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Mouth breathing:

The sympathetic nervous system is that system that activates under great stress, it is the fight or flight system, this sympathetic system relies on the intake of oxygen supplied by the act of breathing of the mouth. If one continually breaths by way of the mouth, they over amp this system, and are always on alert, always on edge.

This act or form of breathing does not humidify the oxygen and lacks the proper mixture of nitric oxide needed by the muscle system to function. It affects the cardiovascular system because the smooth muscles that line all the arteries react to this poorly oxygenated air with tightness, a permanent tension, causing stress to take it toll on the body and mind.

This action of mouth breathing can lead to many things, hypertension, bed wetting, ear and sinus infections, sleep disorders and dark patches under the eyes, and even the poorly understood temporo-mandidular joint pain, snoring and the cessation of breathing during sleep. We were not made to be under a lot of constant stress, mental or physical, these states deplete the bodily reserves of life giving nutrients.

Now we must remember this form (mouth breathing) has its place, it has a necessary function. This unfiltered oxygen is of a cooling nature, when it is converted in the lungs and passed into the blood system for distribution within the body, it takes on a different form of chemical reaction. Mouth breathing has been proven to have a direct effect on the function of the mind/brain. The chemical reactions necessary for the transfer of thought impulse, are in fact supported by the act of mouth breathing.

By this form of breathing the air pass’s over the tongue, this both activates and simulates the taste buds, there are over ten thousand taste buds, and in fact they are also a part of the programming keys for the subconscious mind, taste has been proven one of the most effective modes for the recalling of the past events.

In a simple cough air is exhaled at a rate of 600 mph! By mouth breathing, the release of toxic waste from the body is highly magnified and is a very effect means of cleaning out that waste. The act of mouth breathing also produces a quart of saliva each day, and saliva is one of the bases of life. So as seen here the act of mouth breathing has a necessary function for the human body and mind.

next posting will be on Nose breathing.