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Erectile Dysfunction and Ionized Water

rob — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:33:51 +0000

I never saw the day coming when I thought I would be writing about Erectile Dysfunction. The subject never occurred to me and nobody ever talks about it…ever!

Statistics indicate that 20 million American men suffer from ED. Really? How can that be when nobody talks about it? Don’t you find it odd that our society (through the media and internet) is so preoccupied with sex and yet nobody talks about ED?

So what prompted me to bring up such a taboo subject? Certainly not any discussion that I have had because I have never had a friend or associate even mention the subject. I came across the subject when I was researching Diabetes. My interest in Type 2 Diabetes (which accounts for about 95% of all cases of Diabetes) comes from my many discussions with people who have been able to dramatically reduce or eliminate their Type 2 Diabetes prescriptions when they started drinking ionized water and eating properly.

What has Diabetes got to do with Erectile Dysfunction?

It turns out to be a lot. Research indicates that 50% of all men who have Diabetes end up experiencing Erectile Dysfunction within ten years. Really? Yup!

Isn’t the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes escalating rapidly? Yup! Hmmm!

Facts about Diabetes

* 20 – 26 million Americans have diabetes (depending upon which studies you read)
* 40 – 79 million more Americans have pre-diabetes (depending upon which studies you read)…ie… people who have elevated blood sugar levels which means they are working their way towards getting Type 2 Diabetes….yikes!
* according to a study in the UK by a group called Diabetes UK, middle aged men are twice as likely to suffer Type 2 diabetes than women due to lifestyle (see: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1199158/Middle-aged-men-twice-likely-suffer-Type-2-diabetes-women-lifestyle.html)

Let’s Do the Math…Or…The Ugly Truth

To save an argument about which statistical study you believe, let’s use a number of 60 million people in America (the half way point between 40 million and 79 million) who will likely become diabetic in the coming years.

Let’s also assume that 2/3 of the new cases will be men based upon the UK study. Perhaps the 2/3 percentage is high, but it makes sense to me as it certainly seems that women in general take better care of their bodies than men.

So…if there are going to be 60 million more cases of Type 2 Diabetes in the USA in the coming years and 2/3 of the cases will be men, one could assume that 40 million more men will be afflicted with Type 2 Diabetes. If 50% of those men will suffer from ED within ten years, we are talking about another 20 million American men who will likely suffer from ED.

That can’t be a good thing…for the men or their partners! I know that the intimacy derived from a healthy sex life with my wife has always been important to us. I imagine it is similar for others as well. It seems to me that ED would only further complicate an already complicated world.

What can you do about this?

The answer is easy….don’t get Type 2 Diabetes.

Ok, but how do you do that?

Again, the answer is easy….build your diet around alkaline foods and drinks instead of acidic foods and drinks.

The major cause of Type 2 diabetes is an acidic diet based upon an over indulgence of sugar, and a lack of exercise. Many of us head to the gym or participate in sports to help reshape our body, but any trainer will tell you that you are wasting your time if you don’t control what you put in your mouth. You can work out all you want, but 80% to 90% of the results will be determined by what you eat.

Unfortunately, making healthy changes to your diet is more difficult that you might think. The changes required often go against the grain of a lifetime of bad eating habits. Sugars and white flour are not healthy food choices and they make up a significant percentage of what many of us eat. Replacing sugars and flour in your diet with fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds often takes time.
Many people have found that the best place to start the journey to a new and healthier body is to drink alkaline water. You need to replace the water that your body uses up every day, so why not start by drinking water that helps your body become healthy. The effort is minimal and the results are often dramatic. Many Type 2 Diabetes sufferers find that they can reduce or eliminate their meds altogether when they start drinking ionized water. You can find very affordable water ionizers (about $300) that will help you get started. In the worst case, you will be drinking clean and healthy water that will actually save you money when compared to bottled water or sugar based (and therefore harmful) drinks.

Drinking alkaline water will help, but it won’t fix everything. . Introducing more fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds into your diet to replace the overload of processed sugary and acidic foods will slowly help you change the internal environment of your body. As you begin to feel and look better, you may find that, like many others who start the journey to a healthier lifestyle, you will start eating better . The benefits often begin to compound and you may find that you start to become more active.

You can definitely prevent and even get rid of Type 2 Diabetes with a proper diet and exercise. The connection between Type 2 Diabetes and ED is real. While men suffer directly from ED, the problem obviously affects couples as well. Don’t be a victim….this is something that you can actually control by making changes.

Chemotherapy Doesn’t Work For Cancer

rob — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:36:05 +0000

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

….Thomas Edison

I believe that the quotation above is the greatest insight ever offered by the man that invented the light bulb, the phonograph, and the movie camera.

I grew up as a son of a medical doctor and have always had the utmost respect for the medical world. There is definitely a place in our society for medical doctors. They can set bones, stitch up wounds, and provide medical procedures in both emergency and non-emergency situations. However, when it comes to health care, or disease prevention and cures, medical doctors are completely out of their league.

It is not a crime to be misinformed or uneducated about a topic. When it comes to medicine and the practice of health care, the crime is that our doctors are being misled about how to treat cancer during their training in medical schools. The fact that the public trusts doctors when it comes to cancer treatments just makes it worse.

