You are just about to spend $4000 on the Kangen Water Ionizer and you pause to think, “Hey, I wonder what the maker of this machine has to say about it?” So you go to Enagic.com and discover that the maker / distributor of this miraculous machine has no opinion as to what it does or how it does it.

Odd? Well, no. Crafty, actually.

The Kangen Water Ionizer is produced and distributed by Enagic Co., Ltd, a Japanese company, and sold by an independent MLM sales force of thousands of hucksters. Using this structure, Enagic is able to circumvent the Federal Trade Commission’s rules against false advertising.

You see, Enagic itself doesn’t actually sell the water filter machines, nor does it make any detailed claims as to its use or effectiveness. Its corporate website is built solely to promote its various multi-level marketing (MLM) models. No scientific or medical claims are made other than “Help to improve digestive symptoms.”

There are thousands of criminals out there selling Kangen machines one-on-one to hapless victims who in turn don’t realize that they are being lied to. The criminals make false claims of how Kangen will cure cancer, diabetes, arthritis, old age, acne and a host of other ills. Enagic, the maker of the machine, does not support these claims.

Instead, Enagic supports “the personal nature of a direct sales marketing business model, utilizing hard-working, independent distributors [as] the best way to get the word out about Kangen Water®.” Why, poor innocent Enagic isn’t to blame if every single one of its independent distributors uses high pressure sales techniques, intimidation, scare tactics, and outright lies to make them rich, is it?

Furthermore, the template website that Enagic gives to every one of its snake-oily salespeople has a nearly invisible disclaimer that assures us that “The products and the claims made about specific products on or through this site have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not approved to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.” Well said! Now they’re free to lie, lie, and lie with impunity.

The FTC faces a difficult problem here. Enagic is sponsoring fraud on a massive scale, yet they are allowed to steal your money on a technicality. Unless the FTC comes up with an enforceable law that holds countless door-to-door (and PC-to-PC) salesmen accountable for the lies they use to scam innocent people, the beat will go on.

But the crooks won’t care, anyway. They’ll keep on lying and the uninformed will keep on falling victim and bogged down law enforcement will be too stymied to ever put a stop to it.

The title of this article is a headline I yearn to read one morning in the papers. Alas, it will never happen. These foreign nationals – these economic terrorists – have studied American legal loopholes and are now stealing billions of dollars from Americans using an army of traitorous American con men.

Sickening.

Scrud Kelley

(For more Kangen truth, see our directory at our Kangen tab.)

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I find it’s a losing battle trying to convince some people that the outrageous lies told by Kangen salespeople are designed to steal their money. You would think they’d appreciate a good Samaritan taking the time to stop and help them out.

[For those not in the know, the Kangen Water Ionizer is a $4000 machine that filters water. It doesn't do anything else, but its MLM sales force will claim that by increasing your tap water's pH level (and independent tests suggest it doesn't even do that) it cures everything from cancer and diabetes to acne and headaches.]

Of course victims-to-be would have to find my help first, since I don’t actively seek out Kangen’s intended victims. I merely post my blogs. The victims-to-be would have to actively seek the truth, and even then they’d have to be diligent enough to wade through the thousands of lying sales pitches on the Internet to find it.

And if they do find the truth – through my blogs or those of other helpful souls (see below) – it seems that if we don’t make them feel as good about the truth (it doesn’t work) as they feel good about the lies (miracle cure for everything), then we may very well fail to protect them.

The facts are simple enough:

Water of any pH level – acidic or alkaline – is neutralized by your stomach acid, after which it is made properly alkaline for your body by your pancreas.

If a water ionizer machine changes the pH level of your tap water, that pH level is immediately changed to highly acidic levels by your extremely strong stomach acid before reaching any other part of your body’s system. This is how human bodies work. From the stomach, all liquid passes through your pancreatic system, which adjusts the alkaline level to what is correct for your body. Period. No ifs, ands or buts. End of discussion.

Kangen liars – that is, all Kangen salespeople – can huff and they can puff, but they can’t change the simple facts of biology.

