Nasal breathing
13 reasons why it is better to breathe through your nose
Nasal breathing directly influences your well-being.
To give you some interesting facts about nasal breathing and why you should limit mouth breathing:
Nasal breathing
Increases oxygen uptake
Maintains lung volume
Activates slow and deep breathing
Improves tongue posture
Increases nitric oxide uptake in your lungs
Helps prevent nasal congestion
Reduces fatigue
Improves focus
Reduces the loss of heath and moisture
Activates diaphragmatic breathing
Reduces snoring
Supports adequate craniofacial development
Filters air
- Your tongue ideally rests on the roof of your mouth and this basically never happens when you mouth breathe.
- Every time you take a breath in through your nose, nitric oxide flows into your lungs opening the airways and increasing O2 uptake.
- Mouth breathing often creates a shallow and fast breathing pattern.
- Simply by closing the mouth during sleep you will stop mouth snoring and since the flow of air through the nose will be limited you will also stop or significantly reduce nose snoring.
- When exercising with your mouth closed you will build up airflow resistance because the nostrils are smaller than the mouth. This will slow down your breathing and eventually increase carbon dioxide levels in your blood and increase the amount of oxygen available.
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