My wife is having a health care warning (pap smear and biopsy came back with a warning) and suddenly now believes that she needs a $2000 water ionizer to make alkaline water to drink. I want to address her concerns but just because something “sounds” like it makes medical sense doesn’t make it so.
A casual search turns up
lot’s of testomonials
Multi level marketing
Lack of peer reviewed studies or validated claims in the US. There are some references to studies in Korea and Japan but nothing solid that I can see
nothing from the FDA
Evian or Fuji water is more alkaline than normal tap water (as are some other brands)
American Cancer Society does not endorse the claims
I’m going to start buying big cases of Evian from Costco as a start to see how that works…any other suggestions (serious please as I am concerned with my wife as to her legitimate health concerns)?
I don’t care how alkaline the water is, once it hits your stomach it becomes acidic because your stomach is full of hydrochloric acid. Anything sufficiently alkaline to change that would do terrible damage to your mouth and throat on the way down,
In other words, it’s not only bogus, it contradicts biological and chemical facts.
What she needs to do is wait for the biopsy results and follow the advice of a real doctor (MD or DO, but most likely she’s got an MD) in regards to those results.
Thanks Beowulf. If it wasn’t clear, I think it’s snake oil. Trying to find a legit debunking is a little tough given the thousands of MLM false hits out there. So, any pointers for some fact based counters to the “testimonials” would be appreciated.
People who are alive and not in the ICU have blood pH in the narrow range from ~7.3 to 7.5. That alone should be a reason to be suspicious of any claims to benefits of alkalization.
The problem is: people who have bought into this crap attribute every positive thing in their life to it. You won’t find very many (if any) people who will say “yep, I was a fool.”