Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by loceng on Sunday January 20, 2019 @10:23PM (#18957379)

I'm curious if you eat dairy, soy, and/or bananas? They're all very high mucous producing foods and can impact breathing significantly. I suppose after surgery removing such foods may or may not show improvement/alleviate things more.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by djtriptych on Sunday January 20, 2019 @10:40PM (#18957455)

Not sure the science is conclusive on this. Also, breathing well probably helps your body to eliminate mucous. Speaking from a yogi's perspective.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by loceng on Monday January 21, 2019 @08:27AM (#18960219)

I'm not sure I've seen a properly conducted research study to give a solid enough answer either; can read some of my reasoning in my last comment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18960189

I've been practicing yoga for more than 10 years, a lot of Bikram hot yoga - so I feel you regarding the differences on energy level and at least how the heat and increased flow of air can help free up and clear the sinuses, and why long ago I gave up dairy, soy, and bananas - as I'd notice the decreased ability to breath and likewise my sleep would become worse - I believe because there'd be less ease of breathing while asleep.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by djtriptych on Monday January 21, 2019 @04:09PM (#18963640)

Makes intuitive sense to me too but:

- You might have an especially strong reaction to those foods, i.e. they produce more mucous in _you_

- You might have engaged in other mucous-reducing habits around the same time e.g. drinking more water or practicing yoga. Hard to identify a root cause in a study of one.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by brightball on Sunday January 20, 2019 @10:51PM (#18957506)

I do. Nothing significant but I don’t avoid those at all.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by loceng on Monday January 21, 2019 @08:30AM (#18960234)

If you're into experimenting it may be worth doing so for a week or two to see if there's even further improvement in sleep/breathing; you first have to remove the potential agitant and then let the body recover.

Getting a Neti pot (use distilled or previously boiled water only, along with adding a proper amount of non-iodized salt - Google search will give the answer) and trying that out to help clear the sinuses with warm water seems to help a lot of people as well.

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Re:Proper Breathing Brings Better Health by brightball on Monday January 21, 2019 @09:24AM (#18960521)

It’s not really an issue anymore, but I’ll keep it in mind.

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