How can it possibly be true that doctors are being taught misleading information about the use of chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer?

Let’s look at the facts:

* chemotherapy is only successful in curing cancer in the USA 2.1% of the time
* the ratio would be much closer to zero if the medical world didn’t consider that anyone who lives five years after receiving treatment was cured…if you die 5 years and a day later, the chemo treatment is still considered a cure…reoccurrences at a later date don’t count against the “cured” designation
* 81% of oncologists that prescribe chemo to cancer patients every day would not choose chemo treatments for themselves if they got cancer

What is the conventional wisdom behind administering chemotherapy for cancer treatments?

The basis for the inclusion of chemotherapy is that the drugs will kill off cells that reproduce the fastest. The thinking is that if you kill off the rapidly growing cancer cells, you will kill off the cancer. Chemotherapy is a poison that is administered which kills cells.

What actually happens when chemotherapy is administered

The goal is to kill the cancer cells, but chemo actually kills all the cells. The fact that chemo patients lose their hair, experience nausea and vomiting, and suffer many longer term side effects is a testament that the poison doesn’t discriminate about what cells it kills.

When you take chemo, the drug essentially pushes you towards death. Over the past sixty years, doctors have had lots of experience using chemo, to they have learned how to push you to the edge of death and then bring you back from the edge of the cliff before you die. Once you have had sufficient time to recover, they repeat the process….over and over again. If the procedure worked, you might be able to justify in your mind that the archaic and barbaric treatment….but it doesn’t work!

It simply doesn’t make sense to poison a trillion cells in your body to the point of near death in order to prevent the growth of a few cells located in a very small and specific location.

If you have been diagnosed with cancer and your oncologist has recommended chemotherapy, ask your doctor the following questions:

* What is your doctor trying to achieve with the treatment? Reducing the size of a tumor is often the objective, but reducing the size of a tumor as a goal is pointless
* How effective is the chemotherapy going to be in curing “your” cancer?
* What are the expected side effects, both short and long term?
* Would the doctor take the same treatment if she/he were in the same situation
* What alternatives are available?
* How effective are the alternatives?

You are much more likely to get “bad attitude” than satisfactory answers to the questions above.

So now what?

I often read blogs and articles where people bash away at ideas. I’m ok with that, but it really isn’t useful to me unless the author suggests an alternative for me to consider. I have been researching the work done by Dr. Leonard Coldwell. The man has treated 35,000 patients and it is believed he has the highest cancer cure rate in the world.

Here is an excerpt from what I call the “what has he done” page in Dr. Leonard Coldwell’s website:

In my time I have seen over 35,000 patients and have had over 2.2 million seminar attendees that wrote to me, sending in their comments and life stories. I have over 7 million readers of my newsletters and reports. I am the doctor that has, in the opinion of leading experts, the highest cancer cure rate in the world. In fact, I am convinced I could cure at least 90% of all cancer patients if I had the legal platform to work with these people the “Dr Coldwell Way.” As long as the patient is willing and still able to do whatever it takes and has no surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, there is no reason Cancer cannot be cured in most people.

If I had just received a cancer diagnosis, I would head straight to the “Only Answer to Cancer” and the “Cancer Diet” pages at Dr. Coldwell’s website found here:

http://drleonardcoldwell.com/cancer/only-answer-to-cancer/

and here:

http://drleonardcoldwell.com/cancer/cancer-diet/

What else?

My favorite “cancer docs” in the USA are Dr. Stanislaw Burzinski in Texas and Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez in New York.

Dr. Burzinski is known for his remarkable success for his work with replacing antineoplastons, a peptide that he believes is missing in cancer patients. The man is constantly battling the medical establishment because of the success which doesn’t conform to standard protocols of the profession. Dr. Burzinski believes that each case must be looked at on an individual basis because every case is different. Dr. Burzinski tells us that it is imperative for cancer patients to avoid chemotherapy or other conventional treatments before starting work with him.

I once spoke with one of Dr. Burzinski’s patients who had been cured of cancer. She told me that when she was finished with her treatment, she asked Dr. Burzinski “what is the one thing he would recommend to her to help her from ever getting cancer again?” Dr. Burzinski told her to drink ionized alkaline water. Is there any question why I’m a “Burzinski” fan?

Dr. Gonzalez has also achieved remarkable success in treating cancer and other serious illnesses by means of a proper diet. Dr. Gonzalez builds individual cancer fighting diets for each patient because he believes that “no one program fits all”.

To read more about the work of the two Doctors above, pick up a copy of Suzanne Somers book “Knockout”.

If you have cancer now, the following information will likely not help you because the center and not been built yet. However, if you are interested in learning about an awesome new strategy for dealing with cancer through alternative methods, check out www.americanaci.org. They are planning to build a huge wellness/teaching facility in Washington State. If the group is successful in launching their plans, I expect that the facility will be the epicenter of alternative medicine in the USA. The President of the group, Bob Wright has written a book called “Killing Cancer – Not People” that you can buy online. Guess what his group believes is the single most important factor is in curing cancer? Ionized alkaline water. Does anyone see a trend here?

Summary

You owe it to yourself or a loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer to research all possible avenues of care before choosing a path. There will be massive pressure to “do something” from your doctors, your family, and from your own conscience.

