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The reducing oxygen content in the atmosphere, especially in highly polluted metro cities, is a matter of great concern. To supplement the need for this vital gas, several new ideas have been gaining prominence around the world.
The reducing oxygen content in the atmosphere, especially in highly polluted metro cities, is a matter of great concern. To supplement the need for this vital gas, several new ideas have been gaining prominence around the world.
Celebrities like Jeff Goldblum, Kristie Alley and Woody Harrelson are considered pioneers in giving a boost to the innovative concept of getting oxygen in bars as a form of treatment.
Deficiency of oxygen can create health problems, especially in young kids. Oxygen is essential to good health and is the primary source of energy - nearly 90% energy comes from oxygen, the remaining 10% being contributed by food and water.
Getting enough oxygen will help the body metabolise food more efficiently, thereby creating more energy. Oxygen also plays a part in improving the memory and helping avoid sleep disorders, as well as mental ailments like depression.
The concept of oxygen bars originated in Japan in early 1990, and has now spread to the US, Europe and other countries. Branded as an innovative way to reduce fatigue, stress and depression, most of these bars are located in upmarket areas.
This concept has gradually made way into India too, and oxygen bars have opened in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Ahmedabad as well.
Due to lack of sufficient research, health authorities are questioning the merits of snorting oxygen, especially since concentrated oxygen can prove harmful for individuals with respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Portable oxygen is available in cylinders, tanks and concentrators. In recent times, the concept of oxygen bars has emerged a proven business model for health.
Such bars are installed in destinations like health clubs, salons, country resorts, restaurants, coffee bars and even airports.
To enhance the experience, oxygen can now be inhaled with flavoured aromas such as jasmine. Legal authorities though, are yet to approve the colouring and the flavouring agents used for adding this fragrance.
An adaptation of the use of oxygen for rejuvenation, and based on the belief that oxygen replacement leads to a younger and a more immune body system, Oxy Spa is a state-of-the-art equipment offering 99% pure oxygen in a cocoon.
It is being heavily marketed as an anti-ageing face and body treatment solution. Some of these machines offer additional facilities such as the ancient ayurvedic therapy 'shrirodhara', alongside their oxygen-based healing.
Business owners insist that consistent use of concentrated oxygen causes a marked improvement in breathing, mobility and sleep patterns in their clients.
This, however, can be counter-argued by that the fact that the atmospheric air contains 21% of oxygen. This is enough for a health human body which absorbs about 5% of the oxygen inhaled. It is uncertain, therefore, whether the increased levels of oxygen absorption from oxygen snorting in these bars can cause sudden high shoots of oxygen in the body, and whether these spikes are necessarily good for the body.
However, no conclusive evidence or studies have been confirmed to conclude one way or the other.
— The writer is an entrepreneur and educationist
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