What's poppin' family welcome to episode 154 of The Genius Life.

What's going on everybody, welcome to another episode of the show.

I'm your host Max Lugovier, a filmmaker, health science journalist and author of The New

York Times' best songbook Genius Foods and The Genius Life.

This week we welcome the incredible James Nestor to the podcast.

James has revolutionized how we look at breath and breathing.

Something we think we do autonomically, but with a little thought and adjustment can make

a huge difference in your health.

James is a journalist who is written for Outside Magazine, Men's Journal, Scientific

American, Dwell Magazine, and PR The New York Times, The Atlantic, and others.

He's the author of The New Book, Breath, the new science of a Lost Art, which is available

now.

James and I chat about the many research-backed benefits of nasal breathing over the habitual

mouth breathing practiced by a staggering 25 to 50% of the population.

James shares how nasal breathing gives us a sixfold increase in nitric oxide, a crucial

component to our cardiovascular, neurological, and sexual well-being.

He talks about the potential consequences of structural abnormalities, which may affect

your ability to breathe through your nose.

How to use your breath to destress and evoke altered states of consciousness?

And we finally discuss how taping your mouth shut before bedtime might sound like something

a serial killer might do, but it can help to ensure that you're reaping the benefits

of nasal breathing while you sleep, unlike possibly 70% of the population.

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