Note: in the following article I refer to “magnetizing water” and “magnetized water.” This does not mean that the water has acquired a magnetic charge, only that the water has been subjected to a strong magnetic field, which has changed certain properties of that water.
It is always amazing to me what people are drawn to. Ever since I published Lessons from the Miracle Doctors, I have probably received more questions on one topic than on any other. In the chapter dedicated to water, I devoted three paragraphs to using magnets to increase the bioavailablity of water. For some reason, those three paragraphs have probably elicited more questions than anything else in the book. So let’s explore this topic in a little more detail
The Need for Water
Water is essential for life. It is the primary solvent and transport system in our bodies. All nutrients and fuel are carried into our cells on water. All waste is carried out on water. Our blood flows because of water; our nerves transport electric charges via water. Water is fundamental to the existence of all life. But not all water is created equal.
Bioavailability
Although all water consists of the same basic H20 molecules, water nevertheless varies according to how these molecules bond together to form “water molecule groups.” To put it simply, it is in the size of these groupings that water differs.
The smaller the groupings, the more bioavailable the water is — the more easily it is able to pass through cell walls, to transport nutrients and remove waste, to facilitate all of the the communications systems in your body, and to pass through your body as a whole. The larger the groupings the more inefficient water is at performing these same functions.
What holds water molecules together in clusters is surface tension. This is what you see when you wash your car and the water beads up in droplets on the hood. When washing your car, you use detergent to break that surface tension — which breaks apart the large molecular clusters, making the water wetter and better able to clean. Obviously, you can’t use detergent to “improve” the bioavailability of your drinking water. But you can use magnetics.
Magnetizing your drinking water breaks its surface tension, making it wetter and more useable by every cell in your body. In addition, there’s a strong secondary benefit. Applying a magnetic field to water can not only make it wetter, but it can also raise its pH (up to a full point, depending on the water).
The difference is not subtle. Over the past couple of years, Kristen and I have had at least 100 people over our house who have taste tested the water. First they take a drink of the water that comes from our filter. Then they taste the same water that has been magnetized. NOT ONE of those 100 has failed to notice the difference. The standard comment is, “It tastes wetter.” The difference is that pronounced.
Interesting
The ratio of small cluster water to large cluster water changes over time in your body. When you are born, there is a high percentage of small cluster water present. As you age, however, that percentage steadily drops — eventually becoming almost nonexistent.
One of the problems is that small cluster water is not stable. (The electric charges inherent in water continually cause the small clusters to bind together into larger and larger clusters. And to make matters worse, the process is accelerated when water is exposed to air and light.
Water On the Market
Recently, in health food stores, I’ve noticed that they are now selling small cluster water in little bottles for large prices.
It’s not that the water is not good. It is. Small cluster water significantly enhances your body’s ability to absorb nutrients (including all of the vitamins and minerals). And it also aids remarkably in any detoxification programs you run. (As a side note, it also makes any prescription drugs you take more “effective” for the very same reasons — something to keep in mind if you use such things.)
But the bottom line is why would you want to pay inflated prices for small amounts of clustered water when you could have as much as you wanted for FREE?
Instructions for Magnetizing Water
Take a large sun tea jar and use epoxy glue to attach several ceramic disc magnets (800 gauss or better) to the jar. Make sure that north is facing in for all of the magnets that you attach. You can find disc magnets almost anyplace that sells magnets. We used the magnets off of an old Nikken mattress pad. We used 10 magnets — 5 on each side of the jar. They worked great. You could easily taste the fact that the water was “wetter,” and they raised the pH of the water a full 1/2 point. Water placed in this jar will fully magnetize very quickly — in 5-10 minutes, or less.
Addendum (12 Jun 2017)
I wrote this article 15 years ago, and over the years, probably nothing I’ve written has generated more skepticism. People simply do not believe that a magnetic field can affect water. (To be clear, I am not saying it “magnetizes” the water, merely that it changes it.) The article has been debated on other sites and been called pseudoscience by a retired chemistry professor. But here are the facts. The article isn’t selling you anything. (The Baseline of Health Foundation doesn’t actually sell anything at all.) It’s not even trying to convince you of anything. It is proposing an inexpensive experiment that you are supposed to run yourself—to verify the results for yourself. That’s it. That’s all it’s doing. And it’s worth pointing out that not one of the people challenging the article has actually performed the experiment.
That said, since I first proposed the experiment, a number of peer reviewed scientific studies have indeed verified that exposing water to a magnetic field does indeed alter the water. It lowers its surface tension—effectively making the water “wetter.” Here’s one: http://www.lifenatural.com/a-Magnetic-Water-Surface-Tension-Scientific-Article.pdf. And I still recommend you try the experiment for yourself.
