and adjusted such factors include age weight activity dehydration body fat etc typically 0 5 liters day of the water of the invention provide beneficial results in addition it is contemplated that the water of the invention may be administered in any number of ways known in the art including for example orally topically buccally sublingually parenterally intramuscularly or intravenously either alone or mixed with other agents compounds and chemicals it is also contemplated that the water of the invention may be useful to irrigate wounds or at the site of a surgical incision the water of the invention can have use in the treatment of infections for example infections by anaerobic organisms may be beneficially treated with the oxygenated forms of the water in another embodiment the water of the invention can be used to lower free radical levels and thereby inhibit free radical damage in cells in one embodiment the water may contain a sweetener i e a compound that imparts a sweet taste but does not increase the blood glucose levels of the patient examples include a sugar alcohol and non nutritive sugars as used herein the term sugar alcohol refers to reduced sugars the preferred sugar alcohol are mono saccharide alcohols and disaccharide.