Parameters for Healthy Water
Vincent's Parameters for Healthy Water
Optimum Values
Vincent's Parameters for Healthy Water
So what is good about bottled water? Not a lot, when tested
to the parameters developed by the French scientist Louis
Claude Vincent. Vincent was a water engineer with an unusually
open and investigative mind. He was involved in converting
a number of French towns to surface treated supply, as they
outgrew their traditional deep well supplies. His initial
twelve-year study compared mortality rates (non-infant, non-geriatric
and non-accidental deaths) of 32 large towns, with the purity
of their drinking water supply. The result was startling,
in that there was a close comparison between the level of
dissolved minerals in the water, and the mortality rate; rising
from 615 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, for a town with good
well supply from rocky terrain to over 1300 per 100,000 in
a town with high mineral and chlorinated water. Some subsequent
research showed the increase in mortality rates of towns that
changed from deep well to surface treated water.
It is generally thought that the high concentrations of minerals
in water are beneficial to humans, but it now appears that
the inorganic minerals are not easily metabolised and tend
to form grit (kidney stones) and 'kettle scale' (blocked arteries)
if the excretory system is not working well. We accept this
fact when using mineral supplement by using orotates, citrates
etc - we don't offer a handful of earth to chew. We need to
look at water as a detoxifier, and the purer it is the better
it will perform its task.
Vincent spent the rest of his life researching the effect
of water quality on health. Not just in France, but the Middle
East and North America also. His work led him to three measurable
parameters, which he considered should apply to healthy water.
These are: - pH (acid alkaline balance); rH2 (redox); r (electrical
resistance). Acid-Alkaline balance (pH) is measured on a scale
of 1 (highly acid) to 14 (highly alkaline) and Vincent recommends
a figure of 6.8 or just on the acid side of neutral. Mains
water tends to be 7 or more.
Dr Robert C. Greenberg PhD, DC, FASA of Biological Technologies
International in the USA writes :-
"Concerning water pH, perhaps it can best be explained
by understanding that the greatest malady of disease is hyperacidity.
Rarely, if ever, does an individual suffer from a chronic
alkalosis. This condition only manifests following a trauma,
injury or other acute scenario.
Considering that the cell has truly become hyperacidic, it
is essential to bath the cell in an alkaline environment.
Water is a polar, highly soluble fluid that is well absorbed
by the cell. Bringing in water that is slightly alkaline is
an excellent means of combating cellular acidosis.
Therefore the answer is to utilize at least a neutral medium
at 7.00, but ideally a slightly alkaline source near the range
of 7.50."
The best waters have an energy factor of approximately 29.4
microwatts. This can be calculated as -
Energy Factor = [30 (rH2 - 2pH)]2
We have already mentioned Redox (rH2) and is a measure of
ability to absorb oxygen, and can also be measured on a scale
of between 1 and 56. Over oxidised materials tend to degenerate;
iron rusts, fats go rancid. With the neutral measure at 28,
and that of healthy blood 22, and a usual mains water level
of 30 or more, it is obvious that sick people with blood readings
of around 28 will benefit from good quality water. Nutritional
supplementation with antioxidants such as Selenium, B Carotene,
Vitamin C and E would also benefit here, but water is cheaper.
Finally, electrical resistance (r or ohms). Water increases
its electrical resistance the purer it becomes, and Vincent
suggests that, for health, it should be greater than 6000
ohms. With resistively as low as 2000 ohms in much of the
U.K and the blood of sick patients showing lower resistance
than healthy blood, the importance of pure water becomes obvious.
Optimum Values
According Biological Technologies International the optimum
values for blood, saliva and urine are as follows:-
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The only system that provides water close to the Vincent
ideal as far as electrical resistance is concerned, is the
so-called Reverse Osmosis (R.O.) system. It removes most of
the contaminants to be found in mains water, in the form of
dissolved salts, such as chlorine, aluminium, lead, herbicides,
pesticides, pyrogens, bacteria etc. R.O. will also remove
the problems that cause a quality Sunday newspaper to carry
headlines such as: -
"Radioactive waste leakage into London Water Supplies"
"Cancer fear in tap water for 500,000"
"Pesticide alert over drinking water"
"Livestock graves pose risk to water supplies"
Obviously, it would be too expensive, and impractical, for
water companies to supply such high quality water, since over
95% of water is used for other than drinking purposes. R.O.
equipment will provide very pure water and is a good basis
on which to build however it will change only two of the three
parameters specified by Vincent.
In areas where the water has a high level of Total Dissolve
Solids (T.D.S.) the combination of R.O. and Electro Activation
(E.A.) is the perfect solution.
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