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Zeta and Electrolytes

What Electrolytes are and How They Affect Zeta Potential

Date: 5/21/2007 3:46:07 PM ( 17 y ) ... viewed 5263 times

Distilled water carries no electrical charge. However, add some salt and - voila! - electrical conductance! Why is this? Because salt is an electrolyte. The “electro” in electrolyte denotes that it is capable of carrying an electrical charge. This is very important for your health, because healthy blood carries a high negative electrical charge. The electrical charge of particles in a liquid is called zeta potential.

The higher your blood’s zeta potential, the healthier it will be, the less it will clot and the more effective the red blood cells will be at carrying oxygen and nutrients and discarding waste. So, you can see that its important for your blood to have electrolytes. However!! Not all electrolytes raise your bloods zeta potential, some of them raise it, some of them lower it. Its important to know which ones do which.

POSITIVTELY charged electrolytes, LOWER your blood’s zeta potential. This is a BAD thing.

NEGATIVELY charged electrolytes, RAISE your blood’s zeta potential. This is a GOOD thing.

The reason for this is that negative charges repel and positive charges attract. You want the cells in your blood stream to repel each other, this creates as much distance as possible between each cell and maximizes oxygen use and accelerates waste disposal and detox. If the zeta potential falls due to too many positively charged electrolytes, tiny blood clots form and can lead to blood sludge, blood clots, heart disease, etc.

The most important electrolytes are sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), chloride (Cl-), and phosphate (PO43-). scientists use a two number notation system to describe the charge, positive or negative, an electrolyte carries, such as 1:1, 2:1, 1:2, 1:3, etc. the number on the left indicates positive charge, while the number on the right indicates negative charge.

So, both sodium chloride (sea salt) and potassium chloride are 1:1 electrolytes. This means they have a balanced charge. This means neither of those electrolytes will raise or lower your blood’s zeta potential.

Calcium chloride has a 2:1 charge. The higher number on the left indicates it is a positively charged electrolyte. This electrolyte will LOWER your blood’s zeta potential, and will cause your red blood cells to become sticky and will encourage blood sludge.

Potassium sulfate is a 1:2 electrolyte. The higher number on the right means it is a negatively charged electrolyte. This electrolyte will RAISE your blood’s zeta potential. It raises the charge on blood cells and creates healthy free flowing blood that will be able to fully oxygenate and nourish your body.

Tripotassium citrate is a 1:3 electrolyte. Again, the higher number on the right means it is a negatively charged electrolyte. Because it has an even higher negative charge than potassium sulfate, it will have an even greater effect of RAISING your blood’s zeta potential.

Sodium sulfate is a 1:2 electrolyte, is negatively charged, and will raise zeta potential. Sodium citrate is a 1:3 electrolyte, is negatively charged, and will raise zeta potential.

Aluminum forms VERY positively charged electrolytes and will destroy your blood’s zeta potential, I will be making an entry on that later.

So the two most powerful electrolytes for raising your bloods zeta potential are tripotassium citrate and sodium citrate, both of which are 1:3 electrolytes. However, most everybody gets PLENTY of sodium, but most people are deficient in potassium. For these reason, I believe the tripotassium citrate is the best electrolyte to use to raise your blood’s zeta potential.

Next time I will give the recipe to make high zeta potential water.