February 1999, during one of my visit to cave country in north Florida, as I was assisting cave courses, since I was working toward my Cave Instructor rating. I felt catching a cold...
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| Georges Gawinowski 1998 |
Coming from France where I was used to dive on air, after hours and days of diving I start feeling week and tired Air diving was not the best options for theses dives but it was cheaper than Nitrox...
I run into an IANTD Nitrox diver magazine that was left at cave excursions. (feb 99 April 99). Tom Mount was talking about Antioxidants: Alpha Lipoic Acid. At the time IANTD used to sell Antioxidants vitamine for divers! I was sold, bought a case and started to take a pill a day. Was it a placebo, was it real? but after few days I felt better and kept diving on air...
Today, between Covid, water quality (humain and chemicals pollution)... I still protect myself with plants specially ones that will boots my immune system before an intense week of teaching cave diving.
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Stay healthy cave dive safely!
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