What is AquaLiv Water?   (aka "The Ultimate Guide to Water")

by Craig Hoffman, Inventor of AquaLiv Water

The following discourse will not only answer this question, but also arm you with a guiding knowledge when considering any water or water enhancing technology. I will try to keep everything as simply stated as possible.

Instead of diving into a thorough explanation of bulk chemical factors like pH, ORP, surface-tension, bonding-structure, etc. like any other purveyor of health-enhancing water, I am going to skip that and address it later. I am going to start with a subject you will not hear anywhere else. The true reason AquaLiv Water is so special.

 

Water Memory

Are you aware that the water you drink contains the information of substances it has been in contact with, even if those substances have been filtered out? It's true. You should also know that your body reacts to this information just as if the actual substances were still there, in regards to immune response. If we lived in an unpolluted world this would not be a problem. However, the water emerging from our taps has been in contact with so many toxic substances it staggers the mind.

While most people have never heard of water memory or perhaps do not believe it exists, you may wonder why I am so sure. My company is pioneering a field of science we refer to as the 'new' Bioinformatics. In summary, we discovered that organisms use a barcode-like language to interact with their environment more efficiently. By communicating with organisms through this language, we can create desired responses without using chemicals or ingredients of any kind. We call this biological barcode 'Bioinformation'. Bioinformatics then is the science of processing bioinformation for storage and retrieval, including the scanning, recording, mixing, and programming of bioinformation for desired effects in organisms- including the human body.

Our scientific staff has close to 50 years of research and development experience in this area. In the last few years, our technology has been thoroughly perfected. We can now turn ordinary water into powerful health tonics, or even make it antibacterial, without using additives of any kind.

Water is a critical component in our research. It is also our primary means of delivering bioinformation to plants and animals. Water Memory has been a controversial subject in the scientific community. First proposed decades ago, it has not yet been validated and accepted. AquaLiv, Inc. is conducting two peer-reviewed studies in 2012 that will change that once and for all.

AquaLiv Water is special because of water memory. All negative bioinformation has been erased while beneficial bioinformation has been added. Our process mimics Mother Nature's own processes to create perfect drinking water, right from your tap.

 

The Two Faces of Water Memory: Toxic Influence or Information Opportunity?

What does water memory have to do with detoxification?

Any contaminate that water has been in contact with, even if removed through purification, leaves harmful bioinformation in that water. The body reacts to that water as if the contaminate was still present. This is what we have learned from our studies.

If the immune system is always rallying the troops, so to speak, to combat contaminates that are not actually in the water, then normal, natural, and healthful detoxification rarely takes place. Detoxification is always put on hold during times of illness and stress.

This is why most people are toxic. It is not because of all the toxicity going in, although this is a significant factor, but even the toxins created as a byproduct of a healthy metabolism end up getting stored in cells, instead of being expelled. (Usually fat cells created specifically to store the toxic matter.) This is because the body is busy combating an onslaught of fictitious threats, which it considers more important than detoxification, thus directing all available energies to immune response.

This activity then further reduces the general effectiveness of the immune system because it is, in effect, fighting a multi-fronted war and is not allowed the opportunity to focus. This is all really a result of living in an unnatural environment.

AquaLiv Water has very healthful bulk chemical factors, raising it above every other water available. However, this is merely a supporting role. The true benefits are memory related. AquaLiv Water has no memory of toxic matter and contains beneficial bioinformation, just like Nature's most perfect water would.

When AquaLiv Water is consumed regularly, the body is provided with the resources and instructions to detoxify, while the immune system is stabilized and optimized. Healing begins.

In reality, it does not matter so much if toxins are entering the body, so long as they find their way out before contaminating it. Most people cannot even rid themselves of their own naturally generated wastes.

For a more detailed discussion of water memory, please read my article "Water Memory, Part One: Macro-Memory."

 

Cellular Memory

Much like an abused child will instinctively cower when any adult raises their hand, due to conditioning, cells also maintain a record of past experiences in order to keep them abreast of anything they might have to deal with in the near future.

