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Background information on alkaline antioxidant water (aaw) and its alleged health benefits, as presented in two articles from health news international, l.l.c. The assignment requires students to evaluate the credibility of the sources and assess the scientific evidence supporting the claims made by dr. Raymond dent and karen kean. Students will also be asked to investigate additional sources and apply critical thinking skills to determine the validity of the health benefits associated with aaw.
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At this point in the course, you have completed the material covering the nature of science, critical thinking rules, the nature of matter, and, by the time the assignment is due, much of the material on Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM). You have also done the Xango case study. All of this information will be useful in evaluating the claim about Alkaline Antioxidant Water that you have been asked to read and evaluate. The background reading and information on alkaline antioxidant water is from a publication by Health News International, L.L.C. publication Vol. 18 Number 6, and it extolls the virtues of drinking alkaline water (see below). Your task is to evaluate this claim using the information you have learned thus far, as well as information obtainable from the internet and/or from any science sources with which you may be familiar (e.g., biology texts; science websites, etc.). In some cases, I may provide specific sources for you to reference. As you will see when you start investigating any topic of the type you are examining for this assignment, there is a seemingly infinite number of websites on a topic, and so it is sometimes difficult to determine what is relevant and what isn’t. This is why some assistance will be provided in some cases. However, it is also important for you to develop skills in doing information searches and in identifying what sources would provide the most relevant – and accurate – information for an evaluation of the claim. For example, you need to distinguish sites that scientifically evaluate a claim from those that are promoting it. The latter may be highly biased, misleading, or even dishonest; so, beware! In short, you will have to find and evaluate some of the sources yourself before deciding whether to use them. This, too, is part of critical thinking. Alkaline Antioxidant Water Background Information As stated above, the background reading for this assignment regarding the health benefits of alkaline antioxidant water (AAW) was from the following publication : “Health News, Volume 18, Number 6, Alkaline Antioxidant Water Gets Results” published by Health News International, LLC. One of the articles in this edition of the publication was titled, “Doctor Explains How Water Works” and was written by Dr. Raymond Dent. Although the original publication of Health News is no longer available, you can access a version of it if you go to this web link (http://www.2rbetter.org/archives/2010-06-11%20-%20Alkaline%20Antioxidant %20Water%20Gets%20Results. This copied version was posted by an individual who wants to promote the virtues of drinking AAW. The second article was titled, “Mercury Detoxified with Water”, and was written by Karen Kean. Dr. Dent and Karen Kean are the two people who you will evaluate in terms of credibility and credentials, and it is their claims about the water that you will assess. At one point in Part 1 of the assignment, you will also be asked to view a video by Karen Kean on YouTube. The web link will be provided to you at that time. If you Google AAW, you will find many testimonials regarding the product.customers have to say about the product. Dr. Dent is a naturopathic physician who graduated from Bastyr University in 1982. He has been practicing naturopathic medicine for 27 years. He says that AAW water is unlike other
water because it is a “health drink”. He says that daily use of AAW “may be the best form of natural health maintenance and improvement you can adopt.” He states that AAW has, “greater concentrations of ionized H 2 O molecules which have been restructured through electromagnetic means in a way that creates a greater probability of physiological desirable cluster sizes. This causes more free electrons to be available in the water as well as greater hydration potential. The free electrons can act as antioxidants while the six sided or hexagonal water molecule cluster sizes enhance the proper hydration of our cells.” (p. 4) Dr. Dent further claims that one of the benefits of this six-sided structure is that it tastes better, is smoother, and more refreshing than regular tap water. He asserts that AAW water “ affects health by improving the body’s ability to use water effectively. ” He also says that the process of producing AAW purifies the water. Karen Kean reiterates the health benefits of the water, and focuses her article on the fact that AAW water is just that – alkaline, as opposed to acidic. She says that the water most people drink is acidic and that this acidity (low pH, i.e., below 7 on the pH scale which ranges from 0-