time goes on and FHP gets worse, we lose an increasing portion of our breathing capacity. FHP is often found in people with breathing problems such as asthma and COPD.55 It is no wonder that they experi-ence general fatigue and low levels of energy. Research published in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society also reports that they also have shorter life expectancy—shorter even than people who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day—and that older patients with FHP have a significantly higher mortality rate.56
