BENEFITS

The numerous health benefits of drinking water rich in molecular hydrogen

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Improving Diabetes

Hydrogen rich water has great benefits to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus or those with impaired glucose tolerance. Hydrogen rich water normalizes oral glucose tolerance and has a beneficial role in increasing insulin sensitivity.

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3 Main Properties that explain hydrogen's therapeutic effects

1) Molecular hydrogen can easily diffuse into the subcellular compartments and scavenge cytotoxic oxygen radicals, thus protecting the DNA, RNA and proteins from oxidative stress.

3 Main Properties that explain hydrogen's therapeutic effects

2) Molecular hydrogen also triggers the activation or upregulation of additional antioxidant enzymes (e.g. glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, etc.) and/or cytoprotective proteins of the body.

3 Main Properties that explain hydrogen's therapeutic effects

3) Molecular hydrogen may be a novel-signaling molecule that can alter cell signaling, cell metabolism and gene expression. This gives the anti-inflammatory effects, anti-allergic effects, and anti-apoptotic (or anti-cell death) effects.