Simple, inexpensive method for producing hydrogen water.

For info on hydrogen water:

http://www.molecularhydrogenfoundatio...

Based on suggestions here and further experimentation here are the current parameters I use for this protocol:
The bottles are half-liters or so and my current recipe for that size is 4 new 5" rods (or equivalent surface area in 5-7 older
rods), 1 gm of malic acid, fill to top with hot water and seal and refrigerate for 3 hours. (can leave up to 12 hours with only slight
degrading of concentrations, providing the seals are still tight on the bottles.) This produces regularly 3-4.0 ppm concentrations
of H2 water provided you rotate/shake the container 30 sec or so before opening to further help dissolve the H2. (If you're
getting a good pop when opening the bottle, feel confident you're getting close to these concentrations.) I also now inhale 1 big
breath of the H2 gas after opening through a funnel per David Zweig's suggestion.

Forgot to mention that if you decide to use this exact combination of Mg rods and beer-brewing bottles, you should order the
LONGER rods (5" rods) and not the 4" rods on Ebay. The 4" rods are a little fatter than the 5" rods and don't quite fit into the
bottles when you first receive them. If you do happen to order the shorter rods by mistake, just place the rods in vinegar for
several hours up to overnight in order to shrink the rods enough so they will fit in the bottles. If doing this, also replace the
vinegar in the jar every hour or so to keep it reacting with the Mg

Roman K8 months ago

That seems like quite a bit of work. How about trying something I have been using AquaH2. One tablet fully dissolves in a 16
ounce bottle of water and the amount of hydrogen bubbles produced is simply amazing. At least i figure its worth checking out
https://amzn.com/B01E9NVYNU I also found a 20% off coupon 20Aqua20
Hi Roman, I tried a similar product (Active H2) before playing around with this method and it never produced more than
a .3ppm (that's 3/10ths) parts per million of H2 concentration. AquaH2 could be different but I doubt it since they all pretty much
contain the same formulation. If you want to test it for your own knowledge, buy some "H2 Blue" reagent...about $30 plus
shipping from various vendors. You really need to get up in the range of 1.5+ppms concentrations to notice a therapeutic
benefit in my experience. (Also, as I mentioned in the video, I'm cheap, and this method costs 3 or 4 cents to produce much
higher concentrations than the $1/pill does.)

Vinegar works and I used it for a while but the malic acid makes higher concentrations and turns out to be cheaper.

Glen, I ordered all of the supplies, and describe this method on my blog page titled Hydrogen Drinking Water 3.0.
http://pieeconomics.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_2.html I'll be updating it with my own experiences. Thanks!

Since the bottle seals I've used for some time are getting a little weak, I'm ordering the bottles you suggested and will try them
and post if any differences in concentrations are noticed.

Get this funnel made of quality 18/10 stainless steel with a 1/2 in. diameter vented stem. Part of a set of 3 for $9.68 and free
shipping: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Norpro-18-10-Stainless-Steel-3Pc-Funnel-Set-Canning-Preserving-Small-Bottles-/
282028473399?hash=item41aa34fc37:g:vZwAAOSw3mpXK41I Don't buy the funnel set that Amazon recommends with the
brewing bottles as the stem on that one is too large, and "heat-resistant" plastic may not be as good as stainless steel..

kcoock8 months ago

Im getting incredible pops with 5 rods and just under 1 gram of the acid. No diaria at all, drinking about 5 16oz glasses a day.
GlenIngram8 months ago
kcoock, Took your lead and cut back on the malic acid to 1gm, used 5 (pretty worn) rods and tightened the seals. Just opened
an overnight batch and got a good pop and it measured 3.0ppms, which is pretty good for this method. I will now try increasing
to 5 or 6/day of these to see if the bowel tolerance is any better.Thanks for experimenting!

