Hydrogen Water Improves Diabetes by Boosting Insulin and Glucose Control
- Authors
- Sanetaka Shirahata, T. Nishimura, S. Kabayama, D. Aki, Kiichiro Teruya, K. Otsubo, S. Morisawa, Y. Ishii, Zbigniew Gadek, Y. Katakura
- Journal
- Animal Cell Technology: From Target to Market
- Year
- 2001
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-010-0369-8_137
- Study Type
- Human
- Outcome
- Positive
- Peer Reviewed
- Yes
- Country
- Japan
- Health Condition
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Body System
- Endocrine
TL;DR
Special types of water with anti-oxidative properties, including some natural waters from Japan, Germany, and Mexico, can help reduce oxidative stress in cells, improve insulin secretion, and may benefit people with diabetes.
Key Finding
Antioxidative waters improved glucose uptake in cells, insulin secretion, and sugar tolerance in diabetic mice, with preliminary clinical evidence suggesting benefits for human diabetes management.
Summary
Researchers tested several types of antioxidative water—including electrolyzed reduced water and natural mineral waters from Japan, Germany, and Mexico—to see if they could help with diabetes. In laboratory tests, these waters improved how cells took up glucose (blood sugar) and helped pancreatic cells release insulin. In mice with type 2 diabetes, the waters improved their ability to handle sugar. A small clinical study found that one type of water (Nordenau water) significantly improved diabetes in human patients.
Practical Takeaway
While these early results are promising, the human clinical evidence is limited and study details are not fully reported. More rigorous human trials with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up periods would be needed to determine whether antioxidative water could be a practical tool for diabetes management. Anyone with diabetes should consult their doctor before making changes to their treatment plan.
Abstract
Electrolyzed reduced water and natural waters such as Hita Tenryosui water in Japan, Nordenau water in Germany and Tracote water in Mexico, which are known to improve various diseases, were all and- oxidative waters which could scavenge intracellular reactive oxygen species. The and-oxidative waters stimulated not only the glucose uptake of rat myotube L6 cells, but also the secretion of insulin from a pancreatic beta cell line HIT-T15. The anti-oxidative waters improved the damage in the sugar tolerance test of type 2 diabetes model mice (db/db mice). A clinical investigation demonstrated that Nordenau water could significantly improve the diabetes mellitus.