Analysis of claims and of an experiment to prove that oxygen is present in 'Vitamin O'.
Background: 'Vitamin O' is being sold as an oxygen supplement. Direct analysis has shown that it contains no oxygen. A clinical study published on the manufacturer's Web site claims to have demonstrated the presence of oxygen in the product indirectly, by demonstrating increases in blood oxygen in a...
| Published in: | Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 29 - 34 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Center for Inquiry
2003 Spring-Summer
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