OXYGEN
LEPTIN WEIGHT LOSS
Humans can live a few days without water, several weeks, even months without food, but only a few
minutes without oxygen. Oxygen is the most important nutrient of all, necessary for sustaining all
human functions. Breathing goes on regardless, automatically and unconsciously. Oxygen is tasteless,
odorless, colorless gas that is carried through the body by red blood cells. Oxygen makes life possible
both when we rest and when we exercise. Oxygen enters the body on a breath. We inhale the oxygen
that plants expel. The oxygen pathway;
Oxygenation: In the lungs the oxygen is sent to the bloodstream where it catches a ride on the
hemoglobin molecules in the red blood cells.
Delivery: The delivery system is based on need. During rest the oxygen goes to the heart and brain.
After eating the oxygenated blood goes to the digestive systems, and in exercise it goes to the muscles.
Moderate, sustained exercise will increase the efficiency for speedy and the delivery of oxygenated
blood.
Energy: Inside active cells, when oxygen arrives in this part of the cell, it completes the energy-making
process by taking stored carbohydrates (glucose) and fatty acids (body fat) and puts them into a form
the body can use as energy.
Extraction: How much oxygen is used is different for everyone. It depends on the maximum amount
of oxygen or the maximal oxygen consumption (V02 Max), – your body can process efficiently to
maintain supply and demand. An untrained person will reach his or her maximum sooner and a trained
person will reach their maximum much later. Oxygen consumption will improve with exercise, lungs
become stronger and work more efficiently.
Learn How To Breath:
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Inhale through the nose. Take a nice big breath, and belly full of air before exertion.
Exhale through the mouth, with sound or silently. Empty lung upon exertion.
Establish a synchronized rhythm of inhaling and exhaling.
Don’t completely empty or fill your belly and lungs on every breath that could make you
hyperventilate. Don’t force your breath, keep your breath full but relaxed.
Don’t Hold You’re Breathe: the funny thing is many people breath backward when working out, and
inhale when they exert, and exhale when not exerting. It’s a common occurrence when working out, it’s
also a natural reaction to fear. But this creates internal stress and can incite a nasty little reaction in the
nose and mouth causing increased pressure in the thoracic cavity which may;
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Increase your risk for getting a hernia
Reduce blood flow to the heart and brain
Make you dizzy – and possible pass out