“Oxygen is essential for life, and is used by virtually all animal cells in order to convert food to usable energy”

These are the words shared from one of the members of the Nobel Committee at a press conference in Sweden announcing the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The award went to three researchers who helped reveal the mechanism by which cells in the body sense and adapt to oxygen availability. William Kaelin, Jr., Peter Ratcliffe, and Gregg Semenza shared the prize for their work, which has played a critical role in understanding—and ultimately treating—diseases such as anemia and cancer. The scientists will share the prize, worth nine million Swedish kronor ($907,695).

The discoveries by the trio illuminated what the Nobel Committee called “one of life’s most essential adaptive processes,” answering profound questions about how the body works and providing potential new therapeutic avenues to treat cancer and other diseases. They fundamentally defined how cells in the body sense oxygen, and how the cells respond to an abundance of oxygen or absence of oxygen.

Oxygen is necessary for animal life during the oxidation reactions that drive the conversion of nutrients in food to ATP, the energy fuel. Indeed, calibrating cellular conditions to the amount of available oxygen is a critical aspect of controlling metabolism. 

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The supply of oxygen available to the tissues and organs is largely dependent on oxygen levels in the blood, which are measurable in blood samples. Lower blood oxygen levels are common with age and lead to fatigue, poor circulation, weakened immunity and poor vitality-all of which are typically attributed to the effects of aging. These, in turn, increase susceptibility to disease. Automobile exhaust, environmental pollution, devitalized foods (including overcooked, canned and processed foods) and inadequate breathing all lead to oxygen deficiency. Learning to breathe fully through your diaphragm will boost your body’s oxygen supply. Deep and rhythmic breathing, aerobic exercises and high-oxygen foods (especially fresh fruits and vegetables) are essential to the daily promotion of normal cell function and oxidation within the body. It is always crucial, above all, to maintain a healthy lifestyle and diet.

Bio-oxidative therapy involves introducing small amounts of medical ozone, oxygen or hydrogen peroxide into the body for the prevention and treatment of disease. These elements accelerate oxygen metabolism and stimulate the release of oxygen ions from the bloodstream to the body’s cells. Many physiological functions are affected by bio-oxidative therapies, such as hormonal regulation, immune response and tissue oxygenation. When properly administered and used in conjunction with detoxification, supplements, diet, exercise and breathing, these bio-oxidative therapies have virtually no side-effects. Bio-oxidative therapies have been used for over 100 years and medical literature on the therapeutic uses of oxygen, ozone and hydrogen peroxide has been published for over sixty years.

Ozone

Ozone’s first medical application in 1856 involved the disinfection of operating rooms. It was used to treat skin diseases in 1915. Dr. E. A. Fisch, a dentist, later used it as a disinfectant. One of his patients, Dr. Edwin Payr, became interested in its properties and was the first to use it intravenously in 1945 for circulatory problems. During World War II, ozone was used medically to treat wounds and infections. In the late 1950s, Dr. Werner Zabel used it to treat cancer. In the early 1980s, Dr. Horst Kief was the first to use ozone successfully in the treatment of HIV and pioneered the autohomologous immunotherapy (AHIT) treatment method. It has been used medically in Europe for over thirty years to treat many different conditions including cancer, AIDS and heart disease. Ozone is used by fifteen thousand European practitioners and it is estimated that it has been administered to over one million patients in Germany alone. A Canadian study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, gained worldwide attention by showing that ozone kills HIV in vitro, the hepatitis and herpes viruses, as well as other pathogens found in blood. In the earth’s high atmosphere, oxygen (O₂) is exposed daily to the ultraviolet rays of the sun. This creates ozone (O₃ ), a highly reactive molecule which has a short life. Ozone is nature’s purification system, it generates a simple form of ionized oxygen reacting quickly to oxidize other chemicals and elements. It is able to transform toxic substances into harmless materials.

