Alkaline water is drinking water charged with negatively charged ions. It can be found naturally in some springs and ground waters in a few areas worldwide. It can also be produced through a process of electrolysis (also known as ionization) and by adding alkaline minerals to drinking water.

Alkaline water can have both good and bad minerals in it when produced through electrolysis, ionization, and in spring and ground water. The best way to have high quality alkaline drinking water is to add alkaline minerals to purified water.

Modern life and diets can lead to more acidic conditions within the body; the body should actually have more alkaline at a pH of 7.365; the body will go to great lengths to maintain this pH and acidic-alkaline balance which can put stress on bodily tissues, systems, and organs. Chronic acidity interrupts cellular activity and functions leading to negative health effects.

When the body gets too acidic and out of balance, it can cause low energy, fatigue, excess weight, poor digestion, aches, pains, and other health complications or disorders.

Through modern life and modern diet, the body ingests, creates, and improperly eliminates acids in the body which can lead to an acidic-alkaline imbalance. Other factors that can affect the acidic alkaline balance include stress, air pollution, and acidic contaminants found in many bottled waters.

The leading cause of low body pH and over acidity is the consumption of modern processed foods, meats, protein, and carbonated beverages.

The body pulls calcium from bones, magnesium from muscles, and iron from red blood cells to maintain the proper pH balance when there is not enough alkaline content available for use, creating bodily stress and often leading to bone & muscle loss, arthritis, and osteoporosis. The body stores ammonia in the kidneys to act as an alkaline buffer, which can cause kidney stones, endocrine imbalance, and cellular stress that leads to cancerous cells. Consuming alkaline water will cause the body to be more alkaline and prevents these damaging alkaline buffer processes from happening.

Alkaline water gives the body alkaline minerals and negatively charged ions to make maintaining the correct acidic-alkaline balance and pH more efficient.

Alkaline water, through supplying alkaline minerals, raises the pH of the body to counteract acidic conditions. Higher pH levels within the body reduce the need for cholesterol and fat to protect the body from damaging acids.

Alkaline water is known to be a very powerful antioxidant as well. The negatively charged ions in alkaline water allow for alkaline water to act as an antioxidant, which is known to reduce cellular and DNA damage caused by free radicals. This is because the negatively charged ions of alkaline water attract the positive ions of the acids and neutralize them so they can be removed from the body.