So how can victims-to-be feel better about heeding the voice of reason? Well…

• They can be proud of being an educated consumer.
• They can help others by spreading the word.
• They can take satisfaction in fighting for truth, justice, and the American way.
• They can reap thanks from friends and strangers alike.
• They can feel good about taking money away from a con man for a change.

What if they only discover the truth after they bought the machine, as most purchasers do? They’re embarrassed, confused, hurt, and fear being ridiculed for their bad judgment. Very few can afford a small claims lawsuit. Very few get a refund.

• They can now feel safe from potential health disaster.
• They can now feel free from the shackles of lies and ignorance.
• They can still help others by spreading the voice of reason, joining the good fight.
• By protecting the health and bank accounts of others, they can feel vindicated.
• Former Kangen salespeople may feel solace in educating others as a form of penance.

For some reasonable, factual support, they can cite any of the following web links:

Hexagonal Water is an Appalling Scam
Drinking Water and Water Treatment Scams
Wash Your Brain With Ionized Water: Mmm Refreshing
Alkaline water for acne – Snake oil on tap
About Kangen Water – Most know It is a scam
Snake Oil – The Experiment
Water Cluster Quackery
Alkaline Water is a Hoax Read The Real Story
Water Cluster Pseudoscience
Acid-Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense
Are you a Kangen, or are you a Can’t-gen?

Good luck, Soldiers of Truth!

Scrud Kelley

(For more Kangen truth, see our directory at our Kangen tab.)

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It’s an indisputable fact of science that Kangen Water Ionizers are no better for your health than $10 water filters (About Kangen Water – Most know It is a scam). So when one of these hucksters tells you in fervent tones that their machine will cure cancer, diabetes, heart disease… all the way down to acne, are they lying or are they delusional?

They certainly don’t accidentally insert themselves into a multi-level marketing downline. It takes filling out forms, investing money, and altering pre-fab websites to use as their sales tool. MLM can often be on the up-and-up, so why do all Kangen salespeople lie?

Because they would never sell their $4000 water filter if they told the truth.

Kangen is made and distributed by Enagic Co., Ltd, an unapologetic MLM company that carefully avoids getting involved in direct sales in order to take advantage of a truth-in-advertising loophole and avoid being shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. It is the job of the MLM sales force to tell the lies.

Why? Because the FTC can’t shut down thousands of individual liars. For just one to be put out of business, there have to be a barrage of complaints to the proper authorities, followed by official notices, followed by mandatory response periods, followed by court time, followed by cease-and-desist orders, followed by criminal charges, followed by conviction and the shutting down of one single lying salesman.

But Enagic has even figured out how to protect its lying, cheating, stealing MLM sales force. At the bottom of every Kangen sales website, Enagic provides a tiny “Disclaimer” link that the salesperson may use (many delete it). This one well-hidden page protects them against all their lies. It reads, more or less:

US FDA Disclaimer

The products and the claims made about specific products on or through this site have not been evaluated by the United States Food and Drug Administration and are not approved to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease.

The information provided on this site is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or other health care professional or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging.

You should not use the information on this site for diagnosis or treatment of any health problem or for prescription of any medication or other treatment.

You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a health problem.

This “Disclaimer,” I submit, is proof positive that every one of these salespeople are lying cheats.

Can a Kangen salesperson be duped into representing Kangen as a legitimate medical device? Well of course! The power of lies, after all, is Kangen’s most effective tool. So I would give the benefit of the doubt to any new Kangen salesperson who may not know better. They may be merely deluded.

But any intelligent, rational person would soon discover the truth. Read your own disclaimer! There are enough sources online and offline to explain the facts so that even a child would understand it. So when Kangen salespeople continue to tell their lies, I regard them as criminals. They are telling lies to steal your money.

One might argue that despite the indisputable fact that their machine is a fake, some Kangen salespeople continue to believe in their own lies. They would have to be self-delusional if this is the case. The human brain can justify unimaginably bad behavior in order to preserve its own sanity.

One might argue that they are victims themselves, duped by Kangen recruiters with the lure of quick profits and now “forced” to promote a sham product in order to save face and/or recover their investment. If this is the case, they have no personal integrity.

