Who Benefits from Water with a High Level of Dissolved Oxygen?
Fish and many amphibians will draw more oxygen into their systems if they are in water with a high level of dissolved oxygen. Their gills are designed to draw oxygen from water. If your local area reports a “Fish kill” where a lake or river sees an unusual number of dead fish, the most likely causes are pollution or low levels of dissolved oxygen. Most states make regular checks of the levels of dissolved oxygen in their lakes and rivers as a method of determining the health of the local ecosystem. Human Digestion Since oxygenated water should end up in a human’s stomach, the higher levels of dissolved oxygen would only be able to transfer from the water into the bloodstream through digestion. Humans draw oxygen into the bloodstream through respiration. Our lungs are designed to supply oxygen; our digestive tract supplies the other essential nutrients. The amounts of oxygen added to the the bloodstream through ingestion of a quart of highly oxygenated water will be less than the oxygen
