What is breathing, does it affect your skin?
Breathing is the process that moves air in and out of the lungs. Breathing is the only process that delivers oxygen to where it is needed in the body and removes carbon dioxide (co2). Researchers claim that if you breathe predominantly through your mouth you will be susceptible to a variety of skin disorders such as acne, dry skin, wrinkles and skin spots. The reason they tout this that mouth breathing does not allow the proper absorption of oxygen in the lungs and expulsion of co2. It is also believed that cancer’s develop more readily in a high co2 low oxygen environment.
What is Breathing Properly
In through the nose, out through the nose, with the occasional mouth breathe. Many high performance endurance athletes practice their breathing as much as 20 hours per week for peak performance.
What is Breathing heavily
Breathing heavily is best described as sucking in as much air as possible in a short period of time, with large movements of our diaphragm. We breathe heavily usually after vigorous exercise or if we are nervous or excited. Our body either needs the oxygen to aid cell recovery or is looking to build up a store in anticipation of an event.
What is Breathing through your nose
Close your mouth and suck in some air through your nose. Then exhale the same way, keeping your mouth firmly shut. Notice how it feels deeper and slower than your mouth breath. This is the best way for humans to breath. Breathing through your nose does more than just help you smell the freshly brewed coffee! Breathing through your nose has many health benefits for your skin and other organs who thrive in an oxygen rich environment, while breathing through your mouth has some potentially dire negatives.
Problems with Mouth Breathing
Research has associated an over reliance on mouth breathing to a number of acute diseases including acne, asthma, high blood pressure, heart disease and organ failure. It is thought that if you breathe a lot though your mouth during the day it is likely you will mouth breathe at night. Mouth breathing during sleep predisposes you to load snoring and irregular breathing. It may also be linked to sleep apnoea.
Why Nose Breathe
The nostrils and sinuses filter and warm air going into the lungs. Breathing through the mouth excludes this process. As nostrils are smaller than the mouth, air exhaled through the nose creates some back pressure. This slowing of the passage of the air gives more time for the lungs to extract oxygen, giving rise to the proper oxygen-CO2 exchange, helping maintain proper ph balance. (If CO2 is extracted to quickly, oxygen absorption is decreased)