I'm kind of a casual runner, I run 1-2 times a week mostly just for fun. Sometimes I run w/ my friend that lives close by and last time we went out he let me try some Perfect Water he brought along. That water man, I've never pushed myself that hard! I had power and stamina like never before! And sometimes my lower back gets hurting on long runs, but it didn't bother me at all! He explained how Perfect Water is unlike anything else out there, thru years of research and development they really have come up w/ the Perfect Water. haha it sounds cheesy but It's true! he said there's 5 steps they go thru to make it, as outlined on their official site www.drinkperfectwater.com:
1) thru different processes they filter the water 15 TIMES! To ensure they start w/ the purest water possible. Pure H20.
2) After they take everything else out, they re-mineralize the water, they put minerals back in like potassium, magnesium, calcium, mostly for taste they say, and electrolytes. Good stuff!
3) They IONIZE it to have the PH of 8-8.5 I've never heard of ph balances of foods but after doing some research it turns out that having that alkaline balance is really beneficial to your health. wikipedia it.
4) Here's where it starts to get really cool, they've figure out a way to MICRO-STRUCTURE the water, they somehow make the water molecules smaller, so the water is able to travel in and out of your cells quicker, the result of which is more rapid and effective hydration.
5) Then finally the somehow infuse the water with oxygen, they call it MBO or molecular bound oxygen. My friend explained that the oxygen will never leave the water! if you leave the bottle open it won't go flat like carbonation or something, it's IN THERE! it is bound to the micro-structured water, and it travels w/ the water all throughout your body to your muscles, in a matter of seconds, it's amazing the results this stuff gets!
My friend went on to tell me that it's not available in stores, but here's the site where he orders it from, it's www.scorpius.mychoices.biz
It's only 1.99 a bottle, which is what I was paying for vitamin water, psh see ya! I'm drinkin Perfect Water from now on! Ya GOTTA check it out! See ya on the trail!
I select my bottled water based on the bottle. I will drink the water only once...but I will refill the bottle with tap for 3 months! I also have a very special treatment process for my water...stick it in the frig.!
Actually, I think he is talking about the product called "Perfect
Water". I'm not sure who the original brain trust behind the whole idea
is, but it is a Quixtar/amway product now. They claim it's the magical
cure all water. I had the pleasure of being introduced to it this
weekend. Phantasmagoria
did a pretty good job explaining it... or at least describing it the
only way I've heard it described, which isn't very well. They tend to
leave out a lot of details when explaining the process and the
reasoning behind it. From what I've gathered though, they filter it a
bunch and then they go and add the things they just filtered out of it.
Then they somehow add oxygen and at the some time shrink the water
molecules so they absorb into your body faster! It's magic I tell
ya!!!! If you ever have the opportunity to have someone "show" you how
it works I would highly recommend going through with they're
demonstration. It's really eye opening! First they have you try to
touch your toes, which for me has been an impossibility for about 25
years now. Then they have you stand with your feet together, arms at
your side and they push down on your cupped hand while you try to
maintain your balance, which isn't easy to do. Then they have you take
a drink of normal every day tap water and have you do the same two
things. Amazingly enough there is no change, although I do think I got
about 1/2 of a millimeter closer to my toes. Then comes the big
shocker! They pull out the Perfect Water! They have you drink this
magic elixir, and they tell you to touch your toes! And by golly, I got
about 1/2 millimeter closer than the time before!!!! AMAZING! Then they
did the balance test! And wouldn't you know it they had to push HARDER
to pull me off balance!!!! (okay, if you say so) This stuff is great,
order me 45 cases!!!!! All that glorious stuff happened within 30
seconds of drinking the water! Just think if I drank about 85 bottles
in a row I might be able to actually almost touch my toes again!!! I'm
sure that the reason I got closer the third time around (even though it
was barely noticeable) had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that
I stretched out my hamstrings twice before that. I'm sorry Mr. Phantasmagoria
I don't buy it. I'm pretty sure if there was a way to make perfect
water, Gatorade would have discovered it long before now. That however,
is just my opinion. If it works for you, more power to ya! Although, I
would suggest that you watch the movie "Kronk's New Groove", by Walt
Disney. It has a great message about the power of suggestion and the
effects on the human mind. But don't come cryin' to us when all your
friends are running around naked and your sitting in a big ol' mansion
on top of a hill. (Someone's gonna get that and get a pretty good
chuckle, although maybe not)
hey, everybody has the right to make a buck but.... this is obviosly a Quixtar (Amway) distributor come on. All the products on the website are Amway. Now, being from Grand Rapids, I am understand that the founders of Amway and their families have done a lot of good in our community, I'm just not sure the sales tactics are honest.
All I can say is don't take anyone's word for it, not even mine, & try it for yourself. If you buy two cases they ship for free, and they've got a 180 day full money back guarantee, no questions asked. Try it out, and if it doesn't do anything for you just return it and get your money back. But it's definitely worth at least trying for yourself before you blow it off don't ya think?
I spent too many years as a chem major in college and working in a research lap to swallow (pun intended) this bunk. You can't make water molecules 'smaller' (at least under normal atmospheric conditions), simple physics. Also, you can't get water to bind oxygen (again, under normal conditions), it's just not what it does, chemically speaking.
So no, it's not worth trying. Perfect water? Probably not. Perfect snake oil? Maybe.
But wait, there's more!! After you drink it you can fly!!! Have a friend make a video of you running after you drink Perfect Water and you will be amazed!! You'll see yourself suspended in mid-air, both feet off the ground for seconds at a time!! Covering distances in the air that can be measured in hundreds of millimeters!!