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Here's your Saturday 7 roundup (take a DEEP BREATH for this one)!

😤 How to breathe less:

Most people breathe too much.

A state of constant hyperventilation is a state of constant stress.

Learning to breathe less will boost your health. 

At rest, you want to get about 6L air/min in 12 or fewer breaths, but most people take 15-30 breaths/min. 

The best way to decrease your breaths/min is to breathe through your nose. 

Nasal breathing provides more resistance, thereby slowing and increasing air intake. More intake also means longer exhale times. 

Slower in, longer out, for better O2/CO2 exchange and better health.

👃 How to breathe properly:

This sounds like circular reasoning but — people have a hard time nasal breathing because they aren't nasal breathing. 

If you don't use it, you lose it. 

And you don't want to lose it...

Here is a 1-minute clip on the facial development consequences of mouth breathing.

Let's briefly explore why you need to be nasal breathing, the consequences of mouth breathing, and how you can change your face, jawline, posture, and reclaim your health by breathing through your nose...

NASAL BREATHING

• Warms, humidifies, and filters out allergens.
• Increases nitric oxide production and oxygen uptake
• Reinforces proper oral posture (tongue resting on the palate, lips sealed) facilitating proper craniofacial development for a wide palate and open airway.

1. At set times during the day, consciously check if your mouth is closed and tongue is on the palate. It will eventually become second nature.  
2. At night, a nasal dilator and/or mouth taping can help retrain proper nasal breathing.

NOTE: airway obstruction (apnea) is a serious sleep disorder and dilators/tape alone don't tend to be an effective remedy

😴 How I developed an anti-snore device:

In dental school I was an odd duck (ok, well I still am).

I wasn't very interested in fillings and root canals. I was mostly interested in nutrition and sleep — two areas where dentists happen to have a front row seat (i.e. you use your mouth to eat and your airway to breath).

So, when I graduated dental school, I opened up a private practice exclusively dedicated to treating sleep disordered breathing. 
 

💡How to instantly relax:

Here's a breathing trick to instantly calm down.

1. Take a deep slow breath through your nose
2. Before exhaling, take another quick breath in your nose again 
3. Slowly exhale through your mouth

This is called a physiologic sigh and flips the autonomic nervous system switch to parasympathetic — the calm, relaxed, "rest and digest" mode.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance.

– Andrea Boydston.

💰 How to mass manufacture:

It turns out fully commercializing an anti-snore device isn't cheap.

There's a chance I'll be raising some capital for the final steps in this process.

If you know anyone who might be interested, I'd love to chat!

Just shoot me an email: kevin@ned.rest

Thank you so much! 🙏🙏

🌈 What lightened up a dark day :

I was late to seeing this, but here's some breathtaking shots of the double rainbows on 9/11 in NY.

As always, it's an absolute pleasure and honor getting to spend some time with you, hope you have a great weekend!

Kevin

P.S.

Whenever I feel blue, I just start breathing again :)

Dr. Kevin Stock
Founder, CEO
Meat Health, LLC | NED LLC
(314) 207-3216 (feel free to text me!)

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