SAN DIEGO -- A San Diego company is taking the bottled water market by storm with claims of dramatic health benefits. Can it really improve your health?

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Company Claims Water Improves Health

Four years ago, Bill Holloway, (pictured right), filled bottles of Penta Hydrate by hand. Today, his plant in Sorrento Valley fills 150 bottles a minute and Penta is now the No. 1-selling water in health food stores nationwide, 10News reported.

"San Diego water comes in, goes through multimedia filtration, carbon filtration, microfiltration, reverse osmosis, deionization, two stages of ultraviolet light treatment ... then it's clean," Holloway said.

But Penta Hydrate is more than clean. According to Holloway and the General Physics Institute, Penta is an entirely new structure of water. Using a patented process, Holloway says the water is broken down at the molecular level, making it in effect "thinner water."

"What it means is it's water that goes into the cell more rapidly," Holloway said.

Athletes looking for an "edge" have been Penta's biggest fans but a number of recent studies show the structurally altered water may also help in the healing process, 10News reported.

After being diagnosed with advanced stage melanoma last year, Masha Tankovich, (pictured left), endured grueling interferon treatments that made her miserable.

Tankovich drank several bottles of Penta a day and says her energy returned and swelling from lymphodema went down. But she did not really appreciate the water's benefits until she stopped drinking it.

"That's when you realize what it does to you ... when you're out ,,, not when you have it," she said.

Despite encouraging study results, Holloway is quick to point out Penta is not some miracle potion.

"It's the cell that's magic. Water doesn't cure anything ... just dehydration. But when you cure that dehydration, it's amazing the recuperative power of the body ... what the cells can do when they're functioning normally," Holloway said.

Some in the scientific community remain skeptical about the idea of molecularly altered water. But others in the medical community are looking at several university studies which show the water may act as a "trigger" for antioxidant enzymes in the body and as a possible delivery system for certain medications.

To purchase Penta water either visit one of the San Diego retailers listed below, click here to find a store in your area or purchase it online.

The Water Lady
1220 Cleveland Ave.
Suite M-115
(619) 296-1622

Whole Foods Market
711 University Ave.
(619) 294-2800

GEV
1050 University Ave. #101
(619) 293-7630

Henry's Marketplace
4175 Park Blvd.
(619) 291-8287

Chris' Liquor & Deli
2275 Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
(619) 222-0518

Apple Tree Market
4949 Santa Monica Blvd.
(619) 222-0102

Ranchos Mercado
4705 Point Loma Ave.
(619) 224-9815

GEV
5664 Mission Center Road # 405
(619) 293-7630

IT CyberSolutions
2531 Old Quarry Road
Suite 1726
(619) 823-0318

Longs Drug Store
1792 Garnet St.
(858) 483-1019

Long's Drug Store
4445 Mission Blvd.
(858) 273-0440

Beach House Market
3833 Mission Blvd.
(858) 488-9191

Henry's Marketplace
1260 Garnet Ave.
(858) 270-8200

Henry's Marketplace
3315 Rosecrans St.
(619) 523-3640

Barons
4001 West Point Loma Blvd.
(619) 223-4397

Nutri Sport
6305 El Cajon Blvd.
Suite A
(619) 286-4910

Sunshine Organic Foods
3918 30th St.
(619) 294-8055

Henry's Marketplace
4439 Genesee Ave.
(858) 268-2400

Keil's
7403 Jackson Drive
(619) 667-2750

Long's Drug
10350 Friars Road
(619) 563-8990

Windmill Farms
6386 Del Cerro Blvd.
(619) 287-1400

World Class Spa
10397 Friars Road
(619) 624-0506

Sunny Deli
6310 Nancy Ridge Drive #108
(858) 554-0028

Forward Consulting
3019 Governor Drive
(858) 450-0667

Henry's Marketplace
3358 Governor Drive
(858) 457-5006

Barons
11828 Rancho Bernardo Road
(858) 485-8686

Jimbo's Naturally
12853 El Camino Real
(858) 793-7755

Barons
12875 El Camino Real
(858) 481-2323