By GreenMedInfo | Waking Times
We are erroneously taught early in life that matter can only exist in one of three “states”: solid, liquid, or gaseous. For example, copper can exist as solid copper (often mixed with other elements), molten or liquid copper, or, when exposed to extreme heat, gaseous copper. There is no other state possible; the transition is from one state to the next with no intermediate steps. The transformation occurs mainly under the influence of heat, but influences such as pressure may also play a role.
If we apply this concept to water, then we can conclude that water can only exist as ice (solid), water (liquid), or steam (gas). We were all taught this in elementary school science class. The problem, like so many “truths” in science (and frankly in our culture in general), is that it doesn’t stand up to even a cursory examination. In this case, we have all seen and probably eaten Jell-O, which is composed of over 90 percent water yet clearly is in none of the above three states. In fact, the state of matter that a substance assumes is not a vague concept; it can be clearly demonstrated with apparatuses that measure the bond angle between the individual molecules. Ice has a distinct bond angle between each molecule, water has a different bond angle, and in steam the molecules are mostly unattached to the other molecules. The gel that makes up Jell-O has none of these bond angles. Instead it has an intermediate bond angle that is characteristic of the gel state. Dr. Gerald Pollock, in his seminal book The Fourth Phase of Water, describes in detail the formation and characteristics of this fourth phase. That it exists is not in dispute. The issue is that it is not recognized for the importance that it has to the entire field of biology.
Water is the only “substance” that can exist in this fourth state, at least as far as I know. This fourth phase of water, also called structured water, is the basis of biological life.
I first started questioning the three-states-of-matter dogma when I started working as an ER doctor. We, of course, had been taught that every cell contains about 70 percent water. This was easily proven, and then no further mention was made of the water. In other words, after this cursory mention, the role and state of water were completely ignored. We just assumed it must be liquid water. But in the ER I saw hundreds of people with traumatic injuries–bullet wounds, stabbings, and other terrible wounds–but I never once saw any water squirting out of a wounded person, nor any puddle of water lying on the floor next to the injured patient. Where was the water? Blood, yes, but I had just spent years being told that humans are basically a bag of water with stuff dissolved in it, yet clearly there is no water in any cell in our bodies.
Reading the work of Dr. Pollack and of cell physiologist and biochemist Dr. Gilbert Ling years later finally cleared up this mystery. All of the “water” in our cells is in the fourth, or structured, phase. As with Jell-O, you can poke holes in it or squish it and you will never see “water” squirt out because the water is held together in a gel matrix. Jell-O is formed through the interaction of a hydrophilic surface (in this case the gelatin proteins), water, and then a heat source. The role of heat in producing Jell-O is to unfold the proteins so that they can attach to the water molecules. Without the heat the proteins remain tightly folded and can’t bond to water and no gel forms. Upon cooling, the characteristic gel forms. The water inside of our cells is similar. You start with water and add protein (some evidence exists that the protein is actin, one of the main structural proteins in the body), which then together form the characteristic fourth-state gel.
What about the heat? Obviously we can’t add direct heat to this system to unfold the proteins.
