Water can act as an antioxidant if it bonds properly, requiring correct temperature, pH, adequate intake, and absence of damaging solutes, while potentially carrying beneficial electrolytes.

“Now, since this is a discussion about chemistry as a service to try and understand the biological effects of water, keep in mind that water itself, believe it or not, can act as an antioxidant, provided that it's bonding to things in the proper way, which requires that it get into cells in the proper amounts and rates, which requires that the temperature and pH of that water be correct and provided that there's enough water there and that that water isn't bound to other things, it's not containing salutes that are damaging and potentially that it's carrying some of the good things such as sodium or that there's potassium present again, the so-called electrolytes that allow cells to function well.”