Leah's Reviews > Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Well this book was very enlightening, I had no idea correct breathing has such an importance on your overall health and can prevent diseases and conditions.

Always breathe through your nose, never through your mouth, even when you're exercising, and especially when you're sleeping. Breathing through your mouth can cause dental problems, jaw and facial issues and even erectile dysfunction. This has been known and practiced for centuries.

Just as inhaling is important exhaling is equally as important, it's important to have full exhales.

Chewing is important and we're loosing this ability by eating soft foods, smoothies and avocado's and banana's are all soft. It's fine to eat those foods but you have to also have hearty foods to chew onto to maintain that strong jaw.

There's breathing methods you can do to improve health or to get rid of snoring and even sleep apnea. It's all about conscious strong breathing for short periods of time.

Hold your breath to improve diaphragm strength, carbon dioxide levels rise. Carbon dioxide is a product that is mostly in the exhale but it's still very important to the bodies system. Breathe in for 5.5 seconds and exhale for 5.5 seconds for few minutes or few hours.

James Nestor talks about Wim Hof's breathing methods too, and I've seen Wim from Gwyneth Paltrow's tv show The Goop Lab where Wim had a whole episode.