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Better Breathing Means Better Health

Better Breathing Means Better Health

By: Michael Lingard
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 Most of us in the West breathe badly and this has an adverse effect on our health. Almost every disease is associated with poor breathing, and by simply improving our breathing with a little training, whatever health problem we may have will also be improved and even, in some cases, eliminated.2019- Better Breathing Means Better Health Podcast Hygiene & Healthy Living Science
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  • Your Progress & Feedback - Can I Help?

    Your Progress & Feedback - Can I Help?
    Mar 31 2020

    It would be good to get your feedback about this training course so that we can improve it in any way and offer you more personalized help.

    It would also be useful to know what made you decide to take this course, perhaps you had a health problem you thought might be helped with improved breathing, or you had heard of the Buteyko Method but not been able to find a trainer near you, or you may have just decided this would be a good way of improving your health and immune system. 

    If you have any suggestions as to how the course might be improved or developed , that would be welcomed as well.

    I am passionate that as many people in the world should have access to this remarkable work of Professor Konstantin Buteyko, most of us need it. Tell your friends and relatives about this powerful aid to health and you might even Twitter a comment!

    My email is  lingard@totalhealthmatters.co.uk or lingard@ohsoeasy.net

     
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    7 mins
  • What you eat affects how you breathe & how you breathe affects what you eat!

    What you eat affects how you breathe & how you breathe affects what you eat!
    Mar 29 2020

    Better Breathing Means better Health - Episode #16 

     

    What you eat affects how you breathe and how you breathe affects what you eat.

    This idea comes as a surprise to many people who have never believed there was a connection between our eating and our breathing habits. However over the past forty years inn the health profession I have come to the conclusion that our health is connected to everything, and a few years ago I published a book entitled “Connection - Towards a Broader Understanding of Health in Medicine” that expands on this concept. 

    After three years of research, gathering data from over 250 patients it seems quite clear that there is a strong relationship between our breathing and are eating habits. There are good physiological reasons why our diet impacts on our breathing and Professor Buteyko incorporated this in his training programme, but our Western diet today is very different from the diet of ordinary people in Russia back in the 1950’s. The link between our breathing and the food we choose to eat and how we eat it is more subtle with psychological influences.

    Basically the better our breathing, the more selective and better is our eating and likewise the better our eating habits, the better is our breathing.

    In the current situation of the COVID-19 (2020) this may have a profound impact on people's capacity to deal with infections and in particular all viral infections. 

    Our immune system can be improved by lifestyle changes and there are three key factors that can influence the immune system in this way. 

    They are: our nutritional status or what we eat, the way we breathe and our management of stress. 

    Just as what we eat affects how we breathe, there is another correlation, and that is how we react to stressors is linked closely to how we normally breathe. If we usually breathe very gently and quietly we invariably are calm, if we are habitually hyperventilating or over-breathing we are usually stressed. We all have been told to breathe slowly and gently when we have been stressed. So in fact we have these three activities very closely linked; if we improve one, the others will improve. If we learn to improve all three, our health, wellbeing and immune system will all improve, and we shall be better able to respond to any infection. 

    This podcast of Better Breathing Means Better Health will have given you an insight into how you may teach yourself to breathe better and in doing so you will be taking better control of your stress and you will find the way you eat will improve. 

    To deal with the nutritional side of this question you may want to listen to my podcast entitled the World's Finest Diet, which guides you how to improve your diet, thereby improving your health and boosting your immune system this way. 

    Alternatively you may take on my Skype training course entitled the Skype Lifestyle Training Course that incorporates these major factors. Details of this may be obtained on my website: www.totalhealthmatters.co.uk

     

    Observed relationship between Dietary Status & Breathing Status

    Dietary status was based on the 4LeafSurvey that estimates the %age of calories derived from Whole Plant Foods and the Breathing status is based on the Buteyko Control Pause that estimates the %age of carbon dioxide in the lungs or degree of oxygenation of the body.

    The 4LeafSurvey scores range from -44 to +44, the Control Pause ranges from 5 to 60 seconds  for most of the population.

