The result is smaller, more infection prone lungs. It’s less efficient with more dirty air in your body. It makes you dumber since it takes twice as long for the air to reach your brain, reducing brain cell development. Mouth breathing leads to poor sleep, often to sleep apnea. The goal is nose breathing for everything including exercise. I had just finished reading Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor, and the tldr is mouth breathing is horrible for nearly every aspect of your existence. It was little over a month before this moment when I began to believe just how important how we breathe is to our moment to moment wellbeing and our overall longevity. I kept thinking, I am the pilot not the passenger. Still lying on the floor, I was too lightheaded to stand.
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