Re: alkalizing water.
>>"Now can you explain to all of us why free radicals are so important for our function and survival and why high levels of antioxidants actually suppress the immune system?"<<
This is a very complex question on which a book could be written... in a nut shell, if one has more free radicals than they should, they would be sick... likewise, if they have more antioxidants than they should, they would be sick.
Put another way, it is ALL about alkaline and acid balance, or put another way, + and - balance, or put another way, positive and negative balance, or put another way, ions and anion balance, or put another way, yin and yang balance, or put another way... you get the jest.
>>"mineral hydroxides in alkaline waters"<<
as *dissolved solids* they are no longer hydroxides.
tell us about the difference an electron makes Hv - not in a lab, but in the constantly fluctuating body metabolism of a living organism... Man's chemistry does not fully understand the simple molecule of water yet as it relates to the existence of life on this planet... how could it understand anything else?
Lab chemistry, in a controlled environment, and biochemistry in a living organism, that is at *all times* in a state of flux (with changes in air temperature alone throughout the day, let alone lunar\solar and seasonal cycles, etc.) are two, very different animals.
You are talking oranges, while I am talking apples.
grz-