What are the benefits of drinking antioxidant water?

Antioxidant water, which is often referred to as reduced water, is water that has the capability to neutralize harmful free radicals. Free radical damage is now implicated in most degenerative diseases.

Alkaline antioxidant water is different from both tap water and bottled water in its capability to act as an antioxidant.

Oxidants & Antioxidants

Free radicals are produced in the body as part of normal living and they do serve a useful purpose. It is estimated that about 2% of the air that we breathe in becomes active oxygen, one of the primary free radicals. Active oxygen is a form of oxygen which is unstable and is looking to steal an electron to give it stability. Free radicals are useful in their ability to attack bacteria, virurses etc to destroy them. However the problem arises when these free radicals start attacking normal tissue. This is referred to as oxidative damage.

Alkaline Antioxidant water is a very good free radical scavenger.  This water has a plentiful supply of electrons to donate to reactive oxygen species so as to stabilise them.

If you measure the ORP (oxidation/ reduction potential) of tap water you will typically get a reading of between +200mV and +400mV.  This shows that the water has got oxidant properties. Similarly if you measure the ORP of bottled water you are typically getting ORP readings of between +100 and 200mV.

Alkaline Antioxidant Water however has a negative ORP ranging from -50 to -500mV. So instead of the water being an oxidant it has antioxidant properties.

How to produce alkaline antioxidant water?

There are now several ways you can produce alkaline antioxidant water. Originally the only way was using electronic water ionizers but now the development of water ionizers using the power of natural minerals has resulted in very cost effective ways to produce alkaline antioxidant water. To see the range of options we supply click on the Alkaline Water products page. The most popular option is the Biocera alkaline antioxidant jug filter. However there are other options for undersink inline systems without the requirement for electrical connections.

Drinking alkaline antioxidant water is a great way to boost your body’s antioxidant capabilities in addition to its ability to alkalize and properly hydrate the body.  It is probably the simplest thing that everyone can do to improve their health.