299: Are You Breathing Wrong?

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

James Nestor, the NY Times bestselling author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, suggests that humans are the "worst breathers in the animal kingdom." Most of us breathe through our mouths, and when we do so, we "short circuit" the systems in our body and our overall energy. Today, James explains why he believes we should train ourselves to go back to nasal breathing. He goes over the benefits we can expect when we do so: from improved sleep and lower blood pressure to improved athletic performance.

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0:00.0	So the nose has 30 different functions.
0:02.7	And when we take air in through it,
0:04.8	it slows the air down for one.
0:07.2	It humidifies it, it moissons it,
0:09.8	it pressurizes it, and it conditions it.
0:12.1	So that by the time it reaches our lungs,
0:14.3	our lungs can better absorb that oxygen.
0:16.9	We get 20% more oxygen breathing through the nose
0:20.2	than we do through the mouth.
0:21.4	And our nose is our first line of defense
0:23.9	against pathogens, pollution, bacteria, and viruses.
0:30.0	From the Weston A. Price Foundation,
0:34.1	welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast
0:37.0	for Wise Traditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts.
0:40.0	We are your source for scientific knowledge
0:42.0	and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health.
0:48.0	Hey, Hilda here.
0:54.0	What if we've been breathing all wrong?
0:57.0	It may seem like we've been breathing all wrong.
0:59.0	It may sound funny, but it's likely that just as we've lost our way
1:03.0	when it comes to eating and rushing diet,
1:05.0	we may have also lost touch without a breath.
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