By LouAnn Savage

“Nothing is ever proven in medicine. You just try to look at the evidence and find the best treatment for your patients!¹” And the door opens for alternative remedies.

Women everywhere struggle for years as they traverse the geography of menopause. The natural depletion of estrogen as a woman enters this biological and emotional passage can make her body rage between hot flashes, night sweats, moodiness and clouded thinking. To some it’s pure hell. To others it’s a simple chapter in life. To the men in their lives, its undeniable stress to the relationship and a feeling of helplessness.

As women get frustrated, they visit their gynecologist looking for estrogen supplements to boost their diminishing hormone levels and get their inconvenient introductions to menopause under control. Today there are more choices than the mare’s urine, cancer inducing estrogen pills, called Premarin, of our mother’s and grandmother’s day.

Bioidentical hormones are an alternative solution to pills and patches. Unfortunately, proof doesn’t bear out that “bioidentical hormones are any safer or more effective than traditional treatments.²”

Whether choosing traditional or bioidentical, taking any kind of hormone carries with it a health trade off–comfort and clarity to the mind, body, spirit or the potential of blood clots and endometrial disease that can lead to uterine cancer.

It begs the question, is there another way? In the last four years, countless women have

found hydration a critical component that allows for relief of the symptoms of menopause.

If you can achieve a greater sense of balance otherwise known as homeostasis for your biological terrain, wouldn’t it be valuable?

Alkaline, micro-clustered ionized water [Kangen Water®] can make a difference. Hydration isn’t a cure, but it goes a long way toward keeping a woman’s body in balance so it can more efficiently flush toxins out of your system. These are toxins that can interfere with homeostasis and thereby aggravate the entry into the complex stage of ‘middle-age’ life. Getting in balance leads to a calm that can take you to a more comfortable and patient you.

¹Dr. Kent Holtorf of the Holtorf Medical Group ( Torrance and Foster City, CA).
²Chris Woolston, “Natural Creams for Hot Flashes?” Los Angeles Times, LATimes.com/health (June 7, 2010), E1 and E4.

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The U.S. General Accounting Office reports that there are serious deficiencies in water treatment plants in 75% of the states. More than 120 million people (about 50% of the population) may get unsafe water according to a study conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

U.S. Health Officials estimate 900,000 people each year become ill – and possibly 900 die – from waterborne disease. The General Accounting Office estimates 66% of Safe Drinking Water Act violations aren’t reported.

The contamination of water is directly related to the degree of contamination of our environment. Rainwater flushes airborne pollution from the skies, and then washes over the land before running into the, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that supply our drinking water. Any and all chemicals generated by human activity can and will find their way into water supplies.

The chemical element chlorine is a corrosive, poisonous, greenish-yellow gas that has a suffocating odor and is 2 1/2 times heavier than air. Chlorine belongs to the group of elements called halogens. The halogens combine with metals to form compounds called halides. Chlorine is manufactured commercially by running an electric current through salt water. This process produces free chlorine, hydrogen, and sodium hydroxide. Chlorine is changed to its liquid form by compressing the gas, the resulting liquid is then shipped. Liquid chlorine is mixed into drinking water and swimming pools to destroy bacteria.

Until recently, concerns about drinking water focused on eliminating pathogens. The chlorine used to reduce the risk of infectious disease may account for a substantial portion of the cancer risk associated with drinking water. Chlorination of drinking water was a major factor in the reduction in the mortality rates associated with waterborne pathogen. The use of chlorine was believed to be safe. This view is evident in an article, which appeared on the back page of the New York Times. The report stated that with the use of chlorine, “Any municipal water supply can be made as pure as mountain spring water. Chlorination destroys all animal and microbial life, leaving no trace of itself afterwards”. This statement reflected opinion accepted until recent years when halogenated organic compounds, such as chloroform, were identified in chlorinated drinking water supplies. Recent surveys show that these compounds are common in water supplies throughout the United States.

These concerns about cancer risks associated with chemical contamination from chlorination by-products have resulted in numerous epidemiological studies. These studies generally support the notion that by-products of chlorination are associated with increased cancer risks.

Chlorine is used to combat microbial contamination, but it can react with organic matter in the water and form dangerous, carcinogenic Trihalomethanes. According to Dr. Joseph M. Price, MD, in Moseby’s Medical Dictionary, “Chlorine is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious poison”.

It’s not like this information hasn’t been known by medical professionals.  A 1992 study that made front-page headlines, and was reported on in the American Journal of Public Health researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee found that people who regularly drink tap water containing high levels of chlorine by-products have a greater risk of developing bladder and rectal cancers than people who drink unchlorinated water. The study estimates that about 9 percent of all bladder cancer and 18 percent of all rectal cancer cases are associated with long-term consumption of these by-products. This amounts to over 20,000 new cases each year.

