Molecular Hydrogen
is Natural and Safe
Hydrogen gas is not a foreign substance like a drug or pharmaceutical that is alien to the body. After a fiber rich meal, our gut bacteria actually produce hydrogen gas which diffuses into the blood and exerts many beneficial effects. According to the research, drinking water that contains solubilized hydrogen gas is the most effective method to deliver hydrogen to the body. Interestingly, it is also the oldest method. Since the dawn of time, there has been talk of natural spring waters and the mythical fountains of youth with stories of miraculous healing and outstanding longevity.
These stories seem to be but fables and legends, however recent investigations of some of these healing waters in Japan; Tlacote, Mexico; Nadone, India; Lourdes, France, etc. all show that these waters are therapeutic and that they contain available dissolved molecular hydrogen gas. It makes sense that since hydrogen has been so intimately involved in the origins and sustenance of life, it would still benefit us today. Perhaps this is why we developed a symbiotic relationship with the H2 producing bacteria in our guts and also why Nature produced springs rich in hydrogen gas, to benefit its creations. Hydrogen appears to benefit all forms of life including plants.
Molecular Hydrogen in Ionized Water
The Bottom Line with regards “Alkaline” water versus Hydrogen water:
The biomedical field was caught by surprise in 2007 when an article, published in the prestigious journal of Nature Medicine, demonstrated that something so natural and simple as molecular hydrogen could have significant biological benefits. With the new understanding of the active role of hydrogen gas, we are now able to understand why many people benefited from so-called “ionized water”.
Ionized water is produced via electrolysis, which decomposes water to available oxygen gas and hydrogen gas (2H2O O2 + 2H2), which dissolves into the water.
In 1965, the Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare approved ionized water as a medical substance to help with various gastrointestinal symptoms. The numerous clinical reports and evidence of therapeutic benefits clearly demonstrated that this water contained an active therapeutic agent. To explain the benefits, promoters of ionized water first assumed it was the alkaline pH and small water clusters – but this was debunked. Then they assumed it was the availability of free electrons (-ORP) – but this is only a small part of the answer. However, it is now well recognized that molecular hydrogen gas is the great secret. Research has shown that removal of the hydrogen gas in ionized water eliminates the benefits and addition of extra hydrogen gas to the water increases the therapeutic benefits.
