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03/24/2006: "Just Breathe!"
Our stress-filled rush into the future creates many problems for us -physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
All healthy cells require oxygen. A cancerous cell thrives without it. Nobel prize winner, Dr. Otto Warburg is quoted as saying that if you deprive cell of 60% of its oxygen, it will turn cancerous. Deprive it of 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous. There are several alternative approaches to fighting cancer that include oxygenation of the tissues. Oxygen saturation of your blood and tissues are imperative for a long and healthy life. Until I started reading about cancer cells and their anaerobic lifestyle, I never realized how shallow my breathing was and how often I held my breath.
Here six things you can do to increase oxygen into your body:
1. Get some fresh air. Open a door or a window and go for a walk. Spring is here.
2. Breathe deep. Expand your chest and abdomen. Work this throughout the day.
3. Exercise aerobically. This increases your capacity and pumps more blood.
4. Overeating causes oxygen deficiency. Eat more frequent smaller meals.
5. Antioxidants help the body use oxygen more efficiently.
6. Alcohol, caffeine and drugs requires the body to oxidize these for removal. Cut back.
I hope you find clean air and breath deep. It also causes you to pause for a moment and appreciate the hear-and-now. Enjoy!
