Clinical Studies of Alkaline Water
The following papers are sourced from various internet sites and educational establishments around the world including Japan.
They do not represent the opinions of management of Ion Life nor do we publish them with the intention of trying to prove a curative or therapeutic recommendation.
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ClinicalStudy-Cancer in rats (104 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-renal (100 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-Properties of cancer cells (338 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-intestinal fermentation (56 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-hydrogen alkalized water study (105 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-electrochemical study (262 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-DNA (189 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-clinical studies ROYoung (40 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-antioxidativet activity (1008 KB)
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Clinical Study_Alkaline water-Antioxidant mechanism (310 KB)
- Finland Study of Water Hardness and its relationship to Heart Disease
- Ecologic study of water hardness and cerebrovascular mortality in Japan.
- Spatial analysis of the relationship between mortality from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and drinking water hardness.
- Drinking water hardness and chronic degenerative diseases
- Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and death from acute myocardial infarction in women
- Magnesium in drinking water and body magnesium status measured using an oral loading test
- Variation in the mineral content of commercially available bottled waters: implications for health and disease
- Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from rectal cancer
- Colon cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan's drinking water
- Calcium, magnesium, and nitrate in drinking water and gastric cancer mortality
- Magnesium in drinking water and ischemic heart disease
- Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and cerebrovascular mortality in Taiwan
- Magnesium in drinking water and death from acute myocardial infarction
- Environmental magnesium deficiency as a cardiovascular risk factor
- Rectal cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan's drinking water
- Pancreatic cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan's drinking water
- Colon cancer mortality and total hardness levels in Taiwan's drinking water
- Swedish study of Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and cardiovascular mortality
- Calculations of American Deaths Caused by Magnesium Deficiency, As Projected from International Data
- Use of Alkaline water in treating Gynaecological complaints
- Alkaline Water for Prevention of Diseases
- Alkaline water for the treatment of Digestive Problems
- Use of Alkaline water in allergies
- Effects of calcium alkaline water on formation and maintenance of osseous tissues (osteoporosis)
- Use of Alkaline water in hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria
- Use of Alkaline water in diabetes treatment
- Use of Alkaline water in gynecological conditions
- Neutralization of Toxins
- Use of Alkaline water in treating Eczema
- Clinical evaluation of alkaline water for abdominal complaints: Placebo controlled double blind tests
- Physiological effects of alkaline water: Effects on metabolites produced by intestinal fermentation
- Other Studies on the effect of hard (alkaline water) on health you may like to pursue;
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- Masironi R, Pisa Z, Clayton D. Myocardial infarction and water hardness in European towns. Environ Pathol Toxicol 1980;4:77–87.
- Karppanen H, Pennanen R, Passinen L. Minerals, coronary heart disease and sudden coronary death. Adv Cardiol 1978;25:9–24.[Medline]
- Nerbrand CH, Svärdsudd K, Ekland J, et al. Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in seven counties in Sweden in relation to water hardness and geological settings. Eur Heart J 1992;13:721–7.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
- Rylander R, Bonevik H, Rubenowitz E. Magnesium and calcium in drinking water and cardiovascular mortality. Scand J Work Environ Health 1991;17:91–4.[Medline]
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- Salonen JT, Salonen R, Seppänen K, et al. Interactions of serum copper, selenium, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in atherogenesis. BMJ 1991;302:756–60.
- Salonen JT, Nyyssönen K, Korpela H, et al. High stored iron levels are associated with excess risk of myocardial infarction in eastern Finnish men. Circulation 1992;86:803–11.[Medline]
- Rytkonen M, Ranta J, Tuomilehto J, et al. The SPAT Study Group. The Finnish Childhood Diabetes Registry Group. Bayesian analysis of geographical variation in the incidence of type I diabetes in Finland. Diabetologia 2001;44 (suppl 3) :B37–44.
- Kousa A, Nikkarinen M. Geochemical environment in areas of low and high coronary heart disease mortality. In: Autio S, ed. Special paper 23. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland, 1997:137–48. Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from cerebrovascular disease.(Taiwan)Calcium and magnesium in drinking water and risk of death from colon cancer.