Is your water bio-compatible?
It's
more important for water to be bio-compatible than just purified. Water is
probably valued more for what it removes from our bodies than what it adds.
Water’s biggest function is that of flushing out toxins and waste.
A
French professor by the name of Louis-Claude Vincent, who was also the Chief
Hydrologist in his country during early 1900's, developed a measuring instrument
called the B.E.V, or the Bio-Electronic Vincent. This device measures what is
believed to be the three key components of the bio-compatibility of water for
human consumption. The three components and their definitions follow:
·
pH: a measure of acidity or alkalinity, i.e. the hydrogen ion
concentration; pH of bio-compatible water can range from 4.0 to 6.9. This range
is allowed because in extremely pure water it is very easy to affect the pH
value—there are no other dissolved substances to buffer the solution. (Source: http://www.purewatersystems.com/bev.php)
Pure Water Systems' site explains perfectly why the
"alkaline water" fad might be a dangerous one to hang your health on:
"Many visitors to our site wonder why BEV values call for slight acidity
in drinking water, while many websites promote alkaline drinking water. We find
it fascinating that the very idea of the internal environment (terrain) being
too acid was developed long before the Japanese and Korean alkalizing machines
came to market.
We have carefully reviewed every publication available
describing the supposed benefits of alkaline water, and in every case we've
found there are significant gaps in the research. Describing pH is only one of
the critical parameters for measuring the bio-compatibility
of drinking water, and is the value most easily influenced. For example, none
of the literature accompanying alkaline water machines explains why you would
need an alkalizing machine if your tap water is already alkaline (as it is for
much of the western USA.)
Further, none of the literature discusses the concentration
of the alkaline solution. Alkaline water from an ionizing machine will be
significantly different if the source water comes from Seattle vs. Tulsa. These
water supplies have vastly different levels of dissolved minerals, yet the
literature never mentions how these differences will influence the strength of
the alkaline solution. Omissions like these reflect poorly on the credibility
of the promoters of alkaline water machines." (Source: http://www.purewatersystems.com/bev.php)
·
rH2: a value derived via the Nernst
Equation and a linear function of pH provides an indication of oxidation/reduction
potential (the amount of available electrons) that tells you the vitality or
energy potential of the water. rH2 also has a scale similar to pH that measures
from 0 to 42, with 28 representing the mid-point. Values above 28 are
considered oxidizing, below 28 reducing. The best water for human consumption
has an rH2 slightly on the reducing side of
the scale originally 25 - 29, now more commonly accepted at 20 - 24 (Source: http://www.purewatersystems.com/bev.php)
·
Resistivity: the opposite of conductance is used to measure the amount
of dissolved inorganic solids, or TDS.
The resistivity value should be as high as possible, indicating an
exceptionally low concentration of dissolved contaminates. The higher the
resistivity value, the cleaner your water and the better it is for you.
(Source: http://www.purewatersystems.com/bev.php)
Here is a link to a Comparison Chart for the most accepted
water purification methods and how they rank amongst one another relative to
the contaminants they remove: http://www.purewatersystems.com/comparison_chart.php
So
as you can see, it's just as important, if not more so, that water
filtration and purification systems provide water that is as humanly
bio-compatible as it is clean, soft, and decontaminated.
Guest author of this blog article is Indigo Liggins, who is an avid health, beauty, and fitness research consultant. She is my daughter!
