What if everything you’ve heard about hydrogen water was only part of the story? Meet Alex Tarnava, the scientist at Drink HRW, who’s devoted his career to understanding this fascinating molecule. He’s here to share what’s real, what’s not, and why it matters – especially in midlife.
If you’re tired of the marketing hype and just want straight answers about hydrogen water – this conversation is different. Alex breaks down complex science into real talk about what this could mean for your health.
Hydrogen water is A LOT more than just something “trendy” – it’s something that can really impact how we age, our weight loss, our gut health, our inflammation – a lot of markers that will help us with our age optimization, longevity, and overall wellness.
Why Is Hydrogen Water So Important for Us?
The short answer is that we evolve to anticipate hydrogen gas in our cells at all times – from the beginning of evolution. The way we have evolved and carried hydrogen historically is by breaking down the average 100-150 grams of dietary fiber and making hydrogen gas available for us via byproduct. In modern days, though, the average person is only getting 1-3 grams of dietary fiber per day. That is not nearly enough! Especially not enough to create enough hydrogen gas our bodies need.
As much as 80% of us in midlife and beyond are making methane instead of hydrogen. Methane is associated with almost all diseases. Hydrogen is super important to the way our bodies function. When we don’t have enough hydrogen gas, our whole body takes a toll. The microbiome of our body REALLY needs adequate hydrogen gas to fully function.
So you might ask – what about the water I drink all day long? THAT has hydrogen in it! Our bodies do not have a mechanism to break apart water in order to get the hydrogen gas from water (H2O). Hydrogen is not bioavailable when it’s attached to water.
How Does Hydrogen Water Help?
Everything that happens in life (eating the wrong food, stress, etc.) knocks our body out of sync of its natural ability to heal and produce optimal health. Hydrogen comes in and acts like a supervisor who comes in and starts making adjustments in the inefficient assembly lines (aka your body) when parts of the system are piling up (like oxidative stress). In numerous clinical trials, Drink HRW tablets have been shown to positively affect insulin sensitivity, cholesterol, weight loss hormones, and other super important markers for optimal health.
How Do We Get More Hydrogen?
- Hydrogen baths: Baths are great at getting hydrogen into your muscles than just drinking hydrogen water will. When you’re bathing, it isn’t getting to your internal organs.
- Hydrogen breathing treatments: This is great because it gets into your lungs, your muscles, and heart. But none is getting into your gut or liver.
- Drinking hydrogen: This is where you get the MOST metabolic benefits. Hydrogen water gets into your stomach, your microbiome, and is reducing overall inflammation. It’s getting into your liver and driving a TON of metabolic benefits (like weight loss and improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol).
Can You Get Too Much Hydrogen Water?
Yes. Hydrogen is a hormesis (a mild stress we adapt to and become stronger as a result of) for the mitochondria in our cells. Hydrogen is critical in the role of our adaptive stress. BUT, if you’re sipping on hydrogen water ALL day. Sipping on it is way too much – it’s the same as doing a bicep curl all day long. Instead, you want to blast it intermittently.
Hydrogen Bottles vs Hydrogen Tablets
The best bottles on the market are getting about 4.5-5 ppm in about 8oz. This creates a dose of 1.125-1.25 mg of hydrogen per serving. With tablets, you’re getting close to 500ppm in about 17oz, which is a dose of 6mg of hydrogen per serving. These numbers are based on when the best bottle is brand new (and they break down pretty quickly based on their pressurizing mechanism). Over time, it wears out and is less effective. The tablet on the other hand, ensures that every dose is that concentrated and effective. Hydrogen tablets consistently split the hydrogen off of the H2O that you are drinking so your body can USE it – every time you drink it.
What is the Best Way to Consume Hydrogen Water?
- Drink on an empty stomach, maybe 5-10 minutes before you eat or 2-3 hours after eating
- Consume the whole glass at once
- Ideally mix 1 tablet with 16.8oz of room temperature water (aim for at least 8-12oz water) but choose the amount of water you can comfortably chug – it’s not meant to be sipped slowly throughout the day
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