BYE-BYE, OVER-50 FAT!

Nobel Prize-winning discovery hints at how drinking water at this temperature and alkalinity can boost cellular metabolism by 2,900%, making it effortless to lose weight

- LISA MAXBAUER

Good news for those of us who have been searching the ends of the earth for an easy way to shed stubborn weight: Turns out the answer has been hiding in plain sight, in the form of the most abundant molecule in the universe: hydrogen!

If you’re thinking, Wait, hydrogen is water, and I’ve already tried  drinking water to lose weight, you’re right. However, most of us have trouble absorbing the water we drink in such a way that it delivers benefits to our metabolism at a cellular level. In fact, subclinical dehydration affects up to 95% of women over 40.

To the rescue: Nobel Prize–winning research from Johns Hopkins University uncovers a new way for water to quickly enter cells, helping us reach superior hydration that improves our slimming ability.

The discovery involves portals called aquaporin channels, which allow 1 million water molecules per second to rush into cells. The catch: To move most easily through these channels, “the pH of that water needs to be slightly alkaline, rather than neutral like most water,” Stanford University scientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman, PhD, has said. (Tap water has a pH of about 7; alkaline water’s pH is 7.9 to 9.2.)

So it makes sense that a type of alkaline water called “hydrogenen-riched water,” or H2, is gaining fans. This turbocharged water is made by dissolving hydrogen gas or molecular hydrogen tablets in regular water.