Hydrogen Research Study
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Human Clinical StudyOther or not reported

Dependencies of hydrogen-water on mineral-based hardness, temperatures and the container materials, and effects of the oral washing and drinking.

Yoshiharu Tanaka, Fumio Teraoka, Masafumi Nakagawa, Nobuhiko Miwa · Medical gas research · 2020

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Primary topic Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Signaling
Publication type Human Clinical Study
Hydrogen method Other or not reported

H2HUBB TAKEAWAY

In participants, drinking-pause for 4 weeks after drinking hydrogen-water, however, saliva ORP, gradually but not instantly, increased to +60 to +80 mV, but upon drinking-resumption and 2 weeks thereafter, decreased again to -100 to -110 mV, suggesting that several-week hydrogen-water drinking caused a certain decrease in the saliva ORP. These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the specific human outcomes evaluated in this study.

What the Findings Mean

H2HUBB reviewed how molecular hydrogen was evaluated in this publication and summarizes the source-grounded findings below. Drinking-pause for 4 weeks after drinking hydrogen-water, however, saliva ORP, gradually but not instantly, increased to +60 to +80 mV, but upon drinking-resumption and 2 weeks thereafter, decreased again to -100 to -110 mV, suggesting that several-week hydrogen-water drinking caused a certain decrease in the saliva ORP.

What the Researchers Studied

The comparison condition was placebo.

What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?

Reported treatment duration: 4 weeks. Drinking-pause for 4 weeks after drinking hydrogen-water, however, saliva ORP, gradually but not instantly, increased to +60 to +80 mV, but upon drinking-resumption and 2 weeks thereafter, decreased again to -100 to -110 mV, suggesting that several-week hydrogen-water drinking caused a certain decrease in the saliva ORP. 26 It was found that even single-frequency intake of hydrogen-water can significantly reduce the ORP of saliva, which is an indicator of the oxidative stress.

Why These Findings Matter

These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the specific human outcomes evaluated in this study and contribute to the growing body of molecular-hydrogen research.

How Strong Is This Evidence?

This is human clinical evidence from a human clinical study. 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 reported sample size was 2. The reported treatment duration was 4 weeks.

Limitations and Safety

Reported limitations: However, by the limitation of burdens on elder persons, who were selected for the purpose of the research on saliva ageing, one or two subjects could continue each experiment schedule.

Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context

H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base.