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Exactly, and it's doing the same thing with inflammation. So it can actually acutely spike inflammation just like exercise. Exercise will release interleukin-6, which is one of the nastiest pro-inflammatory cytokines, but it's such a low amount from skeletal tissue that it's a myokine role. And hydrogen does the same thing, which drives this harmonious inflammatory response.
Exactly, and it's doing the same thing with inflammation. So it can actually acutely spike inflammation just like exercise. Exercise will release interleukin-6, which is one of the nastiest pro-inflammatory cytokines, but it's such a low amount from skeletal tissue that it's a myokine role. And hydrogen does the same thing, which drives this harmonious inflammatory response.
Exactly, and it's doing the same thing with inflammation. So it can actually acutely spike inflammation just like exercise. Exercise will release interleukin-6, which is one of the nastiest pro-inflammatory cytokines, but it's such a low amount from skeletal tissue that it's a myokine role. And hydrogen does the same thing, which drives this harmonious inflammatory response.
And a lot of people just think of inflammation as a bad word. It's only bad when it's not behaving how it's supposed to. Mm-hmm. Inflammation is critically important to our physiology. It's part of our healing. Exactly. Nothing in the body would heal without the inflammatory response. Exactly. It's part of our immune system to fight off viruses.
And a lot of people just think of inflammation as a bad word. It's only bad when it's not behaving how it's supposed to. Mm-hmm. Inflammation is critically important to our physiology. It's part of our healing. Exactly. Nothing in the body would heal without the inflammatory response. Exactly. It's part of our immune system to fight off viruses.
And a lot of people just think of inflammation as a bad word. It's only bad when it's not behaving how it's supposed to. Mm-hmm. Inflammation is critically important to our physiology. It's part of our healing. Exactly. Nothing in the body would heal without the inflammatory response. Exactly. It's part of our immune system to fight off viruses.
Actually, that was one of the big issues with COVID-19. A lot of people's bodies weren't recognizing it was a threat, so they didn't have sufficient inflammatory response at the beginning. And then once the virus started taking over, their body would panic, and they'd go into cytokine storm. Right.
Actually, that was one of the big issues with COVID-19. A lot of people's bodies weren't recognizing it was a threat, so they didn't have sufficient inflammatory response at the beginning. And then once the virus started taking over, their body would panic, and they'd go into cytokine storm. Right.
Actually, that was one of the big issues with COVID-19. A lot of people's bodies weren't recognizing it was a threat, so they didn't have sufficient inflammatory response at the beginning. And then once the virus started taking over, their body would panic, and they'd go into cytokine storm. Right.
Having this healthy, harmonious inflammatory response is incredibly important and hydrogen drives that. And it does that for a lot of other processes too, like autophagy. You know, it's all the rage and anti-aging with autophagy. And a lot of people think, oh, I want to always be activating autophagy. But no, you want to intermittently activate autophagy.
Having this healthy, harmonious inflammatory response is incredibly important and hydrogen drives that. And it does that for a lot of other processes too, like autophagy. You know, it's all the rage and anti-aging with autophagy. And a lot of people think, oh, I want to always be activating autophagy. But no, you want to intermittently activate autophagy.
Having this healthy, harmonious inflammatory response is incredibly important and hydrogen drives that. And it does that for a lot of other processes too, like autophagy. You know, it's all the rage and anti-aging with autophagy. And a lot of people think, oh, I want to always be activating autophagy. But no, you want to intermittently activate autophagy.
And in a lot of research, hydrogen has shown to actually activate autophagy. But in some important studies, it's shown to inhibit autophagy. like after heart failure and drowning resuscitation, when you absolutely don't want that to happen. So in a way, it's kind of, we'll explain hydrogen, kind of like a supervisor in our cell.
And in a lot of research, hydrogen has shown to actually activate autophagy. But in some important studies, it's shown to inhibit autophagy. like after heart failure and drowning resuscitation, when you absolutely don't want that to happen. So in a way, it's kind of, we'll explain hydrogen, kind of like a supervisor in our cell.
And in a lot of research, hydrogen has shown to actually activate autophagy. But in some important studies, it's shown to inhibit autophagy. like after heart failure and drowning resuscitation, when you absolutely don't want that to happen. So in a way, it's kind of, we'll explain hydrogen, kind of like a supervisor in our cell.
And we've talked about this before. So there's really cool research on hydrogen with other hormetic stresses, whether it be heat exposure, cold exposure, or exercise, that acutely hydrogen is actually increasing the stress response. But then after the stress finishes, it's driving back to homeostasis faster. Wow. So like with exercise, that's as if you worked out harder and recovered quicker.
And we've talked about this before. So there's really cool research on hydrogen with other hormetic stresses, whether it be heat exposure, cold exposure, or exercise, that acutely hydrogen is actually increasing the stress response. But then after the stress finishes, it's driving back to homeostasis faster. Wow. So like with exercise, that's as if you worked out harder and recovered quicker.
And we've talked about this before. So there's really cool research on hydrogen with other hormetic stresses, whether it be heat exposure, cold exposure, or exercise, that acutely hydrogen is actually increasing the stress response. But then after the stress finishes, it's driving back to homeostasis faster. Wow. So like with exercise, that's as if you worked out harder and recovered quicker.
Yeah. Because it's spiking the inflammation and oxidative stress higher and then dropping back down to homeostasis faster.
Yeah. Because it's spiking the inflammation and oxidative stress higher and then dropping back down to homeostasis faster.