Kokshetau Mineral Waters JSC that bottles Kazakhstani deuterium-depleted water TURAN and the Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan supported by the Public Health Committee of Kazakhstan’s Ministry or Healthcare, Institute of Nutrition Problems of the Kazakh Academy of Nutrition and Astana Medical University launched a project to educate the population about the benefits of deuterium-depleted water for human health and longevity.
Water has long since been denoted by medical professionals as a simple and accessible source of health. While not being a pharmaceutical product, it can have a therapeutic effect on the human body and even prolong human life. Kazakhstan has a unique source of healthy water; this type of water is scientifically called deuterium-depleted water.
Deuterium-depleted water has a low concentration of deuterium (heavy hydrogen isotope). Such water is an extremely rare natural phenomenon. It can be artificially produced but the process is expensive. Consumption of deuterium-depleted water:
- helps normalize metabolic functions,
- increases resistance to gamma radiation,
- inhibits proliferation of cancer cells,
- reduces the frequency of errors in DNA transcription during protein synthesis,
- and slows down aging.
In the areas where residents consume deuterium-depleted water, there is a noticeable decrease in the prevalence of diabetes (38% lower than average), ischemia (25%), strokes (37%), hypertension and myocardial infarctions (22%) according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US federal agency.
TURAN water comes from the only natural deuterium-depleted water deposit in Kazakhstan. This deposit of one of the few natural sources of such water in the world. It was discovered in 2011 in Bukpa section of Kuskol groundwater deposit that was initially mapped by soviet hydrogeologists back in the 1980s. It is located in the Kokshetau Upland in the same area as Borovoe health resort and Kokshetau city. The deuterium-depleted water comes up from an underground lake that formed 15 thousand years ago in place of an ancient glaciation that went back to the Ice Age. On its way, TURAN water accumulates minerals and other elements. Its properties have been carefully studied by Kazakh and foreign scientists. Scientific opinions have been published by the Health Resort Medicine Department of the Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Diseases of Kazakhstan’s Healthcare Ministry, Sysin Research Institute of Human Ecology and Environmental Hygiene (Moscow, Russia), the Research Institute of Medical Rehabilitation and Health Resort Medicine of Ukrainian Healthcare Ministry, and the European certification organization SGS Institut Fresenius based in Germany.
TURAN natural mineral water from Kazakhstan is physiologically wholesome, meaning that it perfectly meets human needs thanks its content of natural minerals and acid-alkaline balance. Another beneficial property is that it has a low concentration of deuterium of 133 ppm. For comparison, natural water from the Antarctic has the deuterium concentration of 89 ppm, which is the lowest naturally occurring concentration of deuterium on earth. Popular drinking water brands usually offer water where deuterium occurs within the range of 137-148 ppm. Regular tap water contains 150 ppm of deuterium. And in the human body, deuterium levels may reach 148.8 ppm.
According to the World Health Organization, since around the 1960s, all over the world, drinking water is demineralized for the purposes of purification and disinfection, or as an alternative, drinking water is produced through artificial means. In connection with this, the WHO issued recommendations for all countries that at least 0.5 liters of natural mineral water per day should be consumed by every person.
On average, Kazakhstani residents drink 0.11 liters of bottled water a day per person, but only 0.07 l/d of this amount is natural mineral water. Whereas every resident of the EU, according to Euromonitor, consumers 0.5-1 liters of natural mineral water per day, just as recommended.
In 2018, in pursuance of its core mission, The Health of the Nation, TURAN launched the educational project called Deuterium-Depleted Water: Prolongation of Life together with the Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan. The goal of the project was to maximize availability of deuterium-depleted water to Kazakhstani residents and raise their awareness of the benefits of its consumption for improving the general health of the nation. The campaign was carried out by representatives of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Healthcare, Kazakh Academy of Nutrition, and the Science Office of Kokshetau Mineral Waters JSC. The program targeted doctors involved in the country’s healthcare system, kindergarten, school and university teachers, students and other active citizens who lead a healthy lifestyle and would like to live a long and productive life.