And they are criminals.

Scrud Kelley

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I feel great – and it’s all because of the water I drink!

Okay, I don’t smoke, do drugs, or drink booze. I avoid salt, processed flour and sugar, and I especially avoid food with unnecessary chemicals and preservatives. I avoid too much sun. I exercise daily – real get-on-the-bike or walk-5-miles exercise – as well as do my stretches every morning and evening.

My blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar level, and other such earmarks are typical for a man 10-15 years my junior. I have all my hair and all my teeth except for a couple of molars pulled way back when.

But the real reason for my extremely good health isn’t because I listen to my doctors, eat responsibly, and live a healthy lifestyle. The real reason is that every day I drink water. And not just any old tap water, no! I drink charcoal filtered tap water. The Brita filter costs me about $10 a month, but my life and vitality are worth it!

Seriously, folks, there are criminals who will tell you that you must buy their $4,000 water filters in order to achieve these same results. Enagic Kangen is the master baiter in this fishing hole, but there are countless knock-offs. They’ll have you believe that their water alone will cure your ills and make you feel great. Lifestyle choices, proper health maintenance, environment, and genetics apparently make little or no difference.

The Kangen Water Ionizer is a miracle machine, to hear them tell it. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a web commercial someday (soon, now that I’m giving them the idea) that shows a Kangen Water Ionizer at the source of the Lourdes springs.

The Kangen criminals who sell these machines will spew pseudoscience at you, make totally unsubstantiated health claims, misquote deceased doctors who aren’t able to rebut such character assassinations, and print the testimonials of duped victims. Often they’ll try to suck you into their multi-level marketing scheme to help them circumvent Federal Trade Commission laws and perpetrate their crime on other victims.

If you question them – and I mean really challenge them on the facts – they’ll call you stupid and close-minded and a stooge of Big Pharmaceutical Companies (you know, those institutions that actually have to prove their claims).

Now, I know that these con men and women are just trying to make an honest buck in order to make ends meet in this difficult economy. Well, not honest. And a few of them are downright rich from their 1000% mark-up of these bogus health machines. But it’s not their fault if you’re stupid enough to fall for their claptrap, is it?

Their most ludicrous argument is “Try it.” Yeah, give them a non-refundable $4000 for a water system that in 50 years has had absolutely no double-blind testing, no bona fide medical peer review, and no endorsement from the American Medical Association, the Food and Drug Administration, the Center for Disease Control, the Environmental Protection Agency, the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, AARP, or the Federal Trade Commission, to name just a few.

Their most insidious sales tactic is to use the lie-enough-times-they’ll-believe-it approach. They spam Google, posting thousands of articles and websites and comments so that the average search for “Kangen,” “ionized water,” “hexagonal molecules” etc. will only reveal their pro-quackery drivel.

Now Kangen hucksters are using words like “scam,” “huckster,” “snake oil,” and “quackery” in their own websites and blog articles in order to further flood the Internet with their tripe and block attempts to find the truth through a Google search.

A lie repeated a million times is still a lie.

Some truthful websites are out there. Start with these:

• Hexagonal Water is an Appalling Scam
• Wash Your Brain With Ionized Water: Mmm Refreshing
• Drinking Water and Water Treatment Scams (a PDF file)
• Alkaline water for acne – Snake oil on tap
• About Kangen Water – Most know It is a scam
• Snake Oil – The Experiment
• Water Cluster Quackery
• Alkaline Water is a Hoax Read The Real Story
• Water Cluster Pseudoscience
• Acid-Alkaline Theory of Disease Is Nonsense
• Are you a Kangen, or are you a Can’t-gen?

The true miracle of Kangen is that so many people are still willing to throw away their hard-earned money to fast-talking criminals. WAKE UP, PEOPLE!

Oh, that thing about Kangen curing herpes – if a Kangen Water Ionizer salesman ever pitches that line to you, please don’t believe him/her. They’re prone to lying.

Scrud Kelley

(For more Kangen truth, see our directory at our Kangen tab.)

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