David Lopez1 year ago

How's it going Mr. Ingram, I found your post on longecity and your video was interesting. You said you've done this a few times
before you made this video. If so what would you say the best length of time you had left the bottle in the freezer to get the 3.0
ppm? I only ask because like you said longer does equal more.
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Glen Ingram1 year ago

+David Lopez Hi David, Sorry if I said longer does equal more (which is what I originally surmised)...meant to say it doesn't
necessarily equal more because (I believe) the container limitations will eventually come into play. Each container I tested will
have a limitation on how much pressure it can sustain and will eventually leak more H2 out than is being generated by the
reaction and the concentrations will start diminishing. I really doubt that I have the optimum "brewing" parameters worked out
but what I'm currently using is: 4 rods, 2g malic acid, 16 oz beer-brewing bottle for container, (boiling) distilled water filled to
overflowing in the container, immediately into freezer for 1.5 hours to begin cooling the water for higher H2 solubility, move to
refrigerator for additional 1.5 hours, mainly to keep water from freezing but still keep cooling it, open and drink right away. This
got me consistently 2.5-3.5 ppms H2 concentrations. I didn't want to keep spending money (on H2 Blue test kits) and time to
get higher concentrations since this water was having many good effects and is higher concentrations than was used in many
of the studies mentioned on the Molecular Hydrogen Foundation website. If anyone refines this process further for higher
concentrations, would love to hear about it!
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David Lopez1 year ago

Thank you Mr. Ingram for clarifying I will certainly give it a try once I'm able to order all the essentials. By the way the 5" rod you
purchased on ebay, was the supplier over seas? or did you find one here in the states? The 2 I found was the one you
mentioned on alibaba and an oversea supplier on ebay.
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Glen Ingram1 year ago

+David Lopez I think the suppliers are all overseas...Hog Kong, I think. The Ebay seller with the MGA brand rods seemed to get
them here the soonest...about 3 weeks. It's a drag, but the best I've been able to find.
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Paul Smith1 year ago

+Glen Ingram Hi Glen, firstly great stuff your efforts are appreciated. Do you have to drink the water within a certain period. In
other words could I leave it refrigerated in the beer-brewing bottle and expect still highish levels of H2?
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Paul Smith1 year ago

+Paul Smith Also Glen for the bottles do you think this might work http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-1550ml-Kiln-clip-jar-High-
quality-glass-and-seals-premium-quality-/182066678248
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Paul Smith1 year ago

+Paul Smith Finally sorry to keep asking questions. For the "recipe" of 2g malic acid + 4 rods. Did you get this from a website?
Wonder how you arrived at this as I believe there are many ways to obtain H2 in water.
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Glen Ingram1 year ago

+Paul Smith Hi Paul, It looks like it could work...the glass seems pretty thick and I like the sealing mechanism. Since it's 3 times
the size of the containers I tried, you would probably want to bump up the # of rods and the amount of malic acid
correspondingly. Here's one cautionary tale...I was trying Kombucha bottles which also seemed like pretty strong glass and
putting a clamp on the cap to keep the seal tight. Admittedly, this was when I was leaving them in 10 hours or so to try to
generate higher concentrations with correspondingly higher pressures however. Well, you guessed it...one exploded as I was
opening it and scared me silly...only a few glass shards nicked me but I was done with that container. The shape of the beer-
brewing bottles gives me more confidence that it won't happen with them...also, the guy at the brew shop told me they're also
used for brewing soda pop which generates something like 30 times more pressure than what brewing beer takes. Also, the 3-
hour brew time doesn't generate nearly the pressures I was getting with a 10-12 hour brew. If you do try this container, you may
need help drinking it up right away. You could carry it around with you sipping it all day...not a bad idea...but the half-life of H2
concentration is something like an hour or 2 so you're getting a weaker brew as you drink throughout the day. Still could be a
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Glen Ingram1 year ago

+Paul Smith No, just got it with varying the input parameters and then testing with the H2 Blue test kit. This kit costs $35 and
after buying 3 of them, decided I'd stop trying to improve the brew and just drink the 3.0ppm water. You could no doubt get
higher if you have the time and inclination. If you decide to experiment, I'd definitely keep the boiling water since that alone
created double the concentration I'd been getting. You could try more rods, more acid or bump up the brew times maybe 30
minutes at a time and check it. Please share if you get any breakthroughs.
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Glen Ingram1 year ago

