Hydrogen gas: from clinical medicine to an emerging ergogenic molecule for sports athletes 1.
Tyler W LeBaron, Ismail Laher, Branislav Kura, Jan Slezak · Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology · 2019
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H2HUBB TAKEAWAY
This narrative review examined the available molecular-hydrogen literature. Disease and noxious forms of exercise promote redox dysregulation and chronic inflammation, changes that are mitigated by H₂ administration. The reviewed evidence adds support for molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the conditions, mechanisms, or outcomes examined.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed this publication as a synthesis of molecular-hydrogen research and summarizes the outcomes emphasized by the authors. Disease and noxious forms of exercise promote redox dysregulation and chronic inflammation, changes that are mitigated by H₂ administration.
What the Researchers Studied
The authors reviewed hydrogen gas: from clinical medicine to an emerging ergogenic molecule for sports athletes 1.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
H₂ has been clinically demonstrated to provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which makes it an attractive agent in exercise medicine. Disease and noxious forms of exercise promote redox dysregulation and chronic inflammation, changes that are mitigated by H₂ administration. 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.
Why These Findings Matter
The reviewed evidence adds support for molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the conditions, mechanisms, or outcomes examined.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is review or synthesis evidence (narrative review).
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as narrative review with review or synthesis evidence. The study used a narrative review.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the source text available to H2HUBB.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base.