Good day sir, Thank you for
Good day sir, Thank you for sharing your experience qith cluster water. I have two question: – How long does it take for the water demagnetize ? – What do you think about super ionized water ? Thank you in advance, J.
Interesting topic to learn
Interesting topic to learn about
Besides changing the
Besides changing the structure of the water raising the PH, does it change the ORP levels when you use the magnets?
Hi Brendat,
Yes, raising
Hi Brendat,
Yes, raising the pH will raise the oxidation-reduction potential of the water. However, keep in mind that even though raised, the ORP of ionized of magnetized water is fairly weak. Compared to a water chemically treated with baking soda, for example, even when the pH is equivalent, the chemically treated water will have the potential to neutralize more acid than ionized of magnetized water. However, that is not necessarily a bad thing. Considering that you are planning on drinking upwards of 64 oz of that water a day, you want the ORP spread out through those 64 oz to minimize the chances of becoming too alkaline.
Jean,
As for time, it depends on the strength of the magnets and the amount of water passing within their fields. As it says in the newsletter, for a sun tea jar set up as directed, Water placed in the jar will fully magnetize very quickly — in 5-10 minutes, or less. Magnets placed around a one quart plastic water bottle will alter the water in about a minute. And strong magnets located at the neck of a bottle will change the water even as it flows past when poured. Devices of this type are sold for use on wine bottles. As for ionized water, check out Jon’s newsletter on alkaline water.
Once water has been
Once water has been magnetized will it lose its charge if used to make tea or coffee?
Telomere are lengthened with
Telomere are lengthened with coffee consumption and many more health benefits and I suspect this will also aid in the digestion of the coffee. I use dehumified water with a silver quarter and now am adding magnets! Vegan practices have me not drinking fluoridated water.
You say to put the North pole
You say to put the North pole of the magent toward the water. Please define the North pole you want to use. The North pole that is marked on the standard bar-magnet is NOT the same North pole used in medical magnets. It gets a little confusing defineing the correct pole to use for a certian purpose. The medical-North pole is called the south seeking pole or the pole that points to the south when supended from a string. Which pole do you use when you make magnet water?
Jon deals with this question
Jon deals with this question in some detail in his answers below the blog: http://www.jonbarron.org/natural-health/bl070405/blog-magnetic-field-water. Incidentally, the test Jon recommends only works in the Northern hemisphere.
Would you get the same
Would you get the same benefits if you put a large Speaker magnet in the bottom of your Waterco gravity water purifier ?
This is fascinating. I've
This is fascinating. I’ve long been interested in various electro-magnetic therapies but hesitated. This however looks simple, cheap and harmless.
If the two N sides are facing each other than aren’t you really de-magnetizing the water? As if something between them would be levitated or suspended by the resulting field?
Are there cases where N/S or S/S pole water would be beneficial?
One side magnetizes water for
One side magnetizes water for human consumption, The other side magnetizes water to help multiply cell growth and that means you dont wanna drink it cause it will cause tumors/cancer to grow faster in your body BUT will help plants grow at an incredible rate.
i use an RO storage tank in
i use an RO storage tank in my water filter system (NOT an RO system – the reason being that my filter line is run through a flow restrictor capillary in order to filter water slowly and maximize filter effectiveness). The Tank is made from steel and is lined with some sort of post cured “rubber” diaphram for the pressure. DO you think I could magnetize water stored in the tank? If so, it would be very easy since any magnet will hold itself to the tank. thanks for the info!
-billy-
It would probably work, as
It would probably work, as long as the water spends enough time in the magnetized environment before being drawn off to use so that all the water can be exposed to the field over time. Best way to test, though, is try the water magnetized in a jar first and identify the difference in taste between that and water that has not been exposed to a magnetic field. Once you can taste the difference, you’ll know what to look for in the RO storage tank water. If the taste matches the jar water, it works. Another possibility, of course, is to place the magnets at the tank’s exit point, where it would most likely be easier to make sure all the water leaving the tank is exposed to a field just before use.
Does the type of water you
Does the type of water you use (ex: tap, bottled, mineral) affect how strong the magnetic force of the water will be?