After all of my research on the subject of cancer, I can tell you that I will never take chemotherapy treatments. Chemo clearly doesn’t work. Other therapies clearly do work. It is not my place to tell anyone what to do. However, I feel compelled to share what I have learned.

It seems obvious to me that every cancer patient needs and deserves to be treated on a one-on-one basis by people who actually know what they are doing. I’m not referring to oncologists who practice standard protocols that have never worked. Regular ocolgists don’t have the knowledge, the ability to bill for alternative treatments that work, the time, or the backing of their own fraternity to properly treat cancer patients. When cancer strikes, nothing is more important than learning everything you can and finding the best treatment possible.

If I allow myself one piece of advice, it would be to do lots of homework and ask lots of questions before submitting to chemotherapy. All of the leading cancer treatment specialist tell us that once chemotherapy has been administered, the chances of survival drop dramatically because of the damage done to one’s immune system.

When my Dad was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of 1997, we just went along with the chemotherapy treatment that was recommended by his Doctors. No alternatives were offered and chemotherapy seemed to us to be the only game in town. What the chemo treatments did was to make my Dad extremely sick and weak. Yes, the chemo did delay my Dad’s death by a couple of months, but the treatments made the final months of his life a living hell. I can’t begin to describe the anguish that I felt as I watched the drugs steal his health and dignity. My Dad deserved better! If I knew then what I know now, things would have been very different. My Dad might not have survived, but he would have had a much better chance of living and he wouldn’t have been tortured by the effects of drugs.

Beware Of Fake Discounts on Water Ionizers

rob — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:45:00 +0000

I had to laugh when I saw the article about the hotel industry that was the source of the picture. I laughed because the first thing that popped into my head was the similarity with the water ionizer industry.

When I was selling Tyent water ionizers a couple of years ago, the Tyent 7070 Turbo had a list price of $2,995. However, that was a bogus price and everybody knew it. The “Introductory Time Limited” price was $2,495 which was the “real” retail price. The published $500 discount was merely a “pretend” number to create the image of a “deal”.

Over time, the retail price offered by Tyent itself dropped to $2,395 and than again to $2,195. The last time I checked the Tyent website, they were offering the Tyent 7070 Turbo at $1,995. It makes sense that the product was selling for a 20% discount to the original price because the product is now a couple of years old. No problem so far.

When I was checking out websites this morning, I found that Tyent was offering an amazing “holiday special”. They are offering 30% off their retail price of $2,695 on their 7070 Turbo as well as 30% off other machines. Here is a summary of the offer on their website:

MMP-7070 TURBO: Regular Price :$2695.00 Sale Price : $1,886.50 You Save : $808.50

So, what do we have here? Tyent puts the list price up by $700 to $2,695 and then offers a $808.50 discount. Thank goodness Tyent is such a generous company and offers everyone a 30% discount

If you peel back the marketing nonsense, the “awesome deal” for $1,886.50 is actually $108.50 or a 5% saving from the previous offer of $1,995. Given that the Tyent 7070 Turbo and other electric water ionizers are just simple electronic devices, the entire industry still seems grossly overpircied. For example, how much have plasma tv’s come down in price since 2009?

How does the 7070 Turbo compare to Tyent’s 9090 Turbo (now selling for 30% off at $2,796.50). The addtional 2 plates and extra power in the 9090 don’t add any material advantage in terms of performance. In fact the extra plates and power are nothing more than a marketing ploy, and as such, are a complete waste of money. If you think Tyent is the right choice for you, save yourself the $900 and buy the 7070 Turbo at $1886.50 instead of the 9090 Turbo at $2,796.50. Or better still, shop around to find your Tyent 7070 Turbo because you can do better…….much better.

I’m not trying to pick on Tyent or anyone else. Tyent just makes it so damn easy to use them for illustration purposes. Tyent isn’t alone in using deceptive marketing and pricing tactics, so be careful. I’m not here to judge. I’m just the reporter.

IonWays Fights Back…Badly

rob — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:00:10 +0000

It didn’t take long for Jay Hare, the President of IonWays to come out swinging in response to my comments about the business ethics of his company IonWays. I recently wrote an article about how IonWays swooped in to steal a deal away from a group that I was working with. Our group was going to sell a stylish new filtered alkaline water bottle for $49. We intended to use the profits to provide free water filtration systems to save lives in the third world. The fact that IonWays is now selling the same filters in the old style Seychelle bottles for $119.95 for a massve profit means that everyone loses except IonWays.

In the most recent “Flow” newsletter sent out by IonWays, Mr. Hare dedicated a significant part of his article to bashing me. Mr. Hare accused me of being a self proclaimed water expert. I have never claimed and never will claim to be a water expert. I research about water and share what I learn on my blog. Mr. Hare also indicated in his letter that I use my blog for self serving profit motives. What planet does this guy come from? I find it interesting that Mr. Hare appears to believe that if he “implies” that I’m making money, it somehow justifies the 800% profit margins that IonWays builds into its new Elita PhD water bottle. It appears that Mr. Hare believes that outrageous price markups are acceptable as long as others are ripping off the public to the same degree. Hmmmm!