+Paul Smith I think I read where the half-life for H2 concentrations in an open container is an hour or 2. If the container has a
good seal, probably a little better. I just tend to chug it when I open it and just take regular water with me when I go out.
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Paul Smith1 year ago

+Glen Ingram Hi Glen, thanks for all the replies. I think I'll give the bottle a go. I have browsed the Hydrogen Water Facebook
group and Hydrogen Foundation but neither mention much about the recipe. Do you have any useful links (other websites)
where I could read up on it please. Shame the half life is so quick I might test the bottled water with that test kit as my plan is to
prepare in the morning and take to work.
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Glen Ingram11 months ago

+Paul Smith Hey Paul, I have started taking a bottle out with me during the day also. I put it in a sport bottle with a good seal
(Ezisoul) and drink it within 3 or 4 hours. Probably retains a good portion of H2.
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Paul Smith11 months ago

+Glen Ingram Hi Glen, thanks that's good to know. I've just discovered a website called Hydronaid which offers a portable
hyrogen machine but is quite expensive but cool concept. The main benefit is it produces the Hydrogen water when you want it
to so you could use it all day but the ppm is quite low at 0.6 to 1 but at least they say that on their website.
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Jan Vavra3 weeks ago
BEWARE! Not sure how safe this is in the long run. I have a friend who works at a lab that analyzes metal purity and
composition, I bought some Mg rods on Ebay from China, advertised as 99% pure. Here were the test results: Mg 98.9, Si
0.455, P 0,232, S 0.195, CA 0.0970, Zr 0.0716, Sn 0.0085, Zn 0.0054, Fe 0.0045, Te, 0.0037, Cu 0.0036, Mn, 0.0034, Sb
0.0028, Ni 0.0022, Cd 0.0009, Ag 0.0008, Ga 0.0006, Se 0.0003. The Cadmium, Nickel and Tellerium had me a bit worried.
These seem like small amounts, but the magic question is what amount is toxic, especially over prolonged, repeated
exposures. I don't have the answer to that question. For me, better safe than sorry. At the very least, get a purity and
composition check from your supplier (and/or from a metal testing lab in a university) and speak with your local University's
toxicology department to request their opinion on the toxicity of the impurities. Because some of these metals ARE Toxic.
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

Jan, Thanks for that info. I too was concerned about this and had a batch analyzed by a water testing lab and posted the
results somewhere here. The only really significant metal found was the Mg with the Ni, Pb and Cu quite a bit less than what
you'd find in typical tap water. Are the rods you had analyzed the "99.99% pure" ones I had linked or 99% as you stated or
99.5%. That could make a difference, imo.
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Jan Vavra3 days ago

Glen Ingram, They were different rods. 99.5 % pure. so this would make a difference for sure. I will look at the rods on your link.
Thanks.

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for reuse! CHEMICALLY INERT! 30 YEARS OF SAFETY HISTORY! Simply buy POWERADE 20 oz sports drink, pour out
contents down drain, wash bottle and use it instead! The bottle expands as pressure rises. It is working great for me! God bless
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Good suggestion, Ed. I've never had a problem with the brewing bottles though.

