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MHID-82748422022Processes
Mihyun Lee, Ailyn Fadriquela, Jayson M. Antonio, Cheol-Su Kim, Il-Young Cho, Ka-Eun Kim, et al.
Regular physical activity confers health benefits and improves the general quality of life. Recently, alkaline-reduced water (ARW) consumption has garnered increasing attention in the field of sports. ARW effectively inhibits the oxidative stress generated in cells during high-intensity exercises; however, whether it exerts similar effects during exhaustive exercises remains unknown. This study was
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MHID-8601801PMID: 340791722021Biology of Sport
Rafael Timón, Guillermo Olcina, Adrian González-Custodio, Marta Camacho-Cardenosa, Alba Camacho-Cardenosa, Ismael Martínez Guardado
Hydrogen-rich water (HRW) is used as a supplement to improve performance and reduce fatigue in athletes. However, the potentially beneficial effects of HRW intake could be mediated by the training status of athletes. The purpose of the study was to analyse the ergogenic effect of intake of HRW for one week on aerobic and anaerobic performance, both in trained and untrained individuals. Thirty-seve
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MHID-1210077PMID: 333568672021Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Jonatas E. Nogueira, Mateus R. Amorim, Ana P. Pinto, Alisson L. da Rocha, Adelino S. R. da Silva, Luiz G. S. Branco
Physical exercise-induced skeletal muscle damage may be characterized by increased oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis which may be beneficial when exercise is regular, but it is rather harmful when exercise is exhaustive and performed acutely by unaccustomed individuals. Molecular hydrogen (H2) has emerged as a potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic agent, but its act
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MHID-62678002021Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Shigeo Ohta, Tyler W. LeBaron
The authors of the “Discussion” (Falster et al. 2021) have responded to our article entitled: “Drinking hydrogen water enhances endurance and relieves psychometric fatigue: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study”. Hydrogen (H2) medicine is being developed as an orthodox science. In this Reply, we would like to elaborate on the effects of H2-infused water and the scientific understand
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MHID-5897036PMID: 345859572021Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Casper Falster, Svend Korfitzen, Martin Herold, Jan Lindebjerg, Morten Elsøe
Introduction
In 2019, Toshio Mikami et al. published the article “Drinking hydrogen water enhances endurance and relieves psychometric fatigue: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study” (Mikami et al. 2019).
The authors conclude that drinking hydrogen (H2) – infused water prior to exercise induces anti-fatigue effects and improves endurance when compared with placebo water.
While th
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MHID-2960170PMID: 333805812020Medical Gas Research
Yudai Shibayama, Shohei Dobashi, Takaaki Arisawa, Tamotsu Fukuoka, Katsuhiro Koyama
Molecular hydrogen has been suggested to have a cytoprotective effect on the whole body and to enhance exercise performances. However, the effect of hydrogen-rich gas mixture (HG) inhalation on physiological responses has been poorly investigated. We examined the impact of acute HG inhalation on subsequent oxidative stress, muscle damage, and exercise performances during the recovery period after
Literature Review
MHID-9675573PMID: 320157862020Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Takuji Kawamura, Kazuhiko Higashida, Isao Muraoka
Molecular hydrogen (H2) is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, and minimal molecule with high flammability. Although H2 has been thought to be an inert gas in living bodies for many years, an animal study reported that inhalation of H2 gas decreased oxidative stress and suppressed brain injury caused by ischemia and reperfusion injury due to its antioxidant action. Since then, the antioxidant action
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MHID-3461972PMID: 309702152019Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Tyler W. LeBaron, Ismail Laher, Branislav Kura, Jan Slezak
H2 has been clinically demonstrated to provide antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, which makes it an attractive agent in exercise medicine. Although exercise provides a multiplicity of benefits including decreased risk of disease, it can also have detrimental effects. For example, chronic high-intensity exercise in elite athletes, or sporadic bouts of exercise (i.e. noxious exercise) in unt
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MHID-2512221PMID: 315745442019International Journal of Sports Medicine
Michal Botek, Jakub Krejčí, Andrew J. McKune, Barbora Sládečková, Nenad Naumovski
The potential anti-fatigue and performance benefits of hydrogen rich water (HRW) have resulted in increased research interest over the past 5 years. The aim of this study was to assess physiological and perceptual responses to an incremental exercise protocol after administration of 600 ml HRW within 30 min before exercise. This randomized, double blinded placebo-controlled cross over study includ
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MHID-21966452019Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Toshio Mikami, Kohei Tano, Hosung Lee, Hyowon Lee, Jonghyuk Park, Fumiaki Ohta, et al.
Acute physical exercise increases reactive oxygen species in skeletal muscle, leading to tissue damage and fatigue. Molecular hydrogen (H2) acts as a therapeutic antioxidant directly or indirectly by inducing anti-oxidative enzymes. Here, we examined the effects of drinking H2 water (H2-infused water) on psychometric fatigue and endurance capacity in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled
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MHID-4871667PMID: 309188322019Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
Tyler W. LeBaron, Abigail J. Larson, Shigeo Ohta, Toshio Mikami, Jordon Barlow, Josh Bulloch, et al.
Background: Clinical studies have reported hydrogen-rich water (HRW) to have therapeutic and ergogenic effects. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of acute supplementation with HRW on exercise performance as measured by VO2, respiratory exchange ratio (RER), heart rate (HR), and respiratory rate (RR).
Methods: Baseline levels of all exercise indices were determined in nineteen (4 f
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MHID-0587967PMID: 319380042019Biology of Sport
Dejan Javorac, Valdemar Stajer, Laszlo Ratgeber, Jozsef Betlehem, Sergej Ostojic
In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover pilot trial, we evaluated the effects of 7-day H2 inhalation on exercise performance outcomes and serum hormonal and inflammation profiles in a cohort of young men and women. All participants (age 22.9 ± 1.5 years; body mass index 23.4 ± 2.5 kg m-2; 10 women and 10 men) were allocated to receive either gaseous hydrogen (4%) or placebo
Literature Review
MHID-7427440PMID: 255259532015International Journal of Sports Medicine
S. M. Ostojic
In the past 2 decades, molecular hydrogen emerged as a novel therapeutic agent, with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects demonstrated in plethora of animal disease models and human studies. Beneficial effects of molecular hydrogen in clinical environment are observed especially in oxidative stress-mediated diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, brain stem infarction, rheumatoi
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MHID-7479916PMID: 264839532015Medical Gas Research
Masatoshi Ichihara, Sayaka Sobue, Mikako Ito, Masafumi Ito, Masaaki Hirayama, Kinji Ohno
Therapeutic effects of molecular hydrogen for a wide range of disease models and human diseases have been investigated since 2007. A total of 321 original articles have been published from 2007 to June 2015. Most studies have been conducted in Japan, China, and the USA. About three-quarters of the articles show the effects in mice and rats. The number of clinical trials is increasing every year. I
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MHID-3851590PMID: 225208312012Medical Gas Research
Kosuke Aoki, Atsunori Nakao, Takako Adachi, Yasushi Matsui, Shumpei Miyakawa
Background: Muscle contraction during short intervals of intense exercise causes oxidative stress, which can play a role in the development of overtraining symptoms, including increased fatigue, resulting in muscle microinjury or inflammation. Recently it has been said that hydrogen can function as antioxidant, so we investigated the effect of hydrogen-rich water (HW) on oxidative stress and muscl