Southwestern University Medical School had this to say (2004)-

"Our best hope for healing incurable illnesses and diseases in the future may very well hinge on finding a way to heal cellular memory. Why? Because the cellular memories are the health control mechanism for every cell in your body. As the cellular memories go, you go."

The body is very aware of water memory and uses it at the cellular level. Cellular memory is stored in intracellular water. I would even go so far as to say cellular memory is intracellular water.

AquaLiv Water's ideal structure and rapid intracellular hydration, replaces much of this water within the cells, in effect, hitting the reset button on cellular memory. This allows for growth beyond a mere nutritional level.

Most people cannot even utilize much of the nutrition they are consuming from a vast array of health-foods and expensive supplements. Their cellular memory is limiting their progress towards optimum health, based on memories of an unhealthy past. Might this be a stumbling block for you as well?

It is now well known that one's state of mind or emotional health is a primary contributor to the overall physical health of the body. There are many great products and schools of thought available today that address health from this mental/emotional level. It is my goal to encourage wellness at a cellular level by providing each cell with the resources and instructions to heal. This is the true purpose of AquaLiv Water.

 

Information Opportunity

When water flows in mountain streams it picks up bioinformation from mineral deposits. AquaLiv Water's beneficial bioinformation includes minerals and trace-minerals and mimics the bioinformation that would be found in perfect water.

We have found that the body often responds to the bioinformation of a substance just as strongly as the substance itself. We also know that anything unnatural seems to produce side effects over time. It is therefore vital that the water we drink resembles Nature's perfect water.

Drinking water with natural bioinformation relaxes and de-stresses the immune system. Detoxification then increases as immune response focuses on the most critical internal threats one might be facing.

The goal is to influence cellular well-being beyond the limitations of existing cellular memory, by communicating to cells that they are immersed in an ideal operating environment and biological terrain.

 

In Harmony with Nature

It is my belief that disease and accelerated aging are a result of living artificially- far removed from nature. Modern lives are so adapted to stress it feels normal. We take chemical drugs. We live in unnatural environments with stale, dead, and toxic air. Our bare feet are rarely allowed to walk upon pristine ground. We eat foods that are cooked, processed, irradiated, chemically treated, genetically modified, nutrient free, and toxin rich. We drink chemical cocktails for energy, stamina, and refreshment. The waters we have been drinking in the name of health are incomplete and unnatural in their own right.

Science is capable of so much yet so often misses the big picture. We are natural organisms. Anything not in harmony with nature will not extend our lives or provide lasting relief from dis-ease.

Most people will not break away from the aspects of modern living that hold them apart from what is natural. It is my mission to harness the miraculous perfection of nature and deliver it to those in need.

When I tasked myself with creating the world's most healthful water, I had to answer a question. "What would the most healthful water that could ever be found in nature actually be like?" After defining this perfect water, I modeled Mother Nature's processes to create it. This is AquaLiv Water. No chemicals. No electricity. No waste. No tweaks. No shortcuts- only the perfection of nature.

 

Bulk Chemical Factors

Because most of my customers are ionized water converts this discussion of bulk chemical factors will also include information relative to ionized water machines. Before we move on, I need to make one thing clear. These machines are called Water Ionizers because they literally split water molecules into ions. This should not be confused with water that simply has ions in it. Water can be ionized, meaning it has an abundance of ions, without the water molecules themselves being split into ions.

All water from ionized water machines is essentially the same, regardless of what the manufacturers might claim. For simplicity and convention, I will refer to water from these machines as ionized water.

A QUESTION FOR IONIZED WATER DRINKERS REGARDING WATER MEMORY:

Do you think indiscriminately electrocuting water through electrolysis leaves the bioinformation content resembling anything like water you would find in nature? And no, it does not erase the negative bioinformation.

