Tackling Mercola’s newsletter on ALKALINE WATER
Many have emailed us, or messaged me through the Facebook GreenSmoothieGirl fanpage, about Mercola’s newsletter attacking alkaline water.
Please read my response to Mercola’s words, here.
4-sentence brief: Mercola contradicts himself all over the place, and logical fallacies abound in his arguments. His evidence for yet another reactionary, “sky is falling” article title is sketchy or non-existent, and the guy he interviews is sketchy as an “expert,” too. And at the end of the day, only you can decide if alkaline water is worth an investment. Just please don’t pay retail (especially network marketed) prices.
Is anyone else having a problem reading this? I can’t see it–it is as there is a piece of paper over the article on the page.
Wow Robin, what a great article and response to Mercola and his shenanigans! I agree whole heartedly with you and your clarifications hit the nail on the head. Thanx for sharing your thoughts in an effort to set things more right. It gives me hope that our world will slowly wake up and learn to pay attention to what they put into their body and connect it to the symptoms they have. Water is a big part of flushing all the crap out that people consume and if you plan on doing so it should be the best water you can get which is alkaline! Dr Robert O. Young says it take 32 glasses of water to neutralize the acids in one single can of coke. It had better be good water if one were even to attempt this or they will be worsening the acidic state as most tap water is acidic and toxic as you indicated. This summer I photographed the mountain of empty poisonous chemical jugs that sat next to the water tower near our cabin. The containers were plastered with poison labels. Our world is so screwed up it’s not funny! And our neighbours who live full time at the lake wonder why we bring our own water up to the cabin!!
Yep, I’ve been wanting to read this for days but am unable to see anything….it does look as if a piece of paper is across the page…..
I can’t read your comment?
What’s wrong with network marketing prices? I’m not in any of the alkaline water mlm’s but seeing that the person selling the system has to opportunity to make money and they person buying has the opportunity to make money… which doesn’t happen when you buy from a traditional retailer… unless you’re an affiliate of the company and are using an affiliate link. So what’s so bad about the network marketing deal when everyone has the opportunity to benefit from it both monetarily and in their health?
Thank-you Robin for a great article. This past summer Dr. Mercola has stated many things that really ruffled my feathers – he makes claims and because he is a “Doctor” people believe him.
I am glad more and more people are realizing just because someone is a “Doctor” they are not god and have all the answers.
Hi Robyn,
You might want to research the work of David Wolfe and Daniel Vitalis about this subject of water pH before coming out with any particular conclusions. Water is NOT just a simple subject for our logical minds to figure out…. despite the best innovations in filtration and RO technology.
I so want to read your rebuttal, but nothing comes up when I click on “read”.
Mercola may be right despite the logical fallacies. I have two friends who birthed good sized kidney stones mere weeks after starting on alkaline water from a well-known Japanese mlm company.
Check out Watanabe’s research on alkaline water in pubmed here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11201172
Cardio necrosis and fibrosis may not be worth it, especially in light of recent research on calcium supplementation and heart disease.
I also have been trying to read this for a few days now and can’t!
I actually use alkaline water in my green smoothies. It’s like combining two powerhouses in one. Being a mom of five young kids it gives me that extra boost of energy I need to get through my day. Also, the fact that my body is naturally flushing out all the toxins from all the food I consume is amazing. Thank you Robin for sharing your knowledge with so many of us. It’s truly a blessing.
Network marketed prices are just way too high for the value recieved, especially in comparison to traditional retail or other means of buying like co-op or group pricing buying. As has been mentioned, with network marketing, you have to pay numerous “middle men”. It’s an insanly expensive way to pay. No one is doing you a favor when they offer to sell you a network marketed product.
If it were not for Enagic most of these other companies would not even exist. It is the educational efforts of the multilevel marketers that create the demand for other, cheaper products. Proof in point, Mercola and this Aquasana guy feel threatened by Enagic so they attack. You are upset by their attack because your product also falls into the catagory. I have been reading you for some time but did not learn about alkaline water from you, because you presumably don’t make enough to make educating me on this matter a priority. Enagic sales people do and so I have the Enagic machine and will be a part of their educational team that causes people to drink healthy water. If you sell units due to your rebuttal to Mercola it is really caused by the very system you despise. There is nothing inherently wrong with making money or multi-level marketing. Multi-level is perfect for selling products that require the customer to become educated about the issues. Your method will never make a massive change in the water people drink. Only a boat load of people out there teaching and convincing will make it happen. Once alkaline water and it’s benefits are common knowledge it will be time for a change but for right now $4,000.00 is a fine price for an excelent machine.
