O2 Deficit

Oxygen (O2) is necessary to life yet unlike other irreplaceable molecules it cannot be stored and must be taken in by every cell every moment. Hence, our nose, mouth and skin—all function for respiration.

LOST ENERGY

Oxygen is used by the body for energy production within the cells’ energy factories called mitochondria. If one hasn’t enough oxygen energy gets depleted.

The body needs oxygen to use nutrients, burn carbs, metabolize fats and breakdown amino acids into peptides. The brain cannot survive or remain undamaged for more than minutes without oxygen. The heart is also ready to die with loss of oxygen; in fact, it is loss of O2 that leads to extensive post-heart attack damage.

POLLUTION AND LOW OXYGEN

Oxygen is transported by the red blood cells to all the organs and tissues of the body via the alveoli, tiny fragile branches that diffuse into veiny capillaries. Normal blood oxygen’s low is 95% and a level of 80% will result in life-threatening episodes. Smoking, indoor and outdoor air pollution affect lung function and the amount of oxygen delivered into tissues. Doctors find menstruating women; teen girls and boys may be oxygen deficit due to low iron intake, which leads to low hemoglobin levels. Hemoglobin carries the oxygen molecule to tissues.

Stagnant blood due to inactivity also causes O2 deficit.

10 steps to boost oxygen quotient

Step 1

Exercise. The best way to diffuse more oxygen into the body is to increase demand with 30 minutes of exercise daily. The heart pumps faster, increasing blood flow and oxygen intake.

Aerobic exercise includes weight lifting, running, walking, yoga, stretching and fluid movements such as Tai Chi. Take frequent breaks and do 10 minutes of stretching, squats or jump rope; it will pay off with optimal oxygen perfusion and improved mood.

Step 2

Get a variable height desk. Work standing and not with your spine squashed in a chair (that can be as dangerous as smoking). Varidesk began the stand-at-work movement.

Step 3

Breathe through your nose. Are you a mouth breather? We know that mouth breathers suffer O2 deficit.

Jorge Cruise, author of The 3 Choices (Hay House 2017), says breathe through one’s nose at all times even when doing exercise. “Nose breathing makes one inhale slower than breathing through the mouth, helping maintain a balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen in the blood,” he tells HL.

Step 4

Incorporate yoga into your exercise routine. Yoga is a practice that focuses not only on stretching and strengthening the body but also on breathing techniques that expand the lungs in order to have a better intake of oxygen for your blood.

Step 5

Check your iron. Menstruating and pregnant women and adolescents, girls in particular, are often iron deficient. We need iron and a variety of vitamins for maintaining high numbers of healthy red blood cells to keep oxygen levels in the blood as high as necessary.

Stomach-friendly iron

Iron bisglycinate chelate doesn’t present taste issues and side effects like nausea that occur with typical ferrous gluconate supplements. Chelated minerals are shown to cross the blood-brain barrier and easier for children and women to absorb. Ferrochel, an iron bisglycinate chelate supplement, can be combined with calcium and zinc or other minerals for fewer instances of gastrointestinal upset than with ferrous sulfate, which is typically associated with gastric side effects such as constipation and nausea.

Step 6

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Source: http://www.healthylivingmagazine.us