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The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through Your Mouth Can Cause ADHD, Diabetes & Child Sickness! (Must Listen): James Nestor

1 hour 60 minutes | Thursday, 7 September 2023

The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through Your Mouth Can Cause ADHD, Diabetes & Child Sickness! (Must Listen): James Nestor
Every breathe you take fundamentally impacts all areas of your health and wellbeing. However, 98% of people are breathing incorrectly. 
In this new episode Steven sits down with the award-winning author and science journalist James Nestor.
In 2020, James released his New York Times and internationally bestselling book, “Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art”. It was awarded the prize for Best General Nonfiction Book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors, it was a finalist for Best Science Book of 2021 by the Royal Society, and has been translated into 35 languages.
In this conversation James and Steven discuss topics, such as:

The one breathwork session that changed James’ life

How 98% of people are breathing incorrectly 

Why we have adapted to breathing incorrectly

How human skulls have changed over time

The ancient history of breathwork

Why you should rethink how you breathe

The impact of incorrect breathing

Links between breathing and overall health  

The damage of mouth breathing 

How mouth breathing can lead to diabetes

The ways that poor breathing affect sleep

How breathing can impact ADHD

Why asthma is not a life sentence 

How to breathe for a longer life 

How having bigger lungs can lead to a longer life

Breathing techniques to tackle stress

Ways to hack anxiety 

How indoor carbon dioxide is impacting intelligence

Why millions of children are ill from incorrect breathing 

Whether to wear a face mask or not


You can purchase James’ book, ‘Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art’, here: https://amzn.to/3FTO50Y

You can get yourself a CO2 monitor here: https://amzn.to/47ud6vH

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The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through Your Mouth Can Cause ADHD, Diabetes & Child Sickness! (Must Listen): James Nestor
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