What shape is your water? I ask in case someone tries to flog you a machine they claim will produce water with a hexagonal molecular structure, resulting in all kinds of miraculous health benefits.
What’s more, if you buy one you can become a distributor, selling the machine for a juicy commission.
Leading promoter Tracey Peake gushes on Facebook that the device can “make a huge difference to people’s health and wealth!”
The 54-year-old pharmacist from Manchester is an independent distributor of Kangen water ionisers that, it’s claimed, change how the molecules group together.
The clusters become hexagonal and smaller, making them easier for your cells to absorb, and the water will become more alkaline.
“If I alkalise my body it’s got more chance of fighting cancer,” Tracey said.
She’s featured on YouTube with a woman who claims it cured her depression and helped her son’s autism, a diabetic neighbour is “feeling so much healthier”, eczema has been cleared up, and it “definitely helps” psioriasis.
Oh, and did I mention that she says it will even help your pets?
At which point it is worth repeating the Penman Investigates First Law of Miracle Remedies: the more things something claims to cure, the less likely it is to cure any of them.
Kangen machines cost from £1,900 for a basic model to nearer £3,100 for the “titanium medical grade” SD501.
The commission that distributors can earn depends on the number of sales they've achieved.
“After 50 machines, I’ve achieved a level where I earn around £875 on an SD501,” Tracey said.
There’s a huge market out there waiting to be tapped.
“The London office is due to open early next year and then things will start to move rapidly,” she announced.
“There are only 4,000 machines in the whole country and 27 million homes.”
When it comes to the science, I think it’s fair to say that Tracey’s no expert.
“As a pharmacist I was not trained in any of this,” she admits.
Which might be why she said things like: “There’s electrolysis going on here, it’s splitting the water and ionising it.”
This is confusing two different processes – electrolysis means passing an electrical current through water to create hydrogen and oxygen gas. It is not the same as ionisation.
Undaunted, Tracey continued: “The ionisation of the water restores the voltage of the blood, your red blood cells separate and carry oxygen to your cells. You can see all this under a microscope.”
Can you see the hexagonal water clusters under a microscope? After a pause, she replied: “No, I don’t think so.”
Which will be no surprise to the scientists I spoke to (see below).
Kangen machines are made by Japanese company Enagic.
General manager Tomo Takabayashi distanced himself from medical claims, stating: “The water is not for curing any diseases, it is not miracle or special water for sick people.
“We warn and stop distributors if any wrong information is shared”.
It was time for an independent opinion. Cancer researcher Dr David Grimes has a PhD in medical physics and is a volunteer with the Good Thinking Society , a campaigning charity that debunks medical nonsense.
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