One of the main aims of drinking alkaline water is to combat something called acidosis. This ailment is an increased acid pH in the human body and having acidosis increases the risks of a host of chronic disorders. Nausea, diarrhea, lethargy, abdominal pain – all are horrible symptoms if you are suffering from this condition, so drinking healthy alkaline water is a good way to bring your pH level back up and relieve the problem.
But don’t go overboard with it as there could be alkaline water side effects. Acidosis is caused by an imbalanced pH from too much acidity in the body. So should we expect too much alkalinity in the body to shift the balance the other way just the same?
To learn about alkaline water side effects we need to understand how the body functions at this level. The pH of your blood is tightly regulated by a complex system of buffers that are continuously at work to maintain a pH range of between 7.35 to 7.45, which is slightly more alkaline than pure water.
When we consume too many acidic foods like soda beverages, oil, nuts, cheese and ice cream, and combine that with a lack of exercise, the pH of the body can fall below 7.35, resulting in a condition called acidosis. What’s scary is that severe acidosis – where blood pH falls below 7.00 – can lead to a coma and even death.
But that is as a result of too much acidity, this article is about alkaline water side effects. So what’s the equivalent to acidosis? Well, predictably, too much alkalinity in your body (when the blood pH level rises above 7.45) leads to alkalosis. And severe alkalosis can cause muscle spasms, nervousness, and convulsions. But, unlike acidosis, you would have to consume a huge amount of alkaline foods to even be at risk of a mild alkalosis state.
The bottom line is that if you’re up and about, your body is doing an adequate job of keeping your blood pH somewhere between 7.35 to 7.45. The real danger is not from alkaline water side effects, it’s acidity, as it is far easier to consume acidic foods as we are bombarded with them every day. And it is always the easier option to skimp on exercise and exacerbate the problem of acidosis by a lack of exercise.
There are no proven benefits to drinking standard alkaline water (any drinking water that has the single quality of being just alkaline on the pH scale) so I wouldn’t worry about guzzling down great quantities of the stuff if you are not suffering from acidosis.
But if you are, and you’re worrying about any ill effects of drinking too much alkaline water, you are missing the wood for the trees. It is not excess alkaline intake we should be worrying about, it’s the health risks associated with acidity in the body.
Two qualities that can help fight against this problem and have been proven to be beneficial in a drinking water are adequate water filtration and antioxidants. And these two things are beneficial to everyone, whether suffering from mild acidosis or not. So where can we get this type of drinking water with these qualities? From a water ionizer machine that produces ionized water.
The only thing that you’ll notice from drinking ionized water is the positive alkaline water side effects. That is because, whilst ionized water from a top ionizer machine is filtered and full of antioxidants, it also has the quality of being alkaline. It is a drinking water far more beneficial to the body than standard alkaline water.
The filtration systems on ionizer units ensure that you are protected from ingesting harmful traces of chemicals and heavy metals found in unfiltered tap water. Ionized water is also specially ‘ionized’ (the scientific term is actually ‘electrolyzed’), hence the name. This is the process that creates antioxidants in the water. Both filtration and the formation of antioxidants in ionized water contribute to it being alkaline on the pH scale, and good ionizers let you set the level of alkalinity in the water.
If you are drinking water with these qualities every day from an ionizer machine installed in your kitchen, the only alkaline water side effects will be positive.
To your health,
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