The atomic oxygen ion produced by ozone kills bacteria and fungi while also oxygenating the blood, improving blood circulation and stimulating oxygen production in human tissue. Ozone has a strong germicidal effect-it has been found to be very effective against chronic infection, particularly viruses and candidiasis. Because ozone therapy enhances the body’s immune system on a fundamental level, it enables the body to heal itself of a wide range of other conditions,

Hydrogen Peroxide

Louis-Jacques Thenard, a French chemist, discovered hydrogen peroxide in 1818. It was first used medically in 1920 by Dr. T. Oliver to treat people who were critically ill with influenza pneumonia. His patients had a reduced mortality rate, down from eighty percent to fortyeight percent. Also at this time, Dr. William Koch successfully treated cancer using intramuscular injections, but due to persecution by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) he moved to Brazil. In the 1960s, the Baylor University Medical Center in Texas carried out major studies on the use of hydrogen peroxide for cancer and heart problems. Researchers found that hydrogen peroxide produces more complex ionized oxygen molecules and had long-term effectiveness in removing plaque build-up in the arteries. Dr. Charles Farr is one of the most important American contributors to this therapy. He was nominated for the 1993 Nobel Prize in medicine for his research in the therapeutic use of hydrogen peroxide. His work, recognized abroad, is unfortunately largely ignored in Canada and the United States. Hydrogen peroxide generates more oxygen metabolites than ozone and it is a naturally occurring substance found in healing springs, plants and animals, and is necessary for body function. It is a liquid with a molecular structure consisting of two atoms of hydrogen and two atoms of oxygen. Hydrogen peroxide is necessary for proper function of the immune system. The metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals requires hydrogen peroxide, which is also a by-product of cell metabolism. The therapeutic possibilities of hydrogen peroxide are wide-ranging. Besides fighting infection and killing various pathogens and diseased cells, hydrogen 3/8 peroxide will successfully treat varicose veins, allergies, vascular headaches, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and lupus. It has also helped with chronic fatigue syndrome and depression. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone therapies stimulate the body’s production of white blood cells (needed to fight infection), help dissolve excess cholesterol, and stimulate production of tumor-necrosis factor, a cancer-inhibitor. Pharmaceutical hydrogen peroxide is used in many different concentrations: three percent is used as a disinfectant for skin abrasions and for cleaning; six percent is used to bleach hair; thirty percent reagent grade is used diluted for bio-oxidative therapies; thirty-five percent food grade is used as a disinfectant in food processing and dairies.

How Does It Work?

Bio-oxidative therapies work in two basic ways. As oxidizers, they spur certain redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions within the body, when used in proper protocols that do not exceed therapeutic levels. As oxygenators, they deliver life-giving oxygen to the body at the cellular level. Bio-oxidative therapies work to destroy harmful bacteria, viruses, yeasts and parasites without harming healthy cells. Healthy cells will survive because of sufficient antioxidant buffers a protective “charge” exists when the cell is properly oxidizing carbohydrates. This coating also protects healthy cells against free radicals. Reduction-oxidation refers to the chemical process whereby electrons are transferred from one molecule to another. Reduction takes place when oxygen molecules donate an extra electron (reductants or oxidizers). Oxidation takes place when other molecules accept an extra electron (oxidants or reduced molecules). Both ozone and hydrogen peroxide have highly reactive molecular structures; they readily enter into these redox reactions. This biochemical process does not have to involve oxygen, but these bio-oxidative therapies have the added benefit of oxygen as an end-product. Oxygenation simply involves the addition of oxygen to the blood or tissues.

Therapy relying strictly on oxygenation, known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy, also exists. It introduces oxygen to the body in a pressurized chamber and is generally effective in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning, severe soft tissue damage (such as in crash injuries), and extensive deep body cavity infections.

Oxygenating bath

Oxygenating bath is the new form of supplying therapeutic doses of oxygen to the tissues using the largest organ in our body: the skin, as a delivery method. By transporting oxygen transdermally the therapy is not limited by the metabolic functions of the body. It does not affect and is not impacted by respiration and by limiting conditions in the circulatory system.

Transdermal oxygen is a safe, effective, fast and new way of replenishing the fuel your cells need to boost your immune system and support the power of your own body to keep you healthy.

Note from the website: This blog includes excerpts from “Bio-Oxidative Therapies: The Power of Oxygen”, a Jan 1st, 2005 article published online by Alive Editorials.