The more minerals there are
The more minerals there are in the water, the more it will be affected by the magnetic field. However, if you want to notice the difference, you probably don’t want the taste of mineral water confusing what you notice in your mouth. We checked with Jon and he says he’s done this successfully with both filtered tap water and bottled water.
hey that's a good questin!
hey that’s a good questin! PLEASE ANSWER IT. I really want to know. I was also wondering: How do you measure the pH of the water to see how magnetized it reall is?
pH and magnetic fields are
pH and magnetic fields are different things. And the water is not “magnetized” like a magnet. Rather its structure is changed by exposure to a magnetic field. If you have access to laboratory equipment, you will see that the water that has been exposed to a magnetic field has a reduced surface tension. That is the best objective measurement you could make.
Thanks for the information,
Thanks for the information, ma’am. Very helpful
After you magnetize the
After you magnetize the water…do the magnets run out of magneticity? ok i know this sounds weird and maybe makes no sense but PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION. you seem to have a problem with anwering questions quickly from what i can tell 🙂 ok im sorry just please
Again, water exposed to a
Again, water exposed to a magnetic field doesn’t become “magnetized” like a magnet. Rather the structure of the water is changed, which can be experienced as a wetter taste in the mouth, or measured as reduced surface tension using a tensiometer.
I have been studying magnets
I have been studying magnets for 5 years now. I have done magnet effect on hydrocarbon fuel. That was easy. The hard part is magnetized water effect on human body external and internal. It seems that negatively magnetized water consumed will reduce your body fluid. Meaning when you consume negative water, your body will naturally reduce its water content. You will consume less food. You will have a lean body but there are other complication involve. Its not a straight road and test subjects are not that easy to find. For general consumption, a neutral charged water is preferred. It helps your digestive system and body regeneration. Specific charge either negative or positive is for special purposes and must be apply in a certain way.
can we use magnetized water
can we use magnetized water to make magnetized water vapour? is it possible to magnetize water vapour?
does the change in state of water cause the properties of magnetize water to change
Great read,
Great read,
I’m about to get started on making one of the DIY.
I have a Berkey water filter (gravity) which is basically a stainless steel can with a diameter of 8 1/4″. There are filters that sit in the water at all times. Would it be as easy as attaching the correct sized magnets to the outside? Am I missing the point? Would it need to be a glass container?
Thank you for writing the article. Found it in a most interesting place!
David
Is it okay to magnetize your
Is it okay to magnetize your water and put baking soda in it to make it alkaline or do you only need to do one or the other. Would doing both make it too alkaline? And what about making tea and coffe with it.What order of steps should I make for making tea and coffee with this water?
Magnetizing water and adding
Magnetizing water and adding things to it are not mutually exclusive. As to doing both being too much, that has no meaning. It depends on how much water you’re talking about and how much baking soda you add. That said, Jon is not big on using baking soda to alkalinize water because of the high sodium content. As I’m sure you noticed in the newsletters where Jon frequently talks about it, he recommends potassium based alkaline drops such as AlkaZone Alkaline pH Booster Drops
Can you use it to make tea
Can you use it to make tea,coffee,soup, etc?
If you’re going to write
If you’re going to write articles then can you please learn how to form a sentence, and maybe perform at least a cursory spell check?
Many of your sentences are just really poorly constructed, but some things that stood out:
“Note: in the follow article …”
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“the same basic H20 molecules”
It’s H2O, not H20 (H Twenty).
“The standard comment is, “It tastes wetter.””
This sentance blew my mind. What exactly does “wet” taste like? I am quite surprised that 100 out of 100 people knew what the taste of “wet” is. I feel like you have some terribly gullible people visiting your house.
“The ratio of small cluster water to large cluster water changes over time in your body. When you are born, there is a high percentage of small cluster water present. As you age, however, that percentage steadily drops — eventually becoming almost nonexistent.”
Let me just get this straight, from how I understand what you’re telling me, a “cluster of water” is a droplet. Infants are born with a relative ratio of small water droplets, compared to larger water droplets, or just larger bodies of water in general… Is this what you’re trying to tell me?
I am a chemistry and biology major and I am just curious if you have ever heard of the term Hydrogen Bonding?
“Recently, in health food stores, I’ve noticed that they are now selling small cluster water in little bottles for large prices.”
Prices can’t be “large,” they can however be “high.”
“You could easily taste the fact that the water was “wetter,””
So now you can also taste facts…
Honestly, I’m not impressed. I won’t be reading anything you’ve written in the future.
-Chad
Actually, Chad, the article
Actually, Chad, the article was first posted 12 years ago, and some of your complaints are based on changes and reformatting that happened when it was transferred through multiple versions of the website—long after it was originally written. The H2O is an obvious example. We fixed them now that you have pointed them out.
Most of your comments, however, are a bit petty. Let’s cover some of them.
