Mouth Breathing Is Ruining Your Health: Patrick McKeown

Is there a proper way to breathe? What are the health
consequences of mouth breathing? How can you change the way you
breathe? How does mouth breathing impact dental health? What
about snoring? What is the importance of down-regulating before
sleep? How does breathing impact our blood pressure? Does Wim
Hof-style breathing stress the body? 


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Patrick McKeown is a leading international expert on breathing
and sleep. He is the creator, CEO and Director of Education and
Training at Oxygen Advantage, Director of Education and Training
at Buteyko Clinic International and President of Buteyko
Professionals International. Patrick explains the many health and
mental consequences of mouth breathing, how to properly breathe,
the connection between breathing and sleep, how Wim Hof-style
breathing stresses the body, and much more. 


“People who mouth breathe are more prone to dental cavities, gum
disease, bad breath.” 


“Dry mouth signifies that you’ve been traumatizing your airways
all night long. 


“If you’re breathing hard and fast, there’s an increased negative
pressure in the airway and this is going to contribute to a lapse
of the airway.” 


“By breathing through the nose, you’ve got correct tongue-resting
posture. With your tongue resting on the roof of the mouth, it’s
less likely to encroach the airway. And also by breathing through
your nose, there’s a better position of the mandible, which is
your jaw.” 


“10% of the population have chronic insomnia.” 


“Your breathing is influencing your sleep, your sleep influences
your breathing, your sleep influences your mind, but if your mind
is racing, that influences your sleep. We have to look at the
mind. We have to look at breathing. We have to look at
sleep.” 


“Breathing has been overlooked in so many industries. It’s been
overlooked in psychiatry. 75% of people with anxiety and panic
disorder have dysfunctional breathing. Lower back pain. 50% of
people with lower back pain have dysfunctional breathing.”


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Read Patrick McKeown’s books:
The Oxygen Advantage
The Breathing Cure


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