Carbon Dioxide

I was told that we have to move out indoor plants in the night because they release carbon dioxide which is bad for humans, an article in the newspaper was saying we have to use other materials in making houses but the logs since dead trees produce carbon dioxide in the air, again, bad for humans. We are even prohibited to fart or to pass gas in the presence of others ......its carbon dioxide!!!

According to Dr. Buteyko, a russian scientist and medical doctor carbon dioxide is the basic nutrition of every life form of earth. It acts as the main regulator of all functions in the organism; it is the main internal environment of the organism; it is the vitamin of all vitamins."

He discovered that the real cause of asthma and other related diseases is a radical depletion of CO2 - carbon dioxide - in the lungs. This isn't so strange when we learn that oxygen cannot be assimilated by cells without adequate amounts of CO2. There is only 0.03% carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today. Yet to absorb oxygen a healthy body requires about 6.5% carbon dioxide in the alveoli of the lungs. Therefore your lungs act to trap in some of the carbon dioxide produced by your body. Should the level of carbon dioxide in human lungs fall to 3%, it is fatal.

Paradoxically, while overbreathing means we are taking in more air,we are actually receiving less oxygen in vital areas of our brain and body.

Excess Carbon Dioxide Loss Leads to Mucus, Tightening, Spasms Unfortunately, over time this chronic overbreathing, causes an above normal loss of carbon dioxide (CO2)—a gas most of us believe is a "waste gas", but in reality is a precious gas which is required for critical regulation of many bodily functions. One of the most important functions of CO2 is to regulate the acid/alkaline balance of our blood, because if the blood becomes too acidic or too alkaline, we will die. When the blood becomes too acidic due to too much CO2 in the lungs, (as in the case of holding one's breath for too long), a person faints—a defense mechanism. When the blood becomes too alkaline due to too little CO2 in the lungs, (caused by overbreathing), oxygen forms a tight bond with hemoglobin (the Bohr Effect *), inhibiting oxygen release to the tissues. In an effort to prevent further CO2 loss, the lungs secrete mucus, airways tighten and smooth muscles spasm—again, a defense mechanism, which we call "asthma attack".

So, the next time you fart......say "praise the lord".