Since Mr. Hare quotes specific articles and facts from my blog, it is safe to assume that he and his legal team have read the “About Me” section. In the section, I openly talk about my past involvement in the industry and the fact that my wife operates a “not for profit” online water ionizer store. Anyone that follows my blog knows that Mary sells at least 90% of her products at half price to cancer patients. That means nearly all of her sales are completed at or below dealer cost. When you take into consideration the cost of doing business, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that “profits” are not in the cards for Mary’s company.

Mary is one of the “good guys” in the industry. Her efforts help people who need the water but may not otherwise be able to afford a water ionizer.

It is easy to see that I don’t sell anything on my blog. The book keeper that prepares my income tax returns can verify that I don’t earn anything from my efforts in the water ionizer industry.

If Mr. Hare did his homework instead of making inaccurate assumptions or incomplete statements to defend his pricing, he would learn that my wife and I have nothing to hide. We have no problem opening up the books to Mary’s company or providing an inspection of our personal bank accounts to Mr. Hare’s auditors if Mr. Hare is prepared to do the same. When you have nothing to hide, it is easy to be transparent.

IonWays Bashes Alkastream:

Mr. Hare is an articulate writer for IonWays. He doesn’t lie, but he has a talent for twisting and manipulating the facts to support his story. Mr. Hare explained in no uncertain terms that he believes that the Alkastream is a bad product. Mr. Hare also indicated that sales of the Alkastream generate similar profit margins to IonWays new Elita PhD bottles.

Mr. Hare explained in his newsletter that the manufacturer of the Alkastream originally offered the product to IonWays for $50, which is true. He also stated that IonWays turned down the offer, which is true. What Mr. Hare didn’t bother to mention was that the original Alkastream prototype worked, but had many production flaws. I received the same prototype to test….it worked but it was a piece of junk.

Instead of choosing to fix the problems with the Alkastream and offer an affordable unit, IonWays chose to introduce the Elita, their own $1,499 antioxidant filter. That proved be another bad decision for Mr. Hare and IonWays! No wonder IonWays is in such a mess. The Elita was recently shelved due to a lack of sales. Nobody was willing to pay $1,499 when a similar product was available for $329.

I chose to work on the problems of the Alkastream machine for free. My decision to help out was based upon the fact that the unit worked and I loved the low price point. I wasn’t deterred by the fact that the prototype had flaws. The entire point of sending out prototypes for testing is to get feedback. At that time, my wife didn’t own the rights to sell the machine in Canada. Six months and 13 product improvements later, the new and vastly improved Alkasteam was available to the public for $329.

Mr. Hare conveniently chose to ignore many of the facts about the Alkastream in his newsletter. Ignoring facts is not the same as lying, but errors by ommission make for an interesting discussion. Mr. Hare didn’t disclose the fact that the numerous improvements made to the Alkastream obviously had an impact on the cost. He didn’t disclose that Alkaway, the Australian company that created the Alkastream brand charges a 50% royalty on the unit. He didn’t mention that the American dollar has declined significantly over the past two years thereby influencing costs and profit margins. He also forgot to mention that unit sells for $329 in the USA and for most of the dealers in Canada. The $399 price that appears on the Alkastream website in Canada was designed to protect dealers who refer their customers to the corporate site for educational purposes. When you do the math based upon the facts instead of a sales pitch, the profit scenario is a small fraction of what was suggested by Mr. Hare. The truth always comes out sooner or later…..actually, it comes a lot sooner than later around here which is why the water ionizer industry doesn’t like me too much…make that doesn’t like me at all.

From my personal perspective, Mr. Hare’s biggest error is his writing is his assertion that I’m tied to Alkastream, which is not true. In fact, I’m collaborating with a leading manufacturer in the USA as well as an American chemical engineer who is one of the leading experts in the world in the field of water filtration. Together, we are developing a new antioxidant filter that will be 100% “made in America”, owned by Americans, and will meet the tough California “no lead” and product claims laws (beware of throwing stones Mr. Hare as your house is made of glass). The unit will be small, sleek, and effective. It is too early to set a retail price because not all of the costs have been finalized. However, without having to pay royalty payments, overseas shipping charges, import duties, and contend with currency fluctuations, I expect people are going to be happy. The new product will definitely not have an 800% profit margin built in. When the product is ready for the market, I will fully disclose my involvement, if I choose to have one. You can be sure that my wife’s little not-for-profit website will carry the product in Canada because she has the inside track

Cancer: Should You Buy A Water Ionizer?

rob — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:11:44 +0000

I hope you are reading this article before you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer. After all, the best way to beat cancer is to avoid getting it in the first place.

If you have the good fortune of not having cancer, please get regular medical checkups. The standard medical protocols for cancer treatment have not changed much in the past 50 years, but the improvement in detection of cancer through testing has been dramatic. The main weapon in beating cancer is to detect it early. Most of the wonderful statistics you hear about from cancer society’s seeking donations are due to early detection.

There are doctors who have gone against the grain in terms of investigating and trying alternative. These doctors are truly brave people because the pressure on them to conform to the standards is immense.

What to do if you have recently received a cancer diagnosis?

