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i've been reading about the wonders of hydrogen peroxide is it okay to drink it?

i've been reading about the wonders of hydrogen peroxide. some people regularly drink a solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide in water to detox their bodies or alleviate medical conditions. some inhale it through a sprayer and swear by it. the fda and some doctors say not to. do you know anyone that has benefited from drinking it?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I don't think there are any benefits to drinking it. And I don't think it would taste good either.

  • Phil
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I would side with the FDA and the doctors. There are always people who do stupid things to their bodies like that and eventually it catches up with them. When I was in high school, some kook came up with a diet called the Scarsdale Diet. You were supposed to eat only grapefruit or only cheese or something and you would lose weight. Well of course people lost weight; they also died of malnutrition. Drink the water straight. Leave out the hydrogen peroxide.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes you can drink hydrogen peroxide.

    But you will need to mix water and 3% hydrogen peroxide.

    You will mix 20-30 drops in your glass of water in morning

    You will need to drink 1 hour before or 3 after you eat.

    Hope this helps

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  • 1 decade ago

    hey ive been drinking hydrogen peroxide for like a year now. and if you are going to do it you have to buy the food grade stuff from an online site you HAVEEE to i cannot stress how much it has to be food grade lol. but i have been doing it and it gives you a little "high" just you just ran a mile cuz the oxygen is getting put into your blood stream. my vision has increased from it and my stamina also increased. but ive done it for like a year now and im perfectly fine.

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  • 1 decade ago

    generally i would listen to the fda. I would be more afraid of side effects than i would be grateful for benefits. im sure you can find the same benefits in something that is fda approved

  • 1 decade ago

    I do not know of anyone drinking it but my vet had me give it to my dog to make him throw up after eating a pound of chocolate. it did the trick.

  • TJTB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Bad idea! It's not even good to gargle with it as some people may recommend.

  • 1 decade ago

    No...u can not drink hydrogen peroxide....

  • 1 decade ago

    DO NOT DRINK IT! just gargle it. it will help fight things that are in your mouth and u may also swish the peroxide in your mouth HOPE I HELPED!! :)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't know how safe drinking it would be I have brushed my teeth with it for over 10 years day and night time I never get sick with the flu or colds or anything else for that matter, doe it keep me healthy I think so. Hydrogen Peroxide Therapy

    Drinking Hydrogen Peroxide

    Hydrogen Peroxide

    Hydrogen Dioxide H2O2

    Molecular formula: H2O2

    Density: 1.4 g/cm³

    Molar mass: 34.01 g/mol

    Melting point: -11°C / 12°F (262°K)

    Boiling point: 141°C / 286°F (414°K)

    Hydrogen Peroxide

    ( H2O2 )

    Oxygen Therapy

    Hydrogen Peroxide

    Hydrogen peroxide (hydrogen dioxide) is a water molecule with an extra oxygen atom. Hydrogen peroxide (French: Eau Oxygenee) was first reported by the French chemist Louis-Jacques Thenard in 1818. In 1863 Meissner proved its presence in rain water collected during thunderstorms and has been corroborated by other research. It is a naturally occurring compound found in nature (oceans, lakes, rivers, rain and snow) and in all life forms. Our atmosphere contains an ozone layer.

    Ozone (O3) is created when radiation (ultraviolet light) from the sun interacts with oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere. O3 is heavier than O2 and falls toward the earth. In the lower atmosphere, oxygen (O2) encounters water vapor and forms hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Rain water and snow contains a small percentage of hydrogen peroxide which acts as a natural disinfectant in lakes, rivers and oceans.

    Many cities in Europe use ozone and hydrogen peroxide in their drinking waters. Hydrogen peroxide, ozone and ultraviolet light are a simple and effective combinations for drinking water sanitation. Ozone and ultraviolet light also works. Some cities in Europe have been purifying their drinking water with ozone since 1901. Ultraviolet light is used to disinfect surgical instruments, bedding, air, skin, body fluids, etc. of viruses and bacteria. Bacterial and viral disinfection with ozone works up to 5000 times faster than chlorine. Many brands of bottled water that you buy in this country have been ozonated for your protection. Hydrogen peroxide is found in all fresh fruits and vegetables, some of it comes from rain water and some of it is manufactured in the photosynthesis process. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables (preferably organic) in their raw state helps get this healing oxygen into our bodies.

    Hydrogen peroxide is really hydrogen dioxide. Its chemical formula is H2O2.

    Hydrogen peroxide contains one more atom of oxygen than water does. Boiling point: 286° F (141° C) and Freezing point: 12° F (-11° C). Hydrogen Peroxide is a chemical compound that is a colorless, syrupy, oxidizing liquid, capable of reacting explosively with combustibles. When stored under the proper conditions, it is a very stable compound.

    Hydrogen Peroxide is used in a water solution as a mild antiseptic, a bleaching agent, an oxidizing agent, and as a laboratory reagent. Hydrogen Peroxide is soluble in alcohol or ether. Commercial Hydrogen Peroxide usually has a small amount of stabilizer (acetanilide) in it. Hydrogen Peroxide is available for household use as a 3% (by weight) water solution; it is used as a mild bleaching agent and medicinally as an antiseptic. Recent studies indicate that Hydrogen Peroxide is toxic to new cells and is not recommended for wound care.

    A 3% solution of Hydrogen Peroxide is sometimes called ten volume strength, (one volume of Hydrogen Peroxide releases ten volumes of oxygen when it decomposes). A pint of the food-grade 35% solution contains the equivalent of 130 pints of oxygen. A pint of 3% hydrogen peroxide found at a local drugstore contains 10 pints of oxygen. A pint of the 6% solution, used to bleach hair, contains 20 pints of oxygen. When kept in the absence of light and contaminants, it dismutates (breaks down) very slowly at the rate of about 10% a year. Storing the hydrogen peroxide in the freezer slows the process.

    Hydrogen Peroxide is an very powerful unstable oxidant. Hydrogen Peroxide is a natural substance found in trace amounts in rain and snow. Rain combines with ozone (O3) in the upper atmosphere. When water and ozone mix, the ozone loses one oxygen molecule to the water and hydrogen peroxide is formed. Hydrogen peroxide is very unstable and breaks down readily into water and a single oxygen molecule. Oxygen is stable only when the molecules are paired (O2). A single oxygen molecule is a strong oxidizing and disinfecting agent.

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    Grades of Hydrogen Peroxide

    3% Hydrogen Peroxide (Drug Store / Grocery Store Variety)

    Made from Diluted 50% Super D Peroxide.

    Contains stabilizers: phenol, acetanilide, sodium stanate, tetrasodium phosphate, etc.

    6% Hydrogen Peroxide (Used by Beauticians in Hair Coloring)

    Comes in strengths labeled 10, 20 and 40 volume. Activator added to use as a bleach. Unknown Stabilizers.

    30% Re-Agent Hydrogen Peroxide

    Used in medical research. C

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