Aug 5, 2022 09:09 PM
A chemist explains why it’s nonsense
https://theconversation.com/dont-fall-fo...nse-188159
EXCERPTS: Is there a “fourth phase of water”? From time to time you might see people talking up the health benefits of so-called hexagonal water, or structured water, or exclusion-zone (EZ) water.
A few weeks ago Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh website was spruiking a US$2,500 “structured water filter”. Last weekend even Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald got in on the act, running a now-deleted story on the virtues of “structured water”.
So what’s going on? As a professor of chemistry, I can tell you “EZ water” is nonsense. But let’s talk about what it’s supposed to be, and how it’s supposed to work.
[...] The now-deleted Sydney Morning Herald article interviewed a supposed expert in water structure science called Rob Gourlay.
He makes many common claims for structured water: it is more natural, it has negative electric charge, it flows into our cells more quickly than ordinary water, and has many other supposed health benefits.
Though the article failed to mention it, a quick search reveals Robert Gourlay’s job title as “chief scientist” of a company called Phi’on, which sells water structuring devices.
Let’s have a look at these claims. Some of them are plausible, while some are preposterous... (MORE - missing details)
https://theconversation.com/dont-fall-fo...nse-188159
EXCERPTS: Is there a “fourth phase of water”? From time to time you might see people talking up the health benefits of so-called hexagonal water, or structured water, or exclusion-zone (EZ) water.
A few weeks ago Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh website was spruiking a US$2,500 “structured water filter”. Last weekend even Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald got in on the act, running a now-deleted story on the virtues of “structured water”.
So what’s going on? As a professor of chemistry, I can tell you “EZ water” is nonsense. But let’s talk about what it’s supposed to be, and how it’s supposed to work.
[...] The now-deleted Sydney Morning Herald article interviewed a supposed expert in water structure science called Rob Gourlay.
He makes many common claims for structured water: it is more natural, it has negative electric charge, it flows into our cells more quickly than ordinary water, and has many other supposed health benefits.
Though the article failed to mention it, a quick search reveals Robert Gourlay’s job title as “chief scientist” of a company called Phi’on, which sells water structuring devices.
Let’s have a look at these claims. Some of them are plausible, while some are preposterous... (MORE - missing details)
