Author: Dr Madelene Ong
While hydrogen has long been recognized for its value in promoting health, the first major study was published in Nature Medicine in 2007 and is only recently becoming known to Americans. Japanese researchers have been studying the potential of hydrogen for the last decade.
The smallest molecule in the universe, hydrogen is very bioavailable and can make its way into every cell and tissue in your body.
Because hydrogen is the smallest molecule in the universe, it can easily penetrate every tissue in your body, including your brain and cellular parts like your mitochondria and nucleus.
With more than 1,200 peer-reviewed scientific publications on molecular hydrogen, researchers report that hydrogen may benefit every organ in your body. And it does this by targeting excess oxidation and supporting a healthy inflammatory response.
One of the most distinguishing features of H2 besides its particle size and bioavailability, is its selectivity as an antioxidant.
Molecular hydrogen selectively reduces excessive harmful free radicals in your body.
A prime example of this is right inside your cells.
During normal energy production, your mitochondria are a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Molecular hydrogen directly protects mitochondria from the damaging effects of ROS.
H2 fights excessive oxidative stress, specifically from hydroxyl radicals and peroxynitrite, which are very destructive molecules that damage your DNA and ones that are amplified by EMFs. And even better, when H2 does neutralize a free radical, it leaves no toxic by-products behind.
H2 accomplishes this without decreasing levels of some of the beneficial reactive oxygen species, like hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide or superoxide.