Ionizers: “Good luck with gout…”? Could also be a shot in the foot
Dear Mr. Asenbaum,
I would like to contact you again with a question. I intend to recommend the EOS Genesis water ionizer to friends, which I have had for 2 years and enjoy using.
I recently came across a note from Roland Bitz from a phone call I had with him in 2012: Provitec Drinking Water Treatment Technology 94575 Windorf.
He speaks against ionization:
• Ionizers: “Good luck with gout…”? It can also be a shot in the foot: the alkaline water that is produced ultimately has nothing to do with deacidification, but rather the pH value is raised.
Alkaline water is about neutralizing the acids in the body. But I can't rinse acid out, you have to neutralize it and you do that with minerals: calcium, magnesium (base powder). Positive and negative ions are separated in the ionizer. Water is split into hydrogen ions and oxygen ions. This increases the hydrogen content and thus the pH value, which says nothing other than “hydrogen potency”. But the amount of minerals is not increased, which means that the conductance remains the same - only the display is higher. Completely stupid for deacidifying the body. It's like writing "100 g" instead of "1000 g" on a package of food. That's why there's no more in the pack. The display has nothing to do with the pH value that we use to neutralize acid in the body. This is only possible with minerals. The mineral value remains unchanged with ionizers. How are they supposed to increase if I don't add any? Theoretically, it would be possible to separate water into one with many minerals and one with few.
If you could help me briefly, I would be grateful.
Kind regards – Father Stefan L.
Dear Father L.,
Only the last sentence is correct. “Theoretically, it would be possible to separate water into one with many minerals and one with few.” That's exactly what a water ionizer like the Aquavolta EOS Genesis does.
And it doesn't just do that, it also separates hydrogen ion-rich H+ water from hydroxide ion-rich OH- water, i.e. acidic from basic. So it's very clear that you can use it to neutralize acids. However, you should leave the church in the village and not, like some sellers, claim that this will prevent the consequences of hyperacidity such as gout if you do nothing else and consume meat and beer every day. In any case, it’s not “idiotic”, because bases are bases and neutralize acids. However, to neutralize a glass of Coca Cola (pH2,7) to pH 7, you actually need 32 glasses of alkaline water. (see my book, which can be downloaded below, p. 14)
The gentleman who writes this seems to have no idea what an ionizer does. Because “oxygen ions” have nothing to do with it and do not appear in it. And although the “hydrogen content” is increased during electrolysis in alkaline water, that is not what increases the pH value. In fact, it is hydrogen ions (H+) that are drawn into the acidic water, which therefore has a lower pH value.
Much more important with ionized water than its low buffered basic pH value is the enrichment with hydrogen (as gas!! H2). This ensures a reduction in the redox potential by up to 1000 mV. See my book from page 59.
Water ionizers are now surpassed by hydrogen generators. However, these usually do not increase the pH value. Unless you ensure this through new mineral ceramics, as is the case with our latest development. Since these electricity-free devices have been available whose water tastes absolutely convincing, classic water ionizers have hardly been sold anymore. Find out more here. https://www.aquacentrum.de/produkt/aquavolta-h2-rocket-fuer-minerade-tabs-erhoehung-ph-wert-und-h2-gas-anreicherung/
Kind regards /with kind regards
Karl Heinz Asenbaum