Kadydid7 Ziech1 month ago

Hi Glen, Thank you for your video teaching us how to make H2 rich water better for less $$$$. I made my first batch yesterday
and have a couple of questions I hope you can answer. 1. If the bottles are in the fridge longer than 3 hours, could the tops
explode? 2. Can the H2 rich water be transferred to another container with a lid and saved to drink later without losing it's
potency of H2? For my batch, I used 1/2 liter bottles like yours with the swing caps. Only one 5 inch Mg rod fit per bottle. I still
added 2 grams of malic acid in each bottle. I filled the bottles with boiling water and noted lots of bubbles/reaction. Even after
being in the freezer for an hour and a half there was a lot of action/bubbles. After being in the fridge for 3 hours there was still
reaction between the malic acid and Mg. When opening the cap, there was a huge pop! It sounded like a balloon popping. My
H2 rich water tasted tart, but was drinkable. Does yours taste tart?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Kadydid7, I've never had one of the beer-brewing bottles explode even after a day or more in the fridge. Not sure why you
could only get 1 5" rod in the bottle but you don't need that much malic acid, especially if you only use 1 rod. I would cut back at
most to 1 gm.
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Kadydid7 Ziech3 weeks ago
Thank you for your response. I cut back on the Malic Acid for subsequent batches and it seemed to work out fine.

Bob Barker2 months ago

is it possible to use Magnesium Hydroxide powder and malic acid in boiling water?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Bob, Doubt that will work...has to be the Mg element.

Betsy Maldonado2 months ago

Glen Ingram, WOW! Absolutely love this video you created. Thank you sooo much! Are the instructions below still your current
parameters you use for making a batch and if not may I request that you reply with the new updates when it is convenient for
your? Again I am very grateful for you generous video and for your time to answer all our questions: INSTRUCTIONS: 1. The
bottles are half-liters or so and my current recipe for that size is 4 new 5" rods 2. Add 1 gm of malic acid to the bottle, fill to top
with boiling water and seal and refrigerate for 3 hours. (you can leave up to 12 hours with only slight degrading of
concentrations, providing the seals are still tight on the bottles.) 3. This produces regularly 3-4.0 ppm concentrations of H2
water provided you rotate/shake the container 30 sec or so before opening to further help dissolve the H2. (If you're getting a
good pop when opening the bottle, feel confident you're getting close to these concentrations.) 4. Each batch provides
somewhere between 200-300 mg of elemental magnesium. This is your best guess as the total rod weight was reduced about
200-300 mg for one batch.
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Hi Betsy, Yes, this is still my procedure and have been doing it pretty regularly and drinking 3-5 half-liters/day for over a year
now.

k johnson2 months ago (edited)

all the info i found on malic acid, is it is extremely sour, what does this taste like, i hate sour stuff. and can anything like
cranberries be added for flavor without effecting the concentration and reaction of this? ALSO there is many prices of malic acid
and DL and L in front of it, and one that says it is food grade and is a lot less costly, what should we be looking for. one says
organic but is 3 times the cost. any suggestions?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

I don't notice much of a sour taste using just 1 gm of the malic. I just buy the cheapest food grade I can find. Never really
thought about it but since I almost always buy organic apples, maybe I should be buying organic malic. (?)

antokat3 months ago

can't find this magnesium bars so how i have to call them the proper name of ingredients please?.. so i like i're stile i want to try
it too. thanks u smart guy bro' ciao from europe
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

"Magnesium Element Rods" : http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-Magnesium-Element-Metal-Rods-Ingot-High-Purity-4N-99-99-5-long-
x-5-8-HK-/111153880233?hash=item19e1499ca9:g:pTEAAOSw2xRYfEsW

Manu B3 months ago

Hello Glen, I have been searching for mg powder of high purity. But this is hard to find. Because the powder produces H2 much
faster I suppose there is also less loss of H2. Wouldn't it be an idea to simply make Mg powder out of the rods with sandpaper?
Regards
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Glen Ingram3 months ago

Manu, I actually tried this once when I couldn't find any source of powder that I trusted the purity. I used a hand sander and it
took quite a while to get enough powder for even 1 batch. Also, I realized I was probably getting particles of whatever was in
the sandpaper to make it rough so I discarded the idea for those reasons.
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Manu B3 months ago

Thank you for your answer Glenn. The reason I ask is that I am looking for a way to give some one some relieve of pain with
the help of H2 water. But it has to be an easy and more simple and safe way. So a powder would be a good idea imo.

ron shuman5 months ago

how long do the rods last?
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Glen Ingram4 months ago

I'm still using some I bought 8 months ago but have many I use interchangeably so difficult to say. The original weight of the
rods is about 43 gms or so and each batch reduces the overall weight of all the rods used by 500 mg or so so theoretically 4
rods would last for more than 300 batches but you would need to add more as they shrunk and then mix and match in batches
so each batch would have sufficient Mg surface area to react.

