are 80 watts, with only a few running on 120 watts. I don't know of any that have as much power as Enagic's - 235 watts! The stronger power is necessary to produce the
hexagonal structured water - an important attribute of Kangen water [as mentioned]!
In his book “The Water Puzzle and the Hexagonal Key - Scientific Evidence of Hexagonal Water and its positive influence on health”, Dr.
Jhon writes that the fluid in cancer cells and those of AIDS patients always lacks structure, whereas the fluid found in healthy cells is structured. This author asserts that the hexagonal water (produced in
quantity ONLY by Enagic machines, due to increased wattage and larger titanium plates) is actually the main thing in the water that is helping people to heal.
So, bottom line is that, most of the cheaper machines do not even produce the alkalinity or antioxidant properties reliably, nor do they keep producing those properties past the first few days out of the
box, and if they do, they do not produce the hexagonal water molecules in quantity like Enagic’s machine does.
5-year warranty
Kangen Water Systems come with a 5-year warranty because, as they write, “We are completely confident that you will be absolutely amazed at the results you will experience once you have begun drinking Kangen water.”
Buying a Kangen™ water machine
As someone of good health and desirous to keep and further enhance it, needless to say I've bought a machine and become an independent distributor, or should I say possibly missionary ;-). For those who may think I am only doing this for the money (rest asured that I don't or this site wouldn't be all about helping people heal from cancer on a shoestring budget, see Welcome), I am willing to pay the first site visitor fighting a cancer challenge to buy an Enagic water machine half of my commission so I don't make much from your purchase. The only absolute condition for this scenario would be that you commit to report back to me in detail regarding any changes in your or your loved ones' health which followed the purchase of the machine and regular ingestion of the Kangen™ water.
Payment options
In case you are as enthusiastic as I was myself after thoroughly perusing the information and documentation provided at www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove but don't have the funds yet to buy a machine, you can sign up (it's free) as an independent distributor without even needing to purchase anything (which I heard is a rare option offered in the world of business). After selling 12 of the flagship model to friends, you will have earned enough commissions to pay the full price for one of the machines. There are also several easy financing options available (including with zero downpayment) which would allow you to get a machine immediately.
What if you don't have the money to buy a water machine, don't want to become a distributor and don't want to take out a payment plan?
Since the important factors seem to be the alkalizing property and low (negative) ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential), the (at least) next best thing would appear to be doing lots of fresh organic juicing and eating fresh organic fruits and vegetables. Additionally, alkalize yourself via joyful activities, meditation, prayer etc. In fact, alkalizing yourself via creating a positive emotional internal climate is said to be imperative in one of Enagic's documents, stating that stressful emotions can thwart any positive effect reached by drinking alkaline water alone.
Also before you are tempted to rush out and buy an apparently equivalent cheaper model by another water alkalizer/ionizer manufacturer, make sure to read up on, learn and understand about the differences and experiences made with some of these machines featured on www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove and this and other websites.
Incidentally, you can also ask to be given Kangen water for free or at cost by submitting a pertinent request to me which I will publish for you at an independent distributors forum. If you happen to live close by one of these distributors or owners of a machine, you may be lucky.
PS to distributors
If you send your “prospects” to this page to benefit from the good name and integrity of this humanitarian site to close your sale, I ask that you show the integrity to disclose your distributorship to your potential client from the start and thus respect my time. In addition, I ask that you reciprocate in one of the easy ways shown at Support This Site and thus benefit many.
Footnotes
1 'Kangen' means 'return to origin’ and is a registered trademark of Enagic Inc. Kangen™ Water is produced by electrolysis* to yield “pure, healthy, alkaline drinking water rich in minerals, purged of impurities, and ionized through electrolysis to obtain active hydrogen which is abundant in ‘extra’ electrons. These extra electrons impart strong anti-oxidant properties to the drinking water. ... Kangen water is perhaps more powerful than any single food or vitamin supplement” due to its active hydrogen content supplying large amounts of extra electrons to the body. “Most water electrolysis equipment will not create active hydrogen in the water, therefore, the equipment merely produces ionized alkaline water, not Kangen™ water. In fact, the antioxidant potential of a single glass of Kangen™ water would cost several dollars to duplicate with vitamin supplements and they would never be absorbed by our body the way water is. In fact, Kangen™ water is so powerful as an antioxidant that your body will no longer have to use up calcium to supply electrons to free radicals.”
* Electrolysis is the process that separates water into alkaline and acidic water.
2 To the best of my knowledge, this is a unique accolade and there is no other machine of this type certified and used as a medical treatment device in any other country. While other companies have made claims about being medical devices, they could not produce the actual certification. Enagic does have the certificates, complete with certification numbers, posted on their website and www.itshealthywater.com/lightoflove, so there is no doubt about their credibility.
In fact, “Enagic is the only company in the entire water purification industry whose products have been endorsed by the prestigious Japanese Association of Preventative Medicine for Adult Disease. Kangen™ Water Systems is also the only water-related technology that has been officially recognized for its health merits by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (the equivalent to the US Food and Drug Administration).”
For this reason (each company with a Medical Device certification must manufacture and repair all of their own machines to receive and maintain this accolade), “Enagic does not outsource anything. They make everything from the plates right down to the styrofoam packaging” and thus have “total quality control on every item from start to finish. Each machine is hand-built by a SINGLE experienced craftsman. He is accountable for the quality of the machines he builds.”
3 ...including two (normal) water fasting testimonials which induced a permanent bladder cancer cure in both cases, see Detoxification for Health: Two Bladder Cancer Cures Achieved via Water Fasting (yes!).
4 I think a major reason for Japan's high ranking, in spite of being a high technology country, is the widespread use of seaweed and fish products with their high trace element content.
5 Monica Leal added: “I have heard Dr. Carpenter speak of his cancer patients in person, but I'm not sure if this has been recorded. We all have to be very, very careful here in the US, because the AMA/FDA is very strict about making claims. ... I also heard a woman [on a conference call] talk about her advanced stage breast cancer disappearing in 3 months.”
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