Well water owners: Whether or not you use a water ionizer with your well water…

You, as the only controller of your well, should know what’s in the well water you plan to drink. There are some elements that are in well water that could damage your water ionizer, and some could even damage your health. Here is a partial list of what would be good for any well water owner to know about especially if intending to use a water ionizer: hardness, TDS [total dissolved solids] sulfides, nitrites, nitrates, silica, manganese, iron [in excess], copper [in excess], bacteria, pesticides, and lead.  

These days it’s not too hard or expensive to find out exactly what’s in your well water.

For instance, you can now get a complete and thorough lab test and analysis from an EPA certified lab for under $100. [including shipping}

The best thing I can recommend to you is to get a full picture of what's in your water and have it analyzed by a professional who knows both about water ionizers and about water quality in general. This is a full, top-of-the-line, certified lab test and analysis: http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/product/Well-Water-Lab-Test

Another good solution for well water owners is to purchase a do-it-yourself kit, the Comprehensive Well Water Test Kit, which lets you see instantly what amounts of nine of the most common elements concerning well water.

Some municipalities offer their residents free or cheap water testing. It may be worth your while to check this out before you spend your money. However, beware of "free". Often the free tests are not comprehensive enough to give you a full picture of what's in your well water.

In all cases, once you know your well water test results you can contact us and get a full, free, no obligation, analysis of your results by a professional water expert.

There is always a way to get your water in shape to be drunk and/or ionized safely. Some people have tougher situations than others, but I've never seen a hopeless case or a case where it was too cost-prohibitive to handle the situation.

Most well owners find out that their water is fine, and while you might think they wasted their time with the testing, for me the peace of mind would be worth every penny.

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Some people just have to use reverse osmosis with their water ionizers. Certain things only reverse osmosis or some other nano-filtration system can do [such as removing sodium and dissolved solids in the water].

I don’t want to make reverse osmosis sound too easy, but it’s not very hard.

You need to know what you’re doing though, so for anyone considering setting up a reverse-osmosis-remineralizer-system to use with their water ionizer, this is a must-see! Setting up a reverse osmosis system is something that is done once and then attended to only rarely, if you do the job right in the first place.

Take your time and know before you go on installing an RO.

Some people must use a reverse osmosis system. Who? Why?

• People who have water that is so hard or full of dissolved solids that otherwise they couldn’t get good ionized water from their water ionizer.
• People who want their water to be the cleanest, purest ionized water possible with only the best organic minerals in it.
• People who need to get salt out of their water.

The IonLife Reverse Osmosis System Complete with Remineralizer 

IonLife has a reverse osmosis system that was specifically designed to work well with a water ionizer. It won’t work perfectly with all water ionizers though. If the ionizer has a 3/8 inch water feed line, then it’s likely that its flow rate is too great to work well with a reverse osmosis. Also, if the watts are over 185, it’s doubtful that you’ll be able to slow down your water ionizer enough to be a good match for reverse osmosis. Check with your sales associate before you buy a water ionizer if you have a reverse osmosis.

Not every reverse osmosis has a sufficient amount of water flow, pressure, and mineralization to be compatable with a water ionizer. If you already own a reverse osmosis system, check with us to see if your RO will work with a water ionizer and also to make sure you have a good enough remineralizer.

Easy RO Instructions:

The IonLife Reverse Osmosis System comes with instructions, but they are very confusing to follow. Here is a copy of them: http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/uploaded/RO-instructions.pdf

In this blog post we are giving you a set of instructions that you will be able to follow much more easily. The videos along with the descriptions, below, are meant to outline, sequence and clarify the IonLife’s instructions in the above pdf. 

RO Instructions Made Easy [Watch videos, below, for clarification]

1.  Check the air pressure in the RO tank and make sure it’s adjusted to 13 psi

2.  Install the ball valve  to top of RO tank [use plumber’s tape -- see video & instructions]

3.  Install the Drain Clamp [see instructions], and hook the black drain hose to the the RO  [see video & instructions' diagram]

4.  Install the “shut off” for the red “water feed” line and hook the water feed hose to the input side of the double filter housing.

5. Install a short hose from the “out” side of the double filter housing to the auto shut-off valve. [see diagram]

6.  Hook up the yellow hose between the auto shut-off valve and the ball-valve of the tank.

7.  Check the system for leaks.

a.  Double-check every connector to make sure all are pushed in completely. Also check the tightness of the filter housings.

b.  Install a simple output shut-off in the line going to the ionizer or connect the water output hose to  the RO faucet that came with your RO system and use that as a shut-off.

c.  Turn the tank ball-valve to “off” and the output shut-off to “off”

d.  Turn the water on at the input shut-off.

e.   Check the system thoroughly for leaks. Wait 10 minutes …check again.

