Sometimes, you look at your boring glass of ginger ale and think, “This could really use more ions.” Or maybe you don’t, but the makers of the Beverage Power have done that thinking for you.
It’s a small device that the company says will attach to any drinking glass or water bottle. It has a contact on its side that your hand activates, and you complete a circuit when the drink touches your mouth. That introduces a “small, safe electric current” that floods your drink — and, therefore, your body — with negative ions.
And here’s why the company says you’d want to do that.
“The results and benefits are astounding, since tastes are altered and enhanced,” Beverage Power maker Global Ionics says. “For example, salty drinks taste saltier, sugary drinks taste sweeter, beers taste fizzier, and champagnes taste bubblier.”
The flavor enhancement gives Global Ionics CEO Ken Davidov ideas for how his invention can change everything about drinking.
“Beverage companies can lower sodium and sugar in their products and still achieve great taste, while providing a healthier drink,” he says. “Our objective is to provide beverage devices and innovations that will speed up recovery due to dehydration, boost energy, flush out toxins, act as an antioxidant, and enhance the body’s immune system.”
Global Ionics has a whole line of body-charged devices (although most of them, including Beverage Power, also contain a AAA battery and a proprietary voltage-booster). Its Ionic ProClean toothbrush claims to use all of that negativity to loosen and repel plaque. The company also offers a nasal rinse and a hairbrush/comb for any other hygiene needs that might benefit from throwing electrons around like juggling balls.
