Does hydrogen water live up to the hype?
economictimes.indiatimes.comQ: I keep seeing ads for hydrogen-infused water. Can these products do anything for my health?
One woman on TikTok said that it had cured her sore throat and fever. Another wrote that it can help you lose weight, increase energy and strengthen your immune system.
Drink hydrogen water, some product advertisements go on to say, and you'll enjoy reduced pain and inflammation, improved gut health, superior hydration, increased endurance, a better mood and even slowed signs of aging.
Hydrogen water is made by simply adding more H's into your H2O. But when it comes to its purported health advantages, researchers are skeptical.
«For almost every study that's shown a benefit, there's another study that questions the benefit,» said Dr. Mitchell Rosner, a kidney doctor who specializes in fluid and electrolyte disorders at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Virginia. Here's what we know.
What is hydrogen water?
Hydrogen water is often packaged in sleek drink pouches or aluminum cans. Some brands sell dissolvable hydrogen tablets that you can plop into your water, or high-tech bottles that you fill with regular water and then infuse with hydrogen by pressing a button.
Some of these drinks, also called hydrogen-rich and hydrogen-infused water, have added flavors or electrolytes, but the basic product involves regular water plus hydrogen gas molecules, or H2, mixed in.
Because hydrogen molecules are extremely small, they easily dissolve in water, said Dr. Gagandeep Dhillon, an assistant medical director at the University of
