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.
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