By replenishing our hydrogen stores, we may be able to relieve many of these conditions if they are brought about by hydrogen depletion. Since hydrogen is so abundant, you would think that we know all there is to know about it, but we are just now learning about its importance in the living system. Indeed, we all know that water, the matrix or mother of all life, is made up from hydrogen and oxygen. In fact, water is formed when hydrogen is burned by oxygen. We create pure water every day as a product of our metabolism.
Sunlight is used by vegetation to break water down into hydrogen and oxygen.
Oxygen is exhaled into the atmosphere. The hydrogen is combined with carbon to make carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids. Carbohydrates contain an equal amount of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. When we eat carbohydrates, enzymes known as dehydrogenases release the hydrogen so that it can be burned in the body as a source of energy. All the foods that nourish us are primary sources of hydrogen.