| The chemistry sounds very straightforward. | | | | the theory that oxygen therapy could reduce |
| Human body fat is a combination of three | | | | body fat into the easily excreted H2O and CO2 |
| elements - hydrogen, carbon and oxygen | | | | is lacking. |
| molecules (plus other substances that are | | | | |
| stored within the fat cells). | | | | |
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| | | | Still, not everyone is convinced. The |
| | | | chemistry appears fine on paper, so something |
| Add extra oxygen to the body fat, and in | | | | is missing in the implementation. Finding |
| theory it should break down into two well | | | | that missing factor could be crucial in the |
| known substances: | | | | battle of the bulge, the quest for weight |
| | | | loss, and conquering obesity. |
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| | | | Books have been written promoting special |
| | | | breathing techniques for weight loss. |
| | | | Although there are sceptics, there are also |
| Hydrogen & oxygen molecules (H2O - water, | | | | many people around the world who swear by the |
| which enters the blood stream, goes through | | | | success they have achieved in losing weight |
| the kidneys and is then excreted via | | | | via these breathing techniques. |
| urination); & | | | | |
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| | | | The theory behind these breathing techniques |
| Carbon & oxygen molecules (CO2 - carbon | | | | is not merely due to the intake of the |
| dioxide, which is excreted via respiration). | | | | oxygen, but that the human body's metabolic |
| | | | process expels waste matter, including carbon |
| | | | dioxide, when we breath out. Our air intake |
| | | | is higher in oxygen than what we expire, and |
| Oxygen or Ozone Therapies are used by a | | | | we breath out more carbon dioxide than we |
| number of alternative medicine practitioners | | | | breath in. |
| around the world. It is more popular in | | | | |
| Europe than in the USA. Practitioners are | | | | |
| also found in Canada and Mexico. | | | | |
| | | | The breathing technique therefore seeks to |
| | | | encourage and maximize the expulsion of |
| | | | carbon dioxide from our bodies - carbon |
| Despite being banned in some countries and | | | | dioxide that is the waste matter created when |
| certainly debunked by large sections of the | | | | the oxygen dissolves body fat. |
| "conventional" medical profession, there is | | | | |
| plenty of evidence that oxygen therapy | | | | |
| produces health benefits for many conditions | | | | |
| far cheaper, much faster and without the side | | | | Personally, I must admit to being impressed |
| effects of patent drugs. | | | | though not thoroughly convinced. It is quite |
| | | | reasonable to assume that the people who are |
| | | | disciplined enough to follow this breathing |
| | | | technique diligently for several weeks or |
| Oxygen therapy is usually administered in one | | | | months are probably motivated enough to also |
| of two ways: | | | | be doing other things (dietary, |
| | | | psychologically, etc.) that will be causing |
| | | | the weight loss. |
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| | | | Still, it fits the basic (unproven) theory |
| | | | that adding oxygen to body fat should result |
| A facial mask attached to an oxygen tank, so | | | | in weight loss. Furthermore, it is harmless, |
| that the patient breaths in oxygen for many | | | | so long as adequate dietary intake of |
| hours of the day; or | | | | antioxidant vitamins and minerals are being |
| | | | consumed. Whether the actual results are from |
| | | | the technique itself or of a more |
| | | | psychosomatic nature is immaterial if it |
| Daily sessions of diluted hydrogen peroxide | | | | works, is free and available to all, and has |
| administered via an intravenous drip. | | | | no adverse side effects. |
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| Given the straightforward chemical | | | | By all means, add these deep breathing |
| composition of body fat discussed above, does | | | | exercises to your overall toolbox of |
| Oxygen Therapy actually work for weight loss? | | | | synergistic weight loss treatments. |
| I decided to contact a number of | | | | |
| practitioners in various parts of the world | | | | |
| and ask them if, when treating patients for | | | | |
| other ailments using oxygen therapies, weight | | | | Still, there is one more form of oxygen |
| loss was ever seen as a side-effect of their | | | | therapy (not usually recognized as such) that |
| treatment. | | | | even the sceptics would have trouble |
| | | | disputing. |
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| All the doctors who replied responded that no | | | | |
| such weight loss factor has ever been | | | | It is more commonly called exercise. More |
| observed that they could credit to the oxygen | | | | accurately, aerobic exercise. (Aerobic simply |
| therapy itself, and not the condition they | | | | means "air breathing".) It is exercise that |
| were treating. | | | | makes you huff and puff, deepening your |
| | | | breathing. It is and always has been one of |
| | | | the most fundamental parts of any successful |
| | | | weight loss program. |
| It seems that empirical evidence to support | | | | |