JAMA on oxygenated water

Below is a link to the Seattle Times report because you need a subscription for the JAMA article itself. I bet everyone isn't surprised at the study's conclusions.

On the critical side, the study appeared in the "letters" section of the Journal if that makes a difference in the level of peer-review. Also, only 11 patients were tested and even though absolutely no significant (or non-significant) difference was found in any of the reported parameters there may be other factors influencing the variables. Maybe you're supposed to drink it 30 minutes before exercise, or during exercise. Or maybe you have to shake it up first. I bet they didn't exercise long enough, or exercise the proper muscle groups to effect a difference. For the Journal's 11 subjects that couldn't even guess a difference, I can get 11 subjects to offer testimonials that hyper O2 water makes all the difference in the world.

BTW: I scored 10 for 20 on the fool-your-senses BBC test forwarded by Dr. Hall. Case in point . http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/2001789256_water12.html

Study: Extra oxygen doesn't make bottled water healthier

By Judith Blake

Seattle Times staff reporter

"Researchers in Seattle and North Carolina have thrown a wet blanket on certain health claims for bottled water infused with extra oxygen.

A study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that each of the five brands of oxygenated water the researchers tested contained less oxygen in 12 ounces than is contained in a single human breath.

The study was conducted by researchers at Seattle's Virginia Mason Medical Center and at Duke University in North Carolina. Testing 11 adults, they also found "no significant differences in exercise results" based on whether the person drank oxygenated bottled water or ordinary tap water.

Many brands of oxygenated water — a tiny but growing segment of the $8 billion wholesale bottled-water industry — claim or imply they enhance energy and athletic performance. The products are sold in some groceries and on the Internet.

Two Northwest producers of oxygenated water responded to the study in different ways. A spokeswoman for Talking Rain, of Preston, said the King County company makes no health claims for its product, called airwater, while Aqua Rush, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, contended its oxygen-infusing technique gives its product a higher level of "stable" oxygen than any others. …"