Enfant d'Omelas5 months ago (edited)

If someone were concerned about possible contaminants in the Mg rods, would 'huffing' / inhalation work? Suppose you put a
bottle of fresh H2 water with some headspace to your lips, inhaled through the mouth, sealed the bottle with your tongue, held
your breath for a few seconds, then exhaled and took a few breaths through the nose and repeated this process for a while...
could it work?
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Glen Ingram4 months ago

This can't hurt and could be useful and somewhat emulates the H2 gas inhalation machines they use in Japan in some healing
centers. Some studies use inhalation of the gas as a method for obtaining H2, but I think most of the benefits have been
obtained with the H2 dissolved in water. See above post about testing for contaminants in the Mg rods.
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Enfant d'Omelas4 months ago

Thanks for your reply and for all your hard work on this.
skyh2k6 months ago (edited)
Thank you so much for the Great info. I'll give it a try. Also what is your thought on the Alkaline water ionizer hydrogen stick vs
your method?
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Glen Ingram4 months ago

I tested one version of these sticks...not Hayashi's but a cheaper knockoff...and got little or no H2 concentration in the resultant
brew. I took apart the stick and found only a few small pieces of Mg and some pebbles with nothing to generate an acidic
condition. Although it's stated that Mg will react with H2O to produce H2, there is so little reaction with room temperature water
that it could be considered negligible. That's why we need to add the malic acid and the Mg + acid reaction is what produces
most of the H2 in this method. You could use these sticks and add a little vinegar to possibly produce some H2 initially but with
no way to clean the Mg pieces inside, they would very soon be coated with Mg oxide and be rendered useless.

Carolyn Kane6 months ago

Ok I found your links for the rods and bottles....I did not see one on the malic acid. would you share that with me please.
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Glen Ingram6 months ago

https://www.amazon.com/Malic-Acid-FCC-Grade-Pack/dp/B00SCEAW7W/ref=sr_1_3?m=A1U1I55LNSGPDY&s=merchant-
items&ie=UTF8&qid=1475044287&sr=1-3&keywords=malic+acid

Alfonso Pérez6 months ago

How many times can you reuse those rots?
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Glen Ingram6 months ago

I'm still using some I got 8 months ago but some are getting pretty small. They're all around 43-35 gms/rod new and each batch
uses about 200-300mg of Mg so maybe 4 batches per gm, 170 or so per rod...if you bought 5 rods they would theoretically last
you for about 850 batches. But you would need to replenish before then because the rods would be so small there wouldn't be
enough surface area to react. I mix and match now new with old to try to use them up.
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Alfonso Perez6 months ago

Thank you Glen! I appreciate!!! Got the malic acid (although is not food grade so maybe I need to get another one), and these
99.99% magnesium rots from ebay, tried but didn''t react, but it wasn't with hot water so that's why. thanks for your videos.

Martin Kennelly11 months ago

Glen, I have begun consuming H2. The blast off the bottle once I open gives me encouragement. I am afraid the bottle will blow
apart every time I open it. My question if you can answer, is where did you come across this recipe ? I have been unable to find
it online unless its your own creation? I want to see sources before I recommend.
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Glen Ingram11 months ago

+Martin Kennelly Hi Martin, this is basically the recipe used in various pills which generate H2 when dropped in water. (Active
H2, H2 Viva, etc...they're all the same recipe: Mg + malic acid + fumaric acid + mannitol as a binder) This method accomplishes
the same thing, only can generate higher concentrations with this method and also avoid the mannitol, which is problematic,
imo. Also, I trust my source of Mg more than the powder used in those pills.
Ben11 months ago (edited)
Hi Glen, Thank you for making the video ! i have made my first few batches successfully, although one bottle blew up in the
freezer! i have one question is distilled water necessary ? could i used filtered tap water instead i realise distilled it more
reactive so i would assume better absorption but it quite expensive, have you tested the difference ? unfortunately i can’t buy
the test kit here in the uk. Thanks again,
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Glen Ingram11 months ago

+Ben Hey Ben, Whatever your drinking now for your water should be fine. I just happen to use distilled because that is my
preference.

