What is Ozone therapy?

Ozone therapy is an energised, natural form of raw oxygen. Oxygen is the most vital element required for human life and it is the key to good health. We can survive without water for a week and go without food for a month, but we can only live a few minutes without oxygen. Oxygen is the life-giving, life-sustaining element. All body activities require oxygen. Through oxidation, the body generates heat and energy from its fuel, and disposes of wastes and microbes. Our bodies are two-thirds water. Of that water, ten per cent is blood and ninety per cent is lymph. Since the water in our bodies is itself 8/9 oxygen by weight, we are therefore composed of over 50% oxygen. The best way to optimize health is to oxygenate every cell in our body. The more oxygen we have in our system, the more energy we produce, and the more efficiently we can eliminate wastes. Good health is dependent on the production, maintenance and flow of energy, which is produced by the oxidation of sugar. Oxidation is central to metabolism, circulation, respiration, digestion, assimilation and elimination. Oxygen purifies the blood, keeping it free of cellular waste buildup. Sufficient oxygen allows the body to rebuild itself and maintain the immune system. Healthy cells require sugar, amino acids, minerals, hormones, enzymes and oxygen.

Ozone causes an increase in the red blood cell glycolysis rate. This leads to the stimulation of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG), which leads to an increase in the amount of oxygen released to the tissues. There is a stimulation of the production of the enzymes which act as free radical scavengers and cell wall protectors: glutathione peroxidase, catalase, and superoxide dismutase. Ozone activates the Krebs cycle by enhancing oxidative carboxylation of pyruvate, stimulating production of ATP. Ozone also causes a significant reduction in NADH and helps to oxidize cyochrome C. Prostacyline, a vasodilator, is also induced by ozone.

How does Ozone Work?

1. Inactivation of bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast & protozoa
   Ozone disrupts the integrity of the bacterial cell envelope through oxidation of the phospholipids and lipoproteins. In fungi, ozone inhibits cell growth at certain stages. With viruses, the ozone damages the viral capsid and disrupts the reproductive cycle by disrupting the virus-to-cell contact with peroxidation. The weak enzyme coatings on cells, which make them vulnerable to invasion by viruses, make them susceptible to oxidation and elimination from the body, which then replaces them with healthy cells.
2. Enhancement of circulation
   In circulatory disease, a clumping of red blood cells hinders blood flow through the small capillaries and decreases oxygen absorption due to reduced surface area. Ozone reduces or eliminates clumping, and red cell flexibility is restored, along with oxygen carrying ability. Oxygenation of the tissues increases as the arterial partial pressure increases and viscosity decreases. Ozone also oxidizes the plaque in arteries, allowing the removal of the breakdown products, unclogging the blood vessels.

Healthy bodily cells thrive on oxygen, and harmful microorganisms, which are anaerobic, only prosper without oxygen. Furthermore, oxygen destroys these cells. As a result, the body can become deprived of critical levels of oxygen due to stress, an unhealthy diet, improper nutrition, and unhealthy breathing, enabling harmful microorganisms to thrive in such an environment.

Healthy cells are sourced with enough nutrients and oxygen and are therefore able to secrete an enzyme-protective covering that provides increased protection against future invasion.

Fortunately, ozone therapy assists with the following:

• Deactivates protozoa, viruses, fungi, bacteria and yeasts by removing the exterior (outer covering) of microorganisms.
• Increased metabolism with the red blood cells excretes an excessive volume of oxygen to the bodily tissue.
• Promotion of the formation of free radical agents (peroxides).
• Promotes circulation because ozone breaks up plaque within the arteries, unclogs the inside and facilitates circulation.
• Removal of tumours when ozone inhibits the metabolism of cancerous cells.
• Triggers the immune system by stimulating the release of interferon and interleukins, prompting several immunological responses.
• Ozone therapy increases the effects of prescribed medications. Furthermore, it can reduce the toxic but vital effects of chemotherapy.