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Cellular Oxygenation
Low cellular oxygen levels are a well proven underlying cause of cancer. In fact the level of cellular oxygen is at the very core of the mutation of healthy cells into cancerous ones, as first discovered as far back as 1931. This was the year in which Dr. Warburg won his first Nobel Prize for proving cancer is caused by a lack of oxygen respiration in cells.
In his article, ' The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer,' Warburg stated that,
"Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one primary cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar. All normal body cells meet their energy needs by respiration of oxygen, whereas cancer cells meet their energy needs in great part by fermentation. All normal body cells are thus obligate aerobes, whereas all cancer cells are partial anaerobes."
He proved that cancer is caused whenever a cell is deprived of 60% of it's required amount of oxygen. It is at this point where a cell will cease producing energy through aerobic respiration & will turn to anaerobic respiration as a method of survival, otherwise the cell would depleat & eventually die.
We will look more closely at the process of respiration in order to gain a clear understanding of how & why this occurs, as well the claims that oxygen holds a vital role in killing cancerous cells.
What is cellular respiration?
To perform their many tasks, living cells require energy from outside sources, such as energy in food.
Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into ATP (the molecule that drives most cellular work) & then release waste products.
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Respiration
Anaerobic Respiration
Anaerobic respiration is the breakdown of food substances with the release of a comparatively small amount of energy in the absence of oxygen
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Yeast can respire both aerobically and anaerobically.
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Anaerobic respiration in yeast is called fermentation
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The glucose molecule is only partially broken down.
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The ethanol produced still contains much energy.
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This explains why a small amount of energy is set free.
Anaerobic respiration in muscles
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Vigorous muscular contractions forced the muscle cells to execute anaerobic respiration to produce extra energy. Lactic acid is formed in the process.
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This small amount of energy, together with the energy produced in aerobic respiration, is sufficient to keep the muscles contracting.
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However, due to insufficient oxygen, lactic acid slowly builds up in the muscles. The muscles are said to be experiencing an oxygen debt.
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Lactic acid is toxic, and may reach a concentration high enough to cause muscle fatigue. The muscular pain experienced is due to the lactic acid.
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A period of rest is necessary to remove lactic acid from the muscles to be transported to the liver.
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Some of the lactic acid is oxidized to produce energy, which is then used to convert the remaining lactic acid to glucose.
Respiration is a process that converts energy in food into a form which the body can “use” more easily. It involves the oxidation of food substances with the release of energy in living cells.
Oxidation is a chemical reaction involving the loss of electrons, addition of oxygen, or the loss of hydrogen.
There are 2 forms of respiration: aerobic and anaerobic
Why do organisms respire?
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Green plants transform light energy from the Sun during photosynthesis into chemical energy.
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Animals obtain this chemical energy in the form of stored (potential) energy by feeding on green plants.
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Since the energy is locked up in the organic food molecules, the organism will have to break them down to release this energy.
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This breakdown of complex organic substances is by oxidation - respiration
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Aerobic respiration
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Aerobic respiration is the breakdown of food substances in the presence of oxygen with the release of a large amount of energy
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Carbon dioxide and water are released as waste products
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Many reactions are involved and each reaction is catalysed by an enzyme system
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Mitochondria are importance in aerobic respiration
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Most animals, including man, and green plants respire aerobically
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Energy yield from glucose
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When glucose is broken down during aerobic respiration, some of its energy is used to form another molecule called adenosine triphosphate or ATP.
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ATP is a quick source of a small amount of energy.
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In a living cell, ATP molecules are used to drive cellular processes.
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To make 1 molecule of ATP requires 30 kJ of energy.
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1 mole of glucose yields 3 000 kJ of energy.