Phyto Element11 months ago

Thank you Glenn for this informative video, and what about using lemon juice instead of citric acid?. Thank you!
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Glen Ingram11 months ago

+Phyto Element Actually, Phyto, lemon juice works also and makes a tastier drink but doesn't generate as high of
concentrations of H2 (maybe 1/2 to 2/3 the concentration). I used it a lot in earlier testing. Also, apple cider vinegar also works.
About 1-2 tbsp of either will do
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Phyto Element11 months ago

Thanks Glen!, as for me, as a very convenient trick to save on lemons, I am using ice cubes of lemon juice (that I am doing
once in a week) put in stainless steel double walled 0.5 litre bottles filled with filtered water, so the H2 concentration seems to
be quiet good since the “popping sound” occurs most of the time when I open up the bottles. I have tried apple cider vinegar but
I did not like the sour “metallic” taste, so I prefer much better the lemony flavor.

David Stewart1 week ago

This is a great educational piece. Much appreciated Glen! I am getting into this slowly with the
Magnesium Malate/Magnesium Fumarate pills (H2VIVA). I have trouble drinking 16-20 ounces very
quickly, so I split the pills in half with a pill splitter, and use 10 oz. bottles. The ones that seem to work
best are the glass ones provided by Canada Dry Tonic Water or Original New York Seltzer/Soda.
Both are inexpensive for a 4 or 6 pack at the grocery store. Canada Dry has a plastic cap and the
New York Seltzer has a metal cap. To be honest, the plastic cap is beefier and seems to seal better. I
get a good Psst! sound when opening either, so I know there is H2 pressure there. No Psst!, no H2. I
plan to try the method with the rods in this video, but I think everyone would always need the pills for
travel or convenience occasionally, so you may as well get some to see how they work for you. I am
not endorsing the kind I have tried, but they seem to work. I have not tested them with H2Blue. They
do add a slight metallic taste to the water, but not overwhelming. Glen's tip about setting them upside
down is a good one! I'm still looking for a great container that fits in a bicycle bottle holder (not glass,
of course). Filling a bottle from a Camelback and dropping in a pill is easy enough on a ride, you
would just need to do it in advance of needing to drink it.
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

David, If you're going to go with the pills, I would try the ones from Alex Tarnava's Canadian company
(https://drinkhrw.com/base/home). They reportedly produce much higher concentration water for
about the same cost as all the others. I bought 1 bottle of the H2Viva when I was first experimenting
with various methods and I don't think I finished the bottle. Taste was off-putting for me, I never
measured over .5ppms using 1 pill per half-liter, and the cost was much more than this method. Also,
at the time, they used mannitol as a binder which was problematic for me...don't know if they ever
changed that or not. When I travel now, I just take along the rods, a few bottles and a little bag of
malic acid. For a bike ride or pickleball game, I just open a few bottles and transfer to a sport bottle
with a good seal. I'm sure the concentration is diminished a lot but still seems pretty effective for
keeping my energy up.
linda harter1 week ago
Glen, Is it ok to use a wine bottle and a cork? I bought bottles on Amazon and could not fit more than one rod in because of the
neck of the bottle. They are Kombucha bottles. And I only have five rods so would that be enough with a larger bottle.
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linda harter1 week ago

I just read about the lengths of the rods below, Thank you
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

Linda, I tried kombucha bottles for a while and had a few spectacular explosions before going to these beer-brewing
bottles...not recommended if the seal is super tight because the high pressures generated by this reaction will be too much for
many glass containers. These bottles I use have never exploded in over a year...I think the seals release gas before the
strength of the bottle is exceeded. If your bottles have the same kind of sealing mechanism and the bottles are a similar shape
it will probably be ok. You can also use a stainless sport bottle with a screw top but I found those very hard to open at high
pressure and went to these bottles after a while since they combined ease of closing/opening with good-enough sealing
properties.

