“In the space of just five minutes a day – about the time it takes to take 30 deep breaths – a simple breathing exercise can lower blood pressure, boost vascular health, and could sharply reduce your chances of developing serious cardiovascular disease.

It’s called Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), a form of physical training specifically designed to exercise the diaphragm and other breathing muscles, using a handheld device that provides resistance when you inhale through it (kind-of like an asthma puffer that works against you).

IMST was first pioneered decades ago as a way to help critically ill respiratory disease patients strengthen their independent breathing functions, using only mild or moderate resistance in the device.”

“After six weeks, the treatment group using high-resistance IMST saw significant drops in systolic blood pressure (SBP), greater than or equal to what can result from implementing other healthy lifestyle strategies, including aerobic exercise and some blood pressure-lowering medications.

“This improvement in SBP is clinically meaningful because it is associated with a 30 percent to 40 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease,” the researchers explain in their study, noting that the effects lasted for many weeks even after the experiment finished.

“The reduction in casual SBP was largely sustained after six weeks of abstaining from IMST, with about 75 percent of the initial reduction preserved.”

In addition, the IMST group also saw significant improvements in vascular endothelial function, suggesting their artery health had improved (although arterial stiffness was unchanged in such a short experiment), while markers of systemic inflammation were lowered.”

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The device used was a POWERbreathe K3.

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https://www.sciencealert.com/this-5-minute-breathing-exercise-lowers-blood-pressure-as-much-as-drugs-or-exercise

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.020980

https://www.powerbreathe.com/product/powerbreathe-k-series/

Michael V said:

“In the space of just five minutes a day – about the time it takes to take 30 deep breaths – a simple breathing exercise can lower blood pressure, boost vascular health, and could sharply reduce your chances of developing serious cardiovascular disease.

It’s called Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), a form of physical training specifically designed to exercise the diaphragm and other breathing muscles, using a handheld device that provides resistance when you inhale through it (kind-of like an asthma puffer that works against you).

IMST was first pioneered decades ago as a way to help critically ill respiratory disease patients strengthen their independent breathing functions, using only mild or moderate resistance in the device.”

“After six weeks, the treatment group using high-resistance IMST saw significant drops in systolic blood pressure (SBP), greater than or equal to what can result from implementing other healthy lifestyle strategies, including aerobic exercise and some blood pressure-lowering medications.

“This improvement in SBP is clinically meaningful because it is associated with a 30 percent to 40 percent lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease,” the researchers explain in their study, noting that the effects lasted for many weeks even after the experiment finished.

“The reduction in casual SBP was largely sustained after six weeks of abstaining from IMST, with about 75 percent of the initial reduction preserved.”

In addition, the IMST group also saw significant improvements in vascular endothelial function, suggesting their artery health had improved (although arterial stiffness was unchanged in such a short experiment), while markers of systemic inflammation were lowered.”

_________________________________

The device used was a POWERbreathe K3.

_________________________________

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-5-minute-breathing-exercise-lowers-blood-pressure-as-much-as-drugs-or-exercise

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.121.020980

https://www.powerbreathe.com/product/powerbreathe-k-series/

It is why I walk a lot.

Toke on that bong

Cymek said:

Toke on that bong

Have a long lived friend, older than me who still looks like Alan Ginsberg
He always said, Get up in the morning, that first toke gets you to cough up everything from yesterday and then you ..drag a comb across your head

cheers for that, michael

transition said:

cheers for that, michael

For those that believe I’m silly. It is true but it is also true that hving been taught to sing, I’m well aware of
breathing techniques.
So yes, I was being silly.

Jaysus, they know how to charge.

sibeen said:

Jaysus, they know how to charge.

Gotta watch those mallee bulls.
How much does a mallee root cost?

so meditation exercises, they are charging you to breathe deep…

Arts said:

so meditation exercises, they are charging you to breathe deep…

And the medical advice to breath often hasn’t changed

Cymek said:

Toke on that bong

apparently tension pneumothorax can lower blood pressure as well

SCIENCE said:

Cymek said:

Toke on that bong

apparently tension pneumothorax can lower blood pressure as well

So can breast feeding?