You’ve already heard about alkaline hydrogen water. You know that notoriously hard-to-please celebrities love it. You probably know that millions of people around the world are huge fans of the pH-balancing, hottest-way-to-hydrate alkaline water, but still. Is it all smoke and mirrors or does alkaline water deliver what it promises?

Which, to be honest, is a lot.

The Hydrogen Water Sports Star Fan Club

Hydrogen water is credited with everything from boosting your energy – a long list of sports stars swear by its performance-enhancing potency – to fending off and neutralizing damaging free-radicals in the environment.

The theory – and, it seems, a decent share of the science – behind drinking alkaline hydrogen water, is that …