Instead of spending a couple of dollars to pick up some magnets to see for yourself whether you could taste or feel any difference in water exposed to a magnetic field, you chose to pass judgment on people who actually did and based their comments on experimental evidence. While they may or may not be gullible, you certainly would qualify as closed minded and unscientific.
As for water in the body, you did not get it “straight.” Jon was not talking about “droplets.” He was talking about how water molecules are structured at the molecular level. Although all water consists of the same basic H2O molecules, water nevertheless varies according to how these molecules bond together to form “water molecule groups.” To put it simply, it is in the size of these groupings that water differs. Ordinary water has electric charges that cause it to clump together. We see this expressed at the macro level as surface tension that causes water to bead up on the surface of a car. At the molecular level it causes the water molecules, which are normally arranged in tetrahedral structures to clump together in large groupings containing many tetrahedrons stuck together. The size of such a grouping is measured in Angstroms—not droplets. What Jon says is that as we age, the balance shifts from smaller groupings to larger groupings, which means they have a harder time penetrating cell walls. In other words, even though you may drink the same amount of water as you age, the cells of your body tend to dehydrate. But again, we are talking about Angstroms, not visible droplets. Incidentally, since you don’t seem inclined to actually want to check things out for yourself, an Angstrom is one ten-billionth of a meter.
Now as for the use of the word “large,” it’s very important that if you’re going to complain about someone else’s use of the English language that you know what you’re talking about. The definition of large is not limited to size. It also includes number and quantity as in:
Thus the use of the word in the article, although unusual, was not incorrect—and was obviously chosen for its parallel construction: “little bottles for large prices.”
Sorry you weren’t impressed, Chad, but that now appears to more on you than the article.
Your reply is hilarious and
Your reply is hilarious and polite, thank you for not responding in kind. Thank you for replying to questions after so many years the article was written in 2002 your continued reply to commitments is beyond the call of duty, thank you.
sighhh
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I appreciate your intelligent
I appreciate your intelligent response to Chad’s negative comments.
Can I magnetize a piece of
Can I magnetize a piece of paper using the magnetic water?
If so how can I do that?
I am looking for links where
I am looking for links where someone proved there is a health benifit. Maybe a study on people or even on normal cell growth maybe done in petre dishes. One with cancer cells being affected would be nice as well.
Thanks to anyone who can help with this. 😉
Hi I have a bioresonance
Hi I have a bioresonance device which can show me the affect of what ever I put in or on my body. I recently started using magnets on my body to help alkalize myself and then started using them to detoxify my organs when I saw how fast they could clear toxic particles in my organs. I also read that they can lower blood pressure so I put them over my heat. To boost my immune system I put one over my Thymus gland and now it shows clear of toxins. I use the word Toxins to mean just about anything that should not be there. Magnets have been used to clear parasites from the body. For myself I do not feel a difference using them but can see that they are doing a great job clearing my body of bad things using the bioresonance device. I put one magnet on the top of my head at night and dont have sleep problems. I could go on and on. I almost always use the North side next to me skin but the body is also divided up into Positive ( south) and Negative ( North) and you have to know which side to use where and when to use which side of the magnet. BiomagneticScience.net is where I found my magnets and lots of info on using them.
Hi,
Hi,
I purchased my magnets on amazon, they are 800 gauss, and I was wondering if it only works on a sun jar, or if I can put them on my brita water pitcher?
Thanks 🙂
It will work on anything non
It will work on anything non-metallic. But be sure and test it for yourself to see if you can notice any difference.
I disagree with this based on my own observation. I have a stainless steel propur water filter system. I held a magnet on the inside and a gauss meter on the outside of the vessel, and it reads the same strength as if there were nothing in between.
Hey,
Hey,
I really loved this experiment and thanks for the great info.
So when you mentioned that the magnets have to be 800 gauss or better, what would be the maximum strength of the magnet?
Can i use a 2800 gauss for this?
Just wanted to thank you for
Just wanted to thank you for your information and for being so patient with some of these people 🙂
Is there any truth to the
Is there any truth to the “erdwin clausen, Jr” comment, (from 1/1/2012) where I think he’s saying that applying the little magnets to the jar, with the wrong pole facing inward, “will cause tumors/cancer to grow faster in your body”??? If this is true…then there is no room for error.
There is a huge difference
There is a huge difference between magnetic fields applied directly to the human body and magnetic fields applied to water that you subsequently drink. Different principles apply.
I have a Living Water Machine
I have a Living Water Machine L4 by John Ellis. Should I also be magnitizing this water before I drink?
