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Oxygen? What do the experts say?

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Oxygen is important to stay healthy and avoid illnesses.

So, when you go exercise in your next aerobics class, keep your activity moderate.

Why?

At 80% of your maximum exercise heart rate (MEHR) your muscle cells burn 70% carbohydrates due to lack of oxygen, as the body cannot deliver oxygenated blood fast enough.

At 70% MEHR you burn 70% fat for fuel, as there is plenty of oxygen available.

INTERESTING QUOTES:

"Deep breathing techniques which increase oxygen to the cell are the most important factors in living a disease free and energetic life. . . . Remember. Where cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not, cannot occur." --Dr. Otto Warburg, President, Institute of Cell Physiology, Nobel Prize Winner (Dr. Warburg is the only person to ever win the Nobel Prize twice in medicine and he was nominated for a third.)

"According to scientists, extra oxygen along with a cleansing diet can return balance to the body." --Elizabeth Baker, The Unmedical Miracle: Oxygen. Drelwood Communications, p.80.

"Breathing correctly is the key to better fitness, muscle strength, stamina, and athletic endurance." --Dr. Michael Yessis, Phd., President Sports Training Institute, Fitness Writer - Muscle and Fitness Magazine

"When you breathe and take in oxygen, the fat molecules are combined with the additional oxygen atoms causing oxidation. The products are carbon dioxide and water." --A. Carlson, et.al. The Machinery of the Body, University of Chicago Press, p. 361

"When the body is totally deprived of food, the metabolism slows and life can be sustained for several weeks. However, when the body is totally deprived of oxygen, metabolism comes to a halt immediately and life can only be sustained for a few minutes. Does it not make common sense that the way we breathe day-to-day has the most dramatic effect on our body's health and metabolism than any other single process?" --Jill R. Johnson, Author "The Oxycise! System"

"Oxygen tension in tissues enhances the action of some antibiotics - notably amino-glycosides - and the immune system, and stimulates cellular metabolism." --Linda Collison, Hyperbarics: when pressuring patients helps, Health Index

"Deep diaphragmatic breathing stimulates the cleansing of the lymph system by creating a vacuum effect which pulls the lymph through the bloodstream. This increases the rate of toxic elimination by as much as 15 times the normal rate." --Dr. J.W. Shields, MD, Lymph, lymph glands, and homeostasis. Lymphology, v25, n4, Dec. 1992, p. 147

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