Alkaline Diet
The alkaline diet basically reinforces good healthy eating. The diet recommends eating more vegetables, fruits and drinking lots of water and cutting back on sugar, alcohol, and processed foods.
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Everyone wants the best water for ourselves and our families, and sometimes it’s not an easy choice. There are so many drinking water options that it can become a bit overwhelming.
At AlkaWay, we believe that the benefits from the type of water th...
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The Alkaline Diet has had a somewhat varied history.
The basic science is sound. It is (in a nutshell) the following:
One should endeavour to consume more alkali-forming foods and less acid-forming foods. Acid or alkaline-forming food is one that ca...
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What’s the best way to get alkaline?
Drinking natural Alkaline Water (such as UltraStream water) is considered safe since it contains natural Alkaline minerals. USA made shipped from California.
However, you should use caution with artificial Alk...
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What are the main characteristics of alkaline water that make it good for your health?
The answer we gave over many years was a negative ORP or Oxidation Reduction Potential.
We no longer say this, but it’s important to understand ORP before you ca...
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Scientific Definition (see Wikipedia click here)
"An antioxidant is a molecule capable of inhibiting the oxidation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that transfers electrons from a substance to an oxidizing agent. Oxidation reac...
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The concept of alkalinity has gained significant attention in recent years, particularly in relation to health and wellness. Many people adopt alkaline diets or consume alkaline water to improve their overall health. However, a common question arises...
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We’ve undergone many years of research to replicate the form of water that every cell in our body is bathed in. That’s alkaline, saline water. The Water of Life.
Some adherents also add negatively ionized water, some even claim it is ‘micro-clustere...
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Food and Supplements
The Alkaline Diet is primarily about choosing the food we eat based on its ability to give us alkaline minerals. We attempt to alter our ‘balance’ of acid and alkaline in your body by adhering to a ratio of 80% ‘alkalizing’ foods...
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We're happy to see you've ordered our AlkaWay pH test kit. This short video summarizes the best way to use it.
We know many people are using it for important health reasons and perhaps to assess whether an alkaline diet and water may be of assista...
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If all clean water looks the same, how much can it actually vary? And how much difference can it make to our health?
What makes the UltraStream so good?
The patented 8 step filtration process filters, ionizes, alkalizes and generates high le...
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Or... Why I wash my vitamin D capsules down with Alkaline Booster
A teaspoon of Alkaline Booster contains 190 mg of magnesium. It is there because it’s one of the minerals the body uses in maintaining optimal pH. But it does a lot of other things i...
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The Benefits of Alkalizing
A Personal Discussion with Ian Blair Hamilton, Founder, AlkaWay
It’s been 20 years since we heard about the benefits of alkaline water…
.. and in that time we’ve continued to learn and refine our knowledge of alkaline wa...
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We are posting this because after 20 years’ experience we know that many people will have this happen to them when they change their daily health regimen, including beginning to alkalize.
The Herxheimer Reaction is a short-term (from days to a few w...
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The concept of an alkaline diet has been around for many years.
Fundamentally, it suggests that we increase the consumption of alkalizing foods and reduce the consumption of acidifying foods.
There are many charts and sites on the web saying ba...
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pH vs. Alkalinity
It's important to understand pH and alkalinity are not the same things.
Alkalinity is a measurement of the concentration of minerals in a solution (buffering material) while pH is measuring the hydrogen potential. Alkalinity require...
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It’s the core belief here at AlkaWay that weight gain and loss is about diet, but not about calories and fats.
We all see people switch to zero-calorie sodas, smaller portions or low carbs. And we see short-term results at best.
Our body obviously...
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What is Alkaline Balance in the body?
It’s the body’s ability to balance alkaline and acids in the body.
Why are people talking about it?
Because we’re waking up to the fact that our diet and lifestyle are now hugely tilted towards excess acid upt...
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