How Breathing Through Your Nose Will Change Your Life with Patrick McKeown

How do you breathe? It might not be
something you’ve ever given much thought to, but my guest on this week’s
episode is convinced you should. Patrick McKeown believes breathing correctly –
that is, through your nose, lightly, and slowly – is the secret to better health,
fitness and overall wellbeing. Yet many of us are breathing through our mouths,
breathing fast and shallow, and our health is suffering as a result.

Patrick’s talks me through the science of
exactly why it is that nasal breathing is so fundamental to health and he
shares how learning it himself transformed his sleep, his anxiety levels and
drastically reduced his need for asthma medication.

We talk about how our emotions, sleep and
breathing are all interlinked. Patrick also shares some incredible insights on
the connection between breast-feeding and diet, mouth breathing as a child, jaw
development and malocclusion (crooked teeth).

The good news is it’s never too late to
correct your breathing. Whether you suffer from breathlessness, nasal congestion,
snoring, sleep apnoea, stress, or anxiety – or if you simply want to improve
your performance in any area of life – this episode is packed with practical
tips on doing just that. In fact, you can get started right away with some of
his techniques as you listen.

Disclaimer: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.*

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Watch the video version of this interview in full below.

Connect with Patrick:

The Oxygen Advantage  Website      Facebook      Instagram     YouTube

Buteyko Clinic 
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Patrick’s book:

The Oxygen Advantage: Simple,
Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier,
Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter

Videos:



Oxygen Advantage – Nose Unblocking ExercisesOxygen Advantage – Breath Hold – How to Measure BreathlessnessDr Chatterjee YouTube – How to Measure Your Bolt Score with Patrick McKeownDr Chatterjee YouTube – The 3 Pillars of Breathing with Patrick McKeownDr Chatterjee YouTube – What Does a Deep Breath Really Mean?Dr Chatterjee YouTube – Why You Should Tape Your Mouth Up For Optimal Sleep



Further Reading:



Mouth tape recommended by Patrick – MyotapeHealthcare – A review of analgesic and emotive breathing: a multidisciplinary approachThe Journal of Physiology – Breath-holding as a means to estimate the loop gain contribution to obstructive sleep apnoeaBrazilian Journal of Physical Therapy – Breathing pattern and thoracoabdominal motion in mouth-breathing children Stanford Medicine – Study shows how slow breathing induces tranquilityJornal of Pediatria – Establishment of nasal breathing should be the ultimate goal to secure adequate craniofacial and airway development in childrenInternational Journal of Kinesiology and Sports Science – Effect of Nasal Versus Oral Breathing on Vo2max and Physiological Economy in Recreational Runners Following an Extended Period Spent Using Nasally Restricted BreathingAmerican Journal of Orthodontics – Morphologic response to changes in neuromuscular patterns experimentally induced by altered modes of respirationInternational Journal of Sports Physical Therapy – Development of a screening protocol to identify individuals with dysfunctional breathingFrontiers in Psychology – The Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Attention, Negative Affect and Stress in Healthy AdultsJournal of Applied Physiology – Nasal nitric oxide and regulation of human pulmonary blood flow in the upright positionNew England Journal of Medicine – HypocapniaAmerican Journal of Orthodontics – Primate experiments on oral respiration Semantic Scholar – To Evaluate the Effect of Nasal Packing on Blood Oxygen SaturationJournal of Hypertension – Slow breathing reduces chemoreflex response to hypoxia and hypercapnia, and increases baroreflex sensitivityBreathe – The physiological effects of slow breathing in the healthy humanJournal of IMAB – The role of mouth breathing on dentition development and formationSemantic Scholar – Understanding nasal breathing the key to evaluating and treating sleep disordered breathing in adults and childrenEuropean Journal of Sport Science – Repeated sprint training in hypoxia induced by voluntary hypoventilation improves running repeated sprint ability in rugby playersPLOS one journal – Association between Mouth Breathing and Atopic Dermatitis in Japanese Children 2–6 years Old: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional StudyFrontiers in Neurology – Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Critical Role of Oral-Facial Growth: EvidencesSleep Med Reviews – Pediatric sleep-disordered breathing: New evidence on its developmentOfficial journal of American Academy Otolaryngology – Novel porous oral patches for patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea and mouth breathing: a pilot study



Dr Chatterjee’s resources:

Podcast #84 – Why Walking Is The Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had with Professor Shane O’MaraPodcast #77 – Why Getting More Light Will Transform Your Health with Linda GeddesPodcast #45 – Touch – The Forgotten Sense with Professor Francis McGloneFind Dr Chatterjee’s 4 Pillar of Health in The 4 Pillar PlanAvailable in the US & Canada with the title How to Make Disease DisappearOrder Dr Chatterjee’s book The Stress Solution.Dr Chatterjee’s NEW book Feel Better in 5 is out now.

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