Toxic Altitude Quotes

“Sea level adapted humans are meant to live near sea level for optimum health.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“When I first started researching Altitude Hypersensitivity, I would see a lot of very weird reactions to altitude exposures. Having developed an effective treatment for the condition, I rarely see reactions to altitude exposures.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“My high altitude injured right hand is recovering. The hand itself is not injured, it is the injured nerve in the arm that is causing muscle wasting in the hand. It seems to be bruised. Injured nerves can take 1-2 years to recover. Given that it has shown an extensive recovery already, I expect it may fully recover in a year or so. The damaged nerve was an occupational hazard of being an altitude researcher!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“There is a notable absence of published medical research on the long term health issues of current and past summit workers in professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I consider myself fortunate to have spent most of my life away from city living.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“The altitude for ground based astronomical telescopes is set, in part, by how sick the management team is prepared to make their mountain summit staff in order to obtain their scientific observations.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Astronomical observatories are at high altitude due to the radiation levels from Space being elevated because they are in a partial vacuum, the humidity is low and they are often above the clouds.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I was considering going to work at one of the highest observatories in the world before I left professional astronomy.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Many products are not rated for use above 10,000 feet.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I always try and sit in the last row of the airplane seats for health reasons.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Combining drugs with high altitude induced central sleep apnea is a really bad idea!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Many sea level adapted people are inadvertently living at altitude.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“The sea level adapted human should always perform a risk assessment before venturing to high altitudes or flying.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“The professional astronomy management team advised us to take drugs and oxygen to treat our acute mountain sickness, not supplements.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Altitude tourism is a relatively new activity for the masses.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“At the age of 52 I damaged the ulnar nerve in my right arm during a 2 hour altitude test at 9,200 feet. I was left with a numb little finger and a weakened right hand.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Sea level adapted children should stay near sea level during their development into adults.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Altitude sickness is a poorly defined sickness.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Supplements and a low protein diet appear to be prolonging my life.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I was surprised after many years of being prescribed drugs and treatments by the medical profession that my altitude hypersensitivity was being controlled by just two nutritional supplements.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Research was indicating that longevity was seen in people that regularly consumed sour milk.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“When I had severe sleep apnea, my SpO2 blood oxygen levels would drop into the low 70’s during sleep!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“The skull pains during characterizing Altitude Hypersensitivity had me mystified as to what they were!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Long COVID is believed to be related to Mitochondrial Disease.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“When I took L-Carnitine out of my supplements, I developed Altitude Hypersensitivity at an altitude of just 1,000 feet!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“I was surprised at how simple the treatment for Altitude Hypersensitivity was.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“It is important to experiment with supplements to verify you actually need to take them. Taking a non-essential supplement is just wasting your money.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Ammonia poisoning can cause fluid filled lungs.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Your food and how you eat it may define how long you live for.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Ammonia poisoning was making me really sickly!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude