The Forgotten Power of Breath and How to Use it to Radically Transform Your Health with James Nestor
b'This episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Colima Salt.\\nThere is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing, yet as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, a fact that comes with serious consequences. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease, and even straighten scoliotic spines.\\nOn today\\u2019s mini-episode, Dhru sits down with James Nestor to talk about the forgotten power of breathing and how we can tap into it to dramatically improve how we feel.\\xa0\\nJames Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, the New York Times, and more. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, which explores how the human species has lost the ability to breathe properly\\u2014and how to get it back. James has appeared on dozens of national television shows, including ABC\\u2019s Nightline and CBS\\u2019s Morning News and on NPR. He lives and breathes in San Francisco.\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode we dive into:\\n\\xa0\\n-How the way we breathe influences our health\\xa0\\xa0\\n-The Stanford University breathing experiment\\n-How our modern industrial diet has impacted the way we breathe\\xa0\\n-The connection between lung capacity and longevity\\xa0\\n-How to establish better nasal breathing\\xa0\\n-The importance of eliciting a parasympathetic response before you eat\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nListen to the full episode here.\\n\\xa0\\nFor more on James Nestor, follow him on Instagram @MrJamesNestor, Facebook @MrJamesNestor, Twitter @MrJamesNestor, and through his website, mrjamesnestor.com. Get his book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, here.\\nThis episode is brought to you by InsideTracker and Colima Salt.\\nInsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they\\u2019re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself.\\nRight now, you can get a bag of Ava Jane\\u2019s Kitchen Colima Sea Salt for free, just pay for shipping and handling. Just head on over to dhrusalt.com and try Colima Sea Salt for free today!\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'