LelandMomo Barlow1 week ago

Can I just use a part per mil meter or do I have to use the h2o blue kit you have?where did you find your kit?
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

The ppm meter will not measure H2 concentration. The kit for ~$37 is the easiest way to go...there's a more involved procedure
using methylene blue which is possibly cheaper that I never pursued. You can order the kit from California Hydrogen Water.

Thomas Roberts3 weeks ago

Hi Glen... I'm going crazy. I have been trying to make this work but have so far only achieved 1 ppm (Highest). I have increased
the 4" Mg rods to eight - Less than 1 ppm. I started with malic then tried ascorbic and citric. I still can't make it work. I started
doing exactly as you showed on your video. ORP ranges from 250 to 350. pH w/eight rods = ~8.5. My rods came in a package
like yours. Any help (or ideas) would be greatly appreciated.
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

Hi Thomas, Not sure what's going on with your procedure. Are your rods the ~43gm ones or possibly the pencil-thin 8gm ones
that someone found? Are you using the beer-brewing bottles? Your pH of 8.5 is suspicious. When I sent a batch for water-
testing last year, I think mine was more like 5.5...but I think I used more malic for those batches which could explain the
difference. Make sure the seal is good and you fill the container to top+ so you seal it with no air at all in the container...you
want only H2 to be in the space above the water to create maximum H2 forced into solution.
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Thomas Roberts1 day ago

Thanks Glen. I think or hope not filling to the top may be the problem. I will give it a shot. Also, thanks for getting back to me.

Kadydid7 Ziech3 weeks ago

Can H2 rich water be stored for later or must it be consumed right away?
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Glen Ingram1 week ago

Katydid7, The concentration diminishes over time but I usually open several bottles in the morning, breathe in the escaping H2
from them for 6 or 8 breaths and then transfer to sport bottles to carry for the morning routine. I think this still gets a good
amount of H2. If you leave them for over a day or so, you probably lose quite a bit of the H2. (If you still are getting a "pop"
when opening, I'd say it's still pretty good, even if it's a day or 2 later.)

Stacey Roberts1 month ago

went to ebay to buy the rods but how do I know whether the rods are legit magnesium?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Hi Stacey, I had the water tested by a lab from batches I made with the rods from the links posted and there were no
contaminants and plenty of Mg. I trust their purity claims of 99.99% or 99.97% for the "Mg metal element" rods. (not the fire
starter ones)

Dean Martens1 month ago

You say to use 2 grams of malic acid in the video but your notes say to use 1 gram. How much should we use?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

I originally surmised that more should be better for producing higher concentrations but more also produces more intestinal
distress so I started experimenting with cutting back the amounts used and found that 1 gram produced 3.0+ ppms (which is
about what I was getting with 2 gms of malic acid) with much less intestinal distress.

Dean Martens1 month ago

I have a bottle that holds 1 liter with the good pressure cap on top. Can I add the 4 rods and use 2 grams of malic acid and then
do everything else the same. This opening in this bottle allow the rods in where the 1/2 liter bottle won't. Thank you so very
much for your assistance for all of us. Much Love & Light for your efforts.
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

That will work as long as you're able to open the cap with all the internal pressure created. Also, be aware that some bottles,
due to their shape, could potentially explode under the pressure that can be created with this simple chemical reaction. I had 2
kombucha bottles explode after clamping the top to create a very good seal...not fun! I finally decided these brewing bottles
provide a good enough seal to make good batches without the danger of exploding since the tops seem designed to release
pressure before that might happen.

