In the next few days, the Women’s cycling team of BTC City Ljubljana will perform in two races in the Netherlands. On Saturday at the World Tour race, called Ronde Van Drenthe, which is 139 km long, the following members will perform: Anna Plichta, Ursa Pintar, Mia Radotić, Eugenia Bujak, Olena Pavlukhina and Jelena Eric. On Sunday 13.3. other race will be held, Drentse 8, with the length of 140 kilometers. The team will be composed of the same members, with the exception of Bujak, which will be replaced by Laura Šimenc, a newcomer in the team.
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Urša Pintar, Eugenia Bujak BTC City2






OXY-BAR isOxy-BAR the place where you can get pure oxygen. Why would you do this if there is oxygen already in the air we are breathing? You surely noticed how weak you felt, after a long day in a closed office or a room.

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On 19th and 20th of November was unwinding the most prestigious Slovenian wine event, 18th Slovenian wine festival. This year, beside excellent wines, the visitor could try out also the OXY-BAR.

Because the festival combined the vast supply of the most qualitative wines, the visitors had lots of work with tasting. So they did not get too tired too quickly, many of them come to the OXY-BAR, where they could inhale pure oxygen. Pure oxygen in a can does not only increase the energy, strength and concentration but also decrease symptoms of hangover after a party.

 

To all wine lovers who wanted to fill themselves with new energy, a nice FeelOXY team member measured how much oxygen they have in their blood with pulse oxymeter. Then they comfortably settle themselves on a bar stool and – instead of another glass of wine – afford a portion of pure oxygen. OXY-BAR works like this: user puts on a mask and dose oxygen with a pressure on a can sprayer. With just five deep breaths the body fills up with pure oxygen and therefore with new strength and concentration. So the visitor could make sure that pure oxygen really works they measured the oxygen saturation also after the use of OXY-bar. The reactions of users and the results were great :)


oxymeter_blueAs you’ve probably already experienced at the doctor’s office, they put a little device on your finger and it magically measured your level of oxygen (saturation or SpO2) in your blood and your heart rate. If there is a more common knowledge how important out heart rate is, it is a little bit less known how important information about our oxygen saturation really is.

What »oxygen saturation« means?

Information about oxygen saturation shows how much haemoglobin in our blood is filled with oxygen – of the saturation is 100 percent it means that the hemoglobin is filled to the fullest. If we are healthy and breathe normally, our blood fills up with oxygen through lungs. The normal saturation moves between 95 and 100 percent. For our body it is vital, that it gets enough oxygen supply and so it is smart to monitor those levels – one of the quickest and easiest ways is to use oximeter. You can read more about why oxygen is so important for our body here.

How does the pulse oximeter work?

Hemoglobin which is filled with oxygen passes the wavelenghts of light better then the hemoglobin with less oxygen – and this is the finding on which the pulse oximetery is based. When we want to measure our oxygen level, we have to flash a red light through the blood and analyze it with a help of findings about hemoglobin absorption characteristics. The pulse oxymeter has a red light on one side and photodetector on the other side. The letter measures the changing absorbance at each of the wavelenghts and therefore determines oxygen saturation in arterial blood.

Pulse oxymeters have many good qualities, which contribute to their wide usage. Before they were developed we had to take blood with a needle and analyze it in laboratories – with oximeter we can now measure oxygen saturation completely noninvasively and harmlessly. The measurement with oximeter is also very quick – we can find out about our saturation only a few seconds. One of the best aspects it is also their size. Pulse oximeters are very small, easily portable and we can use it anywhere, anytime.

If you want to know have a regular check-up over your oxygen saturation, you should get your own pulse oxymeter. You could use it at home, at work or during your activities. Order your oximeter here.


breathWe all know that we cannot live without oxygen and that it enables life for almost all living organisms on our planet. But do we really understand why is so important to us and which body functions it supports?

Let’s begin at the beginning. We are breathing oxygen from the air, which contains approximately 78 percent nitrogen and 21 percent oxygen. In average, human inhales and exhales around 16-times a minute in order to get enough oxygen to stay alive. Incredibly, the most prevalent element in our body is oxygen – oxygen makes up 65 percent of human body and is responsible for 90 percent of the body’s energy.

People can live about a month without food, a week without water and just few minutes without oxygen.

When we inhale oxygen enters body through our mouth and nose and then travels all the way to the lungs. When it gets to the smallest parts of the lungs (alveoli), those inflate like a balloon. Here oxygen enters capillary network and is bind to hemoglobin – the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to all body’s cells and then as a transport for waste gas, carbon dioxide, back to the lungs.

The average adult’s lungs contain about 600 million alveoli.

Cells need oxygen mainly for two functions:

  • to utilize oxygen to produce ATP – molecules, which are essential for many body processes,
  • to eliminate toxins and waste through oxidation.

 Just like a car, humans also need fuel. We get it from the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins that were ingested through food or from storage body fat. With a help of oxygen, cells convert these into energy, so our body can function and create heat. We can say that more oxygen we inhale, more energy our cells can produce – this makes our body stronger and well-prepared for daily challenges. Because our body is not capable of storing oxygen, it is vital that we pay attention to our oxygen levels and take care of sufficient oxygen supply.