Alkaline water has been found to be significantly effective in reducing the fermentation that causes anorexia. 

We conducted a series of tests, using rats, on the effect against abdominal distention that causes anorexia and intestinal fermentation that causes borborygmus, generation of gas and belching.

According to the tests, the weight of cecal contents was significantly reduced for the alkaline ionized water group.  In addition the amount of short link fatty acid in the cecal contents, an indictor of abnormal entero fermentation tends to significantly decline proving the effect of alkaline ionized water to suppress it. Abdominal Distension - Alkaline ionized water suppresses abnormal entero-fermentaion,Gifu University, School of Agriculture, Dept of Dietary Science.Professor Naoto Tsuga, associate Professor Junji Hayakawa