8.  Turn output shut-off  to “on”to check if water flow is good…let the system drain for a few minutes then turn it back off.

9.   Fill the tank. Do this by turning the output shut-off to “off” and turn the ball-valve to “on”.

10. Wait 2 hours while tank fills completely.

11. Open the output shut off [in the “on” position] so as to drain the entire tank. Wait an hour.

12. Stop draining the system by  turning the output shut-off  to the “off” position.

13. Now the output hose can be connected to the ionizer.

BLOOPERS

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How do the water ionizer testers compare?

…and what are the best water ionizer comparison tests and testers out there?

Other than my own water ionizer comparison videos, one of the best water ionizer comparison videos ever put out was the following one from Silver State Laboratories in Nevada. It would be definitely nice if more labs did more testing and comparing of water ionizers. The results of the testing are certified and available at the following link: http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/uploaded/silverstatelabreport.pdf  

What makes this a great video is the fact that it was done by certified water analysis lab technicians who were impartial to any of the water ionizers tested. What I don’t like about this series of water ionizer comparisons is the focus only on testing the highest levels of each water ionizer. The results of the comparisons in the video are shown in the following chart:

Here’s the video followed by a chart describing the results:

According to this series of tests, the two top water ionizers were The Athena and the Tyent 7070. The next best water ionizers were Enagic and Melody.  These tests are not unlike my own testing results when I do water ionizer comparisons. What is somewhat different about my water ionizer comparisons, though, is the fact that I never just focus on the highest setting of the ionizers. The highest settings are usually used just for cleaning purposes. That’s why when I do water ionizer comparisons I usually test all of the levels. Here are examples of water ionizer comparisons I’ve done, along with some that others have done. If you click on any of the links, below, it will open up in a new browser window, so you can look at two or more charts side-by-side:

http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2010/07/08/comparing-water-ionizers-orion-ionquench-turbo/ [This series of water ionizer comparisons shows the Jupiter Orion and Tyent Turbo relatively the best and the IonQuench coming in a little under]

http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/category/water-ionizer-comparisons/ [These water ionizer comparisons show the Jupiter Athena better than the Jupiter Melody in most levels.]

http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/09/17/comparing-the-enagic-athena-melody-tyent-kyk-water-ionizers/ [This series of water ionizer comparisons shows that the Athena and Tyent Turbo are better than the Enagic in Levels of drinking water and in the extreme levels [for cleaning purposes] the Enagic did better than the other water ionizers.]

http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2010/07/24/chanson-tyent-melodywater-ionizer-comparisons/ [These water ionizer comparisons were done by Ronnie Ruiz and show only the highest levels compared. The testing shows the VS70 beating the Enagic and the Enagic beating the Melody by a little bit.]

http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/athena-tyent-life-water-ionizer-comparisons [This series of tests was done by Tyent's Rob Gray. He thinks the Tyent won the comparison testing, however his tests actually show that all three water ionizers came out about the same as each other at the only level he tested...which was the highest level of each water ionizer.]

http://www.alkalinewaterplus.com/aquarius-enagic-tyent-water-ionizer-comparisons [This is another series of water ionizer comparisons by Rob Gray. It shows that the three ionizers tested are too close to call....about the same quality level of pH and ORP at the highest levels for the water ionizers.]

I will look for other water ionizer comparison testers out there and include them in this blog post if and when I find some good ones, but so far, according to my calculations, I’m the best, most scientific and comprehensive water ionizer comparison tester so far. What’s better about my water ionizer comparisons is the thoroughness. I don’t mind other water ionizer comparison testers…I welcome them. They are all adding to the broad knowledge that’s being collected about alkaline ionized water and finding out which are the best water ionizers. Obviously many things could be improved about my videos, such as have a laboratory do the various tests and film them doing them. But that costs a lot of money to do, so it will have to wait for another day.

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Today’s NY Times article announcing the discontinuation of Eli Lilly’s clinical trials of an experimental drug for reducing plaque in the brains of Altzheimers patients came as a great dissapointment to people looking for a cure for Altzheimers. See full NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/business/18lilly.html?ref=health

Not only did this drug fail to help the Alzheimers patients it was tried on, but compared to the control group [who were given a placebo] the experimental patients did worse. 

