The purpose of drinking alkaline water is to add bicarbonate to the blood. Many people think that it is equivalent to drinking sodium bicarbonate water (baking soda water).
Drinking sodium bicarbonate water is the same as drinking a combination of salt water and carbon dioxide.
Sodium bicarbonate is NaHCO3. Since the stomach contains hydrochloric acid (HCl), the following reaction occurs in the stomach when we drink alkaline water:
NaHCO3 + HCl = NaCl + H2O + CO2
Drinking water with AlkaLife® results in water and salt (KCl) or (NaCl):
KOH + HCl = H2O + KCl
or
NaOH + HCl = H2O + NaCl
It is this combination of water and salt that is neutral. Drinking sodium bicarbonate water looks similar, but it has CO2 which behaves as an acid in the stomach. Drinking water containing AlkaLife® results in creating a neutral solution in the stomach. The stomach does not like that and produces hydrochloric acid to restore the original acid condition. In doing so, the stomach produces and injects sodium bicarbonate to the blood.
High pH alkaline water is better for health because it delivers more bicarbonate to the blood than weak alkaline water. Sodium bicarbonate water is much weaker alkaline water than high pH alkaline water produced by AlkaLife®.
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