ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR BREATHING

  Magnesium serves hundreds of important functions in the body and one of them has to do with the efficiency of red blood cells and their capacity to carry oxygen. Magnesium deficient diet leads to significant decreases in the concentration of red blood cells, haemoglobin, an eventually a decrease in the whole blood Fe (iron). In fact we find many ways in which magnesium deficiency leads to problems with oxygen transport and utilisation.

Magnesium is involved with the transport of ions, amino acids, nucleosides, sugars, water, and gases across the red blood cell membrane. Magnesium stimulates the movement of oxygen atoms from the bloodstream to the cells. Magnesium and zinc prevent the binding of carbon monoxide.

Red blood cells bio concave disc shaped, increasing the surface area of the cell which allows for great air of gas exchange. 

The transport of oxygen in blood is undertaken by haemoglobin, the largest component of the red blood cells. This protein collects oxygen in respiratory organs, mainly in the lungs, and releases it in tissues in order to generate the energy necessary for cell survival.

The structure of haemoglobin is easily compromised by heavy metals like mercury. Heavy metals encouraged the blood to coagulate and therefore reduce the transport of oxygen.

  Most people have unhealthy breathing habits. They hold their breath or breathe high in the chest or in a shallow, irregular manner. These patterns have been unconsciously adopted, accidentally formed, or emotionally impressed. Babies know how to breathe and you can see their belly expand as the diaphragm moves down. Adults breathe more through expanding their chest cavity and it takes training and discipline to return to more normal breathing patterns that allow for full oxygenation.

A lack of carbon dioxide is harmful. Carbon dioxide is as fundamental component of living matter as oxygen. When people have bicarbonate deficiencies - acid conditions, which most people develop as they age - they have carbon dioxide deficiencies, which translate into oxygen deficiencies. If a carbon dioxide deficiency continues for a long time, it then causes disease, ageing, and even cancer because oxygen is not being delivered properly to tissues.

Physical activity and sport is good for us because it raises CO2 concentrations.

  Virtually every part of our body is made-up with large amounts of carbon. The carbon atom is ideal in building big biological molecules. The carbon atom can be thought of as a basic building block. These building blocks can be attached to each other to form long chains or they can be attached to other elements.

Without carbon, these big molecules could not be built. Now, virtually every part of your body is made-up of these big molecules that are based around chains of carbon atoms. This is the reason we are known as carbon based life forms. Without carbon, our bodies would just be a big pile of loose atoms and no way to be built into a person. This is one of the most basic reasons that exercise is so healthy. With exercise we create lots of CO2.

  A natural misconception most doctors maintain is their oxygen and carbon dioxide are antagonistic, that's a gain of one in the blood necessarily involves a corresponding loss of the other. This is not correct, although each tends to raise the pressure and thus promote the diffusion of the other, the two gases are held and transported in the blood by different means, haemoglobin in the corpuscle carry oxygen, while carbon dioxide is combined with alkali in the plasma. 

Carbon dioxide is responsible for the bond between oxygen and haemoglobin. If the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal, then this leads to difficulties in releasing oxygen from haemoglobin.

We need the CO2 almost as much as we need the O2, the two are married to each other in an internal Physiology. Bottom line is you're dead without CO2 because oxygen does not function in the body without it.

  Higher levels of bicarbonate and carbon dioxide lead to higher levels of oxygen. Sodium bicarbonate is the important medicine it is because it gives more carbon dioxide to the body in the form of bicarbonates. One of the secrets of life is that bicarbonate is easily turned into carbon dioxide and the reverse is true in biochemical reactions that happen almost at the speed of light.

The secret to sodium bicarbonate is that it turns carbon dioxide in the stomach, which secretes hydrochloric acid in response, driving bicarbonates into the bloodstream. One way to increase oxygen delivery to the sales is by increasing bicarbonate and CO2 concentrations, which dilates the blood vessels ensuring more oxygen is delivered to the cells.

  Anaerobic literally means living without oxygen, as opposed to aerobic. Aerobic or oxygen burning cells get 38 ATP per glucose, which is like 38 miles per gallon - efficient and clean - and produce a nice supply of  carbon dioxide.

Anaerobic, or oxygen deprived cells, get 2 ATP per glucose, or two miles per gallon - run quick and dirty - and produce lactic acids. The body is so full of acidity because the cells are not getting enough oxygen. Aerobic cells have about 19 times more energy to do work, run clean and produce by products that control your body's Ph.

