Scientific Highlights
When you bring up breathing for better health, it immediately gets put into the “woo-woo,” pseudo-science category. However, I have been pleasantly surprised and heartened to discover so many articles written on different aspects of breathing . There are a seemingly endless number of connections to be made between breathing and diabetes throughout the scientific literature. Below are my notes on key articles I have read and my attempt at making some of these connections. However, if you want to skip the nerdy science, everything I have learned has been