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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#066 - James Nestor: Breath, Nose Vs Mouth Breathing, Left Vs Right Nostrils, Oxygen Vs Carbon Dioxide, Lung Capacity & Longevity, Deviated Septums, Phobias, Wim Hof, Lost Science, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: MelanieAvalon.com/breath 1:35 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At facebook.com/groups/PaleoOMAD/ For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 8:15 - James' Background: Breathing Problems And Free Divers  10:30 - The Magic Of The Breath: Holding Your Breath, E. Coli Resistance, And Healing Inflammation 12:40 - The Work Of Wim Hof 15:45 - What Is Breathing?  17:20 - Face Changes, Small Mouths, Crooked Teeth, And Sleep Issues  18:10 - The Problem With Braces  20:25 - Wisdom Teeth Removal Problems  22:55 - Regrowing Bone In The Mouth, Chewing, Gaining Space In The Airway  25:30 - Osteoporosis: The Melanie Avalon Podcast Episode #65 - Mira And Jayson Calton 25:45 - The Problems With Mouth Breathing 27:40 - Nasal Vs Mouth Breathing  28:45 - Breathing Lower  30:45 - Informal Study Of Mouth Vs Nasal: Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea  32:55 - Deviated Septum  35:05 - Phantom Nasal Blockages And Nasal Passage Erectile Tissue  37:20 - Breathing Through Your Nose At Night 39:00 - Mouth Taping  41:20 - The Left Vs Right Nostril  47:05 - Long Vs Slow Vs More Vs Less Breathing, Oxygen Vs CO2, And CO2 Deficiency  49:05 - Conscious Breathing Practices  50:40 - The Role Of CO2 In The Body, Treating Conditions With CO2 52:45 - Bag Breathing Vs Slow Breathing 53:45 - Phobias, Suffocation, And CO2 59:55 - Lost Science And Studies, And The Need For A Health Revolution  1:03:30 - Intermittent Fasting And The Waves Of Science, Politics, And Cultural Shifts  1:05:15 - Economic Incentives For Breathing, The Problem With Pills 1:07:00 - How Much Can You Realistically Change With Breathing  1:08:30 - CO2 Suffocation Experiments For Phobias  1:13:30 - Viewing The World With Left Or Right Side 1:13:35 - Left And Right Brain Studies  1:15:50 - CO2 For Schizophrenics And The Switch To Tranquilizers  1:18:15 - The Framingham Heart Study And Lung Capacity  1:19:10 - How To Breathe?  ​

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breathing's energy. You get 15 times more energy if you're burning with oxygen.

0:07.0

Benefits of nasal breathing are innumerable. You'll gain about 20% more oxygen breathing through your nose.

0:14.0

Inhales and exhales through the left nostril are associated with a parasympathetic response.

0:21.3

The reason why we're able to upload more oxygen when we're breathing slowly is because we're

0:26.7

increasing percarbon dioxide.

0:28.7

These things don't take a few years to kick in.

0:31.4

It happens immediately.

0:32.6

Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the

0:40.0

secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your

0:46.7

existence and biohack your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing

0:53.1

medical advice and are not responsible for any

0:55.9

outcomes you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in. Are you ready? Let's do this.

1:04.1

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast. Friends, this episode is a game changer. Just a game changer. I cannot wait for you guys to listen

1:14.5

to it and let me know your thoughts. I say this over and over again in the episode, but I cannot express

1:19.9

enough just how much of an effect reading James's book, Breath, had on me personally. The show notes for

1:25.8

today's episode will be at Melanieavalon.com

1:28.7

slash breath. Those show notes will have a complete transcript, so definitely check that out.

1:33.7

There will also be an episode giveaway for this episode. For that, just join my Facebook group,

1:38.7

IF BioHackers, intermittent fasting plus real foods plus life. comment something you learned or something that resonated

1:44.8

with you on the pinned post to enter to win something i love also if you are enjoying the show

1:49.9

it would mean the absolute world it helps so much more than you know if you could write a brief

1:54.6

iTunes review it really just helps with getting a show out there building credibility helping

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