Hey David–not my product. I like Enagic’s machine, just not the unnecessary price tag.
Most people don’t understand MLM a product has to be marked up 8 X’s to pay all the people in an MLM. People today do not have extra money to throw away when it is not necessary. I am sure that is wwhat Robin is referring to. There is nothing wrong with people making money for what they do, but that is a bit over the top.
Dr. Zenia
The normal ph of the blood is 7.4, everyone can look this up. There is a question about how much and of what ph should an individual drink. That totally depends on the individual. My impression of Dr. Mercola’s video was that he didn’t think it was safe to drink water with a ph above 8. I can understand him saying this. I know some nuts that have a kagen machine. They keep drinking higher and higher ph water. They don’t understand water chemistry. Naturally occuring water on the planet is not highly alkaline. Trinity Springs in Idaho is not average water. It is a volcanic hot springs. It is not drinkable in its natural form, they blend that water with reverse osmosis water. It also has a mixture of volcanic minerals dissolved in it.
The real question is about ORP? The ionizers make water with a -300 ORP. How important is this?
Has there been any studies done on drinking negative ORP water?
Hi Robyn,
I loved your response .
Can you please send me info on your ionizer and the price?
Thankyou.
Grace Day
America started adding chlorine to its water systems to kill the bacteria, making natures water acid. Now we have to remove the chlorine and other added chemicals. There are many web sites out there that talk about the importance of drinking alkaline water – Brita water and lemon in the water usually do the trick to convert tap water. No respones was or is required to those who choose to not recognize this. Perhaps Mercola is envious of other’s successes.
I do try to drink only bottled water, green and olive leaf tea, and green smoothies for breakfast. I am a licensed water treatment person and believe that more important than pushing to have our water above the body’s naturally healthy pH of about 7.4, assuring that your water does not include chlorine and it’s byproducts, or chloramines, is more important. Public water providers must add disinfectants so that a residual is present in the farthest reaches of the distribution system. Chlorine and chloramines are the most commonly used for disinfection. Chloramines are much tougher to remove than chlorine so ask your water system provider exactly what they use for disinfection. Most chlorine removal systems for homes, such as the shower attachments and point of use sink filters do not remove chloramines. Chloramines are a mixture of ammonia and chlorine and must be removed by at least a 10 minute contact time with granulated activated charcoal. There are likely other methods but this is the one I am familiar with. Once again, check with your water provider and then do a bit of research before you by any treatment method for any problem you may think your water has. Remember, your body absorbs all the chemicals in your water when you shower, bathe or brush your teeth or hands. It’s not just what you drink.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who is annoyed by Mercola’s “The sky is falling” rhetoric. I choose to live in a world that is not so dire and is filled with hope and health.
People like Mercola and Dr. Oz end up getting so much infrastructure in place that they start grabbing anything sensational they can lay their hands on to feed the entertainment machine. They are both doing a lot of good but not everything they do is truly researched. Some of Mercola’s sky is falling stuff is important to know. This matter of the alkaline water is a case in point. If you were the owner of or were considering buying a knock-off of Enagic that is made in such a way that fissures in the platinum plating could be allowing titanium to electrolize into your water, wouldn’t you want to know? Mercola’s mistake was to attack the ionized alkaline water instead of bad manufacturing and marketing practice. In Japan this water has been used beneficially in the hospitals for over 30 years. I belive in positive thinking and seeing only the good, mind over body etc. but since my mind is so unstable I will only embrace that philosophy 100% right after I have mastered the mind of Christ. Until then I will study to avoid as many pitfalls as I can and embrace as many things as I can find that are beneficial to my health in spite of my mind. Some of the imperfect but good people in my life are Robyn, Mercola,Oz, Williams, Kevin Gianni, David Wolf,Shallenberger, Rowen, Wright and many more. They all make mistakes but they also deliver good and correct information we just need to sort it.
Does Trinity Springs even exist anymore? Their website doesn’t have any links that work and it hasn’t been carried in a grocery store in San Diego in a couple years. If anyone is drinking it, please let me know how I can find it.
I find it increasingly difficult to listen to Dr. Mercola at all anymore!
Sim, eu tenho vontade de ler este por dias, mas sou incapaz de ver qualquer coisa …. ele parece como se um pedaço de papel é através da página …..