<I have recently had a number of clients who have been visiting a clinic in
Switzerland to drink ‘Oxygenated Water’. One client has even installed a
special ‘tank’ which provides them with a constant supply. As far as I am
aware, there has not been any conclusive evidence for this form of
treatment, but perhaps someone on the list has had some firsthand experience
of it. I would greatly appreciate any references, reading or literature in
this regard, in particular the rationale behind why one would use it.>

*** Dr Yessis wrote about “oxygenated” water on our list several months ago,
but I cannot recall having seen any peer-reviewed papers on its use.

<I am especially concerned, as the claims made (useful in Cancer treatment,
Heart Disease?) are fairly ambitious.

*** If such claims are being made, then anyone selling that sort of treatment
should provide the necessary scientific corroboration. Of course, I trust
that those extolling its virtues realise that increased oxidation in the body
may well promote the generation of more free radicals, which currently are
being regarded as being a major contributing factor in the aetiology of
cancer, heart disease and many aspects of ageing.

Anyway, suppose that you drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a day
(which I certainly can’t), the volume of dissolved oxygen is so small that
you can derive more oxygen from the air in a few hearty breaths! Did those
clinics ever inform clients that the oxygenated water doesn’t contain much
more than a fraction of 1 percent of the volume of the water being imbibed?
Did they also explain how a few extra mL (millitres) of oxygen can heal
cancer and heart disease and why it is better than inhaling oxygen via a
mask? How much oxygenated water can one drink to obtain adequate extra
oxygen that will change one’s quality of life and remove all traces of some
terminal diseases?

Incidentally, Swiss “clinics” are renowned for promoting and selling miracle
cures and outrageously unusual types of treatment to the affluent (whose
gullibility about health and age-control is often directly proportional to
their wealth!) – at one stage they were injecting embryonic sheep cells and
“glandulars” into patients because they felt that “very “young” cells will
make the body “younger”. If such treatments are ever questioned, the
frequent response is that this is because there is a conspiracy by the
medical profession to control all aspects of the health and wellness
industry.

Why not visit us here in high altitude Colorado where there is less oxygen
and less likelihood of that dreaded free radical proliferation? Combine it
with some wonderful skiing and winter sporting opportunities, a few sessions
in the Supertraining jacuzzi and pool – add a dash of training in a
weightlifting and powerlifting gym and what more do you need? But don’t
drink the city water which contains more chlorine per litre than our swimming
pool! At least the use of oxygen for purifying drinking water would be one
sensible application. Anyway, chlorine and bromine are actually used for
sanitising water because they are very powerful oxidising agents! Of course,
that bit of trivia should not encourage anyone to drink household bleach or
hydrogen peroxide!

Dr Mel Siff
Denver, USA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/

http://www.zdorovye.com/zdorovye/slavyanskiy.html

This is an extract from that site:

<The Russian Spetsnaz trainers to prepare their operatives for ultra-distance
physical extremes is the arcane endurance running technology called
‘Slavyanskiy Byeg’and the total health system: ‘Zdorovye’.

In ‘Slavyanskiy Byeg’ you will learn to coordinate your Carriage and Gait -
which is the process of integrating movement, alignment, and breathing. You
will learn how to virtually run indefinitely – without discomfort and expending
minimal energy. This running methodic teaches you how to wind your body like a
rubber band driven air-plane, using the ligaments and tendons in your body as
your engine, instead of using your large muscles. This is the most amazing
fitness technology ever to be released! >

***While I fully appreciate a great deal of former soviet strength and sports
training as a result of visiting Russia on a few occasions and collaborating
with some of the scientists from that country, I have always been intrigued
why Russian endurance athletes very rarely have matched the achievement of
endurance athletes from Africa, especially those from Kenya. Their dominance
of endurance running has also been a matter of great interest for some
Russian scientists who have been studying these African endurance masters to
ascertain why the Africans generally are far superior to most Russian
endurance runners, but the reasons for their excellence still remain a matter
of a great deal of speculation.

The remarkable endurance of the Khoi and San (‘Bushmen’) peoples in extremely
hot desert conditions with no access to exercise science, special foods or
energy replacement fluids is another case of African folk being remarkably
competent. Herein also lies another fascinating lesson that still has to be
dissected adequately.

While many of the Russian methods of training can be very productive and
effective, would this not seem to indicate that we should be turning to
Africa to learn the greatest secrets of endurance athleticism? Would anyone
like to suggest reasons for why African endurance athletes are currently so
dominant? What secrets could they teach the Russians and indeed, the rest of
us?

Is it due to a state of body, a state of mind, genetics, environment,
national outlook or what? This issue has been the topic of an increasing
amount of research and some popular articles and books have been written on
this subject, but none really has taken us much beyond the theories of
genetic superiority or environmental influences.

Here are a few websites which relate to this issue:

http://www.umist.ac.uk/UMIST_Sport/2_art2.htm
http://www.runnersworld.com/dailynew/archives/1998/February/980224.html
http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue353/item8676.asp

Dr Mel Siff