Welcome to the scary world. I was diagnosed with cancer last summer (thank God it turned out to be a bad diagnosis). For those that have never been diagnosed with cancer, be grateful because there is nothing else like it. I can only speak for myself, but everything in life changed for me the moment I heard the bad news. All the love and good wishes are comforting, but nothing changes the fact that you think you are in this alone. You go to sleep thinking about it, you wake up thinking about it, and you think about it off and on all day long.

The most important piece of advice I can offer is try not to panic. Remaining calm and level headed is easier said than done. You or your loved one has probably had cancer for at least a couple of years without knowing about it. It is very unlikely that you will need to start procedures right away. While it is natural to want to “do something” immediately, it doesn’t work that way. There will be waiting time for appointments….lots of appointments. You will receive appointments for testing, appointments to review the test results, appointments to meet specialists, appointments for more testing, and finally, the specialist will recommend a course of action.

I would recommend that you take the time between when you have first heard the news until your specialist makes his or her recommendations to start educating yourself. You will receive all kinds of advice whether you want it or not. It seems that everyone has an opinion on the subject. Some people advocate sticking to standard medical protocols, some others will attempt you to will shun the medical world and search for alternative treatments.

There are other choices

Within a few weeks of being diagnosed with cancer, your doctors will likely be pressing you to start treatments. There is a growing movement of people who believe that the entire medical/pharmaceutical professions are more concerned with money that with helping. I’m not one of them.

Although it is obvious that cancer research and treatment has a large financial component, my experience has been that the doctors really do care. Growing up as the son of a doctor, I can tell you that the seemingly cold exterior that many of us witness in the profession is just a means of self preservation on the part of the doctors. Doctors are only human after all and dealing with cancer as a career is not an easy choice.

While doctors do care, I personally don’t think that they have received a proper education in dealing with cancer. When a profession is still offering the same protocols that were being used 50 years ago with limited improvement in success rates, intuitively you should know that something is not right. If your doctors discredit alternative strategies, just keep in mind that doctors don’t want to venture outside of what they have been taught. Just because doctors are smart doesn’t mean they have all the answers.

There are alternatives, both medical and otherwise. Before you do anything, spend time researching….your life may depend upon it. Pick up Suzanne Somers book “Knockout’ and read up on the theories and practices of Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, Dr. James Forsythe, Dr. Julie Taguchi, Dr. Russell Blaylock and others. Many have found success with the Gerson Therapy and other strategies. This is an important time to keep an open mind and do your research.

What you can do on your own beyond researching

There are things that you can do on your own to improve the odds. First off, avoid the obvious cancer causing substances like cigarettes, and the many other publicized known carcinogens.

The stuff that I read online about becoming more alkaline through changing what you eat and drink seems to be true. Cancer does thrive in an acidic environment while it can’t sustain itself over the long term in an alkaline body. There is just too much evidence to ignore that sugars, white flour, and dairy are part of the problem.

It seems like a no-brainer to eat more alkaline foods (veggies, fruits, legumes, nuts, seeds) and cut back on the acidic foods (red meats, junk food etc). Drink water (preferably alkaline water) as it is the only liquid we need. Avoid sodas, sugary drinks, juices, and use alcohol in moderation. Exercise! Get enough sleep as our bodies need time to recover. Perhaps the most important choice of all is to reduce stress….really! I personally believe that stress plays a much bigger role than people realize in all forms of disease.

What about Ionized Water?

Finally….I’m getting to the point. I took the time to point out other factors and strategies because I think it would be folly to believe that ionized water is the magic bullet for curing cancer.

The online websites that sell water ionizers never come right out and say that drinking ionized water will prevent or cure cancer, but they drop some pretty strong hints. My blog also offers up a number of compelling testimonies from people that have experienced dramatic improvement when they started drinking ionized water. Does that mean that I think people that have received a cancer diagnosis should race out and buy a water ionizer? No….but I do think it is something that deserves consideration.

Despite what the naysayers claim, drinking alkaline water does help raise the pH level in your body. The fact that your stomach is acidic does not nullify the ability of alkaline water to have a positive effect on the pH level in your body. As the cells in your stomach wall detect the presence of alkaline food or water, they will produce hydrochloric acid (HCl) to counteract the elevated pH. When HCl is produced, a bicarbonate byproduct is also produced. It is the creation of bicarbonates that enter the small intestine that alter the pH of the liquids in your body.

Which water ionizer should I buy if I decide to go ahead?

I don’t think it matters because they all work.

My preference would be to purchase a machine with adequate power to produce high pH and low ORP. Unfortunately that doesn’t really narrow things down because the major brands all provide plenty of power.

I would also recommend a machine that is reliable. Once again this is not really a deciding factor because all the machines are reliable. The science is really simple and the technology has been around for a long time. Most of the companies offer warranties that will outlast the technology. By that I mean that by the time it comes to replacing a machine, there will likely be better solutions available. In the meantime, inexpensive replacement parts are available so companies simply install new parts instead of repairing machines.

If all the brands work and they are all reliable, it seems that it really gets down to price. You will find machines that range in price from $1,000 to $4,000. Choose the one that makes the best sense for you based upon your comfort level with the product itself and the people behind the product.

I believe that buying a water ionizer is a good decision for anyone. When it comes to battling cancer, I think the argument for purchasing a water ionizer becomes even more compelling. If cost is an issue, contact me and I will hook you up with suppliers that provide the machines for 50% off the retail price for cancer patients.

