Hyperbaric & Cancer

Cancer continues to be a growing health issue worldwide. Recently, alternative medicine has started to explore how cancer cells survive in low-oxygen environments. When a cell loses about 50% or more of its mitochondria (its energy centers), it switches to anaerobic metabolism — meaning it ferments sugar to create energy.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) works by flooding the body with high levels of oxygen. This extra oxygen can slow or stop cancer cells from growing by:

• Blocking their access to sugar (their fuel)
• Preventing them from spreading
• Shrinking or killing them over time

Think of a cancer cell like a bully in a schoolyard — and oxygen is the yard patrol. It sits on the bully, stops it from moving, starves it, and eventually makes it disappear.

HBOT can also:

• Boost the effectiveness of Vitamin C therapy and chemotherapy
• Reverses the negative effects of      chemotherapy 
• Protect healthy cells from damage during cancer treatments
• Increase energy in healthy cells
• Help shrink tumors, making surgery more successful

So how does Hyperbaric oxygen therapy work?
When you're placed in a pressurized chamber and breathe 100% oxygen, that oxygen converts to a liquid and absorbs into plasma and spreads throughout your body. The longer you're in the chamber, the more saturated your tissues get with oxygen — delivering up to 5 times more O2 than normal breathing. This oxygen helps your body fight cancer more effectively.