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“Copied, but never equalled” Why Finlandia? We know what works. For over 30 years, we have been integrating allopathic and natural medicines, providing a comprehensive range of healing options. We are pleased to offer the following quality products and services: The largest selection of vitamins, herbal and natural medicines, and the most comprehensive homeopathic dispensary in Western Canada; A full service pharmaceutical dispensary and comprehensive herbal dispensary; Private health and wellness consultations; Counselling for women’s health issues; Thermography screening;* Bio-identical hormone replacement (testing and compounding of prescription); DEXA Osteometer bone scan;* Detoxification program (consultation, ion cleanse, private infrared sauna, lymph drainage, and dietary recommendations);* Psychosomatic Energenics™ to clear emotional conflicts;* ETA Bio-resonance scanning to assess the body’s energy flow;* Heart Rate Variability Assessment;* Oxygen revitalization program* Our friendly and skilled health professionals maintain comprehensive knowledge in the areas of: Naturopathic medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM); Homeopathy; Vitamin & mineral therapy. * appointment required For more information, please visit our website: www.finlandiahealth.com FINLANDIA PHARMACY & NATURAL HEALTH CENTRE STORE HOURS (PST): Monday - Saturday 9 am - 6 pm Sunday 11 am - 5:30 pm PHARMACY HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9:30 am - 6 pm Sunday closed Prescription drop-off is available TEL: 604.733.5323 TOLL-FREE: 1.800.363.4372 FAX: 604.733.5340 1111 West Broadway (at Spruce Street) Vancouver, BC, V6H 1G1 Canada for everyday living Vol. V1 No. 2 OXYgen Revitalization Program O What it means for YOU... xygen. It is literally the breath of life. Without it, we would quickly die, like those unfortunate canaries in the coal mines of long ago. Yet are we getting enough oxygen to keep us in tip-top shape, our bodies fit and healthy, our minds sharp and keen? To better understand this, let’s take a closer look at oxygen and why it is so very important to life. First, a little reminder of how life as we know it came to be... The answer is no. Very few of us inhale and use the oxygen we need to stay truly healthy and vibrant. But this can be changed, through a powerful new program available from Finlandia. In the early days of Earth, very little oxygen existed. Only 0.01 per cent of Earth’s atmosphere was oxygen 3.5 billion years ago, and 2.5 billion years ago this had only increased to 0.1 per cent. (Today, oxygen accounts for 20 per cent of the Earth’s atmosphere.) Oxygen revitalization (OXY-R) provides you with Live O2 oxygen via a mask as you spend 15 minutes performing physical activity. It sounds simple enough, but its effects are far-reaching, literally detoxifying and revitalizing your body and mind so that you can have enough energy to get the most out of your life. Although we do not know exactly where or how life originated, we do know that oxygen was essential to its evolution. The first life on Earth consisted of bacteria-like organisms called prokaryotes. (Fossil prokaryotes have been found in 3.4million-year-old rock in the southern part of Africa, and in some older rocks k continued from page 1. in Australia.) Prior to this, life was restricted to the sea, lakes and rivers, as the high volume of radiation from the sun would have made life on land imposibile A significant proportion of these primitive lifeforms, the cyanobacteria (often referred to as blue-green algae), began producing more oxygen by photosynthesis. This free oxygen was chemically captured by dissolved iron or organic matter. Over time, the primitive single-cell structures became multi-cellular and developed complex oxygen transportation systems that enabled them to live on land as well as in the water. At some point, believed to be about 2.3 billion years ago, the oxygen reserves became saturated and oxygen began to accumulate in the atmosphere. (High up in the atmosphere, some oxygen (O2) molecules absorbed energy from the sun’s (UV) rays and split to form single oxygen atoms. These atoms combined with molecular oxygen to form ozone (O3), giving rise to Earth’s ozone layer. As an energy source, oxygen was—and still is—unparallelled, enabling all lifeforms to exist and evolve. From minute aerobic bacteria, through the entire animal kingdom, to human beings, oxygen is a necessity without which we cannot possibly exist. Why oxygen is so important A lthough estimates vary, scientists have put the number of cells in a human body at close to 37 trillion. These cells all have an important role to play in keeping