Morris, with epidemiologist Thomas C. Chalmers and his colleagues at Harvard, used a new technique called meta-analysis to combine the results from the 10 best studies, yielding the new findings. They report that people drinking chlorinated water over long periods have a 21% increase in the risk of contracting bladder cancer and a 38% increase in the risk of rectal cancer. “I am quite convinced, based on this study, that there is an association between cancer and chlorinated water.”, says Robert D. Morris of the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, who

directed the new study.

About 90% of the population is drinking water which may contain hundreds of these Disinfection By-products (DBPs), also known as Trihalomethanes. The Environmental Protection Agency lowered the Maximum Contaminant Level for Disinfection By-products but it will be years before the new standard goes into effect.

Dr. Herbert Schwartz of Cumberland County College in Vineman, N.J. says: “Chlorine has so many dangers it should be banned. Putting chlorine in the water supply is like starting a time bomb. Cancer, heart trouble, premature senility, both mental and physical, are conditions attributable to chlorine treated water supplies. It is making us grow old before our time by producing symptoms of aging such as hardening of the arteries.”

Chlorine has been hailed as the saviour against cholera and various other water-borne diseases; and rightfully so. Its disinfectant qualities and economy of production have allowed communities and whole cities to grow and prosper by providing disease-free tap water to homes and industry. Some people have grown-up on tap water, and believe the taste of chlorine signifies purity and safety. Well, not necessarily so.

Chlorine is, essentially, bleach.

And what comes out of most municipally delivered faucets is, quite actually, a mild bleach solution. Is it healthy to drink bleach? Does your body require any certain amount of chlorine to remain healthy? Feel free to consult a physician on that somewhat rhetorical question.
Consider some well-known attributes of chlorine. Let’s say, “the dark side” of the saviour. A PhD chemist put it this way: “If I were assigned to go into a lab and produce a menu of known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents), the first thing I would do would be to grab-up a cylinder of chlorine and start bubbling it through some water that contains naturally occuring organic acids (humic and fumic acids — as are found in all natural bodies of water like rivers, lakes, reservoirs, etc.).”
Note the “ch loro” part in the following: trichlorophosphate (TCP) and the trihalomethane group (THMs) which includes chloroform. You may recognize these known bad guys by the legally imposed requirement of your municipality to periodically m ake report to the public (newspaper) on the levels of these known or highly suspected carcinogens in the tap water being produced. There are others, but those are popularly known. And they’re all chlorine by-products.

Another problem directly related to chlorine disinfection are the aesthetic properties imparted when chlorine is combined with organic compounds that are natural to open bodies of water (surface water). This regards the “taste and odor” problems many municipalities experience during certain times of the year (especially in four-season latitudes) which draw their water supply from surface water. Surface water includes ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, etc., as opposed to underground sources (wells, aquifers). Bubble chlorine through humic and fumic acids common to surface water supplies and you produce the “fishy” or “musty” odors and tastes so common in the spring and fall, when the lake “turns-over.” 
The good news is, you don’t have to drink it anymore. The most practical and efficient method for removing chlorine, chlorine by-products, and taste and odor problems, is to filter it at the tap, with your Enagic Ionizer.

The municipalities are stuck. Environmental and public safety laws require most to maintain a chlorine residual throughout the entire water main delivery system. This is to retain some disinfecting properties in the event of groundwater infiltration and other contaminations. Barking at your local water company or water department about the taste and odor will accomplish nothing. Chances are, they’re doing their best, and meeting the laws. The most practical solution to the problem is to take it back out at the “point of use” (POU) — your own home or office.

If you would like to know more about chlorine and or taste a chlorin free water, call or stop by the Kangen Water Store in Portland, (503) 200-1600, your source for everything Kangen!

In a remarkable turnabout, federal health officials say many Americans are now getting too much fluoride because of its presence not just in drinking water but in toothpaste, mouthwash and other products, and it’s causing splotches on children’s teeth and perhaps more serious problems.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride in drinking water for the first time in nearly 50 years, based on a fresh review of the science.

The announcement is likely to renew the battle over fluoridation, even though the addition of fluoride to drinking water is considered one of the greatest public health successes of the 20th century. The U.S. prevalence of decay in at least one tooth among teens has declined from about 90 percent to 60 percent.

The government first began urging municipal water systems to add fluoride in the early 1950s. Since then, it has been put in toothpaste and mouthwash. It is also in a lot of bottled water and in soda. Some kids even take fluoride supplements. Now, young children may be getting too much.

