Tyler LeBaron: Hydrogen Water, Mitochondrial Health, Selective Antioxidants, & Longevity | TUH #265

Alkaline water's benefits vanish when dissolved hydrogen gas is removed — it's the molecular H2, not the pH, that matters, as shown in a comprehensive review of electrolyzed reduced water studies.

In a Japanese multi-hospital clinical trial, adding 2% hydrogen gas inhalation to standard post-cardiac arrest care increased 90-day survival from 61% to 85% — 24 additional lives per 100 patients — with a trend toward better neurological outcomes.

Tyler LeBaron recommends one hydrogen-producing tablet daily, providing ~12 ppm dissolved hydrogen — a dose far higher than most published studies — for general health, mitochondrial support and exercise recovery.

Hydrogen functions as a redox adaptogen, not just an antioxidant: it selectively neutralizes the most damaging hydroxyl radicals, transiently stresses mitochondrial complex III to stimulate biogenesis, and upregulates the Nrf2 defense pathway only in cells that need it.