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We assume, at our peril, that breathing is a passive action, just something that we do: breathe, live; stop breathing, die.
Forty percent of today’s population suffers from chronic nasal obstruction, and around half of us are habitual mouthbreathers, with females and children suffering the most. The causes are many: dry air to stress, inflammation to allergies, pollution to pharmaceuticals. But much of the blame, I’ll soon learn, can be placed on the ever-shrinking real estate in the front of the human skull.
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Evolution doesn’t always mean progress, Evans told me. It means change. And life can change for better or worse. Today, the human body is changing in ways that have nothing to do with the “survival of the fittest.”
we’re adopting and passing down traits that are detrimental to our health. This concept, called dysevolution,
Mouthbreathing causes the body to lose 40 percent more water.
no amount of snoring is normal, and no amount of sleep apnea comes without risks of serious health effects.
The nose is crucial because it clears air, heats it, and moistens it for easier absorption.
