experience with hydrogen water?

[kulina]

Does anyone have any experience with hydrogen water? An acquaintance mentioned that it works on inflammation and this is what I found on the internet. "Findings in double-blinded placebo controlled trials suggest that Hydrogen has therapeutic potential in over 170 different human and animal disease models. Athletes who have added hydrogen-rich water to their regimens have reported a drastic improvement in their recovery process, arthritis patients have claimed that their consumption of hydrogen-rich water has helped ease the pain and reduced inflammation, and every day users have conveyed the positive effects of hydrogen water in the context of anti-aging and overall energy increases." I'm skeptical that it works.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

And this is what I found on the net:

self.com/story/hydrogen-water

which says "Dr. Perricone's enthusiasm for hydrogen water coincides with his own new hydrogen water product that will be available in May. Dr. Perricone Hydrogen Water comes in an 8.3-ounce can and costs $12 for a four-pack that can be purchased on his website. You can also buy hydrogen water sticks—a magnesium stick that you put in water to produce hydrogen, and HFactor Hydrogen Water, which costs $18 for a six-pack, can be found online."

and that, as the article says, is probably the bottom line!

He'll make a fair bit of money out of gullible people who are desperate.

[CT-5012 in reply to PMRpro]

Is that what’s known as a liquid asset?

[HeronNS]

The quotation appears to be from this article in Huffpost published July 2017:

huffingtonpost.com/entry/wh...

I also found this from 2013:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

But note it's published by an outfit called Bentham Science which according to rationalwiki.org/wiki/Benth... "straddles the fine line between "open access journal publisher" and "vanity press scam."

[piglette in reply to HeronNS]

I love the way it says it is GRAS certified, it just means that the water is OK to drink.

[piglette]

Sounds like an April Fool or a con to me. Water is H 2 0 ie it is made up of hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is the is the most abundant element in the universe (about 75% of the universe is hydrogen) so I would have thought you would come across quite a lot anyway rather than spending three dollars for a can for it. Perhaps drinking more of our cheaper water would suffice!

[AndrewT in reply to piglette]

What will it 'Be' next? Wet Water? I'd be more interested in 'Dehydrated Water'!

[teesher]

You'd probably benefit more from a glass of merlot.

[AndrewT in reply to teesher]

Merlot, made with 'Appalachian Mountain Spring Water', or course!

[Nitrobunny]

We drink alkaline water and love it. It tastes great and makes gorgeous ice cubes LOL as to it’s real benefits, who knows but as I said we love it.

[piglette in reply to Nitrobunny]

You can make your own alkaline water by adding lemon juice or baking soda or even ph drops.

[AndrewT in reply to piglette]

Dear piglette,

yes, the Bicarbonate WOULD work...but the Lemon Juice- sorry but that's an Acid, the exact opposite. Also please read 'Valnvaughan's' post below, I too worked in Laboratories for some years.

[piglette in reply to AndrewT]

That’s true!

[Sandradsn]

Soak in it or drink it😜?

[Valnvaughan]

What a load of tosh! I am a chemistry graduate. Drink extra tap water and you will feel purified! If you drink too much you will be ill. If you drink too little you will become dehydrated.

Is this a con trick to make money?

[AndrewT in reply to Valnvaughan]

Well said Valnvaughan, what a load of Tripe, 'Someone's' making money though- WE are in the wrong 'Game' here!

I do accept the 'Lead Pipe' argument though, not a problem if the water is Hard though.

Tell you what....'a good source of Bacteria, Enzymes, Gut Flora and Any Number of other Strange Chemicals, all Natural, One Hundred Percent Organic'.....I give you SH*T WATER! Available at all good, and indeed bad, Toilets across the whole planet.... Sorry, but Really!

I remember testing a sample of water, from a local Spring, once. The result VERY pure indeed, just as 'Hard as nails'.

I hope you agree, with me, and, once again, sorry!

AndrewT

[Nitrobunny]

Unfortunately in many cases you just can’t “drink tap water”. An entire school district in the state where I live is providing bottled water because of lead pipes. There’s the tragedy in Flint which permanently harmed children. Still not resolved regardless of what the press would have you believe. All from drinking tap water. Pretty tragic considering our day and age. The result of ignorance, politics and greed. Many municipalities put fluoride in the water. I don’t want fluoride in my water. We have a well that produces beautiful water that I store in glass or stainless steel with lemon and viola I have alkaline water. Lemon juice in its natural state is acidic with a pH of about 2, but once metabolized it actually becomes alkaline with a pH well above 7. Hydrogen water on the other hand sounds hilarious.

[piglette in reply to Nitrobunny]

My father as a doctor checked the water in South Wales and the West Country. He always used bottled water to make ice cubes. I wonder what he knew!

[karools16 in reply to Nitrobunny]

When I moved to my town 8 years ago, I told the Water Company the water was disgusting. They said I was the only 1 to say so. Some days it's like fish, others bleach. YUK!!

[arthur463]

I agree that this hydrogen water has to be nonsense - by definition.

I too have a quandary regarding water. We had a water softener fitted about three years ago. When I was put on preds for GCA about ten months ago, I was warned that I may develop osteoporosis as a side effect - and I very quickly did. Two crush fractures of the spine - allsorts!. I was put on Adcal (calcium) and Alendronic acid to counter calcium depletion. My point is - Has the lack of calcium on my softened water contributed to me having osteoporosis?

Anyway we do have a bypass tap supplying unsoftened water, and that's what I drink now!

Any thoughts? - Am I fretting about nothing, or have I just made a new medical discovery?

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to arthur463]

I grew up close to the water pipeline from Wales to B'ham and my aunts got "free" water as rent because it passed through their land. Mid-Wales water was soft, our local stuff came out of limestone aquifers. The soft stuff was wonderful for a bath - though getting soap out of your hair was a problem - but it tasted absolutely disgusting!

[arthur463 in reply to PMRpro]

That is very interesting. My wife loves the soft water - mainly due to the disappearance of scum and lime scale in the kitchen and bathroom. I haven't admitted it before, but I don't like the taste of it either.

What about my theory that the disappearance of calcium in the water could encourage osteoporosis PMRpro? Just fanciful?

[piglette in reply to arthur463]

Hard water tastes better, but soft water is great for washing clothes and my hair is much softer and as your wife says no scum.

[arthur463 in reply to piglette]

Ah! - You too Piglette! - You think that soft water tastes better!. Is this because we humans need something that is in hard water? - like calcium? - to avoid osteoporosis?

[arthur463 in reply to piglette]

Silly me - I meant You think that" HARD water tastes better". Apologies

[piglette in reply to arthur463]

Yes hard water is definitely much better

[HeronNS in reply to piglette]

Depends what's making the water "hard". My mother-in-law lived in a house in the country where her well produced water heavy in minerals including manganese. We city dwellers found it pretty disgusting to drink and she found it impossible to keep clothes washed in that water looking anything but dingy.

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to HeronNS]

On a relevant note - well water is unsuitable for using to take some medications. Alendronic acid for example - must be taken with tap water or it doesn't get absorbed properly. Which may be a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it...

[HeronNS in reply to PMRpro]

I wonder whether people are ever warned about things like that. I would never have thought of it myself. Our water is soft and if left in a jug on the counter loses its chlorine taint and is okay. But the best water I ever remember drinking was in Stirling where, when my uncle offered me a drink, I said the wonderful water was all I wanted.