Mitochondria are often referred to as the powerhouse of cells. Their main function is to generate the energy necessary to power cells. They are present in nearly all types of humans cell and vital for survival. Through a series of chemical reactions, mitochondria breakdown glucose into an energy molecule known as adenosine triphosphate – ATP - Which is used to fuel various other cellular processes.

There is a significant correlation between the volume density of mitochondria and maximal oxygen consumption. Oxygen consumption influence mitochondrial content and composition. A typical animal cell would have on the order of 1000 to 2000 mitochondria. So the cell will have a lot of structures that are capable of producing a high amount of available energy if, and only if, enough oxygen is present. It is one thing that mitochondria thrive on its oxygen.

   Hypoxia occurs when the body is in need of an adequate supply of oxygen. Every cell in our body has the ability to recognise and respond to changes in the availability of oxygen. The best example of this is when we climb to high altitudes where the air contains less oxygen. The cells recognised the decrease in oxygen via the bloodstream when they were able to react, using the hypoxic response to produce a protein called EPO. This protein in turn stimulates the body to produce more red blood cells to absorb as much of the reduced levels of oxygen as possible.

  Need more oxygen, most of us are deficient for a wide variety of reasons. Bottom line is we're all deficient and certainly everyone can improve their oxygen intake even Navy seals Olympic athletes, who trained to take the oxygen intake and physical performance to the stratosphere.

When we learn that each stressful event in our life can drop our oxygen score drastically we can begin to understand how central to successful treatment oxygen can be. As we age our oxygen level drops on an average of five points per 10 years. Between age 30 to 40 or oxygen level drops the most up to 10 points. We could all live happily until 120 if properly supplied with oxygen and are in good health.

There are many reasons why people are deficient in oxygen. Firstly our planet is too low in oxygen. The air in cities and other polluted environments often contain less oxygen. 

Low oxygen conditions lead directly to inflammation. Starved of oxygen the body will come ill, and if this persists we will die. Severe oxygen deficiency is called hypoxia often referred to as oxygen starvation.

· Cancer and disease

· Circulation problems

· Depression

· Dizziness

· Fatigue and sleep disorders

· General body weakness

· Hangovers

· Headaches

· Increased infections

· Irrational behaviour

· Irritability

· Lung insufficiency's

· Memory loss and poor concentration

· Muscle aches and pains

· poor digestion

· Sexual dysfunction

· Suppression of the immune system

· Tumors

· Weight gain  

  Cells must have enough voltage to work. Cells must have sufficient oxygen to fire up the mitochondria to make the energy for the cells to work. This energy is expressed in cell voltage.

Voltage of cells and tissues as well as their pH begins with oxygen deficiency. As voltage in cells drops their physiology becomes compromised, people experienced it as fatigue and chronic pain.

When cell voltage is low and oxygen decreases, we see an increase in anaerobic bacteria in the gut, which begins to thrive and then low oxygen environment. Meaning when they lose their energy for life, they change in a fundamental way that leads to cancer and fungal infections. This is literally what happens in advance cancers which are caused or accompanied by candida, fungi - which simply eat us for breakfast call my lunch, and dinner.

Metabolic reactions occurring with insufficient oxygen leads to acidosis.

Acidosis leads to:

· Acceleration of free radical damage

· Aching muscles and lactic acid buildup 

·  Bladder condition

· Cardio vascular damage

· Cracks at the corner of the lips

· Depressive tendencies 

· Diabetes

· Easily stressed

· Excess stomach acid

· Hair looks dull and falls out

· Headaches

· Hormonal problems

· Immune deficiency

· Inflamed sensitive gums

· Kidney stones

· Leg cramps and spasms

· Loose and painful teeth

· Lots of joy

· Low energy and chronic fatigue

· Lower body temperature

· Mouth and stomach ulcers

 Chronic disease is always associated with a loss of oxygen and voltage. Healing demands that we get enough electrons to push the sales back up to a healing voltage for this we need oxygen, carbon dioxide, and magnesium. To resolve the disease one must raise the voltage (pH) by whatever means that allows you to insert electrons into the system, including alkaline water, raw fruits and vegetables, sunshine, moving water an exercise. The quickest ways is administering sodium bicarbonate to instantly shift the pH to less acidic more alkaline. The answer to cancer and all other diseases to safely increase the body's absorption of oxygen throughout the tissues, organs and brain. 

All of the above is referenced from Dr Mark Sircus book - Anti-inflammatory Oxygen Therapy: Your complete guide to understanding and using natural oxygen therapy