themselves—and us— alive, and rely on oxygen for their energy to do so. Fatigue and a feeling of “being past our prime” is never attributable to simply growing older. Rather, it is a sign that our oxygen reserves are low and that our organs are just not getting enough of this vital gas. If you find this hard to believe, After inhalation into the lungs, oxygen diffuses through the membranes of tree-like structures called alveoli, and into the red blood cells. Here they bind to the iron-rich haemoglobin, changing it from a bluish colour to a bright red. Just one litre of blood can dissolve and transport 200 cc of oxygen. just take a minute or so to sit up straight and breathe in deeply. We bet you are realizing just how shallow your breathing is. This is how most of us breathe, most of the time. We sit hunched up over our desks, using only the upper part of the lungs to breathe. This area is not as rich in blood vessels as the lower lungs, and so our blood is not as oxygenated as it should be. Within the cell, oxygen is processed into adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to be used as energy. This takes place inside tiny organelles known as mitochondria. The number of mitochondria inside a cell varies, with cells that require the most energy (such as those of the heart), housing 10,000 or more. centrioles vesicle microvilli As a byproduct of metabolism, the cell releases carbon dioxide into the blood, where it combines with bicarbonate and haemoglobin for transport back to the lungs. Here, it is reoxygenated and the process repeats itself. As we grow older, we lose many of our mitochondria, resulting in an overall loss of cellular energy output. (Since mitochondria need oxygen to generate cellular energy, and humans need a constant supply of that energy to survive, people die within a few minutes if deprived of oxygen.) Loss of cellular energy output contributes to overall decrepitude and the diseases we associate with aging: heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, cancers, and a general feeling of fatigue. By the time we are 40, we have lost 20 per cent of our ability to utilize oxygen, and by the time we hit 60, we have lost almost 40 per cent. We will emphasize an important point here: mitochondrion microtubule nucleolus cytoplasm cell membrane . nucleus Golgi apparatus endoplasmic reticulum Human cell showing the energy-generating mitochondria (orange). These diminish as we age, increasing our need for oxygen. 2. TEL: 604.733.5323 TOLL FREE: 1.800.363.4372 FAX: 604.733.5340 www.finlandiahealth.com Oxygen is also essential for cellular detoxification. We take in food and create waste, primarily in the form of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and sulfur. This waste would not be excreted from the body, were it not first combined with oxygen. Thus hydrogen becomes water (H2O), carbon becomes carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen becomes nitric oxide (NO2), and sulfur becomes sulfur dioxide (SO2). In fact, our bodies can become highly toxic as free radicals, other byproducts of metabolism, and microbes build up inside our tissues and organs. In these forms, the toxic byproducts of living are easily excreted, but the process is not as effective when the body’s oxygen reserves are low. Clearly, we need to find a way to increase our intake of lifegiving oxygen, and simply getting outside and working out may no longer be enough. A number of lifestyle factors/events can deplete our oxygen reserves. These include: • Alcohol consumption (the body uses three molecules of oxygen to metabolize one molecule of alcohol) • Smoking Further compounding the problem of toxicity is the fact we eat a lot of foods that create an acidic environment. This results in an excess of positively-charged hydrogen ions (H+) within the tissues. These combine with, and use up, oxygen. Oxygen depleters • Radiation (including x-rays and cancer therapies) • Using drugs (both pharmaceutical and recreational) • Physical stress (working out heavily, endurance pursuits) • Having an infection • Mental stressors (loss of a job, death of a loved one, etc.) • High noise levels • Travelling (for business or pleasure) • Surgery/trauma • Consuming a lot of junk foods • Having cancer • Shallow breathing The studies few have heard of... Although many studies into the use of supplementary oxygen have been carried out, not many have reached the mainstream media. capillaries could be reversed and the body restored to a more youthful state. After a mere 15 minutes of EWOT, a dramatic pinking of the skin could be seen. Manfred von Ardenne (1907 - 1997), a German researcher and applied physicist, carried out a number of studies into the