“Like anything else, you can have too much of a good thing,” said Dr. Howard Pollick, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco’s dental school and spokesman for the American Dental Association.

One reason behind the change: About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a government study found recently. In extreme cases, teeth can be pitted by the mineral – though many cases are so mild only dentists notice it. The problem is generally considered cosmetic and not a reason for serious concern.

The splotchy tooth condition, fluorosis, is unexpectedly common in youngsters ages 12 through 15 and appears to have grown more common since the 1980s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But there are also growing worries about more serious dangers from fluoride.

The Environmental Protection Agency released two new reviews of research on fluoride Friday. One of the studies found that prolonged, high intake of fluoride can increase the risk of brittle bones, fractures and crippling bone abnormalities.

Critics of fluoridated water seized on the proposed change Friday to renew their attacks on it – a battle that dates back to at least the Cold War 1950s, when it was denounced by some as a step toward Communism. Many activists nowadays don’t think fluoride is essential, and they praised the government’s new steps.

“Anybody who was anti-fluoride was considered crazy,” said Deborah Catrow, who successfully fought a ballot proposal in 2005 that would have added fluoride to drinking water in Springfield, Ohio. “It’s amazing that people have been so convinced that this is an OK thing to do.”

Dental and medical groups applauded the announcement.

“This change is necessary because Americans have access to more sources of fluoride than they did when water fluoridation was first introduced,” Dr. O. Marion Burton, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said in a statement.

The fluoridated water standard since 1962 has been a range of 0.7 parts per million for warmer climates where people used to drink more water to 1.2 parts per million in cooler regions. The new proposal from HHS would set the recommended level at just 0.7. Meanwhile, the EPA said it is reviewing whether to lower the maximum allowable level of fluoride in drinking water from the current 4 parts per million.

“EPA’s new analysis will help us make sure that people benefit from tooth decay prevention while at the same time avoiding the unwanted health effects from too much fluoride,” said Peter Silva, an EPA assistant administrator.

Fluoride is a mineral that exists in water and soil. About 70 years ago, scientists discovered that people whose supplies naturally had more fluoride also had fewer cavities.

In 1945, Grand Rapids, Mich., became the world’s first city to add fluoride to its drinking water. Six years later a study found a dramatic decline in tooth decay among children there, and the surgeon general endorsed water fluoridation.

And in 1955, Procter & Gamble Co. marketed the first fluoride toothpaste, Crest, with the slogan “Look, Mom, no cavities!”

But that same year, The New York Times called fluoridation of public water one of the country’s “fiercest controversies.” The story said some opponents called the campaign for fluoridation “the work of Communists who want to soften the brains of the American people.”

The battles continue for a variety of reasons today.

In New York, the village of Cobleskill outside Albany stopped adding fluoride to its drinking water in 2007 after the longtime water superintendent became convinced the additive was contributing to his knee problems. Two years later, the village reversed the move after dentists and doctors complained.

According to a recent CDC report, nea rly 23 percent of children ages 12 to 15 had fluorosis in a study done in 1986-87. That rose to 41 percent in a study that covered 1999 through 2004.

“The report of discoloration has been going up over the years,” said Dr. Robert Barsley, a professor at the LSU Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry. “It is not the water that’s causing this by any means. It’s the extra fluoride products – toothpaste, mouthwash – that people are using. And people want nice white teeth so they brush three times a day.”

Susan Jeansonne, oral health program manager for Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, said one reason for the problem is children swallowing fluoride toothpaste or eating it.

Toothpaste labels have long recommended that parents supervise children under 6 when they are brushing their teeth; give them only a pea-size amount; and make sure they spit it out. Toddlers under 2 shouldn’t use toothpaste with fluoride.

In 2006, the National Academy of Sciences released a report recommending that the EPA lower its maximum allowable level of fluoride in drinking water. The report warned severe fluorosis could occur at 2 parts per million. Also, a majority of the report’s authors said a lifetime of drinking water with fluoride at 4 parts per million or higher could raise the risk of broken bones.

In addition, in 2005, the heads of 11 EPA unions, including ones representing the agency’s scientists, pleaded with the EPA to reduce the permissible level of fluoride in water to zero, citing research suggesting it can cause cancer.

In Europe, fluoride is rarely added to water supplies. In Britain, only about 10 percent of the population has fluoridated water. It has been a controversial issue there, with critics arguing people shouldn’t be forced to have “medical treatment” forced on them.

