Introduction
This article offers further notes
on countertop water
ionizers, filtration of water in the ionizers, and consumption of
reduced
electrolyzed water (also known as "alkaline ionized water"), including
consumption of high-strength electrolyzed reduced water with an ORP
stronger
than -550 mv., and, in some cases, with an ORP stronger than -800 mv.
As you are probably aware
from reading other articles
on this website, I feel that ingesting structured, clustered water
which
contains the H-minus ion is highly beneficial, and that it may well
come
close to replicating the kind of water which our ancestors likely had
access
to. This ionized water supplies copious quantities of the H-minus ion,
which is a primitive, primal, primal, primeval and primordial
antioxidant.
Incidentally, there are other ways of structuring or clustering water
which
do not necessarily involve large amounts of the H-minus ion, and for
more
information on those methods (which, however, do not impart the
antioxidant
benefit of the H-minus ion), see the article on this site on additives
which purportedly make water more structured and clustered.
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Recommendations
on Brands and Models of Countertop
Flow-thru Ionizers
As far as kitchen countertop
flow-thru water ionizers
go, I believe that the Jupiter Technos ionizer is probably one of the
best
buys, primarily becasue of issues of economy and performance, and have
been using one for 2 1/2 years in a souped-up setup for making highly
charged
water (highly charged with the H-minus ion). I feel
that the
quality of the Jupiter Technos and the "alkaline" water from it is as
good
as the machines in this category (kitchen countertop flow-thru water
ionizere
which hook up to the faucet) which sell for $1,400 or more.
The only
way to make stronger "alkaline" clustered water (or, more properly
electrolyzed
reduced water, or ERW) is to purchase a batch-type water
ionizer.
More details on this topic are provided on other pages on this site!
Notes on
Filtration
I sometimes am asked questions
about the degree of particulate
filtration needed in countertop flow-thru water ionizers. Since I feel
that the primary purpose of such filters should only be to remove gross
particulate matter and sediment which might clog or contaminate the
ionizing
chamber or ionizing electrodes, I do not feel that a high degree of
particulate
filtration is needed, nor is it imporatant. In my
own situation,
I do not particularly need the filter, and in any case, am not
particularly
concerned about ultra-fine filtration of my drinking water.
In fact,
since I live in the mountains in a wilderness area, and have the luxury
of drinking water from a mountain well, I usually do not filter my
drinking
water at all. Even for folks living in cities where municipal
water
may be chlorinated or flouridated, since these are not particles, but
rather
chemicals, these are not removed to a greater degree by a finer
filter.
Therefore, for myself, and I suspect, for many folks, the fineness of
particulate
filtration may not be a particularly important issue. Indeed,
all
a particulate filter will remove is usually only bacteria, some
viruses,
and some types of mud and dirt. I actually appreciate having
some
of these things in my diet! After all, or ancestors drank
these things
in their water for millions of years!
Notes On My
Souped-up Flow-Thru Ionizer for Producing
Ultra-Strong ERW
Although I primarily use my Super
Oxide tabletop batch-mode
water ionizers to produce high strength (with an ORP stronger than
-550)
electrolyzed reduced water (ERW), I have been asked several questions
about
my souped-up flow-thru ionizer for producing ultra-strong ERW as
well.
Here goes:
My souped-up flow-thru water
ionizer system, which employs
a 5 gallon water reservoir holding pre-mixed slightly salted water, a
$1,000
digital microprocessor-controlled metering pump (user may adjust pump
flow
precisely from 0.05 gallons per minuter to 20 gallons/minute via a
control
panel with digital flow readout) and a souped up-Jupiter Technos
ionizer,
was my very first water ionizer setup, which I constructed for research
purposes and to make ultra-strong water for my own consumption over two
years ago. That setup produces water with an ORP of about
-790 mv
as opposed to water with an ORP of -152 mv from the
unmodified Jupiter
Technos hooked up to my cold water faucet. This is an
increase in
free electrons and in antioxidant power of over a
million-fold!