effects of oxygen on human health. (Von Ardenne was a student of Dr. Otto Warburg, best known for his pioneering research into oxygen depletion and cancer.) After measuring the blood oxygen levels of thousands of volunteers, von Ardenne discovered that the factors we have highlighted in the box above can cause a significant decline in one’s ability to absorb oxygen into the blood. Von Ardenne had discovered the “switch mechanism” of blood microcirculation, which depends on the body’s level of oxygen. A high value of pO2 (partial oxygen pressure greater than or equal to 50 mm of Hg) at the venous ends of the capillaries, results in an increase in the blood microcirculation and, consequently, a permanent elevation of the oxygen influx and uptake. Conversely, if the oxygen state gets worse and declines k Much of the damage identified by Dr. von Ardenne, including the development of cancers, is directly due to inflammation. He went on to develop Oxygen Multistep Therapy, which is now better known as exercise with oxygen therapy or EWOT. (OXY-R is a type of EWOT, brought to you by Finlandia.) While our bodies are built to deal with periods of stress without experiencing major harm, the toll is cumulative. As a result of stressors, we suffer from disease and premature aging. One of von Ardenne’s many oxygen-related observations was that, when a person exercises while breathing in oxygen under partial pressure—meaning 100 percent oxygen—aging of the 1111 West Broadway (at Spruce Street) Vancouver, BC V6H 1G1 Canada Courtesy of med.ardenne.de 3. continued from page 3. below a certain threshold, e.g. in progressing age or after long-term distress, the cross sections of the capillaries shrink due to swelling of the endothelial (lining) cells, and the blood microcirculation will be diminished for an extended period. Since all our organs are also fed by a fine network of capillaries, it can be deduced that the same benefits/harms accrue within the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, eyes etc. The utilization of this switch mechanism for permanent improvement of the oxygen flux into all the tissues appears to play an important role in combatting the common cause of many diseases and disorders associated with inflammation and aging. By 1981, Dr. von Ardenne had completed more than 10,000 measurements of his patients and volunteers’ blood oxygen and had carefully documented the many beneficial effects he observed. One of these was particularly interesting. After spending three relaxing weeks in the fresh air of the mountains, normal (healthy) people had a significant rise in blood oxygen levels. Dr. von Ardenne found this puzzling as high altitude air contains less oxygen than found at sea level. However, more and more people returned happy and relaxed, with higher levels of blood oxygen than when they were at home. This caused Dr. von Ardenne to conclude that the increase in oxygen was directly due to the reduction in stress, which opened up the body’s ability to utilize oxygen. improves overall health I If we want to remain lively and at the peak of fitness, we need to draw maximum oxygen into our system—though a process we call OXY-R (oxygen rejuvenation). This method is considerably more effective in increasing oxygen levels than, for example, running. Running will indeed increase the intake of oxygen by your red blood cells, but this never reaches the 100 per cent needed to function maximally. OXY-R can deliver enough oxygen to maintain your blood oxygen levels at 100 per cent, and get you back on the fitness track, whatever your age and however fatigued you feel. What might come as a surprise is that intense or prolonged physical activity actually depletes the body of O2. The more strenuous the activity, the more O2 used up than what is taken in. The value of healthy blood plasma is often overlooked while we focus on the red blood cells. However, plasma forms 55 per cent of the blood, while red blood cells form 41 per cent. (The remaining 4 per cent consists of white blood cells and platelets.) In addition to more powerful—and beneficial—exercise, OXY-R increases blood plasma oxygen levels. This is an important difference from increasing the haemoglobin in red blood cells, which most doctors will confirm is not possible through simply increasing oxygen intake. (The maximum oxygen carried by red blood cells is 97 per cent.) Increasing blood plasma oxygen levels is both possible and desirable as this ensures delivery of higher oxygen levels to all parts of the body. As a result of increasing the hidden blood plasma oxygen level, “suffocating” cells within the vascular system are rejuvenated 4. and prevented from clogging up the blood flow. Consequently, circulation