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Associated Press writers Dina Capiello in Washington, Maria Cheng in London, John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, David B. Caruso in New York, and Mary Foster in New Orleans contributed to this report, along with AP news researcher Jennifer Farrar in New York.

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Water adjusts the body’s temperature and assists in digestion. It removes toxins from the body and also makes necessary body fluids. The chemical reactions that support life take place in a water medium, with water being an important reactant or product of these reactions.

It can be said that the chemistry of life is water chemistry. For the body to function properly, it must be hydrated properly. Moreover, the qualities and properties of the water we drink can determine the quality of our health.

How much water do you drink everyday?

Not coffee, tea or soda – we are talking about water in the purest form. Coffee, tea, soft drinks, and even alcoholic beverages do contain water, but they also contain chemicals and additives harmful to your body. These are not substitutes for water and they do not hydrate and cleanse your body like pure water.

• The adult human body is made up of 60-75% water.
• The brain is made up of about 85% water.
• Blood, which carries nutrients and oxygen throughout the body, is about 90% water.

You see, water carries life energy – water is your lifeline!

By the time you’re thirsty,  you are already dehydrated!

Chronic dehydration manifests itself as sickness and premature aging. An average person (160lbs)  needs a minimum of 80 ounces of water per day (at least 10 glasses) in order to function at an optimum level. When the human body is dehydrated, it begins to pull water from its organs and tissues.

Lack of energy and constant exhaustion are the results of even mild dehydration. Other results of dehydration include allergies, asthma, colitis, constipation, migraine headache, rheumatoid arthritis, and angina- just to name a few.

It is obvious that both the quality and the quantity of your water intake have a significant effect on your physical and mental health.

Is all water the same? Have you ever wondered if there was something more you should know about the water you are drinking?

Is your body acidic?
Over acidity is very common and may be due to a combination of reasons including diet, environment pollutants, disease and even some medications.

Body Acidity & Disease:
When the body is in a constant state of acidity it gives rise to an environment conducive to disease. Symptoms associated with an acid condition include weight loss problems, insomnia, water retention, rheumatoid arthritis, migraine headaches, alternating constipation, diarrhea, colds, flu, difficulty swallowing, burning in the mouth, bumps on the tongue, stomach ulcers, cancer and even acid reflux are all often associated with this condition.

An Alkaline Balanced Body:
When you have an alkaline body, bacteria and viruses will perish in this alkaline environment allowing the body to resist disease. A pH balanced, or an alkaline body doesn’t create the environment for viruses and bacteria to thrive and flourish. Thus, no bacteria or virus will enter an alkaline body, grow and mutate into serious illness or disease.

Alkalizing the Body:
Changing the body to a more alkaline state by alkalizing and
building the immune system are closely related and may be combined. A healthy body maintains adequate alkaline reserves to meet emergency demands. When excess acids must be neutralized, our alkaline reserves are depleted leaving the body in a weakened condition.

Kangen™ water is the highest grade of alkaline ionized water available…

Listen to your body and hydrate yourself from the cellular level. The best way to do this is with Kangen™ Water, as it is the most hydrating water available due in part to its smaller clusters of water molecules.

The ionization process creates clusters of water molecules roughly one third of their normal size. These smaller water clusters are more easily absorbed by your body and help transport vitamins, minerals, and nutrients at a much faster rate…up to 6 times faster!

To learn more about Kangen Water™, visit www.OregonWaterStore.com, Or to find a location near you to TRY Kangen Water™, contact Brandon Stetner at The Water Store, (503) 200-1600

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You probably already know that Kangen Water® is a healthy choice for your inner body. But have you ever wondered what Kangen Water® can do for your skin?

Most of us desire healthy, vibrant, soft, and even youthful skin.

Thankfully, helping your skin stay beautiful and healthy has never been so easy. Beautiful skin begins with a clean face. Many people spend massive amounts of money on skin care and beauty products each year.

Why waste money on expensive skin care products, only to bathe, rinse, and cleanse with ordinary water that has no benefits for your skin?

Restoring Balance

Most tap water, especially found in urban and suburban regions, has a neutral pH level. Your skin, on the contrary, is considered an acidic surface, with a low pH level of 4.5 – 6.5 pH. Why is that important?

Your body relies on your skin to maintain its proper acidity for optimal health.

The skin is responsible to provide a protective barrier for the rest of your body, keeping out harmful bacteria and other pathogens.

You need water that restores the proper pH balance of your skin, keeping it properly hydrated, rejuvenated, and healthy! You need Kangen Water®!

Kangen Water®: Solution for Your Skin

Enagic’s water ionizing machine produces 5 sensational types of water. While you need alkaline Kangen Water® for inner health, you need mildly acidic water (also called “Beauty Water”) to maintain proper skin health.