Ionized water easily improves one's health from poor to good, but fails miserably at taking one from good to great. The side effects of drinking something unnatural always reveal themselves. This is why so many who have purchased ionized water machines now drink AquaLiv Water. AquaLiv Water has been considered and designed from every perspective to be the very foundation of perfect health. Nothing artificial. No side effects.

 

pH/Alkalinity

pH is the measure of acid-alkaline balance of a substance. A pH of seven is considered neutral, while anything below seven is progressively more acidic and above, alkaline. One's internal pH balance is managed automatically by the body, provided it has the resources to do so. The problem is that our modern lifestyle and diet cause the body to deplete its pH management reserves, leaving many overly acidic.

Research has shown that most diseases can only form in acidic conditions. Most people eating the Standard American Diet are overly acidic.

Alkaline water can assist the body in dealing with these overly acidic conditions. For the purposes of this discussion it is important to note that alkaline water can be either natural or artificial. The body prefers the stable, natural variety. Artificial alkalinity causes side effects.

Ionized water machines create an artificial pH. This artificial alkalinity is only beneficial to the body if there is an acidic condition in the bowel. Typically, an acidic condition in the bowel will not last for more than 30 days when consuming ionized water. After this, the artificial pH becomes a liability. This is because the pH change was created artificially with electricity. Any water one can find in nature has a pH that perfectly corresponds to its mineral content. It should be no surprise that when we deviate from the perfect blueprint provided to us by Mother Nature, that problems ensue.

This usually comes as a surprise to drinkers of ionized water as they are generally told that the benefits are actually a result of this artificially alkaline pH. This is categorically untrue. Almost all the benefits from ionized water actually come from the negatively charged ion of hydrogen responsible for another measurable property, Oxidation Reduction Potential (discussed later in this document).

A natural pH in water is a result of proper mineral balance. The best acid-buffering or alkaline minerals are calcium and magnesium. These minerals create naturally alkaline water. When the body consumes water with these minerals, it can build up its reserves to fight acidity as the need arises. A healthy body is one with acid-buffering reserves. The artificial pH of ionized water does not offer the body any lasting resources to combat acidity.

AquaLiv Water has a natural pH of 8 to 9.5. Ionized water has an artificial pH of 8-11.

Two notes of caution:

• As mentioned above, side effects result from the continual consumption of water with an artificial pH (ionized water). According to a study in Japan, considerable damage to cardiac tissues (heart muscle) is probable. If you drink ionized water, please consider having yourself professionally tested for acidic conditions regularly. If you are not acidic, avoid drinking ionized water with a pH over 8. This is not a concern with naturally alkaline waters, those that are alkaline due to mineral content.
• Do not mix medications with artificially alkaline water or ionized water. It disrupts their time-release mechanism and can result in death. This is not a concern with naturally alkaline waters.

For a more detailed discussion on pH/alkalinity, please read my article "Common Misconceptions About pH."

 

Surface Tension

Water is a molecule consisting of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Water's dipole nature (having two poles like a magnet) causes the hydrogen atoms of one water molecule to be attracted to the oxygen atom of another water molecule.

This attractive force causes multiple water molecules to link together in what are called hydrogen bonds. Bulk water is usually in the form of very large numbers of molecules all holding hands, so to speak, but without a definite architecture or structure (Structure section below). Of course, these attractions take place all around every molecule and the resulting force typically cancels out. However, at the surface of a volume or body of water, all of the force is concentrated on one half of the molecule, thus there are stronger bonds between the molecules at the surface. The strength of these bonds at the surface is measured as "surface tension".

Water with a higher surface tension is less likely to interact with things it comes into contact with. Thus when choosing a water to drink, it is best to choose one with low surface tension. This water will more readily interact with surrounding tissues and be absorbed.

AquaLiv Water has a very low surface tension- so low you can feel it. Drink a full liter of any other water, all at once, and note how you feel. Bloated, perhaps? Note how long you feel this way. Now, do the same with AquaLiv Water. Do you feel as bloated? Pay particular attention to how quickly this feeling dissipates.

