Breathe Through Your Nose (all the time!) (DW#677)
The first rule of optimal breathing is to breathe through your nose. All the time. Yes, even when working out and sleeping!
Here’s why:
1) Our nose filters, humidifies and conditions the air we breathe in ways that our mouth simply is not designed to do.
2) Our ancestors did not breathe through their mouth except when they were in danger or under the most extreme instances of physical exertion. For example, when they were being chased by tigers or being hunted for food!
3) We tend to "overbreathe" when we breathe through our mouth. That is, we take fast, short and shallow breaths. This rhythm disrupts the oxygen to carbon dioxide ratios in our body. Surprisingly, it is carbon dioxide that actually gets the oxygen out of our red blood cells and into our tissues and organs. When we breathe through our nose, we balance the oxygen and carbon dioxide ratios in our body, and the oxygen can get to where it is needed.
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