Beauty Water is 5.5 pH, which is perfect for restoring the proper acidic level of your skin.

You can use Beauty Water for all your skin cleansing needs, and you’ll be surprised at how effective your skin care and beauty products will be when they team up with Enagic’s remarkable Beauty Water!

You have the power to choose better skin health for yourself and your family today!

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By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO May 17, 2010 (AP)

A new analysis of U.S. health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables.

While the study couldn’t prove that pesticides used in agriculture contribute to childhood learning problems, experts said the research is persuasive.

“I would take it quite seriously,” said Virginia  Rauh of Columbia University, who has studied prenatal exposure to pesticides and wasn’t involved in the new study.

More research will be needed to confirm the tie, she said.

Children may be especially prone to the health risks of pesticides because they’re still growing and they may consume more pesticide residue than adults relative to their body weight.

In the body, pesticides break down into compounds that can be measured in urine. Almost universally, the study found detectable levels: The compounds turned up in the urine of 94 percent of the children.

The kids with higher levels had increased chances of having ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, a common problem that causes students to have trouble in school. The findings were published Monday in Pediatrics.

The children may have eaten food treated with pesticides, breathed it in the air or swallowed it in their drinking water. The study didn’t determine how they were exposed. Experts said it’s likely children who don’t live near farms are exposed through what they eat.

“Exposure is practically ubiquitous. We’re all exposed,” said lead author Maryse Bouchard of the University of Montreal.

She said people can limit their exposure by eating organic produce. Frozen blueberries, strawberries and celery had more pesticide residue than other foods in one government report.

A 2008 Emory University study found that in children who switched to organically grown fruits and vegetables, urine levels of pesticide compounds dropped to undetectable or close to undetectable levels.

Because of known dangers of pesticides in humans, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency limits how much residue can stay on food. But the new study shows it’s possible even tiny, allowable amounts of pesticide may affect brain chemistry, Rauh said.

The exact causes behind the children’s reported ADHD though are unclear. Any number of factors could have caused the symptoms and the link with pesticides could be by chance.

The new findings are based on one-time urine samples in 1,139 children and interviews with their parents to determine which children had ADHD. The children, ages 8 to 15, took part in a government health survey in 2000-2004.

As reported by their parents, about 150 children in the study either showed the severe inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity characteristic of ADHD, or were taking drugs to treat it.

The study dealt with one common type of pesticide called organophosphates. Levels of six pesticide compounds were measured. For the most frequent compound detected, 20 percent of the children with above-average levels had ADHD. In children with no detectable amount in their urine, 10 percent had ADHD.

“This is a well conducted study,” said Dr. Lynn Goldman of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a former EPA administrator.

Relying on one urine sample for each child, instead of multiple samples over time, wasn’t ideal, Goldman said.

The study provides more evidence that the government should encourage farmers to switch to organic methods, said Margaret Reeves, senior scientist with the Pesticide Action Network, an advocacy group that’s been working to end the use of many pesticides.

“It’s unpardonable to allow this exposure to continue,” Reeves said.

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On the Net:

Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org/

To Learn how Kangen Water removes chemicals from food, click here, and then skip to minute 13 and watch how Kangen water cleans the Herbicides and Pesticides off the Tomatoes.

Maybe the answer is to put on plenty of sun block before you mow the lawn. That makes sense, but the western way of thinking is to get sick and then take some medicine to treat the illness.

Why not keep your body at its most healthy level and prevent illness all together? There are many chronic ailments that are very easily preventable that plague America. Unfortunately, health care in the USA has become “sick care.”

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” so don’t be reactive to disease and illness – be proactive in their prevention.

The 4 Causes of Sickness, Disease and Premature Aging

1. Dehydration

Our bodies use 2.5 liters of water at normal function in a mild climate. You should be drinking at least 2 liters of water a day. So you see, we are already behind on water intake. The most common signs of dehydration are headaches and fatigue. Our bodies prioritize when water is limited, so areas and organs low on the list just loose out.

Water is the only source of hydration. Do not confuse all liquids with the hydrating ability of water. Soda, coffee, tea, and alcohol actually cause you to be more dehydrated. We need to drink more water. We need to drink better water.

2. Free Radicals (Oxidants, Active Oxygen)

A free Radical by definition is any unstable atom that has unpaired electrons in its outer shell. An unstable oxygen atom (oxidant) needs 2 more electrons to fill in its outer shell in order to stabilize. Oxygen by itself will seek out these electrons wherever it can, including healthy cells and our DNA.

