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The Breathing Expert: Breathing Through Your Mouth Can Cause ADHD, Diabetes & Child Sickness! (Must Listen): James Nestor
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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

DOAC 1h 57m 36 months ago
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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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