1. 1. There is no doubt that extra oxygen doesimprove your exercise performance.Conversely, a lack of oxygen (as an altitude)can have a detrimental effect on aerobicexercise & performance.
2. 2. Oxygen improves physical performance by up to 25%.Oxygen slows the aging of human cells.Oxygen helps relieve headaches.Oxygen helps alleviate tiredness.Oxygen boosts the immune system.Oxygen supports breathing of air in cases of asthma and allergies.Oxygen helps in cases of depression.
3. 3. Many companies currently market dietary oxygen supplements, however supplements claiming to cure diseases by correcting oxygen deficiency or oxygen starvation in cells have no basis in science. Taking a liquid or pill containing oxygen will not increase the amount of oxygen in your blood.
4. 4. An oxygen bar is an establishment, or part of one, that sells oxygen for recreational use. Individual flavored scents may be added to enhance the experience. The flavors in an oxygen bar come from bubbling oxygen through bottles containing aromatic solutions before it reaches the nostrils: most bars use food-grade particles to produce the scent, but some bars use aroma oils.
5. 5. Supplemental oxygen can also be usedfor recreational purposes. Provided indifferent flavors such as peppermint,bayberry, cranberry and wintergreen,oxygen bars provide flavored oxygen foryou to breathe. These bars do not claimmedical benefits and are investigated bythe FDA if they do. Oxygen bars thatdispense oxygen without a prescriptionviolate FDA regulations, but individualstates do have some discretion inenforcing the laws--therefore, somestates allow them and some do not.