Mike Lee1 month ago

can you measure the ppm H2 in Mg + vinegar solution ? I think you can get magnesium acetate and H2. can save money by
not buying malic acid.
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Hey Mike...yes that works and I used it for a while but not sure it's cheaper (I was using Bragg's ACV) and didn't get quite the
concentrations I got with malic...maybe closer to 1.5-2ppms rather than 3+.

Tagassi1 month ago (edited)

DO NOT USE THIS METHOD. IT IS A BOMB. Under any circumstance, do not shake the glass bottle, my mother shook the
glass bottle with the magnesium rods in it mixed with malic acid and it exploded in her hands and a large glass shard went into
my mother's chin area, bleeding profusely for a few min. Luckily, the bleeding stopped after 3 min. If this went into her eyes, it
would have been very very tragic. DO NOT USE THIS METHOD. IT IS A BOMB. * I also made a flag report on this. I hope uses
this method anymore, but if you still do, do not shake it!
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Tagassi...so sorry to hear about this. Was this using the beer brewing bottles shown in the video? I've been doing this for a year
now and always shaking them without any incident. I did have this issue with other bottles though.
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Tagassi1 month ago

No, not a beer brewing bottle. My mother used this: Xtremeglas Duo 32 oz Spillproof Leakproof Glass Water Bottle with
Silicone Sleeves Recyclable BPA Free! ONE BOTTLE PER PACKAGE! (Green) Took her to the hospital to get her stitched up.
She is okay now.

Manu B1 month ago

Hi Glenn, I bought a small champagne bottle with a plastic cork for making the hydrogen water. The cork is secured with a wire
cage. Three rods fit in. But it is sometimes scary with how much force the cork pops out of the bottle when I start unscrewing te
wire cage. The bottle is strong, but can it allways handle this built up pressure? I can cool the bottle in about an hour by putting
it in a bucket with luke warm water and that add two cooling element from the freezer. Maybe an idea for people who want to
cool fast. Regards
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Hey Manu, Based on my and evidently some others experiences here, I would be wary of larger, fatter bottles that you can seal
extra well. The pressures created with this reaction can be pretty high and there is the danger the bottle could explode. I still
recommend the beer-brewing bottles because 1) I've used them for over a year with no exploding bottles and 2) It seems to me
the tops are designed so that they can't seal so tightly that there's a danger of popping the bottle.

Emi Hosaka2 months ago

Hi Glen, I am enjoying watching your video. Thanks for all the info. I was wondering after I tried to use the vinegar to washed
the rods, do I have to change the vinegar every time or can still use the same vinegar to wash it again? How Many times I can
reuse the same vinegar? Thanks again!
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Emi, I end up tossing it when it doesn't seem to react or do much cleaning any more. I end up using a lot of vinegar maybe a
gallon or so every 2 weeks. I use the cheap distilled white for cleaning.

Ed Ha2 months ago

God Bless you for this information Glen! I want to buy the magnesium but prefer to not wait on e-packet delivery from China as
I have health issue to apply this for right away. Do you have some extras you can sell me? Let me know and I will forward
payment to you!
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Glen Ingram1 month ago

Ed, Sorry I just saw this but I am currently out of the 5" rods and trying to use up some 4" rods I bought before settling on these
bottles as my go to container. Unfortunately these 4" rods are fatter and need shrinking before I can get them in the bottles and
I'm sure you wouldn't want to go through that before starting the project.

Reality is a Comedy2 months ago

How long do the magnesium sticks last? How do you know when to replace them?
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Glen Ingram1 month ago
They will be good until they completely disappear but you need to keep adding more as they get smaller to produce the same
concentrations you were getting with the new ones. (Concentration is proportional to surface area of rods.) I'm currently using
5-8 of my skinnier rods which is totally a guesstimate but if you want to calculate, just compute the surface area of a given rod
and add them all together. (Area of ends = (radius of rod) squared times 3.14 times 2 plus Area of curved surface = (3.14 times
diameter) times length. I think I calculated once that the 5" rods were about 8.5 sq inches in surface area so the original recipe
calls for about 34 sq inches of exposed Mg surface. No reason to be that precise though, imo.
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