04 “Lourdes" - A word in advance
Under the name “Lourdes", hydrogen generators are supplied by various manufacturers
from the Far East, which are technically very similar. They are water ionizers with a PEM
membrane, which means that the two electrodes necessary for water electrolysis are
applied directly to a membrane that is only permeated by protons in one direction (PEM =
proton exchange membrane). The main function,
the saturation of drinking water with
molecular hydrogen
, takes place in a non-pressure sealed glass container and therefore
allows only a saturation with significantly less than the atmospheric maximum saturation of
1.6 mg / l. In the best of cases you can reach 1.2 ppm. This meets the minimum therapeutic
requirement of 0.5 mg per day accepted by most scientists when drinking 0.33 liters daily.
Even if one may believe the most optimistic statement about
the "holy" water in the
Lourdes pilgrim site
, although it is
scientifically unproven, this water at the source (not in the
shipping canister!) contains 0.08 mg / l of dissolved hydrogen
gas. So you would need to drink 6.25 liters of it to reach a
minimum therapeutic level.
Naming it "Lourdes" is therefore
just a publicity stunt and is based on a well-kept myth
.
There are similar myths in the water scene about
"miracle waters"
, such as the waters of
Nordenau (Hochsauerland), Tlacote (Mexico), and Hita (Japan)
, which have at least been
scientifically studied for hydrogen. However, here too there is no doubt that the
content of
hydrogen
is, first, insignificant and
barely detectable after being bottled
.
If you want to drink
hydrogen water with a minimum content of 0.5 mg / liter, you must produce it and drink it
fresh.
