Taking Ownership of Your Health - Oxygen

This episode is the first of a four-part series on Taking Ownership of Your Health by getting back to the 4 basics needed to survive and thrive. Oxygen is essential for life. It allows organisms to grow, reproduce and turn food into energy- which we get by breathing through our nose and mouth. There are many other things that happen when you're deprived without oxygen and in today’s episode we will learn that and more.

Your nose is designed to help you breathe safely, efficiently, and properly.  18% less oxygen gets to our brain through mouth breathing which contributes to complications and illnesses such as  heart disease,  sleep apnea,  ADHD, ADD and diabetes and more. So how do we correct that? Scheduling a  professional assessment with me at: https://thehealthymouthmovment.as.me/ will be helpful.

Key Takeaways:

-How do people, animals and plants use oxygen?

-The Top 9 Plants that Provide Oxygen

-The 4 goals of Myofunctional Therapy

-Why Does the Brain Need Oxygen?

Resources:

- https://www.thoughtco.com/oxygen-facts-606572

- Helmenstine, Anne Marie, Ph.D. "Get 10 Interesting Facts About Oxygen." ThoughtCo, Sep. 7, 2021, thoughtco.com/oxygen-facts-606572.

- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10385606/

- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7200356/

- https://www.nursingtimes.net/clinical-archive/respiratory-clinical-archive/every-breath-you-take-the-process-of-breathing-explained-08-01-2018/

- ​​https://sciencing.com/dangers-argon-5443798.html

Interesting Facts:

1) Before birth, the embryo and then the fetus draw oxygen from the mother's blood through the placenta.

2) The lungs are a little like balloons: they do not inflate by themselves, but only do so if air is blown into them.

3) After about 5-10 minutes of not breathing you are likely to suffer irreversible brain damage.