by Dr. Mark Sircus
July 28, 2025
from DrSircus Website





Illustration

of a carbon dioxide (CO²) molecule

consisting of one carbon atom

bonded to two oxygen atoms.

Want proof you are alive and healthy?

Just check your bicarbonate or CO² levels, which is easy to do with pH paper and by checking your breathing rate.

Life itself, metabolism creates CO², and the more you make, the higher your metabolism is, and in terms of health and exercise, it's the same.

Why is exercise so important and healthy?

When we exercise for cardio health, we are producing more CO², which also means we are getting much more oxygen.

 

However, the faster you breathe, the more CO² you blow out, creating deficiencies in the blood.

 

If you are not producing carbon dioxide, you are dead.

Without enough carbon dioxide in the air,

we would all be dead, for there would not be enough food or oxygen in the air since CO² is plant food.

Around the year 1900, the atmosphere was dangerously low in carbon dioxide, so now plants are having a 'party' celebrating the increase of atmospheric CO².

Only the demented climatologists, politicians, and elite-owned media,

make carbon dioxide into a "dangerous gas", which is one of the most ridiculous claims...

It is essential to understand that,

in the blood, carbon dioxide and bicarbonates are twin sisters, two forms of the same thing, and if you want proof of that, squeeze a fresh lemon into a glass of bicarbonate water and see the bubbles burst out.

The main point of this essay is that carbon dioxide and bicarbonate deficiencies are the most unrecognized medical condition on earth, even though it is extraordinarily common.

Problems revolving around elevated acid pH levels (relative deficiency in bicarbonate ions) take a significant toll on human physiology, and the more acidic a person becomes, the larger the problem for their cell physiology.

Every biochemical reaction is pH sensitive, with enzymes being especially sensitive.

Our culture places great value on staying and looking young, and a vast industry is in place to give people the opportunity to live longer.

 

Anti-aging enthusiasts contend that life spans can be prolonged, but they have little idea that anti-aging begins with the simplest substances, with bicarbonates, carbon dioxide, and magnesium.

Bicarbonate and Carbon Dioxide Deficiencies

The administration of bicarbonates and CO² can be the most potent instant-acting medicines.

There is,

1. magnesium bicarbonate super water

2. potassium bicarbonate

3. the well-researched sodium bicarbonate (baking soda),

...on one side,

and the application of pure CO² gas, which is now possible with a relatively inexpensive carbon dioxide inhalation device.

Though used by doctors for 125 years, and present in most good ICU units, it is an underused, hidden, sometimes miracle gas because it controls and makes oxygen safe and more available to cells.

Bicarbonate deficiencies increase as we age.

 

Living in toxic cities accelerates declining bicarbonate levels in the blood and tissues.

Addressing those deficiencies with the three types of bicarbonates ensures we live a healthier and longer life.

The ability to produce and retain enough carbon dioxide
is as important for longevity as the ability to conserve
enough heat to allow chemical reactions to occur as needed.
Dr. Ray Peat

Dr. Lynda Frassetto of the University of California, San Francisco, says,

"Insufficient amounts of bicarbonates (CO²) in our blood reduce our capabilities to manage (neutralize and dump) the acid our body produces.

 

This is the cause of aging...!

 

The age of 45 is the average age when humans start to show symptoms of diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, and many other adult degenerative diseases.

 

And since we cannot manage the acid, we accumulate acidic wastes in our bodies.

 

These wastes are,

cholesterol, fatty acid, uric acid, urate, sulfate, phosphate, kidney stones, etc."

The presence of carbon dioxide

is an indicator of proper

mitochondrial respiratory functioning.

Dr. Frassetto attributes the reduction of bicarbonates in the blood as we age to generations of modern American diets.

She also points out in another paper that the average diet today is high in sodium and low in potassium, contrary to the human body's original genetic makeup.

Research published recently in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology found that having balanced bicarbonate levels in your body reduces the chances of early death.

The study examined data compiled in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study for 2,287 participants.

Study author Dr. Kalani Raphael, associate professor and nephrology and hypertension specialist at the University of Utah, investigated,

• pH

• carbon dioxide

• bicarbonate,

...associated with long-term survival...

According to him,

"Critically ill patients with severe acid-base abnormalities have a very low likelihood of surviving their illness."

Dr. Raphael found that low bicarbonate levels are linked to an increased risk of premature death by 24 percent.

Because bicarbonate deficiencies

become more prevalent as we age,
taking sodium bicarbonate

will help ensure you don't age so fast.

Dr. Parhatsathid Napatalung writes,

"The pancreas is harmed if the body is metabolically acidic as it tries to maintain bicarbonates.

 

Without sufficient bicarbonates, the pancreas is slowly destroyed, insulin becomes a problem, and hence diabetes becomes an issue.

 

Without sufficient bicarbonate buffer, the effect of disease is far-reaching as the body becomes acidic."

Sang Whang says,

"The body's bicarbonate level remains fairly constant until the age of 45 and linearly decreases about 18% by the time one reaches 90 years of age.

 

In general, adult degenerative diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure start to appear at the age of 45 and up, and gradually worsen, approaching the age of 90 and up.

 

It is this reduction of bicarbonates in the blood that affects blood flow.

 

It makes it difficult to manage the continuous outpouring of acid, making it difficult to eliminate acid waste from the body and thereby developing many acid-induced degenerative diseases such as,

• blood clots

• acid reflux

• heart disease

• osteoporosis

• gout

• diabetes

• high blood pressure

• kidney disease

• cancer

• strokes, etc.

Alzheimer's disease is nothing but a slow acidification of the brain.

 

All these diseases are caused by systemic acidosis, which means insufficient bicarbonates in the blood."

When we become acidic, the body steals minerals such as sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium from the bones and organs to neutralize the acid.

This puts stress on the body and, unfortunately, can go unnoticed for many years, especially because doctors prescribe further acid-forming drugs to cover up the symptoms of acidity.

British scientists

at the Royal London Hospital

show that sodium bicarbonate

can dramatically slow the progress of

chronic kidney disease.

Sodium bicarbonate is the best, quickest, and safest way of assisting your body in balancing pH levels, thereby extending life by reducing the formation of serious diseases.

It is also one of the best medicines (foods) for treating cancer.

Dr. Alina Vasiljeva and Dr. David Nias wrote,

"At the end of the 19^th century, scientists Bohr and Verigo discovered what seemed a strange law:

a decreased level of carbon dioxide in the blood leads to decreased oxygen supply to the cells in the body, including the brain, heart, kidneys, etc.

Carbon dioxide (CO²) was found to be responsible for the bond between oxygen and hemoglobin.

 

If the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is lower than normal, then this leads to difficulties in releasing oxygen from hemoglobin.

 

Hence the Verigo-Bohr law."

Under clinical conditions, low oxygen and low carbon dioxide generally occur together.

Therapeutic increase of carbon dioxide, by inhalation of this gas diluted in air, is often an effective means of improving the oxygenation of the blood and tissues.

 

Taking bicarbonate orally and in baths increases CO² levels (bicarbonate) in the blood, as does slow breathing.

Recommended ways to increase our bicarbonate levels as we age:

• Add... 1/4 tsp sodium bicarbonate to each gallon of drinking water

• Drink MagBicarb water in place of usual drinking water... up to 8 glasses per day

• Taking 2-4 daily doses of Bicarb Formula each day

Anti-aging medicine is not limited to adding years to one's life somewhere in the future.

We employ anti-aging medical technology to add more vitality to one's years right now.

The real goal is to feel as good as possible in the present and to maintain as much of that energy, vitality, and functional ability as possible throughout the entire aging process.