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CarboHaler

CarboHaler

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Currently we have 3-4 weeks delivery time for all CarboHaler orders!

Did you know that your stress and anxiety levels, energy production, ability to focus and concentrate, performance and endurance, and even your sex life, depend on your body's carbon dioxide (CO2) levels? We are carbon-based creatures and CO2 is needed for all life forms.

Finally, the CarboHaler is here. Get your device today and start enjoying the benefits of CO2 therapy, one of the most effective therapies ever discovered.

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WHAT IS THE CARBOHALER?

  • The CarboHaler is a device that adds extra carbon dioxide to the air you inhale while at the same time reducing the amount of oxygen you take in. But wait a minute. When it comes to breathing, oxygen is the good guy and carbon dioxide is the bad guy, right!? So why add extra CO2 and reduce oxygen in the air you inhale?

    Well, even though we are very dependent on oxygen, it's all about balance. Your car doesn’t go better if you give it more fuel. Too much is just as bad as getting too little fuel. Your car needs the right amount of fuel, which will differ depending on how fast you drive. It is exactly the same with our breathing. Your intake of oxygen and exhale of excess carbon dioxide should match your metabolic demand.

    So if you want to increase your body's gas mileage and improve your oxygen efficiency - boosting carbon dioxide and restricting oxygen is the way to go. You can read more about CO2 therapy here >>

Some Days I Felt Almost Invincible

"I used the CarboHaler to inhale extra carbon dioxide on my ski vacation, and experienced a substansial boost of energy and endurance. Some days I felt almost invincible!

During the five days, not only did I do 11 hours of cross-country skiing, I also did 3-4 hours of downhill skiing every day, cooked dinner for eight people two times, socialized with my friends and family, as well as worked, with quite a lot of meetings, emails, and calls.

Recently I managed to do 74 pushups (real ones). Before I started using the CarboHaler I couldn't reach 50."

Anders Olsson

CARBOHALER BENEFITS

  • Reduce Mental Stress

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    Slow Down Your Breathing

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    Heal Emotional Wounds

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    Open Up Your Blood Vessels

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    Increase Muscle Strength

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    More Blood To Your Brain

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    Faster Recovery After Exercise

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    Open Up Your Airways

WHY IS CARBON DIOXIDE IMPORTANT?

  • Carbon dioxide is constantly produced in our body in the process of metabolism. When we exhale, the excess CO2 leaves the body. But our stressful society, with tons of stimuli bombarding our brain every day, makes us breathe faster and/or bigger, thus lowering the CO2. Combine this stress with inactivity, which reduces the production of CO2 in our body, and eating junk food with low pH, which makes us breathe faster and/or bigger to restore pH balance, well then, we have a good description of the lifestyle of many modern humans.

    So why are the levels of CO2 in our bodies important? Despite what we may think, it is not a lack of oxygen that makes us take the next breath, it is the build-up of CO2 in our body. When the CO2 levels reach a certain threshold, breathing is stimulated.

    When we are stressed, inactive, and/or eat junk food, our respiratory center in the brainstem will adapt to the new situation. The CO2 threshold will be recalibrated to only tolerate a lower level of carbon dioxide, before the next breath is initiated. When we have a low tolerance for CO2 it means that we are breathing faster and/or bigger, which are the hallmarks of stress and makes us locked in a continuous state of fight/flight where stress, fear, and worry are constant companions.

Fully Recovered From Covid Within a Couple of Days

"I had covid pretty bad but thanks to the Carbohaler I could recover really fast. I had problems breathing and I couldn’t talk as my throat was inflamed. Apart from the high fever and extreme tiredness I also had a lot of dry cough. When I started using the Carbohaler it had a huge impact. My oxygen levels immediately stabilized at around 99% and my cough disappeared. Within a couple of days I was fully recovered."

Anthony Perera
Engineer, Sri Lanka

THE OXYGEN PARADOX - WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO RESTRICT THE INTAKE OF OXYGEN

  • There is nothing as important to us as oxygen, and yet we only have a supply that lasts for a few minutes. This gas that we are so extremely dependent upon, why don't we store more of it in our bodies? In the same way that we store large amounts of fat, glucose, proteins, water, and other life-sustaining substances. The very thing we need the most we have the least of. What is the logic behind this? One reason is obviously because it is so easily available as there is 21% oxygen in the air we inhale.

