How to Correct High Alkaline Water

You can find many differing schools of thought about the need to alkalize or de-alkalize your water. The makers of water-ionizing systems like Kangen claim that alkalizing your water can lead to dramatic improvements in your health. Other medical professionals call these theories far-fetched at best.

Still, there can be benefits to correcting your high-alkaline water. Water with an acidic pH has anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties. Studies have found that cranberries, containing ascorbic acid, can be beneficial as a preventative for maladies like urinary tract infections. If you are looking to acidify your water, and thus correct its high alkalinity, there is a simple, cost-effective way to do it.

Things You'll Need

• Water container
• High-alkaline water
• Cranberry juice
• Vinegar
• Teaspoon

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Instructions

• 1

  Pour the desired amount of alkalized water into a water container. Measure the amount of water in cups.

• 2

  Measure 1 tsp. of vinegar for every cup of water. One cup of water calls for one tsp. of vinegar, 10 cups of water calls for 10 tsp. of vinegar and so on.

• 3

  Taste the water mixture. The acetic acid in the vinegar might make the water taste a bit off, but this is how you get acidic water the easiest and least expensive way possible.

• 4

  Cranberry juice acidifies water simply

  Move on to using cranberry juice as your acid, if the vinegar taste does not work for you. Aim to get the cranberry juice that does not contain added sugar. Plain cranberry juice can be hard to drink, but that's why you're cutting it with one cup of water per tsp. If you find no problem with 1 tsp. per cup, you can even move up to 1 tbsp. per cup, for even more acidic water.