Author: Dr Madelene Ong
Researchers concluded that hydrogen-rich water could be useful as an alternative hydration formulation to “positively affect exercise performance in middle-aged overweight women.”
Other studies highlight overall benefits of H2 water on exercise and performance:
- Promotes rejuvenation by reducing exercise-induced oxidative stress*
- Increases overall peak exercise performance in athletes*
- Reduces post-exercise soreness*
- Lowers blood lactate levels to help delay fatigue*
The effects of molecular hydrogen are much like the benefits gained from exercise. Exercise also helps maintain or increase glutathione levels.
In fact, in an article published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, the authors state in the abstract:
“Beneficial exercise and H2 administration promote cytoprotective hormesis, mitochondrial biogenesis, ATP production, increased NAD+/NADH ratio, cytoprotective phase II enzymes, heat-shock proteins, sirtuins, etc.
We review the biomedical effects of exercise and those of H2, and we propose that hydrogen may act as an exercise mimetic and redox adaptogen, potentiate the benefits from beneficial exercise, and reduce the harm from noxious exercise.”