Caffeine Can Be Good for People with Poor Breathing Habits

Everywhere you turn, people are trying to give up caffeine. While some people have a genuine allergy to the stuff, most people are doing it because of some peer pressure. There are articles everywhere about how bad caffeine is for your health. One of the first things a newly pregnant woman is told to do is to give up caffeine. Whenever someone decides to "get healthy" one of the first pieces of advice they get is to give up coffee and caffeine. Giving up caffeine is the first sign that someone is really trying to get healthier. But the truth is that caffeine may have some health benefits provided that you have poor breathing habits.



Look around and you can easily spot horrible breathing habits of modern folks. In the past, as you can see in old movies, people did not use their mouth for breathing and old dictionaries even say that a "mouth breather" means a moron or imbecile. Diaphragmatic breathing was also another social norm, but these days chest breathing is everywhere. Mouth breathing and chest breathing both contribute to low body oxygen content, chronic fatigue, slow thinking and many other negative effects. Indeed, dozens of publications confirmed that modern folks do suffer from chronic overbreathing (or hyperventilation) and resultant tissue hypoxia (less oxygen in body cells due to deep breathing). However, coffee can counteract some of these negative effects. Let us consider how it is possible.



Some researchers at Harvard University have shown that men who drink around 4-5 cups of caffeinated coffee per day are far less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease. They think that this effect happens because caffeine helps the dopamine molecules in the brain stay active. It could also be due to the ability of caffeine to inhibit adenosine receptors, the brain may be less likely to develop more amyloid-beta in cells. This is the same type of brain plaque that is often associated with Alzheimer’s disease. It will not develop when one has normal breathing and normal brain oxygenation, but in heavy breathers it is possible. Are likely to notice that people with mouth breathing often enjoy coffee.



Most science says that caffeine raises the body’s blood pressure. This means that you will be at higher risk for heart disease and even heart failure without coffee. There have been some studies, however, that say the opposite. One study done by Brooklyn College a few years ago showed that those men who drank multiple cups of coffee every day were less likely to develop heart problems. Why could this happen? Possibly, coffee makes them more alert and physically active, but physical exercise is known as the key factor for breathing retraining and improved body oxygen levels.



If you want any muscle fiber to contract and do work, your body needs to release calcium. Adenosine can help regulate that activity. Bit caffeine blocks the adenosine receptors. While that sounds counterproductive the truth is that when the adenosine receptors are blocked, the brain sets off more electrical impulses. Those impulses cause bursts of calcium release throughout your body parts. Since your muscles need calcium to work out better, the extra calcium can help you to feel more energetic and make your workouts more effective. Hence, it is sensible to advice moderate coffee use to hyperventilators. They feel better and they perform better too.



Obviously, the key to getting caffeine to work for your health and fitness is taking it in moderation. While caffeine might help you stay healthy and even prevent some diseases, that isn’t an excuse to go hog wild with the stuff. The truth is that too much caffeine really is bad for you in a long run. When consumed in moderation, however, the stuff can really help you improve your focus, fitness and health.



Who doesn’t want to prevent heart disease? Who doesn’t want to prevent Parkinson’s disease? Who doesn’t want their exercise routines to be more effective? Caffeine can help with all of that—as long as you don’t over do it. But if you really want to get rid of coffee for good, learn more about healthy breathing habits and retrain your breathing pattern so that to boost body oxygen and be healthy and energetic without coffee.



Resources



Benefits of Physical Activity provides further details how and why exercise can improve your breathing, body oxygen content and health.



Stop Mouth Breathing Treatment provides details and criteria of success for nose breathing 24/7.



Dr. Artour Rakhimov is a health educator. He is the author of books and the educational website www.NormalBreathing.com with hundreds of medical quotes, charts, tables, graphs, references, results of clinical trials, analysis of respiratory techniques, free breathing exercises, manuals, techniques, lifestyle modules and other resources for better health. Normal Breathing defeats chronic diseases!