We get free radicals from various sources -the foods we eat, smoking, drinking alcohol and pollution. But, the most common is breathing, every breath brings in 2% free radicals, which increases to 20% during cardiovascular activity. Our body’s natural anti-oxidizing systems can handle the load at rest, but during times of high stress and fatigue, the free radicals become too much.

These radicals are linked to multiple diseases, including cancer and diabetes, and they can accelerate the aging process. Since free radicals are strong oxidants, they are oxidizing or “rusting” our bodies like an old car. We must flush these free radicals out in order to remain healthy and happy.

3. Acidosis

Acidosis is an overly acidic state in the body, caused by an acidic diet and lifestyle.

Cooked meats, poultry, sugar, pasteurized dairy, coffee, sweeteners, and alcohol are all acidic.

Vegetables, fruits, and nuts are all alkaline – the opposite of acidic. There needs to be a balance to combat the acid in our bodies, but this is not happening.

All the foods we crave are acid forming and over-acidification of body fluids is linked to almost EVERY KNOWN DISEASE. A few examples are Diabetes, Heart Diseases, Heartburn, Chronic Fatigue… just to name a few.

During Menopause, women can become extremely acidic. Our bodies use calcium and other minerals to buffer this acidity. That calcium loss can lead to osteoporosis.

We need balance!

We need to fight the acidity.

4. Intestinal Disorders

Let’s start with physical facts. Most nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and proteins from our food are absorbed through our intestines. Food stays in our stomach for 1 to 3 hours. Then our intestines absorb the nutrients we need for survival.

Of all the vital organs in the body, the one that suffers the most abuse from modern dietary habits is the intestinal tract. According to the recent study, we now consume approximately 100 times more pesticides, chemicals, livestock hormones, preservatives and carcinogens than just two generations ago. At this level, our body simply cannot handle that kind of constant toxic attacks by itself.

Our intestines were intended by nature to function as smoothly flowing disposal systems, designed to promptly absorb nutrients and flush digestive wastes from the body. Instead, they have become stagnant cesspools.

“Every tissue is fed by the bloodstream, which is supplied by the intestines. When the intestines are dirty, the blood is dirty, and so are the organs and tissues. It is the intestines that must be cared for first before any effective healing can take place.” – Dr. Bernard Jensen, Ph. D.

According to the FDA, the average American carries anywhere between 5 to 22 pounds of compacted fecal matter, as foul toxic waste mucus, stuck in the folds of their colon (large intestine). This toxic mucus not only produces many free radicals … but, it also prevents our vital nutrients from being absorbed.

Nature never intended for us to move toxic substances through our system on a daily basis. Even the US Health and Human Services admitted that 90% of Americans are walking around with clogged colons.Almost ALL disease comes from this toxic cesspool in the colon. It is commonly known among medical circles that your colon is home base for almost every disease in the body. This stagnation is the reason that doctors recommend every adult over 40 get a colonoscopy every year. They need to check what is going on in the cesspool. Ever had one? Lights, Camera, Action. No! They are not fun.

All the experts agree that one of the major causes of all this is dehydration.

How could we expect to move fecal matter through our intestines without any water? More water helps move the stool along. A river isn’t a river without water! .

Good Health Starts with Clean Intestines And Clean Intestines Start with Kangen™ Water!

Is all water the same? Have you ever wondered if there was something more you should know about the water you are drinking?

Kangen™ water is the best water available to us – hands down. By drinking Kangen™ water, you are sweeping the free radicals out of your body because of the incomparably high anti-oxidizing properties. Kangen™ water has smaller clusters (water molecules) that hydrate you MUCH faster at a cellular level.

The alkalinity of Kangen™ water helps balance acidosis.

All of these factors combined help clean all the stagnant toxic waste out of your colon. Considering over 70% of disease comes from a dehydrated, acidic colon hosting too many free radicals and the fact that your intestines will not function properly without enough water, drinking lots of Kangen™ water just makes total sense to help you fight these everyday battles.Combining healthy diet, moderate exercise and super-hydrating Kangen™ Water will be a huge step toward restoring balance in your body.

Maybe an ounce of prevention is worth a TON of cure – indeed.

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NONE of these chemicals are good for your pet to ingest!  Even Bottled Water Is NOT GOOD For Them!!

The last time you got your pet some water, did you crack open a bottle of water or did you fill up their bowl straight from the tap?  Did you know that either one of these could be harming your beloved furry companion?  The bottled water is most likely very acidic, which creates a breeding ground for disease & discomfort, and the tap water is most likely loaded with chlorine, lye and other potentially harmful chemicals.

