Foods or remedies that hail from natural sources are always said to be the best and most healthy for you. And when it comes to drinking water, it’s no different. Those in the market for alkaline drinking water will find that the best source is natural alkaline water from springs or glacial streams.
There is one source of alkaline water in particular, though, that is said to be the best and most healthy in the world. Unfortunately, this super water from its original source obviously isn’t freely available to most of us. But healthy water drinkers are not out of luck completely, as there is a way to get water with the exact same natural healing properties, wherever you live.
With healing properties that are of worldwide renown, the spring water that flows from the Grotto of Massabielle in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, France has been called “Miracle Water”. With a history of this water apparently bestowing great healing power on those that consumed or even bathed in it though the years, Lourdes water became a focus of devotion to the Virgin Mary after the location of the spring was described to Bernadette Soubirous by an apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes on 25 February 1858. And while we can’t take the sighting of the Lourdes apparition as gospel, there is definitely something about the water that makes it extremely healthy to consume. So what’s in this natural alkaline water that makes it so good, exactly?
Lourdes water is considered non-liturgical holy water, but upon examination, the reason for its healing properties aren’t mystical, but scientific. Its composition is a simple combination of minerals and hydroxyl ions, with an alkalinity on the pH scale. Like most spring waters, Lourdes water is filtered though the rock sediment surrounding it, and its high mineral, alkaline nature are properties shared by other healthy springs, as well as glacial stream waters, around the world.
What all these sources of water have in common is an abundance of hydroxyl ions. These are created from the unique location and circumstance that these waters find themselves in. Flowing over rocks or in between ice, spring and glacial stream water is exposed to the sun’s rays. The energy from our nearest star is absorbed into the water, causing ions to combine with hydrogen to form hydroxyl ions; the natural antioxidant in water.
Lourdes water has an abundance of antioxidants in it, and these are the best weapon we can use to fight cellular oxidative stress (i.e. disease and aging) caused by the destructive free radicals that we all have inside of us. So the secret to the healing properties of natural alkaline water from springs and glacial streams isn’t magic, it’s their almost unique properties. But, obviously, 99.99% of us don’t have free access to Lourdes spring water, or any local spring or glacial stream water. But if you think that means you are going to be denied access to water like natural alkaline water, you are wrong. Notice how I said that healing spring water has “almost unique” properties? That’s because you can get it from one other source.
Ionized water from a water ionizer machine shares the exact same properties and make-up as super healthy natural alkaline water. And as we have discovered, hydroxyl ions and antioxidants are the key to making water extremely beneficial to our health, and their presence is exactly the same from water coming out of an ionizer unit. In fact, water from one of these home appliances is called as such because its essential quality is that it has been ionized, which is the term to describe ions and hydrogen reacting to form hydroxyl ions, just as they are created in nature. The only difference is that ionizers use a process called electrolysis to create this reaction instead of the sun’s energy.
So what a pleasant surprise it must be to discover that you can drink water like the legendary healing water from Lourdes from the comfort of your own home using a water ionizer. Mystical natural alkaline water on tap.
To your health,
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