    Another important reason is that oxygen is very reactive and that too much oxygen is toxic and dangerous. If we take a bite of an apple and put it down, the pulp will turn brown after just a few minutes. This is because it is exposed to oxygen. When we wrap our food in plastics it protects the food from oxygen and prevents it from decaying. The biological process that happens in the apple when it turns brown is the same process that happens inside our body.

    One of the great scientific discoveries is that oxidative stress is linked to almost every disease and symptom known to man. As oxygen is a very reactive gas, excess leads to an increased amount of free oxygen radicals, also known as oxidative stress. When the free radicals, the oxidation, form in the body, inflammation increases. If oxidation is taking place at a higher rate than the body can handle, the aging process is accelerated. A recent study found that mice in an oxygen-restricted environment lived about 50% longer than those in normal oxygen levels: Reduced Oxygen Intake Linked to Extended Lifespan >>

    In this article you can read more about how improving the balance between oxygen (restriction) and carbon dioxide (increasing) is a common feature amongst animals that have a long life expectancy: Breathe Less and Live Longer >>

I Feel a Significant Increase in Post Run Euphoria

“When I do my 6 km run, with 750 meters elevation, I stop five times and do as many pushups as I can. Normally I can do around 110-115. I’ve tried twice after using the CarboHaler and both times I was able to do 165. That is a 45-50% increase!

Another exercise I do, usually takes around 1hr 20 min. After the CarboHaler I did it in 58 minutes. I feel a significant increase in post run euphoria, which is probably the most significant of all changes.”

Dr. Mark Allen, Neuroscientist
Co-Founder Cognitive FX

BREATHING IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STRESS AND RELAXATION

  • What is the fundamental difference between a state of deep relaxation and meditation, versus being totally stressed out and having a panic attack? It is not sleep, food, or exercise. It is breathing. The relaxed person is breathing low, slow, and rhythmically through the nose, while the stressed-out person is breathing fast, big, shallow, and chaotic through the mouth. In deep relaxation, slow breathing leads to restriction in oxygen intake and more CO2 being retained, while the opposite is true for stress and panic.

    If you have a panic attack, which can be considered an extreme stress response, and come to the hospital, you will get a bag to breathe in and out through. Bag breathing works because you will inhale less oxygen and re-breathe some of the carbon dioxide you just exhaled (the air we breathe out contains about 100 times more carbon dioxide than the air we breathe in). A study done by Dr. Alicia Meuret >>, where 43 subjects underwent repeated 24-hour monitoring of respiration and heart rate, showed that up to 50 minutes before a panic attack the subjects started to breathe faster.

Up to 50 minutes before the subjects experienced a panic attack there were small subtle changes in breathing frequency and pulse, which increased, and CO2, which decreased.

– Dr. Alicia Meuret

I Was So Much Fitter After The CarboHaler

”I love to exercise at the gym and ran marathons. Normally I can do about 10 push-ups. After my first session with the CarboHaler I could do 24 and after the second session I could do as many as 30! A few hours after the second session I ran 5k on the treadmill and finished off with a one minute sprint. I was so much fitter!!!!! AMAZING.”

Davinia Taylor
2X #1 Sunday Times Bestseller

BETTER FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION WITH BALANCED LEVELS OF OXYGEN AND CO2

  • In their pioneering work from 1946, Kety and Schmidt >> demonstrated that cerebral blood flow is directly related to the carbon dioxide pressure in the blood. Lower levels of CO2 constrict the blood vessels and therefore less blood is delivered to the brain. That is why hyperventilation is used in brain surgery to shrink the brain and give room for surgical instruments, as well as reduce the risk of bleeding. Even though it may be a good thing in brain surgery, a smaller brain is hardly what any of us want in our daily lives.

    This study showed that inhaling 5% carbon dioxide for 6 minutes increased the cerebral blood flow by 54.5% >>. However, the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) decreased by 13.4%, in other words, the brain activity was reduced. At first glance, the decreased brain activity may seem like something unwanted, but on second thought we may realize that if we are stressed out, the activity in our brain is too high. So this study reveals that we get more into a state of zen when we increase the CO2 levels, which helps improve focus and concentration.

Significant BOLT score Increase In Just Two Weeks

"I’ve been using the CarboHaler every day for 3 months, two minutes each time. After about two weeks I realized that my brain adapted to the increased intake of CO2 and my BOLT score (Body Oxygen Level Test) has increased from below 20 to over 30. My brain is calmer, especially during stressful situations and I can stay focused longer."

