Many cultures have a name and definition for life force. It has been called qi in Chinese medicine and prana in yogic practices. At AquaLiv, we define it as any energetic quality that contributes to life-enhancing biological activity.

Many have asked us, "why not just say energy?" The answer? In the beverage market the term 'Energy Drink' is the name of a category of beverages. AquaLiv is not a stimulant packed energy drink to be compared with beverages like Red Bull- or even coffee for that matter! It does not provide a rush or an energetic high. Energy drinks tweak the metabolism into overdrive, delivering borrowed energy from your immediate future. That is why one gets an onrush of sleepiness a few hours after consuming a typical energy drink. That is not AquaLiv and we do not want people to expect that kind of feeling.

AquaLiv does not deliver energy by borrowing it from your future- it actually contains energy. Energy to be used in the physical restructuring of the water itself for the body's various uses.

Here is a simple example. You have cool water, but want hot water for tea. So, you add heat energy to the water to make it hot. Or, you have cool water, but would rather have ice, so you remove heat energy until the water becomes ice. In this example, heat energy was added or removed so that the water could perform two different duties.

Your body physically restructures water for various uses within the body. For example, the high-energy hexagonal form is used to create a supporting structure for DNA while also acting as a dense shield protecting the DNA proteins from free radical damage. The water you normally drink requires your body to add its own energy to create this particular form. Since AquaLiv is already in a high-energy state, for many of the restructuring processes your body performs, it gets to take energy from the water instead of adding it- energetic gain on a cellular level.

We do not have a life-force meter for water to date. However, the best detector of life-force energy in water is a mouth! Why does spring water taste better than distilled water? Hint: it is not the minerals. It is energy! You can add minerals to distilled water in any amount or combination you wish, but will never achieve the taste of true spring water. High-energy water tastes great even at room temperature. Buy some SmartWater (distilled with minerals added) and AquaLiv and do a taste test for yourself!

The National Institutes of Health has issued this statement on the subject of biofields (life-force energy): '"The biofield has defied measurement to date by reproducible methods. Therapies involving biofields are based on the concept that human beings are infused with a subtle form of energy. This vital energy or life force is known under different names in different cultures, such as qi in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), ki in the Japanese Kampo system, doshas in Ayurvedic medicine, and elsewhere as prana, etheric energy, fohat, orgone, odic force, mana, and homeopathic resonance. Vital energy is believed to flow throughout the material human body, but it has not been unequivocally measured by means of conventional instrumentation. Nonetheless, therapists claim that they can work with this subtle energy, see it with their own eyes, and use it to effect changes in the physical body and influence health."