Yoshitaka Ohno, M.D., Ph.D. and Howard Reminick, Ph.D., Ohno Institute on Water and Health, Explore! for the Professional, Vol 10:5, 2001.
The human body is a completely integrated organism, always acting with natural intelligence to maintain wholeness with varying degrees of success. Success is dependent on the unique attributes acquired through genetics, attention to a healthy, lifestyle maintenance, and the quality, content and structure of water in the body.
This state of wholeness, or stability is known as homeostasis - a means of establishing equilibrium between forces tending to create disorder, and forces, which tend to maintain order within the body. When the body is in a state of disorder over time, deterioration and disease result. Homeostasis is disrupted. And the first to become affected by this instability is the blood.
The term -homeostasis- was coined to describe various processes in the body, which serve to maintain the body's state of health, as well as restore the body to a normal state. The body is in a state of homeostasis when there is no change in the structure and functioning of cells. It also requires that the chemistry of the bodily fluids, including the blood, remain stable. Homeostasis is maintained as a result of the body's natural healing process.
Homeostasis depends on blood composition and circulation to bring energy, oxygen and nutrients to a damaged area of the body. This depends on a continuous, smooth rate of flow and a balanced pH. It also depends on the blood's ability to prevent plaques from forming on arterial walls.
Blood is the body's means of transportation and communication. It is a major line of defense against mechanical damage and infection. It transports oxygen from the lungs to every cell. It transports carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs. It carries nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract to the cells, waste products from the cells, and hormones from the endocrine glands to the cells. It also regulates body temperature and the pH factor (acid/alkaline balance).
The degree of acid or alkaline in the body's solutions inside and outside the cells is measured in terms of a value known as pH. The pH is stated as a number and is measured with a value ranging from 0.0 (total acid), to 14.0 (total alkaline). The blood must maintain a pH within a very limited normal range, 7.35 and 7.45. A blood pH reading of below 7.35 will result in an acid overbalance, which can result in cellular deterioration and trigger a disease process. When the pH drops and remains even slightly below 7.35, immune-related disorders such as hypertension, diabetes, migraines and asthma become common.
The pH factor is the special regulatory mechanism, which maintains the level of certain chemical elements in cellular fluid, as well as the level of glucose and other substances important to metabolism. Acid/alkaline pH must be balanced, otherwise metabolism is disrupted. Continuous acidic unbalance can lead to dangerous, life-threatening problems.
Blood pH acidity is increasing due to high acid diets and chemical additives in water we drink. New studies have reported findings, which show a direct relationship between cancer, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, and chronic acid pH. If the body fluids continue in a state of acidity, a condition which is a major contributor to the disease process, known as acidosis, will develop. Acidosis puts our body in a dangerous state. There is a direct link between acidosis and degenerative diseases seen in aging.
An example of metabolic dysfunction related to acidosis is diabetes. Under normal circumstances the pancreas releases insulin to keep the blood sugar normal. A regulating mechanism in the body called pH keeps an acid/alkaline chemical balance throughout the body's tissues and blood and prevents a breakdown in metabolic functioning. However, sometimes these self-regulating mechanisms in our body can't keep up with the excessive demands placed upon it. In spite of the their efforts, conditions are created which cause them to break down.
Even when there are brief periods of "sugar overload", the pancreas releases insulin which keeps the blood sugar level stable, at between 80-100 mg per 100 cc of blood. A blood sugar reading below 80 can result in hypoglycemia, which is, simply stated, low blood sugar. This can occur for a number of reasons, but commonly, it is due to too much insulin being released into the bloodstream, causing an insulin reaction.
The accumulation of insulin, which remains in cells from continuous release, can produce lipids (fatty deposits) and plaque deposits in the arterial walls. This can result in atherosclerosis, a common disease during aging. Thus, if the pancreas must work at overload to process large amounts of sugar intake by continuously pumping insulin into the bloodstream, a normal blood sugar level will be reduced. This causes hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), which can lead to diabetes. If the pancreas continues to work in this overactive state, it can eventually shut down over time and discontinue releasing insulin.
Acidic pH will disrupt metabolism, and thus the function of the digestive system, leading to build up of waste products. Without the pH balance being maintained, over-acidity can lead to an acceleration of the aging process by interfering with the body's immune system and the destruction of cells.
An example of this occurs from excessive amounts of acids from food in typical modern day diets and chemically-treated drinking water, creating a chemical imbalance. The body will struggle to regain its chemical balance by releasing alkaline substances such as calcium from tissues and organs. When a constant high level of acidity continues, calcium will be depleted from tissues and organs. Then the parathyroid becomes activated and will remove calcium from bones, which contain 99% of the body's calcium. To provide adequate alkaline for balance, bone calcium reserves can become depleted, until, eventually, osteoporosis, another aging disease, can develop.