Lars Leinhard
Neuro Athletic Training

INHALING CO2 IMPROVES YOUR LUNGS ABILITY TO FILTER BLOOD

  • Our lungs are the largest organ in our body, with a surface area roughly the size of a tennis court. The total length of the airways is 2,400 km (1,500 miles). That’s almost the distance from New York to Colorado. At rest about 5 to 6 liters of blood passes through the lungs every minute, and in exercise up to 40-60 liters per minute.

    When we have issues with the blood we can recruit our lungs to assist in cleaning the blood, by breathing faster, i.e. hyperventilate, as this will stimulate the heart to work harder and pump more blood. Since our lungs are the only organ where all blood passes through, they are perfectly suited for the job.

    However, hyperventilation has negative consequences, as the washout of too much CO2 leads to constricted blood vessels and increased levels of stress hormones. Controlled hyperventilation, isocapnic hyperpnea in medical terms, means that extra CO2 is added to the inhaled air and it is a way to enhance the lungs blood filtering capacity, without the negative effects of normal hyperventilation.

    Here are three concrete examples of when we can benefit from recruiting the lungs to enhance our ability to filter the blood - carbon monoxide poisoning, alcohol intoxication, and recovery after anesthesia >>

Significant Improvements On Airways And Sleep With CarboHaler

"My dear brother Kamod was electrocuted and his heart stopped for 15 minutes. He is in a coma and 30-40 times per day his oxygen levels goes below 92% because of mucus in the airways.

We have to use a device to suck out the mucus. The problems lasted for 7 months, until we had him use the CarboHaler for 3 minutes per day.

After a few weeks his oxygen levels only goes below 92%, 1-2 times per day. The Warfarin drug (blood thinner) could be reduced from 4 mg/day to 1.5 mg, and his need for sleep went down from 18 hours to only 10 hours per day. Quite a difference!"

Chameera Subasinghe
Brother Of Kamod, Sri Lanka

LESS FEAR AND WORRY BEHIND CARBOHALER PERFORMANCE INCREASE

  • Why do people get stronger and fitter when using the CarboHaler? When the nervous system decides whether we are safe or not to do a certain activity, the decision is based upon the available energy. Holding on to fear, worry and stress cost a lot of energy, and inhaling a little extra CO2 can help us reduce the stress and thereby release our breaks. Let’s examine how.

    In an interesting study the subjects watched a short movie about environmental disasters involving scenes from sick and dying animals, which were very upsetting. One group was instructed to hold back their emotions while the control group received no instructions on emotion regulation. Those who held back their emotions were significantly weaker than the control group those who had stayed in touch with them. In other words, we are leaking energy when we are holding back what we really believe, think and feel.

    Our nose and olfactory system links directly into the amygdala, which is our main fear center. You can read more about in this groundbreaking study from 2016 by Prof Christina Zelana et. al – Rhythm of breathing affects memory and fear >>

    Our amygdala is very sensitive to changes in CO2, and when we use the CarboHaler it gets exposed to more CO2. This enables us to upgrade some of our amygdalas unnecessary red coded survival programs into green coded safe and secure programs, and subsequently there is more energy available for physical activity, or any bodily function.

SPECIFICATIONS

  • Case: 2.5 kg, 35 cm width x 25 cm length x 16 cm height
  • Power: Connect to wall socket
  • CO2 levels: 0.5 - 7.5%
  • Session time: 1 – 20 min

INCLUDED

  • 1 x CarboHaler CO2/air mixer
  • 1 x CO2 Regulator TR21x4
  • 3 x converters for different CO2 sources
  • Works with SodaStream Quick Connect and Screw-In bottles
  • Works with larger CO2 bottles (W21.8-14 and CGA320)
  • 2 x Breathing mask
  • 1 x Power adapter with 4 international plugs
  • 1 x Product case
  • SodaStream or larger CO2 bottles NOT included

Seizures

  • “Five percent CO₂ has a fast and potent anticonvulsant action. The present data suggest that medical carbogen with 5% CO₂ can be used for acute treatment to suppress seizures in epilepsy patients.”

Currently we have 3-4 weeks delivery time for all CarboHaler orders!
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please feel free to place your order and we will deliver your order as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Frequently asked Questions

Is There A Carbon Dioxide Gas Tank Included?