While a low surface tension does help hydrate tissues and extracellular fluids, it actually does not help hydrate individual cells. It only helps in transporting water to the cells in the first place. As you will see below, it is actually structure that allows for intracellular hydration, along with so much more.

 

Structure

As discussed above, water, as a dipole molecule, bonds with other water molecules in what are termed "clusters". Both energy level and water memory affect the size and/or structure of these clusters. Perfect, high-energy water, found in nature and healthy cells, tends to group in six-molecule clusters and is commonly referred to as "hexagonal water".

The properties of hexagonal water are nothing short of amazing. It has been found that hexagonal water provides the actual support structure for DNA, allowing it to be appropriately sized for proper function and replication. It also acts as a dense shield, protecting DNA from free radical damage. Additionally, hexagonal water is the transmission medium through which information is delivered from DNA to RNA, via short bursts of photons (light).

The water we are all born with is hexagonal water- both inside and outside of cells. Scientists have determined that as we age, not only do we lose water mass, but we also become chronically depleted of hexagonal water.

Why is it we are losing water mass even though we drink plenty of water? It is because we are not drinking hexagonal water.

Cells do not readily absorb and shed water like body tissues do. They transport water molecules in single-file chains through specially designed protein-ports known as aquaporins. Of course, it takes energy to move water into a single-file chain. Hexagonal water inherently contains the energy the body needs to restructure water for various uses, including this pathway in and out of cells. If the energy is not in the water, it must come from the body. That is, if the energy is available at all.

Is the water you drink stealing energy or providing energy?

Interestingly, it has been found that when water molecules are forced into single-molecule chains, the water chains act as super conductors- water wiring if you will.

Imagine a cell with water moving in and out in single-file chains. You are not just observing the movement of water, but also tiny super conducting wires. I believe that this is actually how ‘cell to cell' and ‘cell to body' communication occurs. Through these water wires, we not only transfer information, but energy itself.

When I picture the cell in this way, it resembles a computer chip with its myriad of connections, transporting both information and energy.

This is merely one example of how the body must restructure water for various uses. Many books have been written on the subject of structured water, so I will not rehash everything here. Hexagonal water allows for proper intracellular hydration, communication, replication, energy transfer, water memory retention, and just plain staying young and healthy.

However, smaller structure is not always better. It has been found that the structure of water surrounding the DNA of cancerous cells is pentagonal, or 5-molecule clusters. Also of interest, reverse osmosis purification creates pentagonal structured water.

AquaLiv Water is high-energy hexagonal water, delivering both information and energy to cells.

A note about Structured Water...

The terms 'structured water', 'hexagonal water', and 'microclustered (or micro-clustered) water' are often mistakenly used interchangeably. While structured water and hexagonal water are always microclustered water, microclustered water is not always structured water or hexagonal water.

Additionally, while hexagonal water is always structured water, structured water is not always hexagonal water. Because hexagonal water is the most life enhancing, when most say structured water, they are referring to hexagonal water. Pentagonal water is also structured water and has a smaller cluster size than even hexagonal water. However, research has shown that pentagonal water surrounds the DNA of cancer cells while hexagonal water surrounds the DNA of healthy cells.

Resellers of Ionized Water Machines often claim their machines create structured water or hexagonal water, which is incorrect. What these machines create is microclustered water.

 

Oxidation Reduction Potential, Oxygenated

Oxidation Reduction Potential, or ORP, is measured in millivolts (mV) and represents the potential for an electrical reduction of oxidants (electron giving). A negative number is anti-oxidizing while a positive number is oxidizing.

It is important to note that not all antioxidants affect the ORP measurement. This is because many compounds need to interact with the body first before an antioxidant effect is realized.

You can, therefore, be drinking water with a positive ORP (meaning it is oxidizing), but after interacting with the body, it has amazing antioxidant potential. Again, the overall impact is highly antioxidant, even though it has a positive ORP.

