OXYGEN FOR LIFE

Oxygen is the most vital element on earth. Without it, human life simply could not exist. About 90% of the body's life energy is created by oxygen. Our eliminative processes consume large amount of oxygen to rid our bodies of waste and toxins.

In the early days of the earth, there was little oxygen in the atmosphere, and the ozone layer which is essential for life did not exist. It took billions of years for the primitive photosynthetic organisms in the sea to fill the atmosphere with oxygen and prepare the earth for animals.

Today, about 23% of the air is oxygen. However, oxygen content is much lower in the urban areas -as low as 15% in some cities-, and it is getting lower year by year due to polution and devastation of forests.

HUMAN BLOOD AND OXYGEN

•  Human blood has three main components; plasma, white blood cells and red blood cells. Our blood will settle into three distinct layers if left in a test tube.
   
• The red blood cells, the most numerous in the blood system, will settle on the bottom of the tube. White blood cells, including lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, neutropils and platelets will form a thin white layer in the middle. Deep, yellowish watery plasma will float to the top.
   
• Plasma is the carrier of all the constituents of our blood through our circulatory system. Plasma carries up to 5% of dissolved oxygen in this fluid.
   
• The human body requires more oxygen than the plasma can provide. This is why red blood cells are so important since their role is to carry tremendous amounts of oxygen to the tissues in our body. But, these red blood cells also get some of their oxygen from the plasma.

The body, in its own remarkable way, does not allow all of the red blood cell’s oxygen to be consumed as it courses through our bodies under normal conditions. 70% to 75% of the oxygen that starts the journey in the red blood cells completes the return trip to the lungs. Thus, from 5% to as much as 50% of the oxygen is consumed by normal cellular metabolism. If, however, the body undergoes exertion, stress, illness or any other prolonged physical activity, this reserve can drop from 20% to 25%.

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