Breathing; The Buteyko Method

[00:02:00]   The breath is absolutely vitally important. There is a lot of misinformation out there and the breath has been very subject to change. And yet when we change the breath, it can do so much for our health. The ironic thing is that many people have it wrong.

• You can change your blood circulation,
• change the amount of oxygen delivered to the cells and
• open up your airways by changing your breathing.

[00:04:14]   Patrick talks about Dr Buteyko and where The Buteyko Method came from.

[00:06:05]   Patrick expounds on how carbon dioxide is misunderstood.

[00:09:07]   The discussion turns to shallow breathing.

[00:10:21]   When breathing through your nose:

• You actually have a deeper breath because nose breathing activates the diaphragm while mouth breathing, activates the chest.
• You naturally get a deep breath.
• It increases arterial oxygen uptake by between 10 and 20%.
• Nitric oxide is 50 to 200 parts per billion.
• Nitric oxide also reverses the build up a plaque in the arteries and it is a vasodilator.

[00:12:34]   Patrick describes the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and an easy diy test to determine breathing pattern disorder.

[00:19:20]   Follow the discussion on The Buteyko Method and it is similarity to the ancestral way of breathing.

[00:23:00]   The conversation turns to blood oxygen levels vs tissue oxygen levels and mammalian breathing.

[00:27:50]   Patrick replies to a listener’s question on people with low control pauses.

[00:29:31]   Carl theorizes that working on your control pauses could lower stress, Patrick joins in on the dialogue.

[00:33:04]    Breathing can be like medicine, because doctors are already using it with people who have asthma instead of rescue inhalers.

[00:38:00]   We know now that there are complete nerve bundles that go from the nostrils to the brain.

[00:39:12]   Patrick explains briefly how to get started with the Buteyko Method and Carl talks about his own minor case of obstructive sleep apnea.

• A simple exercise to open up the nose is –
• Taking a normal breath in through your nose, a normal breath out through your nose and pinch your nose and walk around 15, 20, 30 paces while holding your breath.
• When the air shortage gets pretty strong, let go of the breath through your nose and resume breathing.
• Wait a minute and do it again.
• If you hold your breath six times, your nose starts opening up.
• Listen to Patrick explaining further.

[00:44:30]   Patrick tells an interesting story about the history of mouth breathers.

[00:48:15]   Patrick answers a questions on:

• how low your SPO2 (pulse oximeter reading) reading should go while doing reduced breathing exercises.
• do sleep requirements go down as control pause goes up?
• changes in athletic performance when they start to use Buteyko and breath holding.
• any experience with cancer and Buteyko?
• do any type of dietary templates and or caloric intake have an acute or direct effect on controlled pauses?

[01:03:17]   Patrick talks about the Wim Hof Method and autoimmune diseases – tune in!

[01:05:38]   The discussion turns to CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) and the effect it has (if any) on the Buteyko Method.

[01:10:19]   Patrick replies to 3 more questions:

• Do you think that there is also a benefit achieved by this slower controlled breathing that actually triggers more efficient utilization of oxygen?
• Do you think that you become more efficient at managing your oxygen consumption?
• Would exercise to open up your nose (given earlier in the podcast) help before bedtime?

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