to all your body’s organs is greatly improved, and metabolism increased. This increases youthful behaviour of all the body’s cells, while reducing both fatigue and the process of inflammation that ultimately leads to disease. The all important switch The all-important “switch” discovered by Dr. von Ardenne, is often set very high—sometimes at four times healthy levels— and more for people who are stressed. Therefore, if you are looking for a way to reduce inflammation and optimize your health and well being, it is imperative to choose an oxygen system that actually reaches the threshhold of von Adrenne’s switch—and not all do. Hyperbaric oxygen chambers, for example, lack the simultaneous oxygen surplus and respiratory turbulence to saturate and drive oxygen deeply into the tissues. Finlandia uses Live O2 oxygen training. This system drives oxygen into parts of the body where cells may have already turned to fermentation for their energy needs, (see Cellular energy and cancer, page 6). Live O2 ensures the maximum amount of O2 is delivered to where it is needed the most—to damaged and inflamed tissues and individual cells that are not performing the way they should. TEL: 604.733.5323 TOLL FREE: 1.800.363.4372 FAX: 604.733.5340 www.finlandiahealth.com Oxygen’s effects on We have touched on the process of inflammation, which health professionals from all modalities agree is the root cause of most disease. This is particularly true for those associated with aging, such as arthritis, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, heart disease and cancers. A recent studyi, published in the December 2013 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, determined that oxygen levels play a critical role in determining the severity of the inflammatory response (and how drug therapies might be improved using this information). However, we think it makes more sense to utilize oxygen to prevent or quell the fires of inflammation in the first place. Plasma oxygen is also the hidden connection between exercise and a healthy immune response. The immune response of first-time users of oxygen therapy has been tested and, in many cases, has shown a rally just 24 hours after their first training session. Most of us live stressful lives—and stress is implicated in the development and progression of a number of serious diseases including heart disease and cancer. In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe listed stressful events such as the loss of a loved one, serious illness or loss of a job/income as major inducers of disease. What is not so well known is that even minor stressful events in our lives can seriously impact oxygen levels. Other oxygen depleters include smoking; drug use (prescription and recreational); lack of physical activity; bed rest; travelling (for business or pleasure); surgery/physical trauma; extensive burns; cancer, infections and noise. Let’s take a look at how oxygen impacts specific diseases. Oxygen and aging As we grow older, the amount of oxygen in our bodies diminishes significantly. This increases the rate of cell death and inflammation, giving rise to the many “diseases of aging.” Finlandia’s OXY-R training system, using Live O2, retards aging through carrying oxygen to all parts of the body. By the time you’re 50 years old, your lung power is diminished by an average 40 per cent. By the time you’re 80, you will have lost over 60 per cent. However, even if you are in your 60s or 70s it is still possible to regain and maintain the lung capacity of someone in their 30s through the use of OXY-R therapy with Live O2. In addition, evidence suggests that in earlier times, our air contained about 35 per cent oxygen, and that this level dropped significantly a few hundred years ago. Today, the average oxygen content of our air has dropped to about 20 per cent. In i. J. A. Marwick, D. A. Dorward, C. D. Lucas, K. O. Jones, T. A. Sheldrake, S. Fox, C. Ward, J. Murray, M. Brittan, N. Hirani, R. Duffin, I. Dransfield, C. Haslett, A. G. Rossi. Oxygen levels determine the ability of glucocorticoids to influence neutrophil survival in inflammatory environments. