"Ionized water" is one of many products and panaceashowthewonky-water well being industry flogs on top of the large segment of the general public that lacks the scientific backgroundto tell apartscientific fact from pseudoscientific hype once thetwo are closely intertwined. The reasonof this site would be to critically examinea few of theclaims about "ionized" and alkaline waters from the standpoint of modern chemistry and physiology in order tosupply you with theright information to make your own informed decision before opening your wallets to the hucksters of these products and whose claims are totally lacking in scientific support.

What many of theseoutfits actually sell are grossly overpriced electrical devices that purport to produce "ionized" and alkaline water by the procedure for electrolysis. Most of these"water ionizers" appear to have their origins in Korea and japan, two countries whose populations look likeparticularlyvunerabletobeing taken in by pseudoscientific water-treatment schemes. In North America, distribution of these dubious devices has depended largely on multi-level marketing schemes that enroll science-ignorant dealers to exploit even-more-vulnerable consumers while enablingtheproducerto maintain a low profile to regulatory agencies like the FTC.

It doesn't help that quackery-filled "alternative health" books such as pH Miracle Living and Alkalize or Die by "Doctor" Theodore Baroody (whose scientific credentials seem highly dubious) plug alkaline water as one way of preventing cancer or of increasing one's lifespan. There'seven a company which offerscomplete "alkaline diets" for which they cookridiculousclaims.Perhapstheotherwise respectable Kurzweil and Grossman's Fantastic Voyage (see below) goes off the track with thiscraze.