Scientific paper on ionized water by Dr Hidemitsu Hayashi, heart surgeon

This reduced foot- print means Kangen Water molecules enter cellular structures and membranes easier, faster, making it a great emulsifier. It softens. It dissolves.
As Kangen Water works to help scrub clean the colon, its strong anti-oxidant qualities are bus-
ily neutralizing free- radicals as it refreshes and nourishes cellular tissues.tanding alone, the hydrogen atom contains one positive proton at its core with one negative electron revolving around it in a three-dimensional shell. Oxygen, on the other hand, contains 8 protons in its nucleus with 8 electrons revolving around it. This is often shown in chemical notation as the letter O surrounded by eight dots representing 4 sets of paired electrons.

The single hydrogen electron and the 8 electrons of oxygen are the key to the chemistry of life because this is where hydrogen and oxygen atoms combine to form a water molecule, or split to form ions.
Hydrogen tends to ionize by losing its single electron and form single H+ ions which are simply isolated protons since the hydrogen atom contains no neutrons. A hydrogen bond occurs when the electron of a single hydrogen atom is shared with another electronegative atom such as oxygen that lacks an electron.

Tap water: What it is and isn’t
Normal tap water, for example, with a pH of 7 is approximately neutral on the pH scale of 0 to 14. When measured with an ORP (oxidation potential) meter its redox potential is approximately +400 to +500 mV. Because it has a positive redox potential, it is apt to acquire electrons and oxidize other molecules. Reduced ionized water, on the other hand, has a negative redox potential of approximately -250 to -350 mV. This means it has a large mass of electrons ready to donate to electron-thieving active oxygen.
Before discussing the properties of ionized water further, let’s take a look at what happens inside the Ionized Water unit.
How the Ionized Water Unit Works
The water ionizers unit, slighty taller and thicker than a large dictionary on end, is an electrical appliance connected to your kitchen water supply to perform electrolysis on tap water before you drink it or use it in the kitchen for cooking or cleaning.

A special attachment re-directs tap water out of the faucet through a plastic hose into the Microwater unit. Inside the Ionizer unit, the water is first filtered through activated charcoal. Next, the filtered water passes into an electrolysis chamber equipped with an platinum-coated titanium electrode where electrolysis takes place.
Cations, positive ions, gather at the negative electrodes to create cathodic water (reduced water). Anions,negatively charged ions, gather at the positive electrode to make anodic water (oxidized water).

Through electrolysis, reduced water not only gains an excess amount of electrons (e-), but the cluster of H2O seem to be reduced in size from about 10 to 13 molecules per cluster to 5 to 6 molecules per cluster.
The reduced water comes out of the faucet, and the oxidized water comes out of a separate hose leading into the sink. You can use the reduced water for drinking or cooking. The oxidation potential of the oxidized water makes it a good sterilizing agent, ideal for washing hands, cleaning food or kitchen utensils, and treating minor wounds.

This article explains the chemistry of the process and why ionized water is such a powerful antioxidant and effective tool in preventative medicine.The electrolysis process does more than just increase pH, it changes the behavior of the actual molecules. Ordinary water forms large clusters of them. Kangen Water also has molecule clusters that are smaller in size than the non-ionized “other” water – two-thirds smaller.