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Molecular Hydrogen

Everyone by now understands how crucial hydration is and the importance of drinking water. Our body can be up to 70% water, and consuming enough water is essential for:

  • Exercise performance
  • Cognitive performance
  • Digestive health
  • Weight loss

I hope everyone is optimizing their hydration, but since this is a biohacking website, let us talk about biohacking water.

In today's article, I would like to highlight one way to biohack your water to increase performance and longevity. Today, I would like to introduce you to the power of Molecular Hydrogen.

Hydrogen a Gas?

If you were to think back to your high school science class, you would remember that Hydrogen is a gas very much like other gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide. However, Hydrogen is one of the cutting-edge hacks you can use in your daily routine for anti-aging and overall health.

Hydrogen is the lightest element of the periodic table with the symbol H and consists of one electron and proton. When two hydrogen atoms bond together, we have molecular Hydrogen. I started using Molecular Hydrogen as it has shown to have a therapeutic effect in over 170 different human and animal diseases and help with nearly every organ in the body. Some of the reasons why I think Molecular Hydrogen deserves your attention is due to its unique properties such as:

  • Hydrophobicity
  • Small size and mass
  • Neutrality

Due to these unique factors, H2 can easily penetrate our cell membranes, blood-brain barrier, placental, and testis barrier and perform therapeutic effects as it reaches the subcellular parts such as the mitochondria, nucleus, etc. (This is extremely hard for any other antioxidant).

Hydrogen Can Activate Various Antioxidants in Our Body

Hydrogen can activate various antioxidants in our body, such as:

  • Glutathione: The body's master antioxidant.
  • Catalase: An antioxidant responsible for destroying cellular hydrogen peroxide buildup (which can give you gray hair).
  • Superoxide dismutase: An enzyme that helps break harmful oxygen molecules in cells.
  • Glutathione peroxidase: Catalyzes the reduction of various hydroperoxides.

H2 achieves this by activating the antioxidant response element and Nrf2 - a system that regulates the transcription of 200 cytoprotective genes. Hydrogen has shown a cell modulating effect where it can be:

  • Anti-obesity
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Anti-allergy

H2 does this by downregulation of chemical messengers called cytokines. Hydrogen downregulates pro-inflammatory cytokines like IL-1, IL6, IL8. Hydrogen also activates a system in our bodies where our cells can self-clean old, weak, worn-out, and dysfunctional cells via autophagy, which is your body cleaning up the trash. Hydrogen can produce a positive effect on obesity and metabolism by increasing genetic expressions of proteins that are responsible for metabolism and exercise, such as:

  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1 alpha (PGC-1 A): Plays a crucial role in cellular energy and metabolism by mitochondrial biogenesis.
  • Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-a): Regulates fat in the liver and is activated by exercise and calorie restriction.
  • Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21): Regulates carbohydrate intake and preferences like using it for energy or depositing it as fat cells.

Scientific Support for Molecular Hydrogen

I was motivated to use Hydrogen every day as a part of my healthcare routine, as its efficacy was tested by many of the world’s leading minds on health and wellness:

  • The University of Loma Linda: Reported that Hydrogen has the potential to help with the top 8/10 diseases that cause fatality like those mentioned by the Center for Disease Control.
  • The University of Washington: Said that consuming hydrogen-rich water was protective against neurodegenerative changes induced by traumatic brain injury.
  • The Japanese Government: Approved Hydrogen as an advanced medical treatment of post-cardiac arrest syndrome and also shown to have many neurological benefits.
  • Human Double-Blinded Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trials: Hydrogen-rich water is beneficial for metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, Parkinson’s, mitochondrial dysfunction, exercise performance, athletic recovery, wound healing, and so much more.
  • Preliminary Preclinical and Clinical Studies: Over 1000 studies have reported Hydrogen to have anti-aging, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, and anti-allergy effects.

Reactive Oxygen Species and Free Radicals

Hydrogen works by reducing free radicals in the body. Free radicals are highly unstable, making them react quickly to other molecules in the environment. This reaction steals electrons from its neighboring molecules in the body and makes us weaker over time. The health and supplement industry has used this information for ages and keeps on bringing new supplements marketed as antioxidants.

When we look at anti-aging research, we find that ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) has a role to play in every significant disease, such as inflammation, neurodegenerative diseases, asthma, diabetes, Parkinson’s, and cardiovascular diseases. Once ROS increases in the body due to a bad diet, poor sleep, or lifestyle-related factors, the body naturally turns up its antioxidant products such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione to protect itself against these ROS. However, most people's antioxidant self-defense systems these days are compromised. Therefore, we are always advised to consume more antioxidants to reduce oxidative stress and increase the oxidation potential of the body, which can protect against aging. Hydrogen, one of the most robust selective antioxidant systems, plays a massive role in helping the body scavenge these free radicals and protect the body against its harmful effects.

Hydrogen vs. Other Antioxidants

  • Hydrogen weighs 88 times less than vitamin C.
  • Hydrogen weighs 155 times less than Glutathione - The body's master antioxidant.
  • Hydrogen weighs 215 times less than vitamin E.
  • Hydrogen weighs 431 times less than Coenzyme Q10.

H2, due to its neutral and non-polar nature, can penetrate cellular and subcellular compartments like the mitochondria, which can be a superior advantage when it comes to anti-aging and overall health.

Why Include Molecular Hydrogen in Your Daily Routine?

Now that you clearly understand why molecular Hydrogen is superior to other antioxidants, let’s look at why you should include molecular Hydrogen as a part of your daily routine. I use H2 water as:

  • Hydrogen water battles cellular and skin aging.
  • Hydrogen water can assist with metabolic syndromes such as diabetes and obesity.
  • Hydrogen water increases immunity.
  • Hydrogen water reduces pain and inflammation.
  • Hydrogen water reduces DNA damage.
  • Hydrogen water reduces allergies.
  • Hydrogen water can reduce body fat.
  • Hydrogen water boosts brain health.
  • Hydrogen water helps in athletic performance.

Ways to Get More Hydrogen

There are many ways you can increase the level of Hydrogen in the body, and these can range from inhaling H2 gas, taking a bath with H2-rich water, eating more fiber to increase H2 by gut bacteria, transdermal application, using hydrogen tablets, using H2 saline solution in the eye, and others. Almost all of these methods require a lot of time, money, and resources to get hold of the purest forms. The best method I have found is to use a hydrogen water generator to produce molecular Hydrogen from any water you consume.

What to Look for in a Molecular Hydrogen Generator?

Due to molecular hydrogen's therapeutic effects, there are a few companies on the market releasing their versions of these devices. Before you buy a device, make sure they have been approved by any medical legislation such as the FDA. Some other things to look for:

  • Look for the latest technology, such as the SPE/PEM membrane: Many companies out there are using older technology generators that produce water with some residue of ozone or chlorine.
  • Look for a company that uses high-grade titanium: This provides a better electrolysis process that makes safe Hydrogen.
  • Look for a product that can generate at least 1000 ppb or 1.0 ppm of Hydrogen: 1000 ppb or more has the most health benefits.

I hope you have a better understanding of Molecular Hydrogen and find ways to integrate it into your own life and experience Hydrogen’s healing power.