In reality, nutrition experts and medical practitioners do not recognize a Vitamin O. While there is no such thing as a Vitamin O, there is a product named Vitamin O produced by Rose Creek Health Products Inc. and The Staff of Life Inc., both owned by Donald L. Smyth. Vitamin O claims to be a liquid saline solution from the ocean that can cure or prevent a vast array of ailments by adding oxygen to the body. The Federal Trade Commission brought suit against the makers of Vitamin O, contending that Vitamin O's manufacturers had made false and unsubstantiated claims about the product. Vitamin O's makers agreed to pay a $375,000 cash settlement and stop making false statements about the product.
Claims
The makers of Vitamin O claim that the "supplement" can cure asthma, ear infections, fatigue, glaucoma, hemorrhoids, memory loss, obesity, prostate problems, diabetic ulcers, heart disease and more.
Oxygen and Disease
Although a lack of oxygen to the body can certainly pose a medical problem, lack of oxygen is not the cause of any diseases. Because oxygen deficiency does not cause disease, it also can not cure disease.
