The Healing Power of Oxygen: Benefits of Recreation & Spending More Time Outdoors
Oxygen is an element more precious than any other in all the earth. It is an essential element to life. It is also one of the most abundant elements found on earth constituting about 20% of the world’s atmosphere, and our bodies comprise 65% of it. While you could survive a couple of weeks without water, you can only last a few minutes after being deprived of oxygen. So oxygen is undeniably the most important aspect of all living things. Importance of Oxygen in Our Bodies Oxygen is key for the regulation of 90% of all our body functions. It is necessary for metabolization or breaking down of food as well as the elimination of waste and toxins from the body. Our brains require a constant flow of oxygen so as to function properly. Without oxygen, your ability to think, eat, feel, sleep, or even talk would be compromised because all these functions are managed from the brain. Oxygen is also the only element with the capability of combining with almost any other element so as to ma...