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    Oxygenated water

    I saw a lovely (and expensive) bottle of water at my local used-to-be-a-co-op but is now a giant-gourmet-groucery-store health food market that claimed to have extra oxygen added. A quick web search indicates to me that some people think this sort of water to be incredibly healthy, and some think it's a scam. My first thought was "good for off-gassing??"

    Does anyone know anything about whether or not the oxygen in such a beverage could actually be absorbed into blood/tissue to such an extent as to be helpful?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jk47
    My first thought was "good for off-gassing??"
    Maybe if you burp a lot?
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    Oxygen is very poorly soluble in water and a bottle of water would carry so little of it as to be entirely useless.
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    drink H2O2 instead ,, it's cheaper..... jk
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    Hi jk47,

    I is entirely a scam.

    First, as TSandM has indicated, 02 is very poorly soluble in water. The amounts that can be dissolved, even under pressure, are minuscule. Second, there is no mechanism by which 02 in a liquid you drink can make its way into blood circulation.

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    i got scammed a couple yr ago in a convient store...wanted a bottle of water and only had this kind of water it cost 2.15 SGD!!! i was like ****!!! when a normal bottle of water cost only 0.50-1.00 SGD!!! I bought it still as i super thirsty after not drinking for 2 hrs plus...THERE WASNT NO DARNED DIFFERENCE EXCEPT THE PRICE!

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