The hunt for improving quality of life has been targeting many areas and water purification has become one of the most popular topics these days. With the huge diversity of filtering systems that keeps growing as technology advances, dispensers fitted with an alkaline water filter have caused a lot of consideration.
Much of it is down to the speculation that by consuming alkalinized water we increase the level of hydration and deoxidant effects to our bodies. There is no doubt that such filters effectively achieve high levels of water purification and by restructuring its chemical components provide either increased alkaline or acid levels in the end product. The use of acid water in cleaning and skin treatment has many benefits and as such is used in hospitals and alike.
The matter with alkaline water is not so clear though. The normal level of pH in our organism borders on the average of 7 (on scale of 1 to 14), which means alkaline and acid are kept at equilibrium. The actual figures in a healthy person lean towards the alkaline side, around 7.40, which is considered a normal level.
The body has very strong mechanisms for maintaining that level. Through the use of the kidney as a regulator and the urine as an exhaust, our organism can quickly bring back pH levels back into the norm whenever necessary. If we have too much alkaline in our system, the kidney releases basics into our urine to compensate. If we have more acid, then acidic substance goes out of our body until the balance is brought back.
In theory and in isolated laboratory conditions, it has been proven that alkaline water can have very good effect on cells, but in reality, because of our body regulatory system, we cannot expect to benefit from such thing. The most likely thing you are going to achieve by continuous consumption of alkaline water is a slight switch in the pH balance of your body, but nothing that is going to cause a permanent positive effect.
Prolonging your life sounds nice, but you should not put too much emphasize on what is strikingly claimed about the effects and benefits of using an alkaline water filter. There certainly are such advantages and many positive changes to your overall health would occur from drinking purified water. In the end, it's better to try and preserve our health than risk damaging it as the latter is a much easier thing to do.
