catholyte
Jürgen F.: What is the difference between catholyte and alkaline activated water?
Catholyte is an alkaline activated water that is produced by electrolysis. The term catholyte is mainly used when defined amounts of minerals, usually table salt (NaCl), have been added to the feed water in order to produce particularly antioxidant active water after electrolysis. The pendent is on the sour side —>Anolyte. Using certain backmixing processes or cell designs, it is also possible to produce highly antioxidant active water that is not, or at least not strongly, alkaline. One then speaks of “catholyte neutral”. Since catholyte made from deionized water with an admixture of defined amounts of table salt is the easiest to standardize, it has been used in many scientific studies - especially in the Russian-speaking world.
This was particularly true for research with laboratory animals in the laboratory that cannot “defend themselves”. Catholyte based on pure water and salt does not taste pleasant to people due to the high sodium content, as it gets the typical sodium taste, especially when the NaCl is used in larger doses, which excludes it as drinking water.
This led to some researchers simply adding table salt to normal – mineral-containing – drinking water in human studies and also calling this a catholyte. However, it has practically never been documented how many and what type of minerals are present in the drinking water used. As a result, this leads to a high degree of uncertainty regarding the transferability of the research results if catholytes are produced using the same salt dosage with drinking water of a different origin and composition.
The situation is reversed in studies from Japan and Korea. Although “pure” catholyte (made from deionized water and table salt) is often used, people speak of “alkaline ionized” or “alkaline reduced” water, for example, without using the term catholyte.
Unfortunately, I am obviously the first to strongly criticize this approach and the associated confusion of terms for years. In the overview on pages 7/8 of the first part of this book, I tried to cut a path through this jungle of concepts.
I consider these unclear terms to be the main reason why, despite the widespread use of water ionizers, large parts of serious science have refused to address the topic of “electroactivated water” or respond with general criticism that refers to types of water that are not intended to be drinking water at all or are suitable. Future research must be based on clear chemical-analytical distinctions.
Sometimes even completely salt-free drinking water that has been made alkaline using a water ionizer is called a catholyte. So I can only give you the tip to always look closely or ask what the person who speaks of catholyte means the chemical composition of water and whether he even states it. Of course the same applies to —>Anolyte, i.e. the acidic activated water that comes from the diaphragm electrolysis cell.
Unfortunately, many water ionizer manufacturers point to studies conducted with pure catholyte/anolyte, which cannot be produced using a standard tap water ionizer.
Since catholyte is alkaline, many people may think about using it as alkaline bath water. However, the Russian authors Prilutsky and Bakhir warn (ibid. p. 124) against taking baths that are too long and write:
Katholyte full baths have a toning, strengthening and relaxing effect on the body. According to Espero's research, therapeutic baths in Katholyt should be limited to a maximum of 7 minutes. In a bathtub, around two thirds of the skin surface comes into contact with the electrons in the bath water. Negative redox potentials are transferred through the skin into the blood. About 1/3 of the circulating blood benefits from this transcutaneous treatment method and can therefore mathematically transfer the antioxidant effect to 4% of the total internal fluid. The bath temperature should not be below 33 degrees Celsius. A bathing series includes 10 baths every 2-3 days. Failure to follow the instructions for use can lead to deterioration in health and cardiac dysfunction.
Excerpt from the book by Karl Heinz Asenbaum: “Electro-activated water – An invention with extraordinary potential. Water ionizers from A – Z”
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