Hexagonal waters have demonstrated a profound antioxidant effect within the body. Counter-intuitively, they also have a high Dissolved Oxygen (DO) content. Another hint from Mother Nature that perfection lies in the balance of opposites, yin and yang, hydrogen and oxygen. Most healthy bodies of water in nature have a Dissolved Oxygen content of about 4 ppm. Any less, and the river/stream/lake will get sick. AquaLiv Water has a 5-6 ppm Dissolved Oxygen content. 6 ppm is the highest found in nature.

Ionized water has a highly negative ORP, truly its most healthful quality, due to an abundance of negatively charged hydrogen ions.

The ORP of AquaLiv Water typically hovers around 100mV give or take 50mV, which is exceptionally low for water. Because AquaLiv works on many levels, it does create an antioxidant effect within the body, even more than is offered by negative ORP water alone. However, there is no direct way to measure this outside of observing the results in drinkers.

In a study involving regular AquaLiv Water drinkers, we experimented with adding a negative ORP producing device to the AquaLiv Water. 83% of test subjects noticed no difference compared to drinking AquaLiv Water alone. In contrast with users of the negative ORP producing device alone, an average 78% of users (non-AquaLiv drinkers) observed noticeable improvements. This implies that whatever the benefits of negative ORP water are, people are observing similar benefits when drinking AquaLiv Water.

 

Energized & Ionized

The term ‘ionized' used in this section refers to water with an abundance of ions, not water that has had its molecules split into ions.

Electron flow not only powers the appliances in our homes, but also our bodies. Electrons have been termed the ‘currency of life' and are typically a gift of the sun and hydrogen. Electrons also neutralize harmful free radicals, a leading cause of aging.

Doctors say we are not getting enough antioxidants (electron donors). Free radicals, if not neutralized by an antioxidant, destroy important bodily compounds while creating more free radicals in the process. Just one free radical causes a cascading chain reaction.

This process not only causes physical damage, but also leaves the electrical potential of our bodies very low. In short, we need more electrons.

Ions are atoms or molecules with electrical potential- that is, a positive or negative electrical charge. Because electrons have a negative charge, we want negatively charged ions.

As discussed in the above section concerning ORP or Oxidation Reduction Potential, not all antioxidants contribute to the ORP measurement taken directly in water. These electron donors and antioxidants must typically interact with the body before offering their potential.

A perfect example is molecular hydrogen (H₂). Although the negative ion of hydrogen (H^-) readily donates its electron (and can be read with an ORP meter), H₂ does not readily have any electrons to offer. However, once the H₂ enters the body, it interacts with hydrogenase enzymes whose sole purpose is to split H₂ into H^-. For each molecule of H₂, two H^- ions are created.

AquaLiv Water is rich in both extra electrons bound within the bonding structure of the water molecules themselves and negative ions. This potential is so high that the original tagline for AquaLiv Water was ‘Fuel for the Body-Electric.' I still like the sound of that one, but it did not acknowledge the other wonders of AquaLiv Water.

I should also add that, in addition to food and water, air is a wonderful source of electrons from negative ions. In fact, if you have ever felt invigorated and alive when walking along the seashore, standing near a waterfall, or during a thunderstorm, it was because you were breathing negative ions- nature's vitamins of the air.

 

Mineralized

Water for drinking should always contain some alkaline minerals. No less than 50ppm (parts per million) and preferably not more than 200ppm.

Even though much of the minerals in water cannot be utilized nutritionally, alkaline minerals are used to buffer acid while preventing the water from stealing minerals from the body.

As discussed in the section on pH, most people eating the Standard American Diet have problems with acidity, and acidity is a precursor to disease.

Water without minerals has been proven to decrease bone density and contribute to acidic conditions when consumed for lengthy periods of time. The issue here is that water likes to bond with things and has a very strong ability to do so. Water with nothing in it has been termed "hungry water" by the de facto water treatment industry and it certainly is hungry. Water bottling plants creating distilled or reverse osmosis water will not have their permits approved unless they use plastic piping. This is because these types of waters will literally steal metal from the pipes, causing pitting and corrosion. Hungry water does the same thing in one's body.

