Kangen-water

De claim dat met het drinken van Kangen-water diabetes, hoge bloeddruk, psoriasis, kanker en vele andere ziektes en kwalen, zouden worden tegengaan is buitensporig en verdient aandacht van de IGJ en de Autoriteit Consument en Markt vanwege het misleidend karakter ervan.

Iedereen kan bedenken dat ook Kangenwater eerst in het maagzuur terechtkomt. Bij twijfel na te slaan:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maagzuur

Onderstaande link geeft je een artikel waar nader in wordt gegeaan op het feit dat het lichaam zelf de zuurgraad van je lichaam zo stringent binnen de levensnoodzakelijke grenzen houdt dat Kangenwater daar geen fluit aan kan veranderen.

http://www.gezondheidenwetenschap.be/gezondheidsnieuws-onder-de-loep/word-je-gezonder-met-kangen-water

Mocht na een overmatige inspanning de zuurgraad in de spieren uit balans zijn dan wordt ook die niet met Kangenwater hersteld.

Mocht je zuurgraad zich niet herstellen dan lig je in no-time in het ziekenhuis, waarschijnlijk vanwege je doorverwijzende huisarts en anders omdat iemand 112 voor je heeft gebeld.

WAARSCHUWINGEN

http://www.kwakzalverij.nl/1474/Basisch_kwakwater_tegen_verzuring_

http://www.skepsis.nl/kangenwater.html

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/gallery.html

Just another "water ionizer" promotion, multi-level-marketed mostly through sales sites filled with scientifically unfounded claims about alkaline water, ORP, and "hydration". (example). See this site for incredible (and un-documented) claims about how this nostrum cures cancer, diabetes, etc.

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/ionbunk.html

Many of these "water ionizers" appear to have their origins in Japan and Korea, two countries whose populations seem to be particularly susceptible to being taken in by pseudoscientific water-treatment schemes. In North America, distribution of these dubious devices has depended largely on multi-level marketing schemes that enroll science-ignorant dealers to exploit even-more-vulnerable consumers while enabling the manufacturer to maintain a low profile to regulatory agencies such as the FTC.

Lijstje om af te checken:

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/ionbunk.html

Here, in a nutshell, are a few basic facts that I believe anyone with a solid background in chemistry or physiology would concur with:

• "Ionized water" is nothing more than sales fiction; the term is meaningless to chemists.
• Pure water (that is, water containing no dissolved ions) is too unconductive to undergo signficant electrolysis by "water ionizer" devices.
• Pure water can never be alkaline or acidic, nor can it be made so by electrolysis. Alkaline water must contain metallic ions of some kind — most commonly, sodium, calcium or magnesium.
• The idea that one must consume alkaline water to neutralize the effects of acidic foods is ridiculous; we get rid of excess acid by exhaling carbon dioxide.
• If you do drink alkaline water, its alkalinity is quickly removed by the highly acidic gastric fluid in the stomach.
• Uptake of water occurs mainly in the intestine, not in the stomach. But when stomach contents enter the intestine, they are neutralized and made alkaline by the pancreatic secretions — so all the water you drink eventually becomes alkaline anyway.
• The claims about the health benefits of drinking alkaline water are not supported by credible scientific evidence.
• "Ionized"/alkaline water is falsely claimed to be an anti-oxidant. It is actually an oxidizing agent, as can be seen by its ability to decolorize iodine (see video)
• There is nothing wrong with drinking slightly acidic waters such as rainwater. "Body pH" is a meaningless concept; different parts of the body (and even of individual cells) can have widely different pH values. The pH of drinking water has zero effect on that of the blood or of the body's cells.
• If you really want to de-acidify your stomach (at the possible cost of interfering with protein digestion), why spend hundreds of dollars for an electrolysis device when you can take calcium-magnesium pills, Alka-Seltzer or Milk of Magnesia?
• Electrolysis devices are generally worthless for treating water for health enhancement, removal of common impurities, disinfection, and scale control. Claims that "ionized" waters are antioxidants are untrue; hypochlorites (present in most such waters) are in fact oxidizing agents.
• Claims that "water ionizers are approved for use in Japanese hospitals" are misleading: these "approvals" merely attest to the machines' safety — that they will not electrocute you! My understanding is that the Japanese Health Ministry is highly critical of therapeutic claims made for alkaline water.