Hydrogen is a major constituent of any life form and represents more than three of every five atoms in animal species, and just under half of all the atoms in plants. Hydrogen, both its protons and electrons, appears to not only enable, but also optimise energy production by mitochondria and chloroplast. The significance of hydrogen in biology cannot be underestimated as it is part of the very first step in mitochondrial function as well as the last, be it part of a proton pump, the transfer of electrons, and the completion of redox balance and homeostasis.
The mitochondrion is the main source of ATP and is an essential organelle of plants, animals and fungi that divide independently from the cells and have their own genome. their main function is to provide energy to the cell in the form of ATP using oxygen by a process called cellular respiration. Alternatively, mitochondrion can forgo the production of ATP and produces heat for example, in brown fat tissue. In addition, mitochondria are involved in other tasks, such as signalingsignalling, maintaining control of the cell cycle, cell growth, cellular differentiation, and even cell death.
There is an estimated 37.2 trillion cells in the body and each cell contains between 2 and 2500 mitochondria each possessing 17000 ATP assembly line. Thus, it is estimated that there are about 10 million billion (10,000 trillion) mitochondria in an adult human! The oxidative phosphorylation of one molecule of glucose consumed by the cell results in the production of 32 ATP by the mitochondrion.
Molecular hydrogen supplementation has the ability to increase mitochondrial ATP production by more than 50% while decreasing the production of superoxide by the first respiratory complex. Thus increasing cell energy availability while decreasing harmful reactive oxygen species. The ability to increase the production of ATP while reducing the production of reactive oxygen species, thus reducing the need to repair the damage they cause, represents an advancement in biology that could not be more relevant in today’s world.
Peer reviewed scientific documents now run into the thousands, and if taken collectively they clearly identify that the deficiency of hydrogen in biological organisms costs the world well over 100 trillion dollars in lost income every single single year. It underpins the health potential and lifespan of all things, and ultimately our entire biosphere (including its climate) as we know it. From a scientific view point is only now that we are beginning to understand the importance of molecular hydrogen in biology and its tremendous benefit.
The contents of this website, and the function of this research centre, needs to be exposed, taught, and supported by all governments, research institutes, philanthropic idealists, and concerned individuals the world over. From little things, big things come, and it is from the smallest atom that comes a planet of life.