Rural Heritage April/May 2026

This dog prefers ice and rainwater and snow over water in a bowl. I now understand he prefers the fourth phase of water, also known as structured or bioavailable water.

surrounding them which polarizes the water. The arrangement of the water molecules makes it more active. 4 One could also say it makes the water more bioavailable. The ranch’s cow did recover from her significant wounds, and the ranchers credited her recovery to the special water. Dr. Willard’s son John often thinks back to the first day his father knew the water was special, saying, “He was working in his home lab and burned himself. He put his hand in a bucket of the Catalyst Altered Water and immediately the pain was gone.” The Dog From childhood, we have learned that water has three phases: solid, liquid and vapor. Here, we have identified what might qualify as a fourth phase: the exclusion zone. Neither liquid nor solid, the EZ is perhaps best described as a liquid crystal with physical properties analogous to those of raw egg white. — Dr. Gerald Pollackv

I have a dog who is very athletic and very particular about the water he drinks after exercise. He would rather eat ice or snow or rain water in a puddle than water provided in a bowl. It can be very frustrating when I know he is thirsty that he won’t drink the water I have on hand for him. I am grateful to finally understand his preference. He prefers bioavailable water, also known as the fourth phase of water. Dr. Pollack describes the fourth phase of water as exclusion zone or EZ water because of one of its properties: it excludes other materials from its structure. Regarding ice, he says, “The atomic structure of ice closely resembles the atomic structure of the exclusion zone. This similarity is beyond coincidence: one transforms readily into the other.” From his research, he has learned that the formation of EZ water is a step in the creation of ice and in its melting. “The transition from water to ice requires an EZ intermediate.” He continues, “You may think of ice as being totally solid. In fact, a thin film of water lies on its surface … . The EZ’s

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