One thing that research chemists, medical doctors and nutritionists agree upon is that oxygen plays the most important role in sustaining health . Oxygen combines with glucose to produce energy and functions as the major detoxifying element in the body, ridding the body of the toxic byproducts of metabolism and destroying undesirable micro-organisms through oxidation. There is a simple truth that is often overlooked or forgotten - when oxygen levels in the blood drop, illness rises. And, conversely, if you can raise the oxygen content of the blood, a person feels better and is better. Hemoglobin in the red blood cells transports oxygen to every cell of the body.
Insufficient oxygen leaves one feeling lethargic and depressed.
Increased oxygen means increased energy and detoxification. Oxygen destroys fungi, yeasts, viruses, bacteria, parasites and all other harmful microbials. Just because the air we breathe contains oxygen, does not mean that we can carry that most important ingredient for life to our cells. In fact, our bodies do not get enough oxygen from the air we breathe and oxygen starvation is a real concern in our polluted, stress-ridden world today. To understand oxygen therapy, we must understand that the lungs are not the only way we can bring oxygen to the cells in the body.