Biologically, iron is an essential mineral that your body requires to function properly. You only need trace amounts of this nutrient, but it’s absolutely vital to energy production, oxygen transportation, hormone synthesis, growth, development, brain function, immune activity, and healthy cell function.[1, 2] (more…)
First identified in the 17th century, oxygen is a gaseous, non-metallic element that makes life possible. The chemist and physician John Mayow proved that oxygen was critical to lifeforms, and could be removed by a naked flame and respiration. A key indication of oxygen's supreme importance was realized when researchers demonstrated that mice could survive longer in air heated by mercury oxide rather than air heated by using a flame [which consumes oxygen]. They were able to prove that the depletion of "eminently breathable air," later termed oxygen, directly resulted […]
Oxygen is a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for life.[1] Life as we know it literally could not exist without oxygen. (more…)
Oxygen is a colorless, odorless gas.[1] It is a chemical element and you can find it on the periodic table with the atomic number 8. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe and makes up over 20% of the earth’s atmosphere.[2] In the human body, oxygen is the single most abundant element, making up 65% of body mass.[3] You're breathing oxygen nearly every second of every day and it's clearly very important. So, let's look at a few of the ways the human body uses oxygen. (more…)
Do we take oxygen for granted? I think most of us realize that oxygen is critical for life, but we hardly ever think about it.[1] You probably know more details about the love life of the latest celebrity couple than the element that we cannot live without. Today, we'll look at 11 facts about oxygen you may not know. (more…)