Hi~ as an empath who is
Hi~ as an empath who is affected by everything in the universe, I am very open to trying magnetized water. I ordered a magnetic plate from Life Sources. Will this be a good product to try this? From what I understand you place a pitcher of water on it to magnetize. I have many health issues including Lipidema, a painful fat disorder consisting of Lipomas- with secondary Lymphedema. Do you-in your opinion-think that magnetized water could help me and if so, why. Lymphedema is the swelling of legs and feet. We only know both involve the Lymph system being inefficient. I will not hold you to your answer as right or wrong, just asking your opinion. Thank you. There is no help or cure for this and I will take anything i can get that may help.
We’ve never tested with a
We’ve never tested with a plate—only with the magnets arranged as indicated in the article. And there is nothing that we know of that indicates that water altered by a magnetic field (again, the water itself is not actually magnetized) would directly affect the lymph system. Let us know how it works for you.
Make sure to do a search on our site to see other remedies as well.
The earth is round, is the
The earth is round, is the huge water body on the other side of the globe attached with the land magnet force/gravitational pull. Please explain how ?
Hi, I would like to ask if I
Hi, I would like to ask if I use 800 gauss on my water glass jar. Can I take the water as a normal drinking water, because some says that Magnetized water shouldnt be taken as a normal drinking water. This should be taken 3 days a day in 60ml (but these are magnetized using 3000-7000 gaus). Or the water should be magnetized using lower gauss like 800 gauss for us to be able to use it as a normal drinking water. Also, much does the glass sunkist jar can contain, I mean how many ML or Liters? Can i use neodymium magnets intead of normal ref magnets. Please advise. Thank you so much and more power.
Thanks for the article! What
Thanks for the article! What would be the effect of keeping water in the jar between opposite poles ( between noth and south pole) , would it be beneficial, since, it is hard to know the specific poles and keeping water between wrong poles may not be recommended ?
Also, would you recommend keeping water in a bottle in a magnetite powder and get it charged ?
Thanks!
Om
I was wondering if I put a
I was wondering if I put a large magnetized hematite in my drinking glass for 15 minutes or whatever time is suggested if that would work. Or do the magnets have to be outside the water container?
I was wondering why you face
I was wondering why you face the negative pole of magnet toward the water? I’ve read in several articles that the north and south do different things as energy, cleansing/detoxify and break down of gull stones etc…Can you please explain why you have chosen the north pole of the magnet? Can the South Pole be dangerous?
Thank you.
The best simplest and easiest
The best simplest and easiest method of drinking hydrogen rich wAter is drinking it from an alkaline water ionizer. It is little bit expensive there are alternative methods also. Check every thing and find out which suits you better.
Does anyone have any evidence
Does anyone have any evidence or studies for anything they said, im having trouble finding anything that been done in a lab and documented? Im having trouble beliveing it actually is “wetter” define wetter scientifically, what specifc resulting bond causes this “wetter” you can see how the molecules are grouped before hand in detail? What is the exact difference in that detail after being exposed to magnetisation and not magnetised? “wetter” kind of discredits your scientific scrutiny and no observation about the lenghth of time molecular bonds are held for? Kind regards
Yes. http://www.lifenatural
Yes. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211379717317230
Searching for a good topic to
Searching for a good topic to assist my son with a science project, I came across your article and experiment. Both hubby and I were not sure if it was going to work, but we tried anyway – and were most surprised with the results.
Now, I do have some questions though which I don’t see having being answered above:
1) Can this water be used for making tea/coffee or cooking.
2) What effect will it have if this water is used in cooking
3) Does the water de-magnetize after being removed from the jar with the magnets?
Thank you for a wonderful article 🙂
Of course, use the water for
Of course, use the water for cooking, coffee, tea, and all the above!
I totally agreed. I
I totally agreed. I practiced this since 1980 and so many people laughing at me. Again in 1990 I told my friends about this and no one will take it. 1998 I build a device that very similiar to yours, except I used two magnetic bars hold on the 1.5 litre wine bottle, guess what, one person said ” please do some thing for real”. I am still continue praticing the magnetic energy for human body. Thanks.
This was a fantastic article.
This was a fantastic article. I have just trained to be a magnet therapist using static magnets and have just learned about this during my course. I will do this with my water from now on. We are electrical beings with a large part of our bodies made up of water so this makes complete sense to me.
Do we close the jar with a
Do we close the jar with a lid???
What would happen if someone
What would happen if someone placed magnets on all sides of the bottle, even bottom and top? Would it still work?