No, there is no CO2 gas tank included when you purchase the CarboHaler. You have to get your own CO2 gas tank. The quality shall be food or beverage grade, which you can get from any local welding supply store. Most restaurants, gas stations, movie theaters, etc. who serves carbonated beverages, also get their CO2 tanks from local suppliers.

In many countries, the local suppliers are resellers of CO2 gas tanks from companies like AirLiquide and Linde (former AGA), and you can either purchase or lease the tanks.

An alternative to a CO2 gas tank is a SodaStream cylinder, which is also not included when you purchase the CarboHaler. A SodaStream cylinder can be purchased in most supermarkets and stores selling household equipment.

Protocol - how long, how often, and what CO2 percentage shall I use?

A common question is how long a CarboHaler session is, how often, and at what CO2 percentage. The guidelines on session duration and CO2 percentage are very general as the CO2 tolerance can vary quite a bit from person to person, depending on the health status, breathing habits, lung function, stress levels, and unhealed emotional wounds.

Having said that, we recommend that you take it easy in the beginning and start low and slow, i.e. low CO2 percentage and short duration. As you get used to inhaling a little extra CO2, you may want to make the sessions longer and increase the amount of CO2 you inhale. However, just because something is good, doesn't necessarily mean that more is better. Sometimes less is more.

The amount of CO2 in the atmospheric air is typically 0.04%. With the CarboHaler you can set the amount of CO2 delivered from 0.5% to 7.5%, in increments of 0.5. So, inhaling 2% CO2 is 50 times more than normal. Inhaling 8% CO2, the maximum amount that the CarboHaler allows is 200 times more than you would normally inhale.

We recommend that a CarboHaler session last between 2 to 5 minutes and is done once per day or once every second day. And we recommend setting the CarboHaler to deliver anywhere between 2% to 4%. It is important to listen to how your body and mind react, and if you are sensitive, it is good to start with a lower CO2 percentage.

Some users get a lot of energy from a CarboHaler session, so they prefer to do it earlier in the day and avoid doing it in the evening. Some people prefer to do the session while lying down while others are sitting up.

Here are a few tests you can do to get a better understanding of your health status:

Here are a few user experiences that may inspire:

  • EXPERIENCE #1: -I am a psychotherapist from Germany. and I began with 4 minutes and 4%, but that was too much for me, as I was recovering from post-COVID. In the following afternoon, my diaphragm tightened up and I needed physiotherapy to loosen it up again. After a few weeks, I gave it a second try and started with 25 seconds and 2% per day. I then increased this in small steps, next 45 seconds and 2%, 1 minute and 2%. etc. Three weeks later, I had increased to 3 minutes and 2.5-3% CO2, and now, another few weeks later, I'm doing 5 minutes at 5% once per day. I tried more, but it didn't give a better effect, so I came back to 5 minutes at 5%.

    I use the CarboHaler between 1 and 3 PM. I notice an immediate effect of calming my breathing while using it, a deepening of my voice space, and the experience of space in my upper body all afternoon afterward. I have experienced a number of improvements since then. My sleep has improved significantly overall, my breath hold time is longer, I calm down much better during my lunch break, which gives me more energy for the afternoon. The post-COVID breathing problems are completely gone, and that effect has been solid for seven weeks now. My singing teacher hears that too. She told me the breathing apparatus stays flexible. I have much more energy and I am able to do a lot of the things I couldn’t do for more than two years.

  • EXPERIENCE #2: -We began with about 5 minutes a day at 2-3% CO2 for five days, and honestly, we didn’t feel anything. We were a bit disappointed, but we understood the science behind it and knew there had to be some benefits, even if we couldn’t feel them right away. After five days with no noticeable effects, we decided to go all out and increase the CO2. On the sixth day, we used the CarboHaler for 6 minutes at 7.5% CO2 in the morning right after waking up, then again at 2 PM, and once more in the evening.

    During these sessions, we both felt a bit uneasy, almost stressed out, and we both felt like we had to focus on our breathing because an ever-so-tiny feeling of suffocation set in, most concisely on the last session of the day. I even had to distract myself by scrolling through Instagram to take my mind off it.

