home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!apple!uuwest!paladin
- From: paladin@west.darkside.com (Paladin)
- Newsgroups: rec.pyrotechnics
- Subject: Re: H2O2
- Message-ID: <mkwsXB2w165w@west.darkside.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 23:03:33 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.015408.12842@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM
- Lines: 21
-
- kjurena@lonestar.utsa.edu (Keith R. Jurena) writes:
-
- > In article <1993Jan20.205252.14134@rtfm.mlb.fl.us> luckey@rtfm.mlb.fl.us (Jon
- > >bbs.byron@gilligan.tsoft.net (Byron Reynolds) writes:
- > >
- > >>I saw 35% H202 today in a health food store. Don't ask me why, I have
- > >>no idea. It was sold in 2L bottles.
- > >
- > >They think that drinking a glass of H2) with a few drops of H2O2
- > >gives the bloodstream an O2 boost. (^^^-O is meant)
- > What a bunch of psycobabble. The reason H2O2 bubbles when applied to wounds
- > and blood is the body has an enzyme to reduce it. H2O2 is an intermediate
- > product in cell metabolism. If it were allowed to collect, the toxic effects
- > would be lethal. Drink a glass of 3% and you will puke from the foam created
-
- The best, and only safe, way to give the blood an O2 boost is to buy an
- O2 cylinder from a medical supply store.
-
- Not to mention that H2O2 tastes like liquid hell.
-
- (ever watch football, see the players with O2 masks on the sidelines??)
-