Malaysia’s
Health Ministry has said that it will take action against the sale or promotion
of Kangen water, a certain alkaline water device which the device manufacturer
claims is a health supplement able to aid in the treatment of 150 chronic
illnesses.
Commenting
on the alkaline water product which has been promoted as a “miracle water”,
Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said: “The
Health Ministry views such promotion very seriously because it can mislead
people into believing the water can cure various illnesses. Under the Food
Regulations Act 1985 under the Food Act 1983, all water packed for consumption
must be approved and licenced by the Health Ministry.”
The
Kangen water equipment though has earned a “medical device” rating from Japan’s
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour.
Kangen
Water™ is the name that Enagic, a Japanese company, has for its reduced ionized
water after municipal or other potable water is run through their proprietary
ionizer units. The water is named Kangen which is the Japanese word for “return
to origin”, which means that the “water is returned to the way it was
originally available when the planet was young and secondly that the body
returns to the healthy way it used to be before suffering the toxic and
debilitating stresses of aging.”
Enagic
has offices and showrooms in several major cities of the world, including
Singapore. The water product which is now in the bad books of health
authorities in Malaysia, has been featured in several news outlets all around
the world.
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