Hydrogen Water Produced Equivalent of 20% Caloric Restriction in Leptin-Deficient Mice Study

What was said

"Those given the hydrogen water, they were so much thinner than the other rodents were. I mean, those pictures in the article, you can just visibly tell the difference. In fact, the drinking of hydrogen-rich water in this case was equivalent to like a 20% caloric restriction. Mechanistically, they found that hydrogen increased FGF21, or fibroblast growth factor 21, which increases energy expenditure."

A study published in the Journal of Obesity showed hydrogen water produced fat loss equivalent to 20% caloric restriction in leptin-deficient mice fed high-fat diets, despite the animals continuing to overeat. The mechanism involved increasing fibroblast growth factor 21 to boost energy expenditure. LeBaron also noted that a 24-week human metabolic syndrome study showed modest weight loss specifically from fat mass along with improvements in triglycerides, cholesterol ratios, and inflammatory markers.