Wednesday, 3 June 2015

The Oxygen Prescription: The Miracle of Oxidative Therapies by Nathaniel Altman

I bought this book because it was a fraction of the price of the one I really wanted, Flood Your Body with Oxygen by Ed McCabe. It has a chapter dedicated to the use of hyperbaric oxygen, which I was particularly interested in because it's available locally.

Scentific studies show that oxygen therapies have the potential to boost your immune system, increase the effectiveness of antifungal drugs, support healing after surgery, improve the outcome in cancer patients, and dramatically improve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. I was curious to know more about it in an easy to read form, rather than trawling through the internet looking at scientific papers.

The book itself, which covers the science behind different types of oxygen therapy, all of which should be administered professionally, was interesting. It shed light on the use of ozone and why it's used in industry and chosen instead of chlorine for olympic swimming pools. That bit, while interesting, didn't seem very relevant to the health and medical benefits that I really wanted to read about. The section of hyperbaric oxygen felt a bit too short given my particular interest in it.

As I read through, I felt a lacked sufficient understanding of what ozone actually is, to gain maximum benefit from this book. I think it helps if you have a bit of prior knowledge already. I had to keep flicking back to the definition of ozone for clarity, and re-reading pieces that I was struggling to understand. I'm used to reading scientific health papers but still found parts of this book heavy going.

It also talks about using hydrogen peroxide medically for oxygen therapy, has a section on using oxygen therapies to combat different diseases, and concludes with a section on holistic therapy which includes a look at diet, detoxification, and lifestyles measures to improve and support the outcomes of oxygen therapy. For those not already familiar with this holistic stuff, that last section might be interesting.

Overall, if you want a book that sheds light on this topic, includes hyperbaric oxygen (absent in some other texts), and is science-based, without being sensationalist, this is an interesting read.

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