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The New Technology
of Water: Part I
Whereas professional athletes analyze their
choice of protein (whey concentrate vs. sodium
caseinate vs. soy protein isolate, etc.) and
purchase supplements that affect cellular uptake
of H20 and volumization (creatine monohydrate),
few actually understand the different types of
water available and the hydration modifiers that
can provide the most significant next-generation
tools for improving sports performance.
How do you weigh-in at 165 lbs. and compete
24 hours later at 193 lbs.? How do you increase
protein synthesis 3-fold while simultaneously
optimizing fat-oxidation? By understanding
engineered H20 and its applications: the science
of hyperhydration (superhydration).
Rather than thinking of a single "water",
athletes must understand the different types of
bio-engineered water, the methods that modify
their movement, and how both provide the single
most effective tools for optimizing
thermoregulation (control of body heat),
heart-rate, muscle-spindle power output,
lactic-acid clearance, and maximal endurance
capacity (both aerobic and anaerobic). Can you
lower body temperature and decrease heart-rate by
using a sweet alcohol? Can you get the equivalent
of 1.5 gallons of tap water in a single 16 oz.
bottle? With a basic understanding of the new
technologies of water, the answer is "yes".
In this two-part article series, we will
explain, in practical terms, the necessary science
of dehydration, the incredible potential for
hyperhydration, and the most effective modifiers
and bio-engineered tools for achieving both. This
month, we will first examine the fundamentals and
most important selections for creating an optimal
hydration program.
What the Top 1% Know: H20, Arterial
Blood Volume, and
Oxygen-Binding
By scientifically hydrating and increasing
arterial blood plasma volume, you increase blood
pH levels (alkaline), increasing the ability of
hemoglobin to bind to oxygen. The end result is
that proper hydration increases oxygen delivery to
body tissue. A 1-1.5 quart loss of water can
result in as much as a 25% decrease in aerobic
endurance for this reason. By increasing plasma
and cellular hydration you can conversely increase
oxygen delivery and uptake, with a subsequent
increase in endurance (hypothesized by some to be
primarily dependent on aerobic mitochondrial
activity).
How to Use 80% of your H20 vs.
15%
The optimal process of hydration would move
ingested H20 from the digestive tract to the
bloodstream quickly and without volume loss, and
then through the semi-permeable cell membrane,
again without volume loss ("loss" defined by
eventual excretion, rather than retention, of
water). Mineral water and non-purified water
contain solids of various types (e.g., trace
minerals, chlorine, MTBE), which slow emptying
from the GI tract and decrease H20's ability to
cross the semi-permeable cell membrane, the latter
due to diluted water concentration and low osmotic
drive. Problem: non-purified water is slow and
inefficient in uptake. Pure water corrects the
above problems, but is still limited by the
average size of its H20 molecule clusters. Protein
channels in the cellular membrane called
"aquaporins" only permit single file influx of
water molecules in clusters 3-6 angstroms in
diameter. Unfortunately, 50-85% of purified water
molecule clusters are 20-30 angstroms in diameter.
Thus, while multiple-times more effective for
hydration than unpurified water, you may still
excrete 50-85% of the purified water you ingest!
Molecular Micro-Clustering: 1.5
Gallons in 16 oz.?
In review, strength output, endurance,
heart-rate, and nearly every performance metric is
dependent on proper plasma and cellular hydration.
Unpurified water (most commonly consumed as tap
water) and purified water both consist of H20
clusters ranging from 20-30 angstroms in diameter,
limiting hydration to 15-50% of the volume
consumed, resulting in excretion of the remainder.
For optimal hydration, defined by maximum H20
uptake % per ml ingested, there is a newer and
more effective option: Purified micro-clustered
water.
According to Herb Joiner-Bey, one of the
developing scientists responsible for the
manufacturing process used in the production of
Penta® water, one such brand of micro-clustered
water, a single 16.9 ounce bottle of Penta® water
provides the same hydration at 1.5 gallons of tap
water. Micro-clusters are produced with one of
several filtering processes using high-heat and/or
electromagnetics.
Adaptagenix DC (makers of BodyQUICKEN) has
trained several international-level athletes
unaffiliated with manufacturers, who, after
completing triathlons using micro-clustered
purified water have asserted that their hydration
levels (and subsequent endurance), would permit
them to immediately complete a second triathlon.
11 months ago, Adaptagenix DC staff
experimented with micro-clustered water and were
able to individually drink over 70 ounces from one
manufacturer (nearly 9 tall glasses of water),
with no discomfort or excretion even 5 hours
later. Divided by 16 oz. and multiplied by 1.5, we
can conclude that the equivalent of approximately
6.56 gallons of tap water was assimilated.
Make or Buy?
Micro-clustered water can be purchased in
bottle form from manufacturers such as Penta®
water, or one can purchase a portable-system
($200-1,000 USD) that uses electrolysis to produce
a similar small clustering of H2O molecules.
Manufacturers include Panasonic of Japan
(Panasonic Model PJ-A3AH), where the processes for
micro-clustering water were originally developed
and tested.
Some researchers assert that water cannot
remain micro-clustered for periods of longer than
2 weeks, and thus recommend using the
aforementioned portable machines for the filtering
process, rather than the purchase of bottled water
that remains at retail placement (not to mention
manufacturing inventory and distribution timeline)
longer than 2 weeks.
Rather than the suspiciously uniform 8
glasses per day, advanced hydration studies
recommend that athletes consume half their lean
body weight (LBW) in ounces of water daily, using
tap water as a reference. If you have 200 lbs. of
Lean Body Mass (LBM), that means 100 oz., or 12.5
glasses of tap water, every 24 hours. If you're
awake from 9am to 10pm (13 hours), that equates to
one glass of water every 60 minutes. Do yourself a
favor and find, or make, 1.5 glasses of
micro-clustered water daily instead.
Authored by Adaptagenix DC
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