One very important aspect of Enagic’s Kangen Water that should not be overlooked, is the negative ORP, or Oxidation Reduction Potential.
To learn more about the ORP of Kangen Water, click here to watch the movie “Testing ORP”
How It Works
Kangen water is very alkaline (pH of 8.5 to 9.5), has a high redox potential (i.e. it is a good antioxidant because its ORP value is very negative -250 to -800), and its water molecules are in smaller clusters than those of normal water. All these things, directly or indirectly, help inhibit the spread of cancer and aid in killing cancer cells. However, there is not enough evidence to categorize Kangen water as a stand-alone treatment plan.
Kangen Water
Kangen water works on cancer in three major ways. It is a good antioxidant, meaning it has a very negative ORP (Oxidation Reduction Potential) value from -250 to -800. Due to the very negative ORP, it neutralizes free radicals (i.e. ROS - Reactive Oxygen Species) , making many oxygen molecules available to the cancer cells — either to slow the growth of cancer or to kill the cancer cells. This is done with the hydroxyl ions in the ionized water.
Unlike hydrogen peroxide, which adds oxygen molecules to the body (i.e. they don't already exist in the body), Kangen water makes existing oxygen molecules, which are already in the body, available to the cancer cells by giving them electrons. This is advantageous because it removes damaging free radicals at the same time.
Kangen water is also very alkaline (i.e. pH 8.5 to 9.5). Cancer cells do not thrive in an alkaline environment:
Dr. Keiichi Morishita in the book, The Hidden Truth of Cancer, states that if the blood develops a more acidic condition, then these excess acidic wastes have to be deposited somewhere in the body. If this unhealthy process continues year after year, these areas steadily increase in acidity, and their cells begin to die.
Other cells in the affected area may survive by becoming abnormal; these are called malignant. Malignant cells do not respond to brain commands. They undergo a cellular division that is out of control. This is called cancer.
Modern medicine in America treats these malignant cells as if they were bacteria or viruses. It uses chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery to treat cancer. Yet none of these treatments will help very much, if after all of that, the acidic environment remains.
Drinking water that has a high alkaline pH, because of its de-acidifying effect, will help in preventing cancer. In Asia, alkaline water is regularly served to patients, and is considered a regular part of treatment.
Water molecules in our body do not exist individually, but in clusters. Kangen water clusters are significantly smaller than normal water clusters. A water cluster generally consists of about a dozen water molecules. Because the cluster is so big, the water clusters cannot penetrate many places in the body. By making clusters half that size, in terms of the number of water molecules per cluster, the clusters (i.e. the water) can penetrate into more places in the body. The shape of Kangen water clusters (a hexagon) also helps them get into places regular water cannot go. Reducing the size of the water clusters and their resulting hexagonal shape are sometimes called making “wetter water.”
Additionally, Kangen water removes a lot of toxic waste products from the body. There are, in fact, many other benefits to drinking Kangen water, many of which can be found at Kangen Water Report and Juan's Web site .
Kangen water is considered a primary treatment in Japan or Korea (where most of the research seems to be taking place) because of its antioxidant activities. Since several less-effective antioxidants are considered to be primary treatments, it is only reasonable that this would also be considered a primary treatment.
Another treatment to consider is taking a bath in Kangen water. The best way to do this is using Enagic’s Anespa bath and shower unit . This will help get oxygen into the body without having to go through the digestive tract. Add a gallon, or more, to your bath water. If you are using the Anespa unit, it will not be necessary to add any additional Kangen water to the bath.
Supercharging This Treatment
Take sea salt (1/4 teaspoon per quart) with Kangen water. Also, make sure you take a good mineral supplement, preferably one with trace elements. A good calcium supplement will also help make your body alkaline. It is imperative to stop drinking all types of soda and consuming refined sugar (soda and refined sugar are very acidic and offset the alkalinity of the Kangen water). It is recommended to drink between 1 gallon and 2 gallons of Kangen water a day. In order to get the full effect of the hydroxyl ions, drink the Kangen water within a few hours of producing it.
If cancer is present due to an intake of trans fatty acids (e.g. margarine, etc.), then trans fatty acids, hydrogenated oils, etc. should be avoided, to make sure the oxygen clusters are absorbed into the cancer cells. Even though the Kangen water molecule clusters are smaller than normal water molecule clusters, avoiding these trans fatty acids will help to make the cells more able to absorb large molecules. Other antioxidants that could be combined with Kangen water are: vitamins C and E, the minerals zinc and selenium, and the natural substances Lycopene (or add tomatoes to your vegetable juice), CoEnzyme-Q10, N-Acetyl Cysteine, and the minerals manganese, copper and zinc (copper:zinc in 1:15 ratio).
This treatment should not be considered a “major” alternative cancer treatment.
An alternative cancer treatment should be a complete treatment protocol. Please make sure to study the complete treatment protocol for Stage I, II and III cancer patients and the complete treatment protocol for Stage IV cancer patients.
Submitted by Juan M Garces
Compiled from various internet sources
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Thanks to Juan Garces for finding this info
Redox
Redox reactions include all chemical processes in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed.
This can be a simple redox process, such as the oxidation of carbon to yield carbon dioxide, it could be the reduction of carbon by hydrogen to yield methane (CH4), or a complex process such as the oxidation of sugar in the human body, through a series of very complex electron transfer processes.
The term redox comes from the two concepts of reduction and oxidation. It can be explained in simple terms:
Oxidation describes the loss of an electron by a molecule, atom or ion Reduction describes the gain of an electron by a molecule, atom or ion
However, these descriptions (though sufficient for many purposes) are not truly correct. Oxidation and reduction properly refer to a change in oxidation number — the actual transfer of electrons may never occur. Thus, oxidation is better defined as an increase in oxidation number, and reduction as a decrease in oxidation number. In practice, the transfer of electrons will always cause a change in oxidation number, but there are many reactions which are classed as "redox" even though no electron transfer occurs (such as those involving covalent bonds).
The Two Parts of a Redox Reaction.
The rusting of iron.
A bonfire. Combustion consists of redox reactions involving free radicals.
Oxidizing and reducing agents
Substances that have the ability to oxidize other substances are said to be oxidative and are known as oxidizing agents, oxidants or oxidizers. Put in another way, the oxidant removes electrons from the other substance, and is thus reduced itself. Oxidants are usually chemical substances with elements in high oxidation numbers (e.g., H2O2, MnO4-, CrO3, Cr2O72-, OsO4) or highly electronegative substances that can gain one or two extra electrons by oxidizing a substance (O, F, Cl, Br).
Substances that have the ability to reduce other substances are said to be reductive and are known as reducing agents, reductants, or reducers. Put in another way, the reductant transfers electrons to the substance. Reductants in chemistry are very diverse. Metal reduction - electropositive elemental metals can be used (Li, Na, Mg, Fe, Zn, Al). These metals donate or give away electrons readily. Other kinds of reductants are hydride transfer reagents (NaBH4, LiAlH4), these reagents are widely used in organic chemistry[1][2], primarily in the reduction of carbonyl compounds to alcohols. Another useful method is reductions involving hydrogen gas (H2) with a palladium, platinum, or nickel catalyst. These catalytic reductions are primarily used in the reduction of carbon-carbon double or triple bonds.
The chemical way to look at redox processes is that the reductant transfers electrons to the oxidant. Thus, in the reaction, the reductant or reducing agent loses electrons and is oxidized and the oxidant or oxidizing agent gains electrons and is reduced.
Light and heat speed up the movement of molecules and that therefore increases the speed of which electrons are lost by molecules, atoms or ions(oxidation).
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