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Hydrogen water or tablets: any benefits for kidneys?
My eGfr ranges from 52 To 60. I have blood test every three months and these numbers have been over a two year period. My regiment is 8 glasses of water daily and about 1-2 miles walk M-F. My first glass of liquid to start the day is a 16 oz glass of half water, half diet cranberry juice, teaspoonful of pure honey, tablespoon full of apple cider vinegar,and small lemon squeeze. Other seven glasses of liquid is pure water. Does anyone drink or take hydrogen tablets or liquid and is there any benefit for kidneys
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@5tillypurl https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/hydrogen-water-or-tablets-any-benefits-for-kidney/ is a discussion you can take a look at. While it appears there is no FDA endorsement, should we consider it a "fad", something new to try/spend our money on?
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Meanwhile, companies make tens of millions from "maybe" products. In some ways, we haven't gotten far from the Middle Ages. Look at all the products over the years that were claimed to be helpful for this or that, when after years of study it turned out to be the opposite in terms of side effects. Cancer sometimes being one of those side effects.
tough call.
I’m guessing companies make billions of dollars on nail coloring and trimming and tens of billions of dollars on hair coloring and trimming and styling.
Neither of these techniques will cure CKD! Hydrogen water may be in this category, but it may provide some benefit, we don’t really know.
If a patient chooses to use hydrogen water and doesn’t use it as an excuse, not to diet or control or blood pressure, it is probably harmless.
If they honestly believe it will help them, the Hawthorne effect, maybe after cause some slight improvement.
It is appropriate to regulate materials that may be harmful, but I don’t think hydrogen water fits in this category.,