What the NY Times article failed to mention was that there is still hope for Alzheimers’ patients.

Small groups of researchers are out there actually making headway. But their good news seems to never reach the major news media’s headlines. Here a few of the many videos and links to a group making what appears to be significant headway in the right direction with Alzheimers. Whether or not they are the full answer remains to be seen, but one thing I know is if it were me, I’d go to one of the obviously more successful researchers, below, for help.

Some Major Headway With Natural Coconut Oil

In my last blog post about Alzheimers you can read all about the studies done by Dr. Mary Newport using natural pure virgin coconut oil to reverse the symptoms of Alzheimers. This blog also points how Fluoride links to Alzheimers’ Disease and how water ionizers can help with that: http://alkalinewaterplus.info/blog/2009/12/17/alzheimers-prevention-take-action-while-you-still-can/ 

Real Hope …with Perispinal Etanercept

Perispinal Etanercept is a treatment which has been used experimentally now since 2007. It is some kind of imunosuppressant drug administered to the base of the brain which inhibits the inflamation associated with Alzheimer’s Disease. The results look amazing and instant. I’m including a few of their clinical trial videos here for you to see with your own eyes. I hope more will come to light soon about this obviously successful and hopeful treatment, especially now since Eli Lilly has apparantly failed so miserably.  

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Both the Athena Water ionizer and the Melody Water Ionizer are two of my favorite water ionizers for many reasons.  But in this post I’m going to focus only on testing and comparing these two great water ionizers. I have compared them both in the past, but it’s been a while since I’ve done any water ionizer comparison testing. In the meantime my testing skills have gotten better as well as my overall knowledge, so when I had the opportunity to test these two great water ionizers up against each other today I took it.

The Athena and Melody Water Ionizer Thoroughly Tested in Every Way

To thoroughly compare the Melody water ionizer with the Athena water ionizer, I’ve done two complete sets of testing at every level: lowest acid level, plus levels 1, 2, 3, and 4. To see all of the testing, watch the following three water ionizer comparison videos, below, then read the charts and analysis that follows.

How to Compare Water Ionizer Testing Results:

There are two ways you can look at water ionizer comparisons. You can either just look at the numbers, and reason out which is the better water or you can apply a scientific formula to it to actually compare the two ionizers more scientifically. First I’m going to show you just how to look at the numbers and compare them. I’ll coach you through this:

Look at Level 3 for Test 1, below. See how the pH is 11 for both ionizers? Also notice that the ORP is hugely more negative for the Athena. That means that per level of pH the Athena is producing more ORP.

If you do further investigation you’ll see that the Athena is the better water ionizer for Levels 3 and 4 [the levels people usually drink at], while the Melody is better for Level 1. Level 2 is a draw.

Water Ionizer Comparison Test 1

Water Ionizer Comparison Test 2

Scientifically Comparing Water Ionizers:

To scientifically compare water ionziers you need to understand the term, rH [relative Hydrogen], and how important it is to comparing water ionizers. So many people would look at numbers, like the Test 1, Level 1 results, above, and say that 10.2/-422 was better. When in fact, the 9.4/-383 is really a little better. You just can’t look at those particular numbers and figure it out easily. Therefore it’s helpful to have a formula to help you do that. RH is simply a measure of negatively charged Hydrogen per unit of pH in your water.  The smaller the number [closer to zero], the better [healthier & more anti-oxidizing] the water is. 

The formula for rH is: rH = (ORP + 200) / 30 + 2 * pH

On a scale from 0 to 42, above 28 is oxidizing (higher potential to damage the closer it gets to 40) and below 28 is reducing (anti-oxidizing)…the lower [closer to zero] the better. RH is the best measure of the healthiness of that ionized water.

Both water ionizers give you healthy water and perform well. They are both very hydrating and anti-oxidizing. The Athena is better at levels 3 and 4, which are the levels people mostly drink at, so the Athena is worth the extra money [in my opinion].

Normal tap water is the reverse, it’s oxidizing [up around an rH of 32]. Any water below an rH of 28 is good water to drink, healthy, hydrating, and anti-oxidizing.  You can read more about the history of rH at this link: http://h-minus-ion.vpinf.com/rH-score-1.html

I have calculated the rH of all test results, above, and show them in the following chart. The smaller the number [closer to zero] the better.  Anything below an rH of 10 is a fantastic result. Actually anything under an rH of 20 is very good. Take a look at what happens with the Athena results right around Level 3. The rH makes a significant leap in value [almost double]. That’s why I like to drink my ionized water from the Athena at Level 3. At first I just intuitively liked the water best at that level, but after scientifically analyzing it I can see the rH score is so much better too.