Shame on IonWays: Greed Before Honor

rob — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:50:01 +0000

There was a time when I respected the IonWays water ionizer company. In the days when deceptive advertising and bashing competitors were common place for many of the water ionizer companies, IonWays always took the high road. As IonWays’ fortunes have plummeted, it appears their ethics have done the same.

Providing the World with Clean Water

Each year, 3.5 million people around the world die because of unsafe drinking water. Scott Harrison is the Pied Piper of creating safe drinking water for the planet. In the last 5 years, Scott and his group www.charitywater.org have raised over $40 million dollars to finance nearly 4,300 water improvement projects. They have provided safe drinking water for more than 2 million people and counting.

Last summer, I worked with a group of like minded individuals who wanted to lend our time and expertise to the cause of providing safe drinking water to people in need. We devised a plan with 3 primary goals:

1) Provide affordable clean alkaline “ionized” water to the public in America and elseswhere
2) Reduce the environmental impact of disposable water bottles
3) Donate the profits from sales to provide a temporary safe drinking water alternative to those waiting for Charitywater.org projects to be completed

Charity Bottles

Our plan was to purchase filters from a company called Seychelle (www.seychelle.com). Seychelle has been producing filters for bottles for many years which remove 99.99% of the contaminants from water. We wanted the Seychelle filters to do more than simply provide clean the water, so we introduced Seychelle to a well known supplier of bio ceramic minerals that are found in the Antioxidant Filters. Seychelle found a way to add the minerals to their filter and the results were good.

We designed a stylish new bottle because the Seychelle design was/is very utilitarian. There was nothing physically wrong with the Seychelle bottle, but why not have something more appealing to look at and easier to hold. After all, plastic bottles cost less than a dollar when purchased in volume.

We decided upon a retail price of $49 for the new bottle. Our product cost would have been approximately 30% of the retail price, which would leave a healthy profit after covering normal business costs such as shipping and administration. We were going to use the profits to provide free bottles or other temporary filtration units to those waiting for Charitywater.org to provide a more permanent solution.

Me and my Big Mouth

Our group was very excited about our plans because of the potential impact of our efforts. I wrote about our intentions on this blog and discussed the subject openly with people in the water industry. I never felt the need to hide the concept designed for charity. Everyone I spoke to loved the idea and many offered their help. Detailers and retailers were anxiously waiting to carry the new “not for profit” product which would “help save lives”. In hindsight, I should have kept everything secret until it was ready to go.

IonWays Enters the Filtered Water Bottle Business

IonWays has been stedily losing market share for years. The core of their sales team left a couple of years ago and the company has never recovered. Their equipment is out of date. Their marketing plan has been haphazard at best. To combat their flagging sales, they introduced their Elita non-electric water ionizer in 2011 at a price of $1,499. The head of the company heralded their new non-electric water ionizer as the way of the future and he was right. Unfortunately, he failed to recognize that their brand name and their sales team wouldn’t be able to overcome the fact that similar competitive products were selling for around $300. IonWays recently abandoned sales of the unit.

Finding themselves without anything new to offer their MLM team, IonWays decided to enter the filtered alkaline bottle market. I wonder where they suddenly got the idea. IonWays convinced Seychelle to work with them instead of our charity group by offering to unleash their multinational MLM sales team on the new bottles. I remember the day when the head of marketing for Seychelle called me to tell me that they couldn’t work with us because they had agreed to work with a “large multinational company”. When I discovered that the company was IonWays, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Pricing

The new portable bottle recently introduced by IonWays for $119.95 uses the old style Seychelle bottle and the same filter that we were going to offer at $49. You can see IonWays’ new Elita PhD bottle here:

www.ionways.com/shop/

You can sell the old Seychelle bottle here:

store.seychelle.com/Std._Filtration_Bottles-24oz_Pull_Top_Bottle_Standard.html

I used the picture of the 24 oz Seychelle bottle instead of the 28 oz bottle because it has a filter that will be located at the top of the bottle instead of the filter that extends to the bottom as seen on the Seychelle website.

Note the retail prices of the bottle ($29.95) and replacement filter ($14.95) on the Seychelle website for their standard filters. Seychelle was rightfully going to charge us a few extra dollars for the alkaline filters in order to compensate them for the cost of the additional minerals and labor. We were going to use the unique alkaline feature to bump the price up to $49 so that we could generate extraordinary profits that would allow us to provide free bottles to the third world.

The Bottom Line

Our group believed that at a price of $49, the “do gooders” among us would see the value in paying a little more to help save lives. In fact, we thought the price would be seen as good value to anyone regardless of their views on helping humanity.

Instead of the public being able to help save lives while buying the bottles for $49, IonWays is now offering the same bottle for $119.95. The 700% market will all be used to generate corporate profit. I feel like throwing up.

If you are reading this article, please dont support IonWays by purchasing the Elita PhD filter bottle.

If and when Seychelle decides to sell their alkaline filters to other people besides IonWays (Seychelle removed the alkaline filters from their website when they did the deal with IonWays), there will be people, including myself, who are willing to put in a great deal of effort (without pay) to get an extremely valuable project back on track.