Water & Pets – What Could Be In The Water You & Your Pets Are Drinking…

All public water systems contain some level of one or more unhealthful chemicals. Regulations only require periodic testing of about 86 toxic chemicals. There are now more than 75,000 chemicals used in our society with more than 1,000 new ones being developed each year.  So far, more than 2,100 toxic chemicals of the more than 75,000 patented chemical compounds in use today have been detected in America’s water systems.  Some of the most common toxins in tap water from the condensed EPA’s safe water guidelines are listed below:

Just like people, our animal companions need fresh, clean, healthy water in order to stay at the top of their game.  Did you know that pets are developing debilitating and even fatal diseases and issues at an alarming rate?  These include diabetes, arthritis and weight problems, just to name a few.

Here are some amazing stories:

Our Cocker Spaniel’s are thriving !!!! They have both been on Kangen 8.5 for several months and their health has noticeably  improved.  Coco’s Mom Patty makes a broth from the Kangen Water and Coco loves it.  One day Coco’s Mom Patty ran out of the Kangen and she purchased some Arrowhead and Coco turned up her nose and wouldn’t drink it.  Coco has been Patty’s cocker spaniel for 12 years and every three weeks has had her anal glands drained…this past time she went 6 weeks and brought Coco in for her draining and the glands were empty. This water has detoxified Coco’s system and is helping her fight a debilitating leg problem.  Penny, on the other hand, is not as sophisticated as Coco in her tastes.  However, I have had Penny on Kangen water for several months and I make her Coco’s Canine Cuisine with only the 8.5 Kangen and cook her chicken in the 8.5 Kangen Water and it has been so tasty for her, that she used eat like a bird and now eats like a dog!!!  Her anal glands were impacted two months ago and I was scheduled to get them drained every three weeks and we went in and the Vet. Tech. said her anal glands were empty as well…we are AMAZED at the benefits of this Kangen Water for our cocker’s!!!
“Coco” & “Penny” Cocker Spaniels – Patty & Janet Owners

Many pets are finding relief to their problems by drinking Kangen Water.  If you have a pet that could use a boost in energy or has a condition that has their tail wagging a little bit less, get some FREE samples of Kangen Water and see if it helps them out.  Otherwise, man’s best friend might have to reevaluate just who his best friend really is!

To learn more about Kangen Water™, visit www.OregonWaterStore.com,  Or to find a location near you to TRY Kangen Water™, contact Brandon Stetner at The Water Store, (503) 200-1600

Gout is a kind of arthritis. It can cause an attack of sudden burning pain, stiffness, and swelling in a joint, usually a big toe. These attacks can happen over and over unless gout is treated. Over time, they can harm your joints, tendons, and other tissues. Gout is most common in men.

What causes gout?

Gout is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. When uric acid levels in the blood are too high, the uric acid may form hard crystals in your joints.

Your chances of getting gout are higher if you are overweight, drink too much alcohol, or eat too much meat and fish that are high in chemicals called purines. Some medicines, such as water pills (diuretics), can also bring on gout.

What is the treatment of Gout?

Rest the affected joint(s).

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or indomethacin, Colchicine, Corticosteroids, Uricosuric agents increase elimination of uric acid by the kidneys, Allopurinol decreases production of uric acid by the body.

WHAT IS THE NEW UNDERSTANDING OR PARADIGM ABOUT GOUT?

What is the hidden truth about Gout?

Unintentional dehydration is primarily due to our misguided belief that we think we are properly hydrated because we drink soda, coffee, tea and alcohol and 6 glasses of water a day. In fact we lose more water and salt than we drink because of the dehydrating effect of coffee, tea, soda and alcohol.

Water removes acidic wastes in the body. Unintentional dehydration leads to acidosis, retention of acidic wastes in the blood including uric acids. In dehydration the body goes into “drought management” mode to supply water first to brain, blood, kidneys and liver causing localized drought areas in the least priority areas like the distal joints of the toes and fingers.

The uric acidic blood flowing into the dehydrated joints cause irritation of the nerve endings causing joint pains.

Joint pain is a signal of the body to the brain that the joint is dehydrated and acidic. The brain responds by increasing histamine a “drought mangement” neurotransmitter causing more blood flow and retention of fluids, swelling in the joint to allow the joint to absorb the water from the swelling, to remove the acidity and provide the water it lacks.

If the acidity and the dehydration is not stopped, inflammation and pain will increase, uric acid will continue to rise and collects in other tissues and organs. Accumulation of too much uric acids in the kidney may even lead to kidney failure.

