While most of us know by now that we need to drink water regularly in order to remain well-hydrated and healthy, the Ocean with its salty water is generally the last source that we would think of for drinking water.

A recent human hydration study conducted at the University of Arizona, in which the impact of post-exercise hydration on student athletes was evaluated, revealed that desalinated deep ocean mineral water rehydrated participants in half the amount of time that a carbohydrate-based sports drink or mountain spring water does. Not only that, but it also significantly improved the recovery of lower body muscle performance.

It is thought that the deep ocean water’s greater impact on rehydration is due to its unique blend of minerals and electrolytes. To prove this theory, well-hydrated participants exercised on a stationary bike in the middle of heat lamps until they lost 3% of their starting body weight due to dehydration. Participants were then given desalinated deep ocean water, mountain spring water or a carbohydrate-based sports drink to rehydrate them, after which a biomarker measuring the rate of rehydration through saliva, as well as the performance of their lower body muscles were tested.

The deep ocean water, which came from the Global Conveyor Belt, a deep ocean current comprised of melted glacial water that travels the depths of the world’s ocean, collecting a natural balance, and specific blend, of minerals and electrolytes not found in any other hydrating beverage and therefore had a unique blend, performed far better than the other liquids.

There are more studies planned to explore deep ocean water and its properties on rehydration, mental capacity and beyond, but this does seem to support the fact that desalination of the earth’s deep ocean waters will be highly beneficial to us as an alternative source of drinking water.

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