The story of hydrogen water

March 8, 2021

The story of hydrogen water

Now, let’s talk about the hot topic of hydrogen water.

When it comes to hydrogen water, I have seen it introduced as something celebrities drink, or as a collaboration with sports gyms. It’s also being sold in canned bottles and in devices that generate hydrogen itself.

 


In March of 2008, the National Consumer Affairs Center also issued a warning about a device that produces water that inhibits a type of active oxygen.

As you can see, hydrogen water is now controversial, but I’m not talking about some manufacturer’s hydrogen water that is bogus. This is not to say that some manufacturers’ hydrogen water is bogus.


This time, the antioxidant research department has data comparing the antioxidant power of Twendee X and hydrogen water, so I will explain this here.

First of all, one of the causes of oxidative stress is “hydrogen peroxide”.

Here is the data on the ability to eliminate this hydrogen peroxide.


All reagents were dissolved just before the start of the experiment.

500 μl was administered to one mouse, and all the scavenging capacity was measured under the same conditions. 

Base of the experiment (solvent): Sterile water   

Note: The measurement method was devised by the Antioxidant Research Division.


As you can see here, vitamin C has the strongest scavenging ability, but the ability to counteract hydrogen peroxide is almost the same for both Twendee X and medical hydrogenated water.

Next is hypochlorous acid, the cause of oxidative stress.

Let’s take a look at the comparison of the scavenging power of these products.


All reagents are dissolved just before the start of the experiment.

OXY TEST measures the ability to eliminate hypochlorous acid (HCLO).

The ability of vitamin C to eliminate hypochlorous acid is about 70, not 100.

Both MegaHydorate and the hydrogen bottle are hydrogen used for medical purposes, but they are almost zero.


In other words, the antioxidant power of hydrogen is not absent, but it cancels out hydrogen peroxide a little. It has zero power to counteract hypochlorous acid.

So, even if you really drink something containing medical hydrogen every day, you should be aware that it is almost ineffective as an anti-acid effect.


In view of this data, it’s not that some manufacturers are bad, but that all hydrogen water has no antioxidant power.

I don’t think it has much effect.

The company that the professor sued can certainly make hydrogen water, but if you drink 30-40 liters a day, it may work.

That’s 15 to 20 large 2-liter plastic bottles of tea or other beverages.


Our Twendee X, which we compared this time, has a high scavenging capacity for both hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid. This means that it can truly eliminate oxidative stress.

Are supplements very effective for antioxidants? As I have mentioned several times in my articles.

When choosing supplements and health foods, please make sure that the experimental results and data have scientific evidence, not just because they have recently become a hot topic or because they are rumored to be effective.