Effects of Intestinal Bacterial Hydrogen Gas Production on Muscle Recovery following Intense Exercise in Adult Men: A Pilot Study.
Nobuhiko Eda, Saki Tsuno, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Ryota Sone, Takao Akama, Mitsuharu Matsumoto · Nutrients · 2022
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In In this double-blind, randomized, crossover study, participants ingested H₂-producing milk that induced intestinal bacterial H₂ production or a placebo on the trial day, 4 h before performing an inten, lipid oxidation AUC was 1.3-fold higher significantly with H₂-producing milk than with placebo consumption. These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential to influence exercise performance and recovery.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how molecular hydrogen affected the outcomes measured in In this double-blind, randomized, crossover study, participants ingested H₂-producing milk that induced intestinal bacterial H₂ production or a placebo on the trial day, 4 h before performing an inten. Lipid oxidation AUC was 1.3-fold higher significantly with H₂-producing milk than with placebo consumption.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied In this double-blind, randomized, crossover study, participants ingested H₂-producing milk that induced intestinal bacterial H₂ production or a placebo on the trial day, 4 h before performing an inten. The study used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover human clinical trial. The comparison condition was placebo.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
In this double-blind, randomized, crossover study, participants ingested H₂-producing milk that induced intestinal bacterial H₂ production or a placebo on the trial day, 4 h before performing an intense exercise at 75% maximal oxygen uptake for 60 min. Lipid oxidation AUC was 1.3-fold higher significantly with H₂-producing milk than with placebo consumption.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential to influence exercise performance and recovery and contribute to the growing body of molecular-hydrogen research.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is human clinical evidence from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover human clinical trial. H2HUBB interprets the findings in the context of the study design, sample, comparator, and measured outcomes rather than using one publication as a verdict on hydrogen therapy.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as human clinical study with human clinical evidence. The research population or model was In this double-blind, randomized, crossover study, participants ingested H₂-producing milk that induced intestinal bacterial H₂ production or a placebo on the trial day, 4 h before performing an inten. The study used a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover human clinical trial.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the source text available to H2HUBB.
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