Why is it that we don’t often breath to our full capacity, we take shallow breathes and rarely take full breath
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There’s a big point being missed: what does breathing do?
Sure, you are able to introduce oxygen to your blood, but that also means removing CO2 as the increased levels from your body working like to mix evenly with the open air if they can.
If you force yourself to breathe more than you need to, that CO2 responsible for adding acidity to your blood will leave and you will increase blood ph. While acidity is bad in terms of damaging cells (think battery acid on the extreme) high ph will cause the same outcome of cell death like bleach (again, another extreme).
When you exercise, it isn’t an issue to breathe more because the acidity buildup from co2 increases to balance the exhalation losses.
CO2 is also responsible for the dilation and constriction of blood vessels in different places of the body to encourage bloodflow where it is most beneficial. Ex: muscles when excersizing and stomach when digesting food
TL:DR sure you need oxygen for energy, but the carbon dioxide you keep in your blood by not breathing too much is important for preventing cell damage and encouraging certain functions
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