Hi Christine,
No, this is not normal and unlikely to be caused by hydrogen supplementation.

First, gas in general is normal and needed to expel undigestible products of food that we eat. Second, there are two causes of gas per my studies. One is obvious: food that causes gas and bloating like beans, the second is less obvious but is the root cause of painful or excessive gas in general: abundance of ‘bad’ gut bacteria and not enough of good gut bacteria. Sometimes the painful gas that we feel in our GI tract that is sometimes accompanied by headaches are actually due to toxins being released by the bad gut bacteria as it dies if you haven’t been feeding it carbs and sugar. This is especially noticeable if you’re changing your diet to eat less sugar (and simple carbs). The painful gas and headaches go away if we you had a sugary/carby snack or meal. Perhaps this is the case here. I’d recommend looking into gut cleaning supplements like Chlorella+Spirulina and probiotics to shore up the good bacteria for a month or so before adding prebiotics (which is food for the probiotics).

Hope that helps.

Stay hydrated,
Mr Water Geek

Hi George,
You’ve asked the right question to allow me to say that the main metric you want to look at when evaluating hydrogen water is the concentration of dissolved molecular hydrogen in the water you’re about to drink. ORP (oxidation-reduction potential), which is often incorrectly used as a proxy for H2 concentration, is pretty hard to measure as a function of pH, H2 concentration, and temp given the ORP meters used and their error bars. In other words, ignore ORP. pH is an indicator of how much ‘stuff’ is in pure water: the higher the number, the more ‘stuff’ (typically minerals – calcium, magnesium, and sodium – in filtered water). Added H2 also slightly increases pH value of water. RO water or distilled water (water that is pure H2O) shouldn’t have a pH lower than ~6.5-ish. Drinking water with a pH <7 is not bad for you. But it does taste bitter to most people.

Going back to hydrogen – based on the papers I've read, the ranges of "effective doses" vary based on the hypothesis the researchers were testing for. The most commonly used concentrations of molecular hydrogen are 0.5 to >2 ppm. Note that at standard conditions (1 atm/14.7psi, 25 degrees C/77 degrees F) dissolved molecular hydrogen reaches saturation at 1.6ppm.

The main thing to be concerned about is that long-term effects of using hydrogen water haven’t really been studied so that’s a risk to be aware of. The FDA approves consumption of hydrogen water by labeling it GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe). I’d recommend talking to your doctor and see if they are aware of any potential long-term risks. The longest study I am aware of lasted 24 weeks/6 months. The increasing body of work that has proved the effectiveness of hydrogen water shouldn’t take away from this fact. Feel free to reply back here with any further questions or updates.

To answer your other questions: most hydrogen generating products for drinking water use the same type of electrolysis tech – electrolysis with a proton-exchange membrane – to generate hydrogen. The reason why I like Tyent’s products is that they use titanium mesh plates with multiple platinum coatings, which is the best kind of electrode plate you can buy for this method of electrolysis. They also offer lifetime guarantee so if something happens to your machine – say a plate fails – you’ll be able to work with them to get it taken care of – as long as you bought the product directly from them. They also have more plates than any other machine I’m aware of (13/11/9 depending on the model vs the next highest of 7 in Bawell) that helps speed up the production of hydrogen and reduces the load on each plate. I, unfortunately, have not tried any Echo products so can’t speak to that brand’s pros and cons.

Thanks for your questions.

Best,
Mr Water Geek

Hi Cris
No it’s not supposed to smell like chlorine. Perhaps try replacing the filter cartridges and see if this resolves the issue?
Stay hydrated,
Luke

Hi Melissa

That’s very interesting, did they provide a reason?

Stay hydrated,
Luke

I just read somewhere that you shouldn’t put lemon in the water

I’ve tried Cymbiotika brand of molecular hydrogen, it is similar to dr mer cola tablets. Dissolved it in spring water. Yes, there was a strange somewhat dizzy feeling upon drinking it, it made my ear pressure feel funny too. I wasn’t sure if it was from the magnesium or malic acid or what. The odd unpleasant feeling subsided after a few minutes. And it gave some energy boost but I did not like the acidic residue in the water. I have also tried Hfactor hydrogen water in a pouch and I did not have any trouble with it, only good energy feeling.

Hi R

No that machine has not been reviewed yet but I would be so interested to hear what your experience has been so far?

Stay hydrated,
Luke

weird comments bra. Maybe come back down to earth, and lose the esoterism / exoterism in general convo. Most people have zero idea what you are even trying to say, and I AM a very well studied individual. Honestly, what was that I just read?

Hi Richard,

Which product are you talking about? If it’s Tyent here are their details:
T: 855-893-6887
E: sales@tyentusa.com

They also have live chat on their site.

Stay hydrated,
Luke