The Miraculous Properties of Ionized Water - The Definitive Guide to the World’s Healthiest Substance

209 Pages·2006·1.03 MB·English

by  Bob McCauley

The Miraculous Properties of
Ionized Water

The Definitive Guide to the
World’s Healthiest Substance
By

Bob McCauley, CNC, MH

This book is dedicated to my family, Minsok Kim, my loyal staff and all those who believed in
Ionized Water when no one had ever heard of it. To my boys who are always there for me. And to
Don Strayer who first introduced me to Ionized Water in 1996. ~ RFM

Health books require medical disclaimers because if you don’t provide them you become liable in
every way. I don’t have any problem stating that I know almost nothing about medicine and have no
formal training in the health field. But then, what does it take to understand how to Achieve Great
Health, a doctorate or a few letters behind your name? I have learned what I know about health by
reading and talking to others about health. More than anything it takes understanding through
experience and that is what I have done. These are simply my observations about why I believe
Ionized Water is so healthy. Anyway, medical and legal disclaimers are necessary so here is mine:

The purpose of this book is to educate. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher and
the author shall have neither liability nor responsibility for any injury caused or alleged to be
caused by the information contained in this book . This book is not intended in any way to
serve as a replacement for professional medical advice. Rather, it is meant to demonstrate that
aging can be slowed and even reversed and that Great Health is achieved when the most
fundamental nutritional needs of the human body are met. If you feel the need, always consult
a doctor or another medical professional when you have an illness or disease of any kind. We
admit to knowing little if anything about medicine and therefore would never offer medical
advice to anyone for any reason. Medicine is in one direction, health is in the other. The author
offers health advice that is his personal opinion only .

The United States FDA has not reviewed ionized water and therefore has made no determinations or
assessments about it.

It is hereby declared that the 9 th and 10 th Amendments to the US Constitution and those rights so
granted to Americans by them fully apply to this book. 1

Note : Ionized Water and other key terms are italicized in this book for emphasis.

Edited by: Patti McDowell; Catherine Mack; Tina Rappaport
Cover Design: Bob McCauley, CNC, MH

ISBN: 0-9703933-2-6
Third Edition - 2010

Published and Distributed by SE, Inc.
A family owned corporation.

Copyright 2006-2010 by Spartan Enterprises, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Table of Contents

Preface 3
Chapter One 8
The Water that Becomes Everything 8
Chapter 2
17
Chapter 3 27
What Kind of Water 27
Chapter 4 47
The Characteristics of Ionized Water 47
Chapter 5 98
Acid Ionized Water 98
Book Summary 106
Appendix 1
108
Appendix 2 109
The Use and Function of Water Ionizers 109
Appendix 3 115
Top Ten Reasons to Never Consume
Carbonated Soft Drinks 115
Appendix 4 118
Top Ten Reasons We Need To Drink Water 118
Appendix 5 120
Scientific Studies of the Effects of Ionized Water 120
Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2009 Feb;35(2):145-53. 120
Effect of several electrolyzed waters on the skin permeation of lidocaine, benzoic Acid, and isosorbide
mononitrate. Kitamura T, Todo H, Sugibayashi K. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai
University, Saitama, Japan. 120
J Toxicol Sci. 2000 Dec;25(5):417-22. 121
Influences of alkaline ionized water on milk electrolyte concentrations in maternal rats. 121
Histopathological influence of alkaline ionized water on myocardial muscle of mother rats. Watanabe
T, Shirai W, Pan I, Fukuda Y, Murasugi E, Sato T, Kamata H, Uwatoko K. Department of
Veterinary Physiological Chemistry, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa,
Japan. 121
Influences of alkaline ionized water on milk yield, body weight of offspring and perinatal dam in rats.
Watanabe T, Pan I, Fukuda Y, Murasugi E, Kamata H, Uwatoko K. Department of Veterinary
Physiological Chemistry, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan. 122
Effect of alkaline ionized water on reproduction in gestational and lactational rats. Watanabe T.
Department of Veterinary Physiological Chemistry, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan. 122
Appendix 6 145
Testimonials 145
Glossary of Terms 149
Index 156

Preface
“ All great ideas are controversial or have been at one time.”
~ George Seldes

