Oxygen is undoubtedly one of the main elements for the life of an aerobic organism. Animals with more complex structures, including humans, developed oxidative metabolism in the evolutionary process as the main source of energy production. Therefore, our ability to consume and use oxygen represents our main power plant and is closely associated with our vitality. Its measurement should undoubtedly be considered as another vital sign. When assessing athletes or people with severe pathologies, oxygen consumption (VO2) is an important […]

Oxygen is undoubtedly one of the main elements for the life of an aerobic organism. Animals with more complex structures, including humans, developed oxidative metabolism in the evolutionary process as the main source of energy production. Therefore, our ability to consume and use oxygen represents our main power plant and is closely associated with our vitality. Its measurement should undoubtedly be considered as another vital sign. When assessing athletes or people with severe pathologies, oxygen consumption (VO2) is an important […]

The Life Style Heart Trial was a milestone; published in 1990, the study showed that a healthy lifestyle associated with a vegetarian diet can promote the regression of coronary lesions, even in patients not using lipid-lowering drugs. There is a large epidemic of cardiovascular disease today. Sedentary lifestyle, obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemia are triggers of mechanisms related to cardiovascular diseases, such as changes in the gut microbiota, increase in inflammatory markers and prothrombotic factors, and impaired immune response. […]