Hi all, i started peating about a year ago after a major health challenge and its been a big part of helping to understand how to recover.
More recently my mum has been recovering from cancer and i have been experimenting (trying out) some peaty ideas before i suggest them to my mum (shes a little reluctant so i want to roadtest them first)
Anyway, ive been starting to learn here about how carbon dioxide is so fundamentally therapeutic for cancer due to its ability to oxygenate the cells through the bohr effect.
I first experimented with a co2 bath. I still suffer from brain fog and palpitations, and was amazed the next morning to find them gone. They did eventually come back later that day, but i couldnt believe that two symptoms which i had persistantly for two years dipped for a few hours of relief! I realised this co2 bath really shifted something quite powerfully in the right direction. Excitedly, i told my mum to give it a try to which her response was, “if i get in that bath i wont be able to get out” i totally forgot she struggles enough getting out of a chair.
So my second attempt is to see if she’ll sit in a bin bag full of co2 filled with a fire extinguisher, but by this point mum is starting to think ive gone nuts and its a hard sell.
All of this got me thinking what is some easy everyday ways to increase your co2 without having to do much. I like @haidut hole in a bottle idea which i think my mum will do a bit of and taking a bit of baking soda.
I brought a co2 pollution monitor to experiment with and found if i do a 1hour drive with the cars air recirculation button on the co2 levels rose from 600ppm to 4200ppm! Plus because co2 is heavier than air, the monitor went even higher on the floor of the car (still within a safe range). So to make the most of it ive been doing my morning commute to work and then lying on the floor of the car for a 30min nap.
Has anyone else got any quick wins, hacks for raising co2 in there enviroment or body?