What is Free-Hydrogen?

Hydrogen, as a molecule made up of only hydrogen and nothing else, is rarely found close to the surface of Earth due to it's tiny size and weight. However it is now being studied as an incredible, novel remedy for oxidative stress or free-radical damage.

It's tiny size is theorized to be the key to its power. Most antioxidants (such as vitamins C and E) are large molecules and cannot penetrate cell membranes very easily, however Hydrogen, being the smallest element known to man, is the smallest, lightest, and most versatile molecule there is, can. As the theory goes, hydrogen gets right into cells, tissues, etc. in a matter of seconds or minutes. It's very fast.

How and Why Our Bodies Need Plain, Pure Hydrogen

In recent decades some ionization devices have been shown to produce water, H2O, which also contains pure hydrogen molecules, H2, blended in. Because so many people were claiming to be helped and sometimes even cured by this water, it was studied.

As an example, in 2007 medical research on the benefits of molecular hydrogen was done by Dr. Ohta, in Japan. His research seemed to indicate that Hydrogen was potentially able to alleviate oxidative stress, which was such a big deal his research was published in Nature Magazine. 

Free-Hydrogen and The Skin

Now I'll get to the point of this particular article: SKIN. Skin differs from the rest of the organs in the body in that it likes a slightly acidic pH, whereas the rest of our organs prefer the pH to be slightly alkaline (about 5 or 6 pH). Acidity on the surface of the skin signals the pores to close up tightly, thus keeping moisture in and pathogens out. For this reason, the skin is considered a major part of our body's immune system.

Skin suffers from oxidation as much or more than our internal organs do, and to remain healthy well into our senior years the skin needs anti-oxidants. Shower filters with vitamin C or skin creams with vitamin E have been developed, but just like the cells inside of our bodies, the skin cells cannot absorb the large-molecule antioxidants well and so remain thirsty for the antioxidant-balance that they're lacking.

Alkaline ionized water isn't usually good to use on the skin, because the skin doesn't like alkalinity. But in just the past few years a new type of device has been invented which is capable of pumping molecular hydrogen antioxidants into any pH water, even acidic water. These are called  Hydrogen Machines or Hydrogen Water Generators. Hydrogen machines don't change the pH very much (if at all) and so if you put water into them that is 5 or 6 pH, for instance, the ionized, antioxidant-rich output water will also be around 5 or 6 pH. 

Here's a demo of a Hydrogen machine creating antioxidant-rich acidic water, which is perfect for splashing or rubbing on the skin.