Hydrogen is the smallest gas that can move freely and safely in our body. It has proven health benefits in various ways. It's very moisturizing, has anti-aging properties, helps control allergies, improves cognition, boosts immunity, has anti-inflammatory properties, and is an antioxidant. The last two benefits of molecular hydrogen are the most important to us because it is these properties that make molecular hydrogen beneficial for the treatment of lung damage caused by COVID-19 and other lung diseases such as pneumonia and ARDS.

The oxidative stress and inflammation caused by COVID-19 can greatly damage our lungs. Oxidative stress is a condition in which the production of free radicals far exceeds the elimination of these free radicals. With a disease like COVID-19, this imbalance increases, free radicals do more damage, and the body's naturally-produced antioxidants (designed to neutralize free radicals) are completely overwhelmed. Hydrogen is an element normally produced in the gut that eliminates free radicals and keeps us healthy. We also get hydrogen from some of the foods we eat. But that's not always enough, and when we're faced with a disease, we need extra help to heal the damage caused by free radicals.

As COVID-19 progresses and wreaks havoc on your lungs, it increases free radicals there, which increase inflammation in the lungs. Supplementing the body with extra hydrogen is essential to ward off the effects of the virus. If you have lasting inflammatory damage to your lungs after you've recovered from your initial illness, molecular hydrogen can also help treat that damage and ensure you don't have lasting breathing difficulties. Fortunately, we have some options when it comes to adding molecular hydrogen.

Hydrogen can be delivered directly to the lungs with professional inhalation therapy. Hydrogen inhalation therapy has been shown to reduce hydroxyl radicals, one of the strongest oxidants that cause severe oxidative stress. Because hydrogen gas flows freely and easily throughout the body once inhaled, it reduces damage to many organs such as the lungs, brain, heart, liver and kidneys. Molecular hydrogen can also be administered by instillation of hydrogen-enriched saline. You can also easily add hydrogen at home by dropping a hydrogen tablet into a glass of water, or better yet, you can invest in a hydrogen water generator.