“Oxycise,” exercise, and breathing exercises
by Tanya Zilberter, Ph.D. — Diet and Body
This is a
program based on intensive breathing exercise system. You can find
it now as a book and videos:
Says Jill Johnson, the author: “I have written this
book to help those who are sick and tired of struggling with their
body shape and health, and who are angry at all the money and time
they have wasted on pills, powdered drinks, and gadgets.”
Say devoted Oxycisers:
- It does make sense: oxygen burns fat and it’s so simple to do!
- You can lose weight on it (I lost about 10 pounds in 3-4 months)
and itdoes develop you aerobically
- To my surprise, Oxycise DID help me lose 20 pounds over 8 months
- The video is mediocre but just ignore that and follow along.
You’ll be glad that you did!
- This workout really gets my heart rate up right up where it should
be
- You don’t have to count calories, you don't have to jog, you
don’t have to lift weights or do the stair-stepper
So, everybody’s happy. Is there anything to be worried about?
When the body hyperventilates, it fails to adequately
delivery oxygen to tissues, thus disrupting the appropriate co-ordination
of breathing and blood flow. It does so partly because hemoglobin that
carries oxygen from lungs to tissues fails to yield the oxygen there.
Now, in spite of deep
breathing, here is too little oxygen in the arterial blood. Once the
body
is in this state, a whole chain of reactions can occur — Is
Deep Breathing Dangerous?— check it out!
The fascinating fact is that just the opposite to deep intensive
breathing, shallow
self-limited breathing was shown to be very healing. Don’t
ask me why though I do have my favorite hypothesis. Just think about
Endorphins,
these potent internal healers of ours, are being released into the
blood
by mild lack of oxygen and excess of carbon dioxide
Does it mean that I don’t believe in Oxycise? Not at all! I just
think that this is stressful as any exercise is, and stress can train
and strengthen the body.
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