In the "water movement" today, two types of water stand out in that their are very
impressive claims made regarding their healing properties. Since we are composed of over 70% water, it does makes sense that simply drinking the right kind of water could be a game-changer for our health.
While alkaline water seeks to address issues in the body via pH, or by reversing acidosis in the body, hydrogen water fights the basis of all illness, aging and degeneration which is oxidative stress and inflammation.
What is Oxidative Stress?
Oxidative stress is a process underway in our body which goes on all the time. It is the aging / degeneration process itself and is the result of free radical damage. Oxygen is crucial for survival and is why we breath air. Free radicals are oxygen-containing molecules that have unpaired electrons. For an electron to be stable, it needs to be part of a pair. So a free radical is an unstable molecule which has an electron that is looking for a partner. But these unstable electrons are not always nice, so they steal electrons from healthy cells. From a human point of view, this is the microscopic view of the process of aging, or degeneration.
Oxidative stress or free radical damage underlies:
Pain
Inflammation
Disease
Fatigue
Chronic Illness
Anti-oxidants such as green tea, vitamin C and spirulina quench free radicals because they are naturally brimming with extra electrons. The more anti-oxidant foods and supplements you take, more extra electrons you have available to balance the activity of free radicals in your body. This is the primary reason that an excellent diet is crucial to live a long, high quality life.
Enter Hydrogen Water
Just as food offers an extra electron, there is way that water can perform that same function, potentially yielding results which surpass dietary supplements and foods alone. Studies have shown that molecular hydrogen protects the body against oxidative stress by neutralizing free radicals.
What is Molecular Hydrogen?
Hydrogen is a molecule which has the property of easily bonding with other molecules.
When just two hydrogen molecules form a pair, it becomes H2 gas, AKA molecular hydrogen. Even though it is a very small molecule, it offers some enormous health benefits. Research does show that molecular hydrogen has incredible incredible curative potential.
How does Hydrogen Water work in my body?
Water is H20 and molecular hydrogen is H2. As we discussed, free radicals are oxygen containing molecules with a free electron. Anti-oxidants (including H2) are free radical scavengers. When molecular hydrogen enters the body, it quickly finds an oxygen containing molecule with a free electron. When they meet, they create H20! So not only is the free radical neutralized, you just got hydrated, because you can absorb that water.
How do I make Hydrogen Water?
Even though there is plenty of hydrogen in regular water, it is all bound up so there are no free hydrogen molecules. If you drop magnesium tablets into water, some free hydrogen will be released, but not enough to accomplish the task of quenching free radicals. Hydrogen water can also be made through electrolysis, which is using electricity to split the water molecule to create some free hydrogen. This is the same way alkaline water is created and many alkaline water machines do include a hydrogenating option. This method has its downsides because adequate amounts of hydrogen cannot be generated in the short time it takes to make the alkaline water. The second down side is the taste is not always the best because ionized water is created around metallic electrodes.
We feel the best way to make it is by infusing a glass or pitcher of water with molecular hydrogen produced by a hydrogen gas generator. It takes less than 10 minutes to infuse your water to a free hydrogen level which exceeds other methods. In addition, some hydrogen generator products come with inhalers which allow you to breathe in molecular hydrogen in addition to drinking it in your water.
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