More than half of the blood's four to six liters is a clear solution of concentrated proteins. The red color of blood is due to cells circulating in this clear serum, which creates and carries hemoglobin. Blood serum is composed mostly of water and contains enzymes and other proteins, fats, glucose, vitamins, minerals, oxygen and waste products. Hormones are contained in blood serum and carry messages throughout our body by way of the blood.
Hormones are generally small molecules, absorbed by protein receptors on the cell's surface. They send messages to cells which alerts them to respond. Epinepherine (adrenaline) in the adrenal glands is produced to focus on creating energy. It is released for the body's response to immediate danger. Insulin and glucogen are small protein hormones that signal the level of sugar in the blood.
Blood serum also helps defend the body against physical damage through the formation of clots. Much of the machinery of the immune system is also located in the blood serum, providing protection from invasion by foreign organisms. Antibodies in serum locate and tag the unfamiliar molecules attached to foreign organisms and target them for destruction.
In order to provide nutrition to the trillions of cells, as well remove and transport waste products to the kidneys and lungs, blood circulates in a continuous pattern. Anything that slows down the blood's movement, even for a fraction of a second, can result in oxygen depletion, leading to severe damage to organs. This is directly related to the blood's viscosity, its rate of flow, which is directly affected by blood composition. One of the main reasons blood flow is hindered is due to high viscosity (resistance).
Blood viscosity is four times greater than water viscosity. Water, which is not adequately magnetized, can increase blood viscosity. When blood is composed of contaminated water ,viscosity increases even more, and waste products and plaque attach more readily, creating difficulty of transporting nutrients to tissues and organs. This creates the environment for free radicals to flourish, as oxygen bonds with saturated fats in the bloodstream and attaches readily to cell membranes and vascular structures. When this build up increases over time, such as around the brain cells, calcification in the form of plaques increases and destroys brain functions, such as seen in Alzheimer's disease. When these formations occur in the vascular system, this becomes a factor in hypertension and stroke.
There has always been much controversy over "thick blood" and "thin blood". There has never been a good explanation as to what this means in relation to how blood acts as the transportation system for vital nutrients and antigens in the immune system. Blood is the creator and regulator of fluids produced in the body such as urine, sweat, gastric juices, and liquified carbon dioxide.
Thick blood is "sticky" blood. This is blood in which saturated fats, plaque and other waste products have accumulated. The thick masses of these accumulations result in certain immune-related diseases such as gout, kidney and gall stones, as well as allergies. Slowing the blood's rate of flow deprives cells, tissues and organs of vital nutrients in a timely manner. Blood must flow smoothly. Bio-magnetization keeps the blood's viscosity, or rate of flow, normal and prevents fats and plaque from accumulating on arterial walls and in cell membranes.
There have been some interesting theories about magnetic influence on circulation of blood. There are much data to support them. One is that iron in the blood's hemoglobin molecule will increase blood flow because of its ionization. Hemoglobin, per se, has no magnetic charge. However, magnetization in the blood's water can charge a hemoglobin molecule and, therefore, organize its movement. This will influence blood flow, especially the blood's viscosity.
The possibility that magnetism can influence blood flow is important to the body's healing process. This needs to be explored more thoroughly because it can be a major factor in immune-related diseases. Hemoglobin carries oxygen to cells. If injured or diseased cells receive more oxygen, then they should generate faster and metabolize more completely. Rather than clot as would be expected if magnetism caused iron in the blood to draw together in a clump, blood cells would actually separate when magnetism is applied.
Magnetization is necessary to regulate blood chemistry, flow and keep a pH balance. Since the blood is 90% water, it is obvious that water, which is bio-magnetized, is more effective in maintaining blood quality. But in addition to the influence magnetism has on water and blood, it also is necessary to every aspect of life. Without magnetism, the earth would spin off its axis and disappear in space. The common factor of all aspects of life is dependency on magnetism for survival.
How can normal blood chemistry and circulation be maintained? For the past three years, the Ohno Institute on Water and Health has exposed a naturally magnetized water from Japan to extensive clinical testing to determine its role in preventing, as well as improving health and aging disorders. Some consistent findings include (1) removing acidity from tissues, (2) increased cell detoxification, and (3) increased intra-cell hydration. These are significant attributes in maintaining good blood composition and circulation. We welcome practitioners to conduct their own studies with patients.