     

    4LeafSurvey Score (X)

    Control Pause Score (Y)

    70% CP Range

    -44

    12

    5 to 19

    -40

    13

    6 to 20

    -35

    15

    8 to 22

    -30

    16

    9 to 23

    -25

    18

    11 to 25

    -20

    19

    12 to 26

    -15

    21

    14 to 28

    -10

    22

    15 to 29

    -5

    24

    17 to 31

    0

    25

    18 to 32

    5

    27

    20 to 34

    10

    28

    21 to 35

    15

    30

    23 to 37

    20

    31

    24 to 38

    25

    33

    26 to 40

    30

    34

    27 to 41

    35

    36

    29 to 43

    40

    37

    30 to 44

    44

    38

    31 to 45

    Michael Lingard BSc. DO.WPNutCert. 28/3/2020
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  • General Health Questions

    General Health Questions
    Apr 26 2019
    **Episode # 15 General Health Questions ** Hi, this is Michael Lingard, your Buteyko Educator, welcoming you to the final episode of Better Breathing Means Better Health and offering you my congratulations on completing this course. You now have the understanding and tools to continue improving your breathing and health in the future. Just to remind you of the powerful impact on your health that improved breathing will have, you can download leaflets on the subjects covered below: If you don’t have access while listening to this podcast, go to my website HERE where you will be able to download them there. Circulation & Heart Disease (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) Lowered CO2 because of hyperventilation constricts the arteries throughout the body, lowered CO2 impairs the release of oxygen from your blood and mouth breathing rather than nose breathing reduces the production of nitric oxide. The effect of the above is to put more physical stress on the heart that now needs to pump more blood around the body to deliver the same amount of oxygen, with narrowed arteries due to smooth muscle spasm and lower nitric oxide levels this means the blood pressure has to be higher leading to further stress on the heart. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & ME (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) With chronic over-breathing the oxygenation of all the tissue in the body is depleted, this will impair the muscle functioning strength and also reduce the oxygen getting to the brain. The latter effect is made worse by the fact that the body protects the vital areas of the brain by shunting more blood to these centres leaving even less oxygen for higher centres of the brain. Resulting in mental as well as physical tiredness. COPD & Emphysema (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) Both these conditions are associated with loss of healthy functioning lung tissue that causes severe breathlessness and restricted physical activity. Invariably patients will be over-breathing in an attempt to combat the sensation of breathlessness but as we now understand this will worsen the oxygenation of the body. By improving their breathing, eliminating hyperventilation, what healthy lung tissue remaining will deliver more effective oxygenation of the body. Gut & Bladder Problems and IBS (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) We have all experienced how stress can upset our gut, hence when we improve our breathing and reduce the ill effects of stress it benefits our gut. As you know, over-breathing with loss of carbon dioxide, causes spasm of all smooth muscle in the body and that includes the muscle around your stomach, intestines and other hollow organs. Improve breathing is always beneficial to all gut and bladder problems. Watch this short video of a recent client's response to the breath training HERE Stress Anxiety & Panic Attacks (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) As you now realize, stress leads to over-breathing, repeated stressors lead to chronic hyperventilation, what every person suffering anxiety will have. As explained before this impairs oxygenation of the body and in particular the brain suffers from this lowered oxygen supply. If the control pause falls into the lower teens this can trigger a panic attack that is usually accompanied by increased panting or gasping that further worsens the situation. Improved breathing protects against this. Asthma, Sinusitis, Hay Fever & Rhinitis (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) If the Buteyko Method is renown for its dramatic health benefits and been proven with many clinical trials , it is with the support and management of asthma. If you are particularly interested in this condition I would strongly recommend you watch a YouTube video production by the BBC that covers a small trial conducted under the supervision of a leading respiratory specialist in Edinburgh HERE. and the first hand story of a recent asthma client HERE Sports Performance & Breath Training (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) It is not rocket science to suggest that any improved oxygenation to your body will improve your sports performance and general fitness. Many leading world athletes and sports people have used the Buteyko Method to give themselves that critical small percentage improvement that is the difference between winning or losing. Their general health has also improved as a side-effect! Insomnia, Snoring and Sleep Apnoea (Download a pdf leaflet HERE) Over-breathing usually is worse at night when asleep, largely because you are not using much muscle activity, hence lower carbon dioxide production but still over-breathing as during your waking hours, so carbon dioxide levels fall dangerously low. This can lead to sleep disturbances, nightmares with children or if more severe sleep apnoea. Sleep apnoea is a serious problem that can predispose to heart problems. However, the repeated cessation of breathing associated with sleep apnoea is the body’s protection against the severe loss of carbon dioxide. The solution is to improve your breathing 24/7. Eczema, ...
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