Both ionizers perform well though. They are both very hydrating and anti-oxidizing. Normal tap water is oxidizing [up around an rH of 32]. Any water below an rH of 28 is good water to drink, healthy, hydrating, and anti-oxidizing [including mountain spring water].  You can read more about the history of rH at this link: http://h-minus-ion.vpinf.com/rH-score-1.html

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The hundreds of stories I hear, about alkaline ionized water, combined with my own experience of drinking alkaline ionized water for about 18 years, give me a unique perspective on nutrition, health, and dieting. In addition to having so much experience with my favorite nutritional booster [alkaline ionized water] I’ve also spent hundreds of hours of my free time over the years studying nutrition, health and dieting as a science. So, today’s blog is all about my personal thoughts and suggestions for…

Nutrition, Health, and Dieting as it relates to Alkaline Ionized Water.

Keep in mind that I’m not providing you with medical advice, just plain common sense as seen through my experienced eyes.

1st Piece of Advice: Drink Alkaline Ionized Water!

2nd Piece of Advice: Use Moderation

Moderation is important for both nutrition and dieting. I have a stable nutritional rule that works real well for me, and I’ll share that with you.

If it tastes so good “you can’t only eat just one” then stay away from it.

What is the cause of overweight?

Much of it boils down to poor nutrition, of course your body needs a certain amount of exercise, but in the short term over-weightness is related to a series of wrong choices of food consumption. Foods that don’t satisfy you are wrong choices of food to eat. Foods that are too tasty are probably also wrong choices if they are addictive in their tastiness.

Examples of Good Choices:

• Ionized water [in abundance]
• Whole, un-cooked, and un-juiced, veggies and fruits [in abundance]
• Whole grains [in moderation]
• Balance in foods consumed over the course of a day [proteins, carbs, etc.] [in moderation]

Poor Nutrition leads to poorer nutrition, and eventually poor health of course. It also can lead to obesity.

Examples of Poor Choices:

• Soft drinks
• Sugary foods
• Refined Carbohydrates [or carbs in over-abundance]
• Over-cooked vegetables [like what you get in cans]
• Over-cooked meats [or meat in over-abundance]
• Fats [in over-abundance] [chips, fries...]

To ensure good nutrition I suggest the following:

• Drink plenty of alkaline ionized water. This will hydrate you, help get rid of toxins, help to protect your cells from free-radical damage [oxidation], give you more energy, and much more.
• Don’t buy foods that are too tempting
• Save your money and eat at home [rather than tempting fast-food places]
• Limit the poor choices to none or almost none [depending on your will-power*].

*Surprising Insight into Will-Power: What I have found about will-power is that it actually takes less will-power to have none of certain foods than it does to have just a little of it. So if you think your will-power is low, then choose none of the poor-food-choice category. It’s easier to stick to. Sugary foods are an example of that kind of food for me. What I have to do is simply have none in the category of sweets whenever I want to lose weight. Whole, un-juiced and uncooked fruits are okay, but even allowing a little bit of refined, sugary foods opens the door [for me] for over-indulgence in the sweets department. If it’s any consolation, though, it takes about 3 days for your body to adjust to a new diet routine. If it’s a healthy diet routine, you should be on easy-street [in the cravings department] once your body adjusts to it.

Another Surprising Necessity Related to Losing Weight …

Is… to eat. Starving triggers the body’s mechanisms to store fat. You don’t want to trigger that. So eat. But eat in moderation.

So, If you are attempting to lose weight I suggest the following:

• Eat. Do not not-eat. Do not starve. But, make sure to make good choices [see above] in what you eat.
• Use moderation.
• Drink lots of alkaline ionized water. [Advice for drinking ionized water: If you are mixing it with sweeteners, then do this in moderation. Don't do it with every glass. Do not heat the water...or if you do, then heat it infrequently. Heating loses most of the ionization benefits right away. Try to drink the ionized water fresh rather than hours old. Try to not blend or whip the ionized water. That causes you to lose much of your ORP [antioxidant benefits].]
  • Poor choices for mixing with ionized water.
    • Crystal-Lite
    • Cool-Aid
  • Good choices for drinks made with ionized water.
    • Squeeze a slice of fresh lemon, sweeten with Stevia, and mix slowly.
    • Steep a green-tea bag in room-temperature ionized water and sweeten with Stevia. Mix slowly.

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