At the same time, water with too many minerals can actually leave deposits and cause over-mineralization in the body. This is why it is best to drink alkaline water with a mineral content less than 200ppm.

 

Toxin Free

This should generally go without saying, but it is best to avoid drinking water with toxins in it. This is the area most water companies and their products focus on so I am not going to list all of the bad things that can possibly be in water.

Unfortunately, the easiest ways to remove all toxins in one fell swoop is distillation and reverse osmosis. I say unfortunately because both processes leave water energetically dead, void of all minerals, structurally inferior, and unhealthful.

The best method then is dual-stage carbon block filtration plus KDF media like that utilized in the AquaLiv Water System. Carbon literally gobbles up a myriad of contaminates and by using it compressed into a block form (unlike granulated carbon) it also filters physical contaminates based on their size. The first stage should be no larger than 5 microns and the second stage 0.5 microns. This will block pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other microbes. Of course, most if not all possible sediment your water contains will also be screened out.

One contaminate everyone asks about is fluoride. If you are on municipal or city water you most likely have fluoridated water. Do not let anyone trick you into believing it is good for teeth and perfectly harmless otherwise. It isn't. During WWII, Nazis fluoridated the water in concentration camps to make their prisoners more docile. Is your mind feeling numb? It could be the fluoride.

Unfortunate again, standard carbon filters do not remove fluoride. Since the distillation and RO methods are out, the remaining options are ion exchange, activated alumina, or bone-char carbon.

For more information about fluoride, including our unique all-natural process to remove it, please read my article "Fluoride: Why Aren't Americans Told These Facts?".

The following subject is very important:

Unfortunately, many municipalities are beginning to recycle sewage (yes, sewage) back into drinking water. I understand the need, as so many communities are short on water supply, but I cannot begin to fully explain the ramifications of this practice in terms of widespread health. As discussed in the section on water memory, even if you remove contaminates from the water physically, the bioinformation of past contaminates are still there and the body responds. Now we are not just talking about chlorine and the other usual offenders, but things far worse. We are talking about prescription drugs, illegal drugs, disease markers (physical and energetic), imprints of social/mental disorders, and the list goes on and on. These will all manifest in time as epidemics in these communities. If you are one of these unfortunate souls, please move away or take water memory seriously for yourself and your family. The government only acts to ban practices that kill you quickly. Something that will remove 10-30 years from your total life will not receive a flicker of attention until it is too late. In fact, in many cases like chlorination and fluoridation, it is actually embraced by government. It is up to you to take care of yourself and your family.

 

Conclusion

Water is exactly what the body needs to cure itself from a host of diseases and sub-par conditions. A general rule of thumb is to consume half of your body weight (pounds) in ounces of water each day. Another good rule of thumb is two liters daily for adults. This is if you are healthy. If not, drink more.

Many call to ask me if they can drink less water when drinking AquaLiv Water. Yes, you will get much more hydration and overall health impact consuming a smaller volume of AquaLiv Water than you would drinking larger volumes of another water. However, more is better- especially if you are unhealthy.

When you drink AquaLiv Water, it is important that you drink at least 8-12 ounces at once. Sipping all throughout the day reduces its effectiveness and makes it much harder for the body to flush out toxins that are being released. Please read my article "How to Drink AquaLiv Water" for more information.

I adapted an ancient Ayurvedic water-cleanse specifically for AquaLiv Water. The AquaLiv Cleanse is a great way to get started on your road to optimum health.

For further information about water and its influence on health, I recommend the book "Water for Health, for Healing, for Life: You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty!" by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

In conclusion, to demonstrate the power of water, I leave you with this:

A University of Washington study revealed drinking five glasses of water a day decreases the risk of breast cancer by 79%, the risk of bladder cancer by 50%, and the risk of colon cancer by 35%.

These are huge risk reversals and this study was performed with just regular water. Imagine what AquaLiv Water is capable of.

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