Live Chat: A Great Learning Tool

rob — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:30:31 +0000

I receive emails all the time asking me which water ioinizer I recommend. I always respond with the same answer: “It depends upon your needs”. Everyone has individual needs and that means there is no silver bullet when it comes to water ionizers. I ask people what they want to use the machine for (drinking water, cleaning, or both), the condition of their source water, how much water they require each day, and their budget of course. When you go through the checklist, the right choice of machines becomes easy.

What the water ionizer web sites are offering in terms of education and help these days:

I decided to revisit the major water ionizer websites to see what the companies were offering in terms of education and advice. Virtually every website provides a synopsis of why you should buy their machine as opposed to a machine from another company. Most sites offer a list of benefits that they have copied from somewhere as there is very little “original” content to be found anywhere. Some offer testimonials, which don’t carry a lot of weight unless you can actually contact the people. Testimonials are even less believable because you never see anything negative. The sites all have a CONTACT US button which provides a form to fill out which requires inputting personal information. Last but not least, many sites provide a toll free telephone number which you can call in and ask questions.

I decided to contact the major water ionizer companies to see what they had to say. Hey, I’m retired and a toll free number is an open invitation, so why not have a little fun. I found that they are all a little more sophisticated than they were in the past. However, by the time each call was over, I had received “the full court press”. All the old bad habits that the industry is famous for would rise to the surface when the phone operators realized that the “sale” might be slipping away.

Live Chat

I found one water ionizer company that had an online Live Chat. Hmmmmm…..at least I could bail without being rude. It didn’t surprise me that it was the www.alkastream.us site as those guys seem to always be one step ahead of everybody else. I didn’t have to enter any personal information at all. The anonymity factor is important because I don’t want to join someone’s mailing list in order to get a little information.

When I requested a chat, I was hooked up right away to a live person instead of having to leave a message (which requires leaving contact information of course). The person answered my questions without any sales pitch, which was great. When I asked about the comparison between natural water ionizers and electric water ionizers, the person explained to me how and why natural water ionizers are preferable in terms that anyone could understand. I wanted to see how much the person actually knew about ionized water as opposed to providing stock answers so I asked some tough questions. I was surprised at the high knowledge level of the person. The thing that impressed me the most was that I didn’t get the normal salesman “runaround” when the person couldn’t answer one of my questions. The person admitted that he/she didn’t know the answer but would get back to me if I left an email address or telephone number (which I didn’t).

I asked the person how the Live Chat service was working out. I didn’t receive any details but I was told that the company was very happy with the service and was thinking about adding more people. That was nice to hear because we need more companies that are planning to grow instead of contract.

“Disconnect” Movie: Exposing The Cell Phone Radiation Cover Up

rob — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:06:56 +0000

When you watch the speech by Aaron Eckhart’s character to the Telco industry boys in the trailer to the new documentary “Disconnect” below, you can’t help but think about how similar the Telco cover up of the dangers of cell phone radiation mimics the Tobacco industry.

When I started learning about cell phone radiation from Howard Kalnitsky www.waveshield.ca, he indicated that the cell phone industry has been covering up the dangers of radiation from cell phones for years. He also informed me that the companies that own the Telco’s also control the media in Canada so it was very difficult to “spread the word”. I assumed he was just another frustrated businessman and didn’t give his conspiracy/cover up theory a lot of thought The Telco’s controlling the media….c’mon. Turns out the man was right. Here are some examples:

Newspaper Advertising Blackout: Mr. Kalnitsky indicated to me that he has sent emails to editors of every major newspaper in Canada about the dangers of cell phone radiation. He offered to write educational articles and advertise in their publications. Not one newspaper returned Mr. Kalnitsky’s emails. Hard to believe but true. Surely the papers must be looking for stories to fill their pages and revenue to fill their bank account. Do you think it might have something to do with the that fact that the newspapers feared losing their piece of the massive advertising pie handed out by the Telco industry?

Television Advertising Blackout: Mr. Kalnitsky contacted numerous television stations offering to participate in talk shows or to advertise his cell phone radiation blocking product on their stations. No interest. Hmmmm.

Radio Station Blackout: No interest from any station. His latest rejection came with the message from the manager of the advertising department:

“I’m not putting my career on the line on this one”

Do the above examples smack of conspiracy, or is it simply a matter of businesses wisely avoiding any potential conflict of interest with the Telco’s? The Telco industry is the second largest industry in the world and heaven knows they advertise like crazy. The news today that the two largest Telco’s in Canada teamed up to buy 75% of the local hockey team in Toronto for $1.32 billion tells you how powerful they are. Strange bedfellows for sure. I assume neither of them could pass up the opportunity to peddle their wares to hockey crazed Canadians.

Disconnect…the Movie

While big business can and does manipulate the media, they can’t control the internet. I assumed that the inevitable exposure of the risks of cell phones would eventually come as a result of the efforts of the “do gooder” bloggers like yours truly. After all, everybody loves a conspiracy story. However, I never expected to get help from Hollywood.

In 2010, Devra Davis wrote a great book called “Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What The Industry Has Done To Hide It, and How To Protect Your Family”. Reading Devra’s book should be a no-brainer but in our ADD and time-rationed society, most people won’t respond to anything if it doesn’t come in sound bites.

