Claims of oxygenated water not true

There is no scientific evidence to support that drinking "super oxygenated" water improves athletic performance. The so-called super oxygenated water, in which the oxygen content is increased significantly, is marketed by various companies as a way to improve athletic performance by feeding extra oxygen to the muscles through the blood stream. To test these claims, a team of researchers from the Medical University of Vienna compared the performance effects of the maximum oxygenated water they could find (180 mg of oxygen per litre) with that of non-treated water from the same source. Twenty young men were submitted to intense bicycling exercises after having drank either 1.5 litres a day of oxygenated water or the same amount of untreated water, during two weeks. Parameters such as maximum physical performance and maximum oxygen consumption were measured at the peak of their effort. The researchers reported that consumption of super oxygenated water had no significant influence on these parameters and there was no improvement in their athletic capacity.