Hydrogen water guide

Hydrogen Water: What It Is and How It Works

By Clover & Young · 3 min read

Hydrogen water is ordinary drinking water with extra molecular hydrogen, H2, dissolved in it. The water itself stays the same: still H2O, with no calories, sugar or caffeine added. What changes is the gas it carries, the way sparkling water carries carbon dioxide. People drink hydrogen water as a simple daily habit, and you can make a glass of it at home in about two minutes with a hydrogen water tablet.

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On this page
  1. What is in a glass of hydrogen water?
  2. Why people drink hydrogen water
  3. How to get hydrogen water at home
  4. Clover & Young hydrogen water tablets
  5. Hydrogen water vs regular water

What is in a glass of hydrogen water?

A glass of hydrogen water holds dissolved hydrogen gas, measured in parts per million, or PPM. That number is the one to look at, because the hydrogen in water is the whole point and everything else is just water. Once the water is open, the hydrogen starts to leave the glass. That is why hydrogen water is best made fresh and drunk within a few minutes. Hydrogen water and regular water look, pour and hydrate the same. The difference is the H2 in water, and how much of it is still there when you drink.

Why people drink hydrogen water

Interest in hydrogen water for health started with a 2007 paper in Nature Medicine. Researchers found that molecular hydrogen reacted with the hydroxyl radical, the most damaging free radical, while leaving alone the oxygen molecules the body uses for signalling. That work was done in cells and rats. Since then, small human trials have looked at drinking hydrogen water and fatigue, mood and antioxidant capacity, and we cover each one on our hydrogen water benefits page. This is research on molecular hydrogen, not on our product. What our customers describe is simpler: easier mornings and a lighter afternoon, from one glass of hydrogen water a day.

How to get hydrogen water at home

There are three common ways to get hydrogen water. A hydrogen water bottle or machine uses electricity to split water and push hydrogen into it; it costs a few hundred dollars and needs charging and cleaning. Canned or pouched hydrogen water comes ready made, but the gas has to survive shipping and storage. A hydrogen water tablet makes it fresh in your own glass: magnesium in the tablet reacts with water and releases hydrogen gas as it fizzes. Japanese hydrogen water culture started with machines, and tablets brought it down to the size of a blister strip.

Clover & Young hydrogen water tablets

Each Clover & Young tablet carries 40 mg of magnesium and makes hydrogen water with 10+ PPM of molecular hydrogen in 12 oz of water, in 90 to 120 seconds. Every tablet is sealed in its own blister pack, so moisture never reaches the next one. Our hydrogen content is tested by H2 Analytics, an independent hydrogen lab, and the tablets are made in an FDA-registered, GMP-certified facility. They are zero sugar, zero caffeine and zero calories, and vegan, gluten-free and non-GMO.

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Hydrogen water vs regular water

Regular water Hydrogen water from a tablet
What is in it Water and its minerals Water plus dissolved molecular hydrogen, 10+ PPM
Calories, sugar, caffeine None None
Hydrates you Yes Yes
When to drink it Any time Within a few minutes of making it
Cost per glass Next to nothing About $1 at the 30-count

Try hydrogen water for 90 days. Drink one glass a day, and if you don't feel the difference, we refund every dollar and you keep the tablets.

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One tablet in 12 oz of water, once a day.

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Questions about Hydrogen Water: What It Is and How It Works

What is hydrogen water?

Hydrogen water is drinking water with extra molecular hydrogen (H2) gas dissolved in it. Nothing else changes: no calories, sugar or caffeine are added.

Is hydrogen water good for you?

Research on molecular hydrogen is early but growing. Small human trials have reported lower perceived fatigue and better mood scores with hydrogen-rich water, and a 2007 lab study found hydrogen selectively reacts with the most damaging free radical. These studies were on molecular hydrogen, not on any one product.

What is the difference between hydrogen water and regular water?

Both are water and both hydrate you. Hydrogen water also carries dissolved hydrogen gas, measured in parts per million (PPM). Clover & Young tablets make it at 10+ PPM in 12 oz.

How long does hydrogen stay in water?

Hydrogen starts to leave the water as soon as the glass is open, so drink hydrogen water within a few minutes of making it. That is the main reason to make it fresh with a tablet.

How much hydrogen water should I drink a day?

Our routine is one tablet in 12 oz of water a day. The human studies on record gave people between about half a liter and 1.5 liters a day.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.