I’m 100% convinced now that the next big “tobacco style” cover up is taking place right now and nobody seems to care. If you have any interest whatsoever in learning about the dangers of cell phone usage, please take 4 minutes out of your busy life and watch the YouTube trailer of the new documentary “Disconnect”.

Is all of this telephone radiation conspiracy stuff just another alarmist point of view? The WHO (World Health Organization) doesn’t think so. The US government National Institute of Health (NIH) website which publishes scientific studies from all over the world doesn’t think so either as seen in the following link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2569116/ In the article in the website, you will read the following:

The NIH article quotes Dr. Lennart Hardell (oncologist and cancer epidemiologist):

We found that cell phone use is linked to gliomas [malignant brain tumors] and acoustic neuromas [benign tumors of the brain’s auditory nerve] and are showing up after only ten years,

I could go on and on about this subject as there are hundreds of scientific studies that support the position that unprotected cell phone use can be dangerous. However, we all know that time is precious. The statement at the end of the Disconnect movie trailer offered by Dane Snowden, the VP of CTIA (the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry) sums up the position of the Telco industry perfectly when he tells us:

the industry has not said once…once that cell phones are safe

Summary

It appears to me that this is not a Telco conspiracy at all. How can it be a conspiracy when the industry clearly tells us that it has never claimed cell phones are safe?

I believe the strategy of the Telco’s is irresponsible to society, but I also have to admit that their strategy is brilliant. How can any company or industry be sued when they instruct users to hold their cell phone away from their head in the owner’s manual, and never claim that cell phones are safe? After all, people won’t listen to warnings about cell phones any more than they did about tobacco….until family members start dying.

How Much Water Should You Drink?

rob — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:26:03 +0000

I continue to receive questions about how much water you should drink. I wrote a long detailed article about this issue in the past, but it is worth mentioning again…but this time in short form.

I don’t think anyone really knows how much water you should drink. No two people are the same and there is no set formula. To be sure, your body does burn off water by breathing and sweating, so it is important to replenish each day. But how much?

The EU recently had another brain fart when they recommended that bottled water companies were not allowed to claim that drinking water would help with dehydration. When you get to be my age, you have heard, read, and seen a lot of dumb stuff, but that one is a beauty. What did jump out at me in the article was the fact that the report recommended that people drink 1.2 liters of water per day to replenish lost liquids. Most of the literature that I have read recommends 8 glasses per day (2 litres) or more if you perspire. Others claim that you don’t require that much water. Some of the Olympic athletes that I have worked with drink up to 8 liters of water per day when they are training.

Here are some things that I have learned about the amount of water you should drink:

1) Most of us eat more than enough each day
2) Our brain doesn’t recognize the difference between hunger and thirst
3) When we have hunger pains between meal and after dinner, it is actually our body crying out for water
4) Snack on water instead of food as it will satisfy your craving and make you feel better…and other good stuff
5) Drink mineral rich water if possible as the free hydrogen that is created provides energy to “pick you up”
6) You can tell if you are drinking enough water by checking out the color of your pee. If your pee is almost clear or a light yellow, your water consumption is in good shape. If your pee is dark yellow, start drinking more water.

It is virtually impossible to drink too much water as your kidneys can process 15 liters (4 gallons) of water per day. Extremely rare cases of over consumption of water have been reported in infants and marathon runners, but only in situations that any clear minded person would recognize as excess. Drink up…the benefits are many!

Enagic: Amazing Success Story

rob — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:41:03 +0000

I have written in the past that I thought it was inevitable that the Enagic MLM system would crash because of the high price of their machines. To date, I have to admit that I have been wrong as their sales continue to be as strong as ever. I recently visited the Enagic corporate website and read that they are selling 5,000 units per month, which is awesome.

How Enagic keeps up their sales with the prices they charge is a testament to their incredible marketing skills. Good for them. I have always maintained that I don’t care who people buy from as long as they drink the water. What machines people choose and what price they pay is an individual choice.

While Enagic sales continue to flourish, my sources tell me that sales for the other electronic water ionizer companies continue to suffer. It is unfortunate that companies with good products that sell for half the money continue to flounder. Two words come to mind when it comes to Enagic…..”superior marketing”.

The only water ionizer company that I know of besides Enagic that is defying the downward trend is Alkastream. Their President, Gabe Hunninghake, tells me they are signing up several new dealers every week. If that information came from any other company in the industry, my BS meter would be going off like an alarm clock. However, Gabe is as down to earth as anyone I have ever met. The news of their success doesn’t surprise me because I continue to receive lots of emails from people asking about the antioxidant filters. As the word spreads about how well the antioxidant filters work, I expect that their sales will continue to grow.

Gabe tells me that many of his dealers also sell Enagic machines. It seems that the dealers sell Enagic machines to customers that can afford $4,000 and Alkastream machines to people with a more modest budget. Kinda reminds me of General Motors selling Cadillacs and Chevrolets.

I still believe that the public will eventually learn that the low cost antioxidant filters are just as effective as the much more expensive electric machines. When that happens, I think that the electric machines will become obsolete. In the meantime, my heartfelt congratulations go out to Enagic for a job well done.