Water — the almost miraculous liquid

[Richard]

Randy Sheridan

The positive health properties of good water have long been known, experienced and broadcast “for whatever ails you” from culture to culture. The problem it seems is that the solution is just too simple and often treated by professionals as another trend that will soon pass.

As far back as 1509 in Milan, Italy, Leonardo Da Vinci, upon taking a break from painting, declares San Pellegrino water as “miraculous.” That water originates from a layer of rock 1,300 feet below the surface, where it is mineralized from contact with limestone and volcanic rocks. It emerges from three deep springs at a temperature of about 70°F and is extremely refreshing to drink.

In 1820, the Rev. D.O. Griswold began bottling the spring waters of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and selling it under the name “Doctor Clark” as a cure for stomach ailments. It swept through the metropolis, especially among the more prominent and cultured.

Hiram Ricker began bottling and selling the spring water on his property in Poland Spring, Maine, as a cure for kidney ailments, hence Poland Spring is born. The first shipments were in three-gallon jugs that sold for 15 cents at the local grocer.

More on the history of the powerful health benefits of water in a moment, but a few noteworthy facts are in order just now. Did you know that bottled water has become a $15 billion a year industry? It will be $16 billion next year.

As part of the boomer generation that was raised on tap water and water fountains, we’ve quickly become market-driven consumers of bottled water paying two, three and sometimes four times the cost of a gallon of gasoline for the convenience of water in a bottle. We drink a billion bottles a week paying good money for what we can have for free at home.

Ask yourself this question, “Are we really getting the good stuff or repackaged ordinary goods?” Then, let this simmer in your soup for a while: 24 percent of the bottled water we buy is simply tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi. Ouch! So much for being an informed consumer!

Yet, the bottled-water industry is increasingly rising to the status of the “big kid on the block.” Just think about this: We’re moving 1 billion bottles of water around a week in ships, on trains, and trucks in the United States alone. That’s equivalent to a weekly convoy of 37,800 18-wheelers delivering water.

Water weighs 8 1/3 pounds a gallon. It’s so heavy you can’t fill an 18-wheeler with bottled water — you have to leave empty space. Every week, they are transporting a “lake of water” across the country, while we pitch into landfills 38 billion water bottles a year — in excess of $1 billion worth of plastic.

OK, your brain is tired and you need a drink ... of bottled water? Well, refuel it with this bit of wet information.

In 1976, the average American drank 1.6 gallons of bottled water a year, according to Beverage Marketing Corp. Last year, the average consumer drank 28.3 gallons of bottled water — 18 half-liter bottles a month. We now drink more bottled water than milk, or coffee, or beer. Only carbonated soft drinks are more popular than bottled water, at 52.9 gallons annually, but look out Pepsi and Coca Cola.

Charles Fishman, in a recent article for FastCompany.com says we are paying an unbelievable premium for this healthy convenience. “You can buy a half-liter Evian for $1.35 — 17 ounces of water imported from France for pocket change. That water seems cheap, but only because we aren’t paying attention.”

He goes on to say, “If you bought and drank a bottle of Evian, you could refill that bottle once a day for 10 years, 5 months, and 21 days with San Francisco tap water before that water would cost $1.35. Put another way, if the water we use at home cost what even cheap bottled water costs, our monthly water bills would run $9,000.”

The question we really need to be asking ourselves is this, “Is this really good water?” I think the answer is crystal clear ... or have we been sold a muddled bill of goods.

Having been “enlightened” a few months back as to the acidic nature of bottled water along with most foods we eat — there is a desperate need for us to climb out of basement on the pH scale into the healthy atmosphere of alkalinity. Kangen water offers just the ticket.

Long proponents of drinking “good water,” we bought a reverse osmosis water purifying machine over 15 years ago and have diligently made hundreds of gallons for drinking and cooking, only to discover in recent months that it doesn’t have the muster to pass the pH test — RO water is actually acidic.

Kangen water (KangenWaterAlive.com) is not just the new kid on the block, it is about to be the new wave of the future. The Japanese have been using this amazing technology for 25 years and have had such miraculous results that the Japanese ministry of labor and welfare (an equivalent of our Food and Drug Administration) have approved this water machine as a medical device.

Dr. Ingfreid Hobert says this about alkalized water: “You do not need expensive medicine with all the negative side effects to regain your health. Alkaline water has profound long term effects because it alkalizes your body and provides an effective antioxidant.” I’m sure that quote didn’t make the American Journal of Medicine!

Is it really miracle water? Time will tell. Testimonies of the amazing benefits of this Kangen water keep flowing in. Maybe its time to transform that free tap water into alkalized water that really makes a difference. Besides, it’s plastic free!

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