Breath

Breath: the new science of a lost art

  • Fantastic
  • 90% of us are breathing incorrectly, deteriorated over ages (dysevolution)
  • molecules you breath in build your bones, (we "eat air")
  • o2 produces 16x the energy than c0

  • Two ways body makes energy from air/food

    > w/o2 aerobic - after warm up body switches to aerobic during workout

    > w/o o2 anaerobic - uses glucose quick easy inefficient, can be toxic. What 1st min of intense exercise sucks

  • Interior of nose blanketed with erectile tissue.
  • Mouth breathing ##1 cause of cavities
  • Greatest indicator of life-span is lung capacity
  • Internal organs are malleable
  • We have 100x more c02 in our bodies than o2.
  • We exhale more than we breath in, 85% of fat loss through CO2
  • CO2 is the chief hormone in the body, only one that is produced by every tissue and acts on every organ.
  • Lungs absorb only about 1/4 of the available o2
  • Prayer heals, esp when its practiced at 5.5. breaths/min
  • Just as we've been a culture of over eaters, we've also become a culture of over breathers
  • With some effort and training, breathing less can become unconscious habit.
  • When we breath too much, expel too much c02, blood pH rises: more alkaline
  • When we breath too slow, hold more c02 -> pH lower: more acidic.
  • All the tenderizing and cooking eventually lead to airway obstruction.
  • Breathing is the power switch to the eautonomic nervous system.
  • Lungs connected to nerves in parasympathetic in lower lobes. Why long/slow breaths are relaxing.
  • Sympathetic nerves located on the top of the lungs
  • Vegas nerve turns organs on and off in response to stress
  • Amygdala the alarm circuit of fear
  • Chemo-receptors in brain-stem monitor changes in CO2 and alarm the brain
  • Chemo-receptors flexibility is part of what distinguishes good and great athletes
  • Breathing slow, less and through the nose balances the level of respiratory gases in the body and send max O2 to max tissues for max electron reactivity.
  • "If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to one tip it would be to simply learn how to breath better"
  • Humming increases the release of nitric oxide in the nasal passage.
  • Mouth-breathing causes body to lose 40% more water during sleep
  • Mouth-breathing also make you urinate more. Pituitary gland in base of brain secretes hormones that controls vasopressin, which communicates to cells to store more H20.
  • If not in deep sleep (eg from chronic sleep apnea) vasopressin wont release and we will have to urinate more.

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