Hydrogen Peroxide, peroxide, and H2O2 are terms which "will be used interchangeably throughout this book.
We are going to start with some quotes from a doctor of medicine, Peter Gott, M.D. He is passionately and irrevocably dedicated to the practice (and science) of medicine as it is defined (and enforced) by the great fountain of knowledge represented by the Mayo Clinic, Harvard, The P.N.EJ.M. (The Prestigious New England Journal of Medicine), and the American Medical Association (AMA).
Dr. Gott attacks viciously and acerbically anything that he perceives to be heretical, while ignoring the basic research and clinical research that has appeared in his own revered conventional scientific literature.
It's what I call scientific scotomata. Scotomata are blind spots in the visual field. On a test screen used by an eye doctor, these will be black blobs in various parts of the field of vision. There are many causes for this eye disease. The scotomata of the intellect seen in many scientists, especially medical scientists, is not a physical but an intellectual affliction.
We are taught in medical school, in subtle ways, that you can't trust any research findings that don't have the blessing of the temples of learning and bastions of the status quo mentioned above, even if that research was done in a respected center by a respected researcher. Look at the way they drove Dr. George Crile out of the Temple of Medicine for reporting, after years of careful research, that radical breast cancer surgery is a waste of time. His research was done at the Cleveland Clinic. Doctor Linus Pauling, a Nobel prize winner, got the same treatment for his work on vitamin C and cancer.
Doctor Gott writes a syndicated column in which he attacks anything in medicine that he considers to be heresy. One of his recent attacks was on hydrogen peroxide, the subject of this book. Doctor Gott has apparently, from the content of his remarks, had no experience with H2O2 beyond the bleaching of hair. He says that hydrogen peroxide is for external use only and especially for women who are convinced that blondes have more fun.
Dr. Gott knows that he is right because he is a doctor who embraces scientific methods—like calling peroxide therapy knavery—without having bothered to research the scientific literature. Gott is in for a surprise—if he ever does his homework.
In one of his sarcastic articles1 he lists what I call ha ha items to show his contempt for some of the claims made by researchers associated with hydrogen peroxide:
Micro-organisms give off calcium waste matter that cements bones together—ha ha.
They lodge in liver and kidneys—ha ha.
And they line the arteries causing hard deposits on the arterial walls—ha ha.
Gott is apparently too convulsed with laughter to tell you that the basic research from which these claims were derived was done by Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, author of 450 published medical papers and an associate at the Mayo Clinic for over 60 years! (Ha Ha). Dr. Rosenow proved over 80 years ago (1914) that bacteria could be found consistently in the lymph nodes that drain joints.2 He was probably the first scientist to postulate that H2O2 would help arthritis because of its ability to supply oxygen to oxygen-hating organisms causing arthritis (streptococcus viridans).
I have reviewed the scientific literature of the past 176 years on hydrogen peroxide; hundreds of articles on such subjects as: "Catalysis of single oxygen production in the reaction of hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid by diazabicyclo octane."
Can you imagine how boring it is to wade through that kind of sanskrit to get to the good stuff? (I hope you show your appreciation by buying a lot of these books.)
Walter Grotz, one of the pioneers in oral peroxide therapy, has a keen and inquisitive mind. Although he is an ex-bureaucrat himself (retired postmaster), he understands and dislikes bureaucracy like most of the rest of us. And Mr. Grotz understands something else that many don't understand. All of the bureaucracy and self-serving bureaucrats are not in the government.
Take the American Cancer Society, for instance. Grotz took peroxide by mouth, and in 16 days his arthritis had improved dramatically. He called the American Cancer Society and asked their opinion of hydrogen peroxide therapy. The representative who answered the phone said it was quackery.
"You mean a therapy that costs a lot of money and doesn't do any good?" he asked. "Yes," she replied, "that's the best explanation I have heard. It costs a lot of money and doesn't do any good.”
His treatment cost less than six dollars.
Walter Grotz discovered something else that dispels a myth about H2O2 . Ask the average scientist if he would expect to find any oxygen left after boiling and distilling hydrogen peroxide. He would probably say no, because H2O2 has a boiling point of 152 degrees Fahrenheit. You don't have to heat it much to make it boil. But, surprisingly, after distilling there is still considerable oxygen left in the fluid. It's a quirk of nature. Undoubtedly, there is a scientific explanation, but I don't know what it is.
There are a number of products on the market that claim to supply oxygen to the body better and more safely than H2O2 . These products (Aerox, Di-Oxychloride, Anti-Oxid-10, and others) are simply a very expensive method of doing what H2O2 will do for pennies.
A comparison of peroxide with these little bottles reveals that hydrogen peroxide contains 94 percent oxygen. The dropper bottles contain 47 percent oxygen, which comes from chlorine peroxide.
The peroxide, which is dirt cheap, breaks down into water and oxygen. The chlorine peroxide breaks down into chlorine and oxygen. So at equal volumes, you get twice as much oxygen from peroxide and no chlorine (which you don't need, although it does no harm in such small quantities).
So you are actually paying $40 an ounce for your oxygen in these products. (They cost $20 an ounce, and up, but are less than 50 percent oxygen.) Peroxide can be obtained for $.40 a pint. Take your choice.