One Cause For All Sickness And Disease?
Is it true? Can it be?
There is a growing number of doctors and researchers who say that there is a common cause underlying all sickness and disease: Acidosis.
The increased level of acidity in the human body; specifically of the blood. The healthy pH level of the blood is approximately 7.4; acidosis occurs when the blood’s pH falls below 7.35. Our bodies are constantly doing a balancing act to keep the blood in an alkaline state– that is 7.4 or above. When we eat acidic foods, fatty or junk foods are bodies supposedly become more acidic and to counter it our bodies use reserves of alkalinity, calcium from our bones or obesity.
Ionized, alkaline water is being marketed by some doctors and researchers as a way to combat acidosis on a daily level. By drinking ionized, alkaline water our bodies will more naturally be in an alkaline state which leads to a more hydrated, healthier body. If you watch any marketing videos for machines such as the Athena water ionizer, happy customers will cite health improvements; like a man with diabetes who, after drinking alkaline water for several months, stopped needing to take his medication. Or a woman with high blood pressure who slowly came off her blood thinning pills. These kinds of health restoration stories are possible because, as the scientists and doctors who promote these products say, as people drink the alkaline water their bodies move from a more acidic state to an alkaline one and the acidosis, which is the underlying cause of these problems, is neutralized.
The alkaline/acidosis theories have their opponents as well: other doctors and scientists no less. So who should we believe? Japan as a country has already accepted it as truth, even using ionized, alkaline water in hospitals. And in the United States, it is just beginning to gain some traction. So as more people use it, especially people we know, maybe then we’ll be able to see if there are health benefits. The best that can happen is people drink water that helps maintain healthier bodies. The worst that can happen is that people waste their money on expensive alkaline machines that do nothing.
All in all, we’re all still drinking water– and every scientist agrees that we need that.
To your health.
