Welcome to the ongoing saga of our adventure into the world of structured water, what it can do for us, and why it is so important to me to do my part to get this technology into the hands of everyone who can benefit from it.
Disclaimer: I can make no health claims for the use of structured water, from our unit or another, both because it is illegal for me to do so, and because, in the end, we are all different, and what benefits one person may not benefit the next. The human body is an amazing and sometimes contrary beast.
I can tell you without question that using structured water has improved my health and well-being, and that of my plants and animals, it has helped the people to whom we have given units, and those who have purchased units from us. I believe that it is highly possible, though in no way guaranteed, that you may achieve similar results.
Part 1:
My personal motto for decades has been to make my corner of the world better than I found it, and in large part, in many ways, I've been successful in this regard. I still have a long way to go, but it is an ongoing endeavor for me, and always will be.
Our place in Largo was a case in point. Over the thirteen years between my initial purchase of the house in 1999 with my former spouse, to Marek's and my ultimate move to Tennessee in late 2011, we upgraded virtually everything in the house.
We also created a veritable jungle in the yard, complete with four huge and highly productive chaya bushes that provided far more dark leafy greens than the two of us could possibly eat, so we shared them widely. I have written about chaya in a previous post.
Unlike most soil in west central Florida, which consists of white “sugar sand,” our soil in Largo was remarkably rich, black and full of earthworms, and our plants there did fabulously well as a result. My neighbor used to joke that you could stick a broom handle in the soil, and it would grow, which wasn't far from the truth.
Our friends and family loved our back yard, which was a lovely and very private place for parties and other gatherings by our fire pit, and the whole place just had a great vibe, punctuated by the rhythmic chiming of our giant bamboo in the wind. As much as I love our home in Tennessee, I still really miss our place in Largo, Florida.
Shortly after Tampa Bay's near-miss by Hurricane Elena, a friend joked that I had a death wish, having moved from earthquake-prone L.A. to hurricane-prone Florida, but then allowed that as he had left Tornado Alley for L.A., he didn't have much room to speak.
As I told him, at least with hurricanes, you know when they are on the way, usually by several days. Not so with earthquakes, which strike entirely without warning, though each can obviously be devastating.
There is one thing about growing up in the path of danger, particularly in Southern California, which is subject to so many kinds of potential emergencies: earthquakes, fires, floods, riots and more; and that is that you learn to be prepared. Really prepared.
And, being part of the Desert Southwest, you learn really quickly that the number one thing you need to have on hand in any emergency is a safe and abundant supply of drinking water, because you have no idea how long a given emergency will last, nor do you know when it will hit, or whether at any given time you will have guests who are thus stranded with you. Preparedness is key.
This was driven home during my years of sailing, as although we never found ourselves in a life-threatening situation due to a lack of potable water, I knew several people who had faced such situations, which made a serious impression on me.
And this was driven home even further following our 2004 hurricane season, during which Florida was hit by four hurricanes in succession, with Hurricane Charley originally forecast to march straight up Tampa Bay, after which we were directly affected by Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne.
I was lucky, and never lost power, though I did lose phone service for several days, which was common in my ex-husband's condo after severe rains. It was therefore both frustrating and hilarious to me when a representative from MoveOn.org contacted me about housing one or more of their volunteers in my home, so that they could canvas our area by phone . . . um, hello? Hurricanes? No phone service? Are you guys for real?
A number of my close friends were without power for days, and one friend with a well also wound up without water as a result, because her well pump was electric. Happily she had prepared well in advance and thus had no issues.
After Hurricane Ike hit my sister in the Houston area, and dumped several of their mature pecan trees on their roof, I was moved to write this article on multiple ways to ensure a safe and abundant supply of drinking water in the event of just such an emergency.
A couple of years ago, Marek brought a webinar to my attention on the subject of structured water, which I had heard about but wasn't really familiar with, and so I filed it away under “stuff to watch later,” and didn't think much more about it.
A month or so later, he broached the subject again, and this time we discussed it more fully, and he started telling me about some of the claims made by structured water proponents. Having been a student of the alternative health industry for years, I had my doubts about some of the claims, but I was intrigued enough to finally watch the video, and had my mind blown.
As a marine biology major, and later as a sailor and aquarium enthusiast, certain properties of water had always intrigued me, and I was left unsatisfied by the usual explanations, which left a lot to be desired.
As just one example, why does ice always consist of pure fresh water, even when it forms in seawater, or in horribly polluted rivers bodies of water? The mechanisms, as explained to me by various "experts" and others, ranged from incomplete to unbelievable, to flatly ridiculous. Not one person was able to explain it in a way that had me convinced.
My research into the claims made by structured water companies led me to the work of Dr. Gerald H. Pollack, a bioengineer who heads up Pollack Laboratory at the University of Washington, in Seattle, and is one of our nation's eminent water scientists. Dr. Pollack and his staff have documented a “fourth phase” of water, beyond liquid, solid and vapor, which had been first postulated by a British scientist some hundred years earlier, but was never taken seriously because his theory was “too simple.”
I highly recommend Dr. Pollack's TEDx Talk, which gives the salient points on structured water, which he terms “EZ” water, for Exclusion Zone. The reasons for this are detailed in his talk.
Among the less outrageous claims for structured water are that it hydrates better, which is true for animals and for plants, and that it makes plants grow noticeably faster, all of which I figured would be easy enough to test for myself.
And, while we initially planned to buy one of the commercial structured water units being touted by the companies in question, the more I researched the matter, the more I felt that I could build working units for us, using the knowledge I had already gained in my admittedly wide-ranging and sometimes oddly acquired body of knowledge.
And so I proceeded to do so.
What intrigued me immediately, as a long time wearer of contact lenses, is that my eyes immediately felt moister, and the tendency for my contacts to become dry over the course of the day was markedly less. As anyone who wears contacts will tell you, this is a big deal, as dry eyes and the resulting protein build up on the lenses can make reading fine print or driving a real chore. I also dropped close to twenty pounds without changing my diet. Major score.
When I gave my animals the choice between structured water and the regular filtered water they were used to drinking, they immediately chose the structured water, and I noticed over the next several days that their fur became noticeably softer as well, which was an effect I was not expecting.
Growing potted plants is where I saw the most drastic difference, as I did a couple of experiments where I watered identical groups of seedlings and cuttings with both kinds of water, and the drastic increase in plant growth using structured water was plain to see.
Another unexpected consequence, however, was that, while most structured water aficionados claimed that plants watered with structured water are more drought resistant, it quickly became clear to me that they were referring only to plants planted in the ground, and not to those isolated from the ground by being planted in pots.
In short, because of their dramatically faster rates of growth, potted plants watered with structured used up their water allotment far more quickly, resulting in the loss of several plants before I realized that little tidbit of information. I had one established plant in a large plastic pot die in three days, whereas when I watered it with regular water, I had only needed to water it once a week or so. I was floored.
. . . to be continued in Part 2
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