Health & Wellness

People with respiratory problems are most often diagnosed with asthma. Nobody knows exactly what causes asthma. For some, this is an allergic reaction to a particular food or substance from the environment, for others it is caused by exercise. Symptoms of asthma are due to spasms of smooth muscles that surround bronchioles in the lungs. Altitude training method – IHT releases these muscles and enables the cellular structure in these fibers to respond more effectively to glucose and oxygen, thus restoring the normal state. Medically severe forms of asthma have been successfully treated with some IHT seccions.

During altitude training, you will release nitric oxide in your body, which extends the circulatory system and facilitates blood flow. When the body is adapted to the high altitude, new capillaries that carry the available oxygen to the cells develop, thus improving the blood flow through the body.

The body needs oxygen for the conversion of glucose into energy for all cells of body, so oxygen is inevitably needed to generate energy. We can stay for weeks without food, a few days without water and only a few minutes without oxygen. Unfortunately, inhaling a large amount of air does not necessarily result in an increase in the amount of oxygen in the cell, but it often has the opposite effect.

On the basis of the PH blood factor, which controls the release of oxygen and the removal of carbon dioxide, people who are breathing too fast, they have an oxygen strongly bounded in the blood, instead of being freely released, into the cell. Long-term oxygen deficiency at the cellular level leads to a decline in energy and the development of civilization diseases. Altitude training increases the sensitivity of the cell membrane and allows the normal transfer of oxygen from the blood to the cell.

It has been proven that there is a lower mortality rate among people living at high altitudes than those on or near the sea level. When the body is adapted and more effectively uses an oxygen, the pressure on the heart is reduced, the most important engine of our organism, which thus remains vital for longer.

Altitude training stimulates the body, cells become more susceptible to oxygen and glucose and more effective in the removal of waste metabolic products.

IHT affects on the release of smooth muscles that surround bronchioles in the lungs and on the development of cellular structures in these tissues, improves the response to glucose and oxygen, and thus ensures their optimal functioning. Intermittent Hypoxic Training / Therapy allows the body to use the part of the lungs that receives the most oxygen. People who are breathing too fast, tend to use only the upper part of the lungs and thus exhale carbon dioxide that would allow the release of oxygen from the blood.

When you adjust to air with less oxygen, two things happen:

1. Oxygen transfer to muscle improves
2. The use of oxygen becomes more effective, so less air needed for muscle work

The result is increased muscular endurance and improved aerobic capacity, which means that you can withstand longer and more intensive exercises.

Physiological adaptation improves the transmission of oxygen to the liver, the sexual organs and the brain. In the brain, the following positive effects are detected:

• Protecting the brain against oxidative stress
• Improving sleep
• Improving the concentration
• Increasing blood vessel density in the cerebral cortex, in the inner part of front brain and the hippocampus (controlling learning and memory) by the emergence of new blood vessels and the expansion of capillaries.
• The result of new blood vessels is the reduction of the inner distance between the blood vessels.
• Reducing the number and intensity of headaches.
• Improved glucose transfer by increasing glucose transporter 1 – GLUT1 which mean more food for brain.
• Significant increases in the levels of hormone serotonin and dopamine (a hormone that is responsible for well-being and a sense of serenity)

In the body, oxygen changes consumed food into energy. When you become more effective in the use of oxygen, you also improve your metabolism. 70% of the metabolism is designed to body stay alive. It is called the basal metabolism and indicates the energy consumption at rest.

By improving basal metabolism, we strongly impact on weight loss. Our biggest energy reserves are hidden in fat and with effective metabolism the body will choose fat as a source of energy.

We can determine on the base of metabolism whether the person will gain weight or lose weight. Slender people use fat effectively even at rest. Overweight, however, consume large amounts of carbohydrates and store fat as a stock. The body has a limited amount of carbohydrates, so these people often feel a great desire for food rich in carbohydrates, or sugar and starch, which leads to a weight gain again.

• Improves metabolism
• Improves aerobic function
• Works diuretically and thus reduces water retention in the body
• Increased calorie consumption
• Reduces appetite
• Reduces lust for food
• Reduces cellulite
• Long- lasting effect

In an effective body metabolism, the ratio between fat and carbohydrates, which changes in to energy, is optimal. At aerobic cell respiration, the body uses oxygen to convert food into energy. Large amounts of energy can only be stored in the form of fat. If metabolism is effective, moderate physical activity is sufficient to melt fat reserves. By improving the aerobic function with IHT, you will consume a much more fat compared to carbohydrates. You will have more energy and your body will consume more fat than before.

Healthy people gain 93% of energy on aerobic way, the rest is anaerobic or no oxygen. Ineffective breathing can reduce the amount of energy from aerobic way on just 84%. Anaerobic energy production is less effective, with lactic acid being formed. Over an extended period of time, an excessive amount of lactic acid has an adverse effect on body cells.

Breathing the altitude – hypoxic air works diuretic. For cells, this is a very difficult task, but because it does not include physical exercise, you will not notice this, and while your cells “exercise” eliminate toxins from your body just like at physical exercise. You will only notice that you need to go to the toilet more often than usual. With altitude training the cells regain elasticity and balance with less unnecessary liquids and improved content of oxygen.

In physical exercise, you actually spend more calories as if you just sitting and breathing altitude air. Your body works more intense, but not on the muscle level, but at the cellular level. The activity of mitochondria, which plays an important role in the formation of energy, affects metabolic disorders, including obesity.

Numerous studies have shown that by staying on high altitude, a person reduces body weight, fat tissue, as well as non-fat tissue. Weight loss is largely due to a sense of satiety that links to raised leptin level, which is a key mediator in neuroendocrinal regulation of food intake, or simply you do not feel hunger.

There are many people who satisfy different needs with food and not just the need for food. Some eat because they are bored, others from dissatisfaction or other emotional states. IHT stimulates the formation of serotonin and dopamine, a hormone that is responsible for calmness and good mood. This feeling helps to replace food. When you are happy, you do not crave for anything.

Cellulite is a result of an excessive amount of body fat and poor circulation. Studies have shown that, following the recommended IHT altitude training, a significant improvement appears in blood circulation, including increased capillary density which helps to transfer more oxygen to the body cells.

At the end of altitude training sessions, your breathing will be more effective, your body metabolism will improve and its impact will last for a long time. The effects will be greater if you later include physical activity in your lifestyle and so immediately check the improved blood and respiratory system.