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 Hydrogen inhaler. Snake oil product? or not?

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Takudan
post Aug 4 2025, 10:03 PM

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If your mother studied chemistry, then she would know her RM 3k is down the drain.

Hydrogen is flammable and almost never exists on its own because it's way too reactive. Out in the open, it'll immediately react with the oxygen, which is an exothermic reaction, so it generates heat, hence explosion.

In 7yo language, basically hydrogen pair are 2 very naughty elements way too excited to bond with someone especially oxygen, and that bond will be so fast and powerful it explodes.

I understand not everyone studied chemistry, and I don't fault your ignorance. I watched my mom buy quantum science medallions and she was so confidently telling me this shit works wonders with our health... 🥹

Tldr:
1. See word "quantum", RUN
2. Anything messing with the atmospheric air composition, RUN. Your body is made to inhale the natural, clean air out there.
3. See dihydrogen oxide, drink lots ok

This post has been edited by Takudan: Aug 4 2025, 10:04 PM
Takudan
post Aug 5 2025, 12:31 AM

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QUOTE(kerolzarmyfanboy @ Aug 4 2025, 10:57 PM)
not just studied chemistry, she was a retired chemistry teacher.  sweat.gif bro, literally the same thing I kept telling her again & again for so many years; "you were a chemistry teacher for god's sake, think logically for just one sec before buying all these stuff!"
but what to do, some of us have stubborn parent  bangwall.gif
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Wah chemistry teacher, that's Hollywood level plot twist bro...

Sorry but I don't have a good solution for you. For my mom's case, she's very healthy conscious and reads/watches a lot of health info. She has fallen prey to many fake info (the frequently forwarded WhatsApp fear mongering messages...), so we educated her for every hoax she shared. We also discussed some real life cases happening around us.

I can only say just chat with her to understand her more, including what she's up to lately. If she's not burning her children's money then it's really out of your hands -- placebo effect is also very effective so let her enjoy her retirement money. 🥹
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post Aug 5 2025, 12:39 AM

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QUOTE(raymondwong1808 @ Aug 4 2025, 03:20 PM)
ok. I watched the video, it mentioned that the hydrogen purity of 99.996%. If you possessed certain science knowledge you will see how BS this is... H2 is extremely flammable at such a purity, it reacts with O2 and create massive fire if not explosion.

and the youtube ads doesn't even mention the source of H2? from electrolysis? from cylinder? 

and again, it does not even mentioned if inhale in fully H2 or mixture of H2 + O2? again, our body can't inhale air with less than 19.5% oxygen in it. fully inhale H2 or if the H2 and O2 is not well manage it can make someone faint immediately or even die from it?

Ok, I think i raised enough questions on this thing. Please consider carefully once again before consume it.
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I read a bit of the medical journal, it mentions a very specific combination: 66% H2, 33% O2. Funnily enough the snake oil didn't bother copying those numbers to appear more credible because 99.999 sounds way better BECAUSE IT'S OVER 9000!!!!

That said, the journal mentioned that the device must keep those 2 gases safely separated to avoid explosion, and the actual H2 that is around?inside? the inhaler is only a meager single digit % and that is apparently good enough for some benefits.

A lot of pseudoscience like to mix in bits of truths from real science backed by researches and peer reviews, so that they can cite them and claim authenticity. For laymen like us, it's very difficult to understand the journals, so we often fail to discern what's real/hoax.

That being said, it helps to see the "dots" around this product: MLM, sounds too good to be true,... Connect the dots you get scam.

 

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