Originally Posted By: Lolvoguy
I eat a predominantly fresh veggie based diet.
Veggies are more alkaline than acidic so IMO there's no need for fancy water.
OP probably has never drank a bottle of water in his life, which is why he felt so much better by it.
Yeah.. Actually, that is not correct, and I can also testify as to why there may be something to how this Alkaline water made me feel vs a can of buzzy stuff.
I presently live in a homeless shelter and have for a moderate amount of time now. There are plenty of germs and stuff in there as it is, but they do have a free water dispenser. They don't let people take in opened containers of anything, even water, I suppose in case any of the druggies wanted to put some vodka or whatever in it.
So. Sealed containers are fine. I bought a gigantic Poland Spring 58oz or tall water. I have bene refilling it with the water from this place for at least a couple of weeks, as I didn't do this when I first arrived.
I noticed over the past few days that I always had a sore throat. Always. I also had headache, and it was hard to make it go away. All I could do was hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. I drank much water from this dispenser. And still, it persisted.
I finally got a Ricola from one of my jobs and that bag PARTLY did the trick. Something must have really been going on in my body. So, while I may have drank the OCCASIONAL free pop, coffee, soda, it was by no means an exclusive diet. Only half cup of anything at once, be it small black coffee, soda, or any kind of coffee or soda, anything else is in a bottle and not as easily attainable.
So, feeling under the weather and not liking the lack of energy, though I am working ~70 hours a week, more than that this week.. I finally decided to try the Essentia, after seeing one of my customers buy it last night, while we were all being ghoulish and enjoying the Halloween festivities.
I now feel great, whereas if I refilled from that water in the BPHC I would feel like The Walking Dead.
Maybe somebody put some kind of foreign substance on the dispenser and just didnt tell anyone
However, we will never really know.
I have since been reading about water. Essentia is pH 9.5 the Glaceau seems to be pH Neutral. The evidence is only speculative or weak that alkaline water helps, however if the minerals and ionization perhaps affect the content of the water as it gets absorbed into the bloodstream, maybe that is why. Since it is true, as the disprovers point out, that there are both acidic and base areas of our body. I don't think it is as simple as that, something IN the water must determine
- its taste
- its health
- is it water or is it something else
So.. Discuss.
