There are many kinds of water. Steam and ice are 2 extremes. Water used to drink is liquid. Liquid water can be affected greatly by the way it is obtained. Distilled water is usually clear of toxins but is also devoid of minerals. Municipally treated water is not too risky from a microbial perspective but contains chlorine and possibly other water treatment and sewage contaminants. Municipal water treatment systems do not remove other waste water contaminants such as excreted drugs, metals, pesticides, insecticides, etc. This is why municipal systems that use deep artesian water are the safest. The best water is obtained from deep artesian wells, uncontaminated by human agency or biologic accidents, where it has filtered through many layers of stone, earth and rocks. The rain water you may drink is very much like distilled water, except it carries with it whatever contaminants are in the atmosphere.
Since water naturally has the potential to carry contaminants, using clean water is the starting point of our discussion. Assuming you are using clean water, water has the potential to be affected by EMFs. Dr. Binhi has given us the physical reasons why water can be affected by EMFs. More work needs to be done to demonstrate what this means to human functioning. At one level, naturally magnetized water obtained from Japan, has been shown by Dr. Ohno to slow the development of Alzheimer's Disease.
When MFs are applied to the body, naturally all the body's water is also being affected. Indeed, some authors believe some if not many of the benefits of MF therapy are due to the actions of MFs on the body. This is clearly true for the reason MRIs are possible. If we assume that the water you drink is clean, you may be able to get additional benefits from drinking water that is magnetically or EMF treated in some way. Several companies promote treated water for various health benefits.
Whether treated water is purchased separately or not, the magnetic system you own can "treat" the water you will take in that day. Without research evidence, it is not known whether your particular system is effective in helping with any particular health need or not. Regardless, treating the water you drink with any system you own is unlikely to do harm. Even minutes of exposure is all that is needed to "treat" the water. Dr. Ohno has found that unless the water is naturally magnetized (and therefore unmagnetizable), thusly treated water is typically only useful for about 8 hrs, that is, for that day. Freshly treated batches are therefore needed each day.
It is believed that MF-treated water is better accessible by the cell and helps the cell to eliminate waste. The cell may be better hydrated by treated water. There is evidence that MF-treated pharmaceutical solutions are affected by the MF treatment; their actions are altered, positively or negatively by these fields - that is, enhanced or reduced effects on the solutions.
Eastern Europeans and Chinese have found that MF-treated water may help to dissolve stones in the urinary and biliary tracts, i.e., kidney stones and gallstones. Since calcific stones in the body are often associated with nano-bacteria, MF-treated water may help to gradually work at degrading them, akin to the wearing action of water on rocks in nature. There is some basic research that shows that MFs affect the bilayer nature of fluids. One study at MIT showed that magnetically treated saline solutions moved through columns faster by about 25%. How MF-treated water works to create these kidney and gall bladder stone effects is unknown.
The safety of magnetically treating water and using it in humans is unknown. There is no reason to expect risk. This is why I recommend that people with magnetic systems routinely treat the water they will use every day. Benefits are probable, risks are minimal or non-existent.
