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Posts Tagged ‘Add new tag’
Friday, July 9th, 2010
 BP yes, CP no! That seems strange to me, does it to you?
That life’s most fundamental activity BREATHING, is not routinely checked by western doctors, unless of course you are complaining of breathing difficulties like asthma or bronchitis.
If there were just one measure allowed when checking the health of a person I would suggest THEIR BREATHING would be the best choice. Why?
Firstly it’s a quick, easy and cheap test. It takes less than a minute, is not invasive and does not require special expensive equipment. (See “Check Your Own Breathing” on this site).
Secondly, many wiser than myself have claimed dysfunctional breathing may be the cause of over a hundred modern diseases, so wouldn’t it make sense to at least diagnose it and then even address the problem?
Thirdly, although is breathing normally automatic and unconscious - like our heart, liver, kidneys activity - we can take conscious control of it and change our bad breathing habits for good normal ones.
Fourthly, this route to better health and wellbeing empowers the patient, reduces reliance on medical care and drugs and surely this is what the best health care is all about?
Two thousand years ago a wise man said:Â “The perfect man breathes as if he is not breathing.” - Lao-Tzu (circa 4th century BC)
Tags: Add new tag, breath training, breathing, drug therapy, drugs, health, medicines, wellbeing
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Cardiovascular disease kills over 110,000 people every year in the UK alone. More than 25% of the world’s adult population is hypertensive, and it has been estimated that this figure will increase to 30% by 2025. Dr Buteyko cured himself of life-threatening hypertension that did not respond to medical treatment by learning to breathe normally. This laid the foundation for his life’s research work and eventually to the respiratory & lifestyle training system that is now called the Buteyko Method. So where is the beetroot connection? A study published in the US Journal Hypertension showed that beetroot juice is as
 Buteyko Method or Beetroot, the Hypertensive's Choice effective as nitrate tablets in reducing blood pressure. Amrita Ahluwalia, author of the study and professor of vascular pharmacology at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry said they had now proved why. The research shows that the inorganic nitrate content in beetroot is changed into the gas nitric oxide when eaten. This gas keeps the blood vessels open and relaxed and keeps blood pressure down. Here is the connection; we produce nitric oxide when we breathe up to 50% of it is produced in our nasal passages only when we breathe through our noses. There is a strong correlation between hypertension and hyperventilation and the most common factor found in people with these conditions is that they mouth breathe. Hence less nitric oxide is produced. There are however many more physiological consequences of hyperventilation that also raise blood pressure ( spasm of smooth muscle, reduced oxygen delivery of blood, etc) that may be found in other articles. See this article for more details< http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/10433877.stm> The conclusion is those with hypertension might be able to reduce their blood pressure by eating more beetroot or if they don’t like beetroot, they could learn how to breathe normally instead!
Tags: Add new tag, Angina, breath, breath training, breathing, Buteyko, buteyko breathing, buteyko hypertension, drug therapy, drugs, health, hyperventilation, medicines, mouth breathing, nitic oxide, nose, over breathing, phamaceuticals, the Buteyko Method, wellbeing
Posted in Buteyko Kent, General health, Research, breathing, drug therapy | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Did you ever stop to think what happens when you take a breath? Like most of us the answer is almost certainly , no!
Well, take a minute now to find out. Our in-breath draws in air that gives us access to the oxygen we need to live, our out-breath removes carbon dioxide and unused air. What most people don’t know is the simple fact that taking in oxygen does not automatically mean absorbing oxygen, in fact good absorption of oxygen by our tissue requires just the right amount of carbon dioxide in our bloodstream. If the carbon dioxide level is too high we suffer from the ill effects of too much of this gas and that may make use yawn or breathe more to clear the surplus out but if the carbon dioxide level is too low we suffer from poor oxygenation of our tissue, respiratory alkalosis, spasm of smooth muscle and a widespread breakdown of all our body’s chemistry. The consequences of the latter may include the development of any one or more of the A to Z of modern diseases including asthma, allergies, angina, hay fever, hypertension, sleep apnoea, panic attacks, anxiety states, migraines, IBS, ………….It is safe to say that there is no disease that could not benefit from normalizing our breathing! When however did anyone advise you that you could help yourself to better health simply by improving your breathing? Probably never as we all have been led to believe that breathing is something we all do perfectly and automatically! If that is the case it is a unique human activity, as I can think of no activitiy we all do perfectly! So let’s all learn to breathe correctly. How? There are many ways but I am convinced one of the most effective ways is through the training and insight that The Buteyko Method gives people. Oh yes! You believe your breathing is OK? Why not check it now on this site?
Tags: Add new tag, Asthma, breath, breath training, Buteyko, buteyko breathing, buteyko hay fever, buteyko hypertension, buteyko sleep, buteyko sleep apmea, carbon dioxide, hyperventilation, mouth breathing, nitic oxide, nose, over breathing, oxygen, the Buteyko Method, wellbeing
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