We need oxygen to live. The irony is: this life-giving oxygen also produces acidic waste. A healthy body is able to do a balancing act between breathing and discharging the waste by exhaling carbon dioxide after inhaling the air.
In hospitals, when doctors treat pulmonary patients with oxygen masks, they constantly measure the carbon dioxide level in the patient’s blood so as not over-acidify too rapidly. They know the oxygen therapy could backfire if the acid in the blood is not carefully monitored.
How does the body neutralize and remove acidic waste naturally? It is the function of bicarbonate (HCO3-) in the blood. Unfortunately, the aging process causes a measurable decrease in blood bicarbonate levels after the age of 45. This is the average age when a normally healthy person develops conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, etc.
For more detail, please read chapter 32 of my new book “I’m OK, but What Happened to My BODY?”
