What’s the difference between breathing in through your nose and mouth? And why it’s recommended to do it through the nose?
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Watch a quick clip of Andrew Huberman explaining the benefits https://youtube.com/shorts/1SOjH67A1B8?feature=share
There are myofunctional therapists to treat your breathing issues. My wife is a dental hygienist and a myofunctional therapist and treats exactly what you describe. There are books on how humans have unlearned to breathe through the nose mainly because of our cooked soft foods. Just in the last 100 or so years the human neck and facial muscles have weakened and in turn the actual structure of the bones have shrunk. Weirdly the books say the jaw and palette are the only bones that can grow and move because of the strength of the muscles involved in chewing. My wife will measure the width of the jaw before therapy and at the end and record the changes. Crowded teeth get more room without braces. Underbites are changed. The upper palette can change shape which allows the sinus cavity to expand. A great book to look up is called “breath, new science of the Lost art”. There are others if you’re interested.
One thing that hasn’t been mentioned about why you should breath through your nose and not your mouth.
Hyperventilating.
You can breath much more air faster through your mouth. Which would be good except in a panic attack.
Every breath out you get rid of carbon dioxide. Which is good if you have too much because of exercise. But it’s acidic when in your blood. But you need some to help keep your blood acidity in balance.
When you panic breath through your mouth it blows out too much CO2 and screws up your blood chemistry. Which is then also bad for you.
Another benefit from breathing thru the nose. When you do so the mucus and hairs collect the dust particles. These create hardened areas and clumps that are excellent for later finger excavation when bored or stuck in traffic.
Why is it breath in through the nose and out through the mouth ? Why mouth ?
What if you struggle to breath through your nose most of the time, especially at night?
I just saw a video that explained how a girl became a mouth breather due to alergies from a hamster. Her facial structure started changing – for the worse. Aging her almost. When the hamster was gone and she was able to breath through her nose again, her pretty facial structure started to come back. I’m sure there is more science to this. but just an interesting vid i saw recently.
The book “Breath” by James Nester goes into great detail on the benefits of nose breathing.
Should I smoke cigs through my nose?
I have sleep Apnea, for some reason if I fall asleep mouth breathing with a full nose I get woke up hyperventilating, but if my nose is clear I can easily sleep the whole night.
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