How mouth breathing ruins your health
Episode notes
Welcome to a podcast exploring the lost art and science of our most basic biological function: breathing. Every day, you take around 25,000 breaths, but there is a high probability you are doing it incorrectly. Over the past few centuries, the shift to soft, industrialized diets has physically shrunk the human mouth, crooked our teeth, and narrowed our airways, ultimately making modern humans the worst breathers in the animal kingdom.
This podcast dives into the hidden epidemic of mouthbreathing, which contributes to a laundry list of chronic issues including snoring, sleep apnea, asthma, and high blood pressure. Throughout our episodes, we uncover the forgotten wisdom of "pulmonauts"—the tinkerers, ancient mystics, Olympic coaches, and rogue scientists who discovered how to harness the breath to heal the body.
Join us as we explore how simple, daily adjustments—like strictly breathing through your nose, extending your exhales, chewing harder foods, and taking fewer, slower breaths—can profoundly impact your weight, immune response, and athletic performance. From ancient Tibetan Tummo and Hindu pranayama practices to cutting-edge clinical research, we will teach you how to hack your nervous system and master the "perfect breath" of 5.5 seconds in and 5.5 seconds out.
Tune in to discover why no matter what you eat, how much you exercise, or how resilient your genes are, none of it matters unless you are breathing correctly.