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2013; 94 (6) very polluted urban areas, that number can drop as low as 12-15 per cent. As oxygen levels drop, inflammation increases. Your oxygen levels (pO2) measured in mm of mercury, should be between 85 and 100. In general, older people have lower levels of oxygen. However, there is no reason at all for your oxygen to decline with aging, despite the fact that most doctors will tell you that aging is the cause and is “normal.” While exercising with a specially designed mask, you can double the 20 per cent increased oxygen intake resulting from exercise to between 35 and 40 per cent. With OXY-R you can literally control the speed at which you age. On average, our oxygen levels drop five points every 10 years, with the most significant drop taking place between the age of 30 and 40. The “danger zone” is an oxygen level of 60 or less. Some researchers believe that you could live to 120 if your oxygen intake is high enough and you remain in good health. Regular OXY-R can maintain your oxygen levels at 100. Oxygen and heart health The entire cardiovascular system benefits from increased oxygen intake. The arteries remain elastic, blood pressure stabilizes, and the heart is no longer forced to beat harder to squeeze blood Generate fresh mitochondria Studies show that supplementation with CoQ10 can reverse mitochondrial dysfunction and stave off degenerative disease. PQQ is a powerful antioxidant that has also been shown to thwart mitochondrial decay. Now you can benefit from both. Finlandia PQQ-20 with Ubiquinol—the active fraction of CoQ10— will help rejuvenate aging mitochondria and encourage the production of new ones. Ask us about this outstanding combination today! 1111 West Broadway (at Spruce Street) Vancouver, BC V6H 1G1 Canada 5. Cellular energy and cancer All cells require energy to absorb nutrients, to maintain their internal environment, to respond to changes in their surroundings, and to grow and replicate. Cellular energy is created by breaking down nutrients through a number of metabolic reactions collectively known as respiration. This energy is stored in small molecules known as adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. When the cells require energy to perform their tasks, they use respiration to create molecules of ATP, which they then break down and use as fuel. Under normal conditions, healthy cells undergo aerobic respiration—a metabolic pathway that requires oxygen. This oxygen comes from the air we breathe. During the process of creating ATP, the cells break down glucose into pyruvate, and produce carbon dioxide as waste. When enough oxygen is not available for the cell’s use, it switches to a process called fermentation. During fermentation, the cells also break down glucose into pyruvate to create ATP, but they produce lactic acid instead of carbon dioxide. Aerobic respiration is much more efficient than fermentation, producing 38 ATP molecules per molecule of glucose, whereas the latter produces only two. Since cancer cells respire anaerobically, it has been assumed that providing them with more oxygen would somehow encourage them to respire aerobically, and thus restore them to health, but this has never been shown to take place. Reducing the inflammation that precipitates and encourages cancer, however, is another story, and a major benefit of oxygen therapy. A University of Boston studyi reported in the March, 2015 issue of Science Translational Medicine demonstrates another way in which cancer patients can benefit from oxygen therapy: Raising oxygen concentrations in the air energized immune cells to shrink tumours in mice with lung and breast tumours. About 40 per cent of mice injected with lung cancer, when placed in an oxygen-rich environment, survived 60 or more days. In contrast, mice that breathed normal air after being injected died within about 30 days. The adenosine released by tumours in a low-oxygen environment makes immune cells sluggish and promotes tumour growth. Boosting oxygen levels counteracts adenosine and invigorates both T cells and natural killer (NK) cells, which then cause tumours to shrink, the researchers found. i Hatfield, SM et al. Immunological mechanisms of the antitumor effects of supplemental oxygenation. Science Translational Medicine.Vol. 7, March 4, 2015, p. 277ra30. 6. along compromised blood vessels. William Campbell Douglass II, MD, a proponent of oxygen therapy writes in his book Stop Aging or Slow the Process: Patients with heart failure are uniformly helped with (exercise with oxygen training). In every case I have treated, the result was an increased exercise tolerance. Many could walk for blocks following therapy, whereas before treatment they often couldn’t walk out to the mailbox and back without taking a rest. You can read more about the effects of the OXY-R training system on the heart, on the following page. Oxygen and emphysema Emphysema is a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and enlarged, causing breathlessness. OXY-R can help many cases of emphysema, although the treatment must be continuous. Oxygen detoxification Stressful modern lifestyles and environmental pollution spell toxicity for the body. Add drugs to combat various diseases, fast foods, caffeine