This book was created using articles I’ve written on Ionized Water as well
as sections of my first book Confessions of a Body Builder, Rejuvenating
the Body in Spirulina, Chlorella, Raw Foods and Ionized Water 2 and my
second book, Achieving Great Health 3 . These works promote Ionized
Water as the healthiest substance we can possibly put in our bodies. Since
1996 I have done more to promote Ionized Water than any other person in
North America. I can make that claim because both my books have focused
on Ionized Water and describe it in simple, everyday laymen’s terms that
the average person can understand. I knew it was important to write to this
level because like most people, I don’t have much of a formal scientific
background. However, I do have a great love of science and a desire to
understand the properties of Ionized Water . The ionization of water and the
minerals it contains can easily be confirmed through scientific methods and
measured using scientific instrumentation.

A group of people who did not entirely understand what Ionized Water was
introduced me to it several years ago. They knew it was alkaline and that
we must put alkaline substances into our bodies if we expect to prevent and
cure disease. 4 But they didn’t know what made Ionized Water alkaline.
They knew Ionized Water was very hydrating and detoxifying and that it
was called micro-water because it contained smaller water molecule
clusters, but they didn’t know exactly how these tiny clusters were created
or why they were important. They knew that Ionized Water was not only an
antioxidant, but an extremely powerful and effective one. They told me that
it was a free radical scavenger (Appendix 6) , but they did not realize what
qualities it possessed that qualified it as one. Nor did they know that Ionized
Water had a negative charge or Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) 5 ,
which is a measurement of the millivoltage (mV) of the water. ORP is the
most important term to learn regarding health and they didn’t even mention
it because they hadn’t been told that ionization causes a radical change in
the ORP of the water. Most of all, they did not understand how Ionized
Water was created because if they did it would have answered most of the
other questions they had as to why it possessed these qualities.

Ionized Water had not been sufficiently explained to me in terms that I, the
average person, could understand. I decided to fly to California and visit the
importers of Japanese water ionizer models and I learned that the Japanese
manufacturers were trying to market their product from Japan using their
marketing techniques. I knew this would never work in the American
marketplace since Westerners do not think like Asians at all when it comes
to health. Westerners historically follow allopathic medicine, which tries to
overcome the natural mechanisms of the human body. Asians historically
follow naturopathic or holistic medicine, which encourages us to flow with
nature, not oppose or try to outsmart it. They also stress preventative health
rather than reacting to a disease that has already developed. It is 100 times
more difficult to cure the body of any disease than it is to prevent that
disease in the first place. Western allopathic medicine attempts to create
synthetic substances known as pharmaceuticals to use as weapons to
overcome disease when in fact they only control the symptoms of disease.
And they do not even do a good job at that because every drug has side
effects, some of them quite serious. The medical profession was the third
leading cause of death in 2002. 6 The first and second causes of death were
cardiovascular disease and cancer. 106,000 people died from the negative
effects of pharmaceuticals; 7 7,000 died due to medication errors in
hospitals. 8
We need to approach the concept of Ionized Water with the understanding
that it is a phenomenon created in nature, however, here we are able to
intensify and concentrate its incredible properties. Ionized Water helps the
body to flow with nature, not oppose it. This is a lesson that we are still
learning in the West. Ionized Water was accepted by Asians first because it
is found in nature and therefore it is a natural substance that enhances our
health. At its core, Asian philosophy has tenets that readily accept the
concept of Ionized Water because it is completely natural.

I began to examine various water ionizer manufacturers and found there
were only a few in Asia. Rumors surrounded Ionized Water and what its
properties could actually achieve. There were stories that over 25% of all
Japanese drank Ionized Water , when in fact only 4 – 8% of the Japanese
population consumes it regularly. Other stories suggested that it was used
extensively throughout Japanese industry, as well as in the agricultural
industry for livestock and as a pesticide on golf courses. I have found
substantiation for some of these claims, but it is not as widely used as was
rumored. Ionized Water could potentially be used in numerous capacities in
many industries.

Virtually all the water ionizers sold in North America at that time were
manufactured in Japan. The first water ionizers in North America were
priced at more than US$5000 in the 1980’s. Ionized Water was completely
unknown, in part because it was such an alien concept to the general public.
I began importing water ionizers from Korea in 1996 and quickly learned
that everything depended on the quality and reliability of the
manufacturer’s product. My first importation of water ionizers resulted in a