    Just for context, my friend works as an emergency doctor and I work as a paramedic, both pretty high-stress jobs, and on top of that, I’ve felt on edge for the past year due to a lot going on in my life. But here’s where it gets interesting: the next day, we did the same routine—three 6-minute sessions at 7.5% CO2. The uneasiness was still there, but suddenly, we both experienced a massive energy boost. It was exactly like Anders describes it. Now, we feel unstoppable. Symptoms like fatigue and muscle tension disappeared overnight. I even managed to do 57 push-ups right after using the CarboHaler, whereas my max was 28 just a week prior—an improvement of over 100%.

    Since then, things have only gotten better. After a 12-hour workday, I now have enough energy to cook, clean, grocery shop, take my dog on long walks, and sometimes even fit in a workout—all on top of my job. In conclusion, don’t get discouraged if you don’t feel any effects at first. Try using higher CO2 percentages and push through any slight discomfort. It really pays off. For those of us with a lot of stress, it might be helpful to use more CO2 than the usual 4% for 4 minutes and don’t be afraid to use the CarboHaler 2 to 3 times a day. I think chronically stressed people need a stronger push in the right direction, and once things settle, you can dial it back to once a day for 5 minutes at 4% CO2.

  • EXPERIENCE #3: I have been using the CarboHaler every day for two months. The strength varies between 4 and 5 CO2 %. At 6 to 7 percent I notice slight shortness of breath. My sleep has definitely improved. I also have an incredible amount of energy. I cannot recommend breathing before sleep though, because this makes it difficult for me to fall asleep.

    In the last few weeks, I've been breathing up to 3 times a day for 10-15 minutes each time. At first, I tolerated it very well. But then there was a feeling of dizziness and also a feeling of pressure in my head. I then paused breathing for a few days, but have restarted again now.

  • EXPERIENCE #4: A man from Norway in his seventies, who has sleep apnea and suffers from the negative effect of concussions used the CarboHaler once at 3% for three minutes. He developed a headache that he felt was quite uncomfortable. It lasted for several days and he has not dared to use the CarboHaler since. He would probably have benefitted from starting with a shorter session at a lower CO2 percentage.

  • EXPERIENCE #5: A woman whose man has severe alcohol problems wrote -My husband used the CarboHaler three times, once per day, at two minutes per session at 2%. On each occasion has felt worse, unwell, and exhausted afterward. He is now refusing to use it again.

    In this case, the man would probably have benefitted from starting with shorter sessions at lower CO2 percentage, for example, one minute at 1% CO2, every second day.

What CO2 Gas Tank Size Do I Need?

If you set the CarboHaler to deliver 4% of carbon dioxide, you will consume about 4-5 gram per minute (0.15 ounces per minute).

A CO2 gas tank with the size of 4 kg (9 lbs) gives about 200 4-minute sessions with 4% CO2.

A SodaStream cylinder with the standard size of 425 gram // 60 liters (15 ounces // 16 gallons) gives about 25 4-minute sessions with 4% CO2.

If you set the CarboHaler to deliver 2% of carbon dioxide, you will consume about 2-2.5 gram per minute (0.07 ounces). If you do 3-minute sessions, with a 4 kg CO2 gas tank, it will give you about 500 sessions. A SodaStream cylinder will give you about 50-60 sessions.

Do I Inhale Less Oxygen When Using The CarboHaler?

Yes. Normally the air we inhale contains 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.04% carbon dioxide and some other gases in very small quantities.

If we set the CarboHaler to give us 4% CO2, it effectively means that we are restricting the amount of oxygen we inhale to about 20.1%. If we inhale 8% CO2, the oxygen we inhale drops to about 19.3%.

Can I Connect The CarboHaler To A SodaStream Cylinder?

Yes you can connect the CarboHaler both to the SodaStream regular cylinders and the new Quick Connect cylinders.

Can CarboHaler Be Used If The Lung Function Is Reduced?

Yes, the CarboHaler can be used if the lung function is reduced. As carbon dioxide has a relaxing effect on the smooth muscles surrounding the airways, adding a little extra CO2 to the air we inhale, can help open up the airways.

Can My BOLT Score Increase With The CarboHaler?

Yes, using the CarboHaler regularly could improve your BOLT-score (Body Oxygen Level Test). We recently got a testimonial from a person using the CarboHaler who reported that his BOLT-score increased from less than 20 seconds to over 30 seconds in a couple of weeks. He used the CarboHaler for two minuets every day at around 4%.