How To Use Your Breath To Prevent Disease

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Pendulum. Of all the things we do each day, breathing is arguably
the most important. While breathing’s most important job is to
literally keep us alive, breathing can help in many more ways than
just survival, including activating your parasympathetic nervous
system, which helps slow your heart rate and lower your blood
pressure. In today’s episode, I talk with James Nestor, Dr. Louis
Ignarro, Wim Hof, and Dr. Jim Gordon about using breathing to
support your health. James Nestor is an author and journalist who
has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times,
and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art,
was an instant New York Times bestseller. Breath explores how the
human species has lost the ability to breathe properly—and how we
can get it back. Dr. Louis Ignarro is a medical research scientist
who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his breakthrough
discovery of nitric oxide and how it positively impacts health and
longevity. His groundbreaking research on nitric oxide paved the
way for—among other innovations—Viagra. He is an award-winning
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Molecular & Medical
Pharmacology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and has
his PhD in pharmacology. Wim Hof, also known as “The Iceman,” holds
multiple world records for his feats of endurance and exposure to
cold. He is the author of The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full
Human Potential. The benefits of Wim’s method, now practiced by
tens of thousands, have been validated by eight university research
studies. Dr. James Gordon, author of Transforming Trauma: The Path
to Hope and Healing, is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist and the
founder and CEO of the nonprofit Center for Mind-Body Medicine in
Washington, DC. He is a clinical professor at Georgetown Medical
School and was chairman (under Presidents Clinton and G.W. Bush) of
the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative
Medicine Policy. This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health,
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episodes of these interviews can be found here: James Nestor Dr.
Louis Ignarro Wim Hof Dr. Jim Gordon