and sugar, and it’s easy to see that the need for detoxification is not just a New Age paradigm, but a true necessity. Increasing your body’s oxygen levels helps to eliminate toxins and renews healthier function within the cells. OXY-R literally flushes the overload of metabolic waste from your body. A large amount of fresh oxygen helps reduce build-up of toxins, excess carbon dioxide (CO2), inflammatory agents, and lactic acid produced by the muscles, by flushing these substances out of the body. It also increases the number of mitochondria and fuels existing mitochondria—both important for continued detoxification of the body. You may wish to combine OXY-R detox sessions with our ionic footbath and infra-red sauna treatments for enhanced detoxification. Oxygen and the The Japanese call it Shinrin-Yoku , meaning “forest bathing.” It is the practice of walking in Nature, which has been shown to affect the body’s chemistry and wellbeing in profound ways. During the day, trees photosynthesize and give off oxygen, which is believed to contribute significantly to this improvement in heath. Also a tribute to the power of oxygen is the story of Shin Terayama. At age 47, Shin’s oncologists gave up on him, sending him home to die from the kidney cancer that had spread to his right lung and rectum. But Shin was not about to give up easily. With a wife and three children, he simply could not afford to die. During his early morning meditations, Shin noticed that the birds always began singing exactly 42 minutes before sunrise. The time remained constant, even as the time of TEL: 604.733.5323 TOLL FREE: 1.800.363.4372 FAX: 604.733.5340 www.finlandiahealth.com Oxy-R and your heart Its beat is the pace of your lifetime—and it thrives on oxygen. Shouldn’t you be making sure your heart receives all the oxygen it needs to operate maximally? The entire cardiovascular system benefits from increased oxygen. The arteries remain elastic, blood pressure stabilizes, and the heart is no longer forced to beat harder to squeeze blood along compromised blood vessels. Knowing the condition of your arteries and heart, and improving the elasticity of your arteries through increasing your oxygen intake, will help reduce your risk of cardiovascular incidents. Those who have an existing cardiovascular condition will also benefit, but we recommend checking with a health professional before increasing your level of physical activity. State of the art cardiovascular screening Arterial stiffness is a major risk factor for heart disease. Before starting OXY-R we will get a picture of how your heart and arteries are faring presently, through Max Pulse testing. Max Pulse is a cardiovascular screening device that is non-invasive. It utilizes pulsewave analysis technology. The pulsewave of the blood is followed from the time it leaves the heart and travels down the blood vessels to the finger. This snapshot of the cardiovascular system evaluates arterial elasticity. The test analyzes the following: Overall cardiovascular health Heart rate variability (HRV) and mean heart rate (MHR) Overall elasticity of large, small and peripheral arteries Progression of arteriosclerosis Blood circulation and amount of blood remaining in the vessels after systolic contraction of the heart Left ventricular ejection, and contraction power Mental stress, physical stress and resistance to stress Great Outdoors Taking a preventive approach to heart disease is one of the smartest things you can do to protect your health. Book your appointment with us today by calling 604.734.7760. From this simple experiment, Shin deduced that the birds outside his apartment began to sing as soon as the sky lightened, so that they could fill their lungs with fresh oxygen from the trees. Accordingly, Shin rose with the birds every morning to breathe in the “new air.” Now, almost 30 years later, and fully healed from his cancer, Shin believes that breathing in the “new air”— along with a number of other natural healing modalities and playing his cello—helped cure him. 1111 West Broadway (at Spruce Street) Vancouver, BC V6H 1G1 Canada © Yuri Arcurs/People Images sunrise changed. Shin thought hard about this and hit upon the idea that it could have something to do with the trees giving off oxygen as soon as night turned to day. To test his theory, he took a cylinder of oxygen and released some into the air of the room where his pet birds were sleeping under cover. Although in total darkness, the birds immediately began to sing. As soon as they stopped, Shin repeated the release of oxygen, and the sleeping birds began to sing again. 