{"id":121440,"date":"2018-05-24T02:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=121440"},"modified":"2020-09-01T09:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:05:07","slug":"what-is-kangen-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/what-is-kangen-water\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the Deal With Kangen Water?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The buzz around Kangen water\u00a0increasing alertness and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/quora\/2017\/01\/09\/no-drinking-alkaline-water-will-not-treat-or-prevent-cancer\/#3748cd382abb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helping prevent cancer<\/a>\u00a0by neutralizing your body&#8217;s acidity has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=12047470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">led to people spending<\/a>\u00a0up to $4,000 on a Kangen water machine (yes, $4,000!). But are these claims substantiated? Or is a remedy as easy as drinking water too good to be true?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to know if you&#8217;re considering it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><br \/>\nKangen water is water that&#8217;s been altered through a process called electrolysis, changing its pH level to be more alkaline. An Enagic machine needs to be installed and connected to your sink for this process to occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><br \/>\nThe machine filters impurities out of the water and purportedly adds antioxidant properties instead. The water is said to neutralize your body&#8217;s acidity and eliminate free radicals from the body, thus slowing down the aging process. &#8220;The health benefits of alkaline water have\u00a0<em>not<\/em> been proven conclusively &#8212; though there have been some studies that seem to show that it might help reduce symptoms of acid reflux and increase blood flow, which means oxygen delivery is improved,&#8221; says <a href=\"https:\/\/alixturoffnutrition.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alix Turoff<\/a>, registered dietician, nutrition consultant, and certified personal trainer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you try it?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Kangen water doesn\u2019t carry many risks, though it\u2019s possible it could lower your stomach\u2019s acidity, making it harder to kill\u00a0bacteria and causing gastrointestinal problems,&#8221; explains Turoff. On another note, Kangen water tastes noticeably better, so if you have trouble drinking the recommended amount of water, alkaline water might be worth trying.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"The buzz around Kangen water\u00a0increasing alertness and even helping prevent cancer\u00a0by neutralizing your body's acidity ...","author":7532795,"featured_media":121442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/24143726\/shutterstock_511513108.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/24143726\/shutterstock_511513108-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"May 24, 2018","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Suzannah Weiss","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#8173dd","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}