As your body metabolizes the chemical energy stored in food in a process known as aerobic respiration, the mitochondria in every cell combine oxygen with the various newly obtained bio molecules to produce Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of the cell which supplies the energy needed for nearly all other cellular life functions.
In this process the cells also produce waste products known as free radicals, with the free radicals containing oxygen atoms being classified as reactive oxygen species (ROS molecules). Although these free radicals are used by the cells for constructive functions such as cell signaling and destruction of pathogens by the immune system, an imbalance between the production of ROS molecules and the cells ability to detoxify itself by removing these free radicals leads to oxidative damage of virtually all components in the cell including DNA, RNA, protein and lipids.
In fact it is the damage caused to DNA by free radicals which is hypothesized to be the main catalysts for cancer, as the free radicals cause genetic mutations effecting the cell cycle which can result in malignancy. Although the body is able to repair the damage to cellular genetic code via DNA-repair the continual degradation over time by free radicals is hypothesized to contribute to the physiology of aging in what is known as "free radical theory".
Medical research on the subject has linked free radical damage within cells to a wide range of illnesses including but not limited to: cancer, arthritis, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, chronic inflammatory diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and diabetes as well as many other common degenerative diseases. Since the metabolic processes occurring in your bodies cells which produce these free radicals also produce the energy necessary for life, there is no escaping the relentless degradation and destruction of cells by reactive oxygen species.
Your body has thus engineered antioxidant metabolites and enzymes which work together to limit and prevent oxidative damage to cells and DNA by neutralizing reactive oxygen species. Such is the case with ascorbic acid or vitamin C which acts as a reducing agent inside the cell by donating an electron to ROS free radicals thereby neutralizing them.
Avocations for consumption of foods with high levels of naturally occurring antioxidants vitamins A, C, and E is a direct derivative of this knowledge and is the basis behind dietary and vitamin supplementation since it has been observed that individuals who consume high levels of fruits and vegetables generally have lower risk of cancers, stroke, coronary heart disorders, and other common diseases. Ionized drinking water contains an abundance of negatively charged antioxidant hydroxyl ions, in the form of negative ORP, which aid the body in neutralizing positively charged free radicals by donating their extra free electrons to ROS molecules and neutralizing these free radicals which would otherwise acquire the electrons from other cellular molecules inside the cell such as DNA.
Medical research has shown ionized electrolyzed reduced water to protect against oxidative damage to DNA, RNA, and protein, the basis for ionized waters anti aging and anti cancer properties. This reduction in positively charged ROS molecules gained by drinking ionized water is a direct consequence of the negative ORP (Oxidation reduction potential) found in the ionized drinking water. During the process of electrolysis which occurs inside the water ionizer machine negatively charged OH anions (hydroxyl ions) accumulate at the cathode of the electrolysis chamber along with the higher PH water and the electrolyzed water produced is now alkaline ionized drinking water.
The alkaline water is now ionized and carries a negative ORP. The ionized water now acts as an antioxidant by donating the extra electrons from its negatively charged OH ions to the positively charged free radicals found in the bodies cells as a by product of metabolism. The decrease in oxidation state of the reactive oxygen species which come in contact with the hydroxyl ions is a reduction reaction which renders the ROS molecules harmless and unable to cause oxidative damage to DNA, RNA ,and proteins in your bodies cells. This is one of the main health improving antioxidant effects of drinking ionized water and aids in the prevention of cancer causing genetic mutations. It is thus ORP or Oxidation Reduction Potential which gives ionized water its antioxidant anti aging health benefits in relation to many common diseases directly resulting from the oxidative damage to cells by reactive oxygen species.
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