7. Harlan’s Corner Oxygen therapy: great health for all! In this newsletter, I am very excited to introduce Finlandia’s new Oxygen Revitalization Program—something I’ve been planning for a while now. with oxygen which dramatically increases oxygen in the blood plasma, pushing oxygen into the cells without the help of red blood cells. This therapy is traditionally known as EWOT (exercise with oxygen therapy). The air we breathe normally contains roughly 20 per cent oxygen, 78 per cent nitrogen and less than 1 per cent carbon As explained elsewhere in this newsletter, extensive research was dioxide. Changes in these levels—in crowded rooms and carried out in the 1980s by a German researcher—Dr. Manfred confined spaces—can occur rapidly and, as von Ardenne—on thousands of patients. a result, can make you feel you feel tired Finlandia is offering one free trial After just 15 minutes on an EWOT and lethargic. Yawning is an indication of program, every organ is bathed in oxygen, session for a limited time to the body needing more oxygen. An oxygen revitalizing the whole body. promote this new and exciting level below 17 per cent in a confined spaces Just think about that! Only 15 minutes health discovery. is dangerous and can be fatal. (The safe can give you oxygen-rich blood. Everyone level of oxygen is 19.5 per cent.) can benefit from this—from young, Oxygen levels at high altitudes are about the same as sea level seasoned athletes, to those with heart problems who cannot but the atmospheric pressure is less. This results in reduced walk to get the mail without feeling exhausted. Overstressed oxygen uptake. Since there are fewer oxygen molecules per people, those with Alzheimer’s, emphysema, and heart disease breath, you may develop altitude sickness over an extended experience immediate relief, which is long lasting with period of time. multiple treatments. Oxygen—the life in our breath—is sometimes taken for granted, but it is truly precious. City dwellers are “cheated” on oxygen as the level is often low. Those who live in the countryside however, have a better deal as plants give out oxygen during the day. This is why when we are out in Nature—in a park or forest for example—we feel so energized and in a more positive frame of mind. In highly polluted areas, or when smogs are present, oxygen levels can fall as low as 12 to 15 per cent. The worse offender is the carbon monoxide (CO) that comes from car exhaust. Carbon monoxide competes for oxygen in the red blood cells that supply our bodies with the oxygen needed to fuel life. Too much carbon monoxide can be deadly because it blocks oxygen uptake (which is why we should all have a carbon monoxide detector in our homes). But lower levels of carbon monoxide, common in city environments, can make us feel tired and miserable. One of the primary causes of aging is failure of the enzyme system that is responsible for our oxygen uptake. Our cells receive less and less oxygen and we degenerate and die. Oxygen deprivation can occur with lack of exercise, stress or a poor oxygen environment. This can be easily reversed by exercising By age 50, we have lost 40 per cent of our ability to absorb and burn oxygen. And if we don’t absorb oxygen, we will die before our time. Between ages 20 to 40 we have lost 20 per cent of our ability to use oxygen and to do medium heavy work. Inactivity can reduce the body’s efficiency for utilizing oxygen, which leads to chronic fatigue and rapid aging. Our Oxygen Revitalization Program can reverse this in a few 15-minute treatments. the program can also have a profound effect on blood pressure without the damage caused by drugs. The average drop in blood pressure for patients using EWOT was 14 points. Immunization, surgery, chemotherapy, and burns all reduce immune function and the body’s capacity to carry oxygen. This is reversed immediately with our Oxygen Revitalization Program. Sports competitors can improve conditioning and improve recovery using the program before and after compeition. I have been so impressed with the results of the Finlandia Oxygen Revitalization Program that I have purchased a home unit which my wife, Beth, and I use regularly to keep us young. Adequate oxygen utilization is the key to a healthy drug free life! Harlan © Copyright 2013 Harlan Lahti, D.N.M. B.Sc. Pharm. Disclaimer: The content of this newsletter is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified health care professional nor is it intended as medical advice. Rather, its intent is the sharing of knowledge and information from the research and experience of Harlan Lahti and other professionals associated with Finlandia Pharmacy. Harlan encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional. All persons shown in this publication are models. 8. 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