Shortly after constructing this experimental device, I then purchased
two
models of the batch-type water ionizers (the Super Oxide Labo and the
Super
Oxide Mini, from Ion and Light in San Francisco, at http://www.ionlight.com/
), which can produce even more powerful
electrolyzed reduced water
(ERW) showing an ORP of -837 mv or greater. From that point
onward
I used only the Super Oxide batch devices to produce water for my own
consumption,
and the large Rube Golberg assembly using the modified Jupiter Technos
was then relegated to duty in lab research and occasional
demonstrations
for visitors (e.g."This machine can make 5 gallons every 3 minutes of
ultra-powerful
electrolyzed reduced water!"), as well as filling 5 gallon buckets of
the
water for use by friends.
Non-Electrolytic
Means of Producing Reduced Water (RW)
Now, a teaser:
there are actually NUMEROUS other ways of creating H-minus ions in
water,
and without electricity/electrolysis, and often without the artificial
corrollary of high alkalinity as well. These methods yield
water
commonly referred to as "reduced water", or RW. However, many
of
these methods really cannot get the H-minus concentration to a place
where
the resultant ORP is much stronger than -300 mv. There are a
few
that can go much further.
The Magic
Jugs
There is one
means I might mention.... I have some proprietary and developmental
"Magic
Jugs" here in my laboratory and in my kitchen, which use no electricity
at all, and no complicated devices. These are amber glass 1/2
gallon
jugs, with a special active substance in the bottom. I fill
the jugs
with tap water (non-chlorinated), and in 24 hours, I have reduced water
(RW) with an ORP of -435 or lower. If you wish to learn more
about
the magic jugs, please click
here
to go to a page on this site with more details.
More Notes on
Using ERW as a Dietary Nutritional Supplement
This section has been written in
response to questions
from several folks about how folks use ionized water as a dietary
supplement.
I do indeed drink ERW (so-called "alkaline water") as a daily
supplement
to my diet, to supply the quantities of the H- ion as a primitive,
primal,
primeval, primordial antioxidant. For the same reason, I also
take
about 1/2 caplet of MegaHydrin
™
dissolved in water twice per day.
Back when I was on a cooked diet, not only was my ERW intake much
higher,
but my
MegaHydrin
™
intake was far higher, from the equivalent
of 4 caplets (dissolved in lots of water) per day to 25 caplets per
day.
If that sounds excessive, please recall that I was doing research at
the
time on the H- ion in the human diet in my laboratory; I also had CFS
and
fibromyalgia, and appreciated the relief and the extra energy offered
by
ERW and the
MegaHydrin
™.
Can You Overdose
on Ultra-Strong ERW?
I believe I have finally gotten to
the point, only after
I passed the benchmark of being on an RVAF diet for about 6 months,
where
I have occasionally overdosed on the ultra-strong ERW (that is, in this
case, ERW with an ORP of about -830 mv). Nowadays, I drink
only 2-3
ounces of the ultra-strong ERW (mixed in 10 ounces of tap water) 3
times
per day. Any stronger or more frequent dose would result in
headaches
and neckaches. However on the other hand, back in the days
when I
was eating a fairly clean and healthful cooked diet (and ingesting lots
of supplements), I daily drank over 0.6 gallons per day of the
ultra-strong
ERW (in addition to 0.4 gallons of tap water), and even that was not
too
much for me! In fact, the primary effect was that found that
I had
3 extra hours of energy per day, and needed 3 hours less of sleep per
nite!
However, as I stayed on the RVAF diet, my intuition started to warn me
to decrease my amount of the ultra-strong ERW. I am still
able to
drink unlimited amounts of weaker ERW. For example, I often
drink
the "alkaline" ioinized water from kitchen countertop flow-thru water
ionizer
devices (the Jupiter Technos, also the Microwater device), and the
water
from these devices shows an ORP of about -145 mv to - 200 mv.
I drink
unlimited amounts of this (weaker) water with no ill effects, and only
positive effects. I suspect this would remain true for me at
this
time with ERW with an ORP up to about -390. Anything stronger
would
take a bit of caution, as noted above, now that I am on a totally raw
diet.
It
is my observation that the so-called species of "active hydrogen", when
found in water, are also often linked to so-called ormus forms of
various elements or to ormus-like energies. If you wish to read about a
device which I have built which employs magnets and magnetite sand
to apparently induce creation of ormus-type forms of elements in water,
please check out the page at http://www.h-minus-ion.org/water-tx-device-1.html
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