The hidden truth about gout is that too much uric acid accumulate in the joints because of dehydration. Dehydration leads to acidosis. Dehydration and acidosis are the main cause of uric acid accumulation in the joints, swelling and pain.

WHAT IS THE HIDDEN TRUTH IN THE TREATMENT OF GOUT?

Symptomatic drugs like anti-inflammatory, analgesic, uric acid lowering drugs do not solve the true cause of Gout which is uric acidosis and dehydration.

Replenishing the water needed by the body reverses uric acidosis. This is the hidden truth about gout.

Eating alkaline-producing foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables instead of acid-producing foods, meats, processed foods will help reduce uric acidosis.

Stopping beverages that dehydrates like coffee, tea, soda and alcohol will contribute in preventing dehydration.

Drinking ½ to 1 oz per pound of Ionized, alkaline, antioxidant, hexagon water will hydrate and de-acidify the body.

“No disease can exist in an Alkaline environment.”
- Dr. Otto Warburg

“Replenishing the hexagonal water in our bodies can increase vitality, slow the aging process and prevent disease.”
- Dr. Mhu Shik Jhon “The water puzzle and the hexagonal key”

HOW CAN A PERSON KNOW IF HE IS DEHYDRATED AND ACIDIC?URINE COLOR TEST

If you are drinking Ionized Alkaline water and if your urine is clear, almost the color of clear water, you are well hydrated and alkaline, not acidic.

If your urine is yellow, you are moderately dehydrated and acidic.

If your urine is orange, not from discoloration from food coloring and vitamins, you are markedly dehydrated and acidic.

To learn more about Kangen Water™, visit www.OregonWaterStore.com,  Or to find a location near you to TRY Kangen Water™, contact Brandon Stetner at The Water Store, (503) 200-1600

What’s The “pH Factor”?

The body is largely made up of water, a medium which is biologically useful in allowing nutrients and various chemicals to be transported from place to place. This water-based medium can have either acid or base (alkaline) properties. These acid-base properties are measured by what we call pH, and how pH affects the body is called the “pH Factor”.

Is A Balance pH Important?

Exceptionally important! Since most of the body is water-based (making up 50-60% of our total body weight), the pH level (or acidbase level) has profound effects on body chemistry, health and disease.  Extended pH imbalances of any kind are not well tolerated by the body. Indeed, the entire metabolic process depends on a balanced pH. The management of the “pH factor” is so important that the body has developed strict accounting procedures to monitor acid-base balances in every cell and biosystem. Fundamentally, all regulatory mechanisms (including breathing, circulation, digestion, hormonal production, etc.) serve the purpose of balancing pH, removing the normally metabolized developed acids and toxins from body tissues/systems without damage to living cells.

What’s An “Acid pH”?

An acid pH, or “acidosis”, is the term used to describe the imbalanced acidic condition of all our body fluids. Virtually all cellular functions of the body are sensitive to the pH of their fluids. If the pH deviates too far to the acid side, cells become poisoned in their own toxic acidic wastes and die.

Is An “Acid pH” Really That Dangerous?

Yes, it is! Nothing does well in an acid pH medium. For instance, “acid rain” destroys the natural environment, killing plants and trees, poisoning the life in all lakes and rivers. An acid pH is even more dangerous for your body, continuously corroding all body tissue, slowly eating into the 60,000 miles of our veins and arteries like acid eating into marble. If left unchecked, it will interrupt all cellular activities and functions, from the beating of your heart to the neural firing of your brain… AN acid pH interferes with all life itself!

Can An “Acid pH” Cause Serious Health Problems?

Yes, many! An acid pH is the real “Silent Killer!” Although it may generally go unnoticed and undetectedfor years, an acid pH leads to the progression of most, if not all, degenerative diseases including Cardiovascular Disease (the #1 killer in the U.S.), Cancer (the #2 killer in the U.S.), and Diabetes, as well as the never ending frustration of excessive systemic weight gain. The U.S. National Center for Health Statistics estimates that if Cardiovascular Disease alone could be eliminated, it would add an additional 9.78 years to our life span! That’s almost 10 years of additional life per person!

What Causes An “Acid pH”?

Diet appears to be the major influence in maintaining appropriate pH levels throughout the body.  Research demonstrates that when food is metabolized and broken down, it leaves certain chemical and metallic residues, a non-combustible “ash” which, combined with our body fluids, yields either acid or base potentials of pH. Certain foods are “acid-forming” in nature, whereas others are known.

To learn more about Kangen Water™, visit www.OregonWaterstore.com,  Or to find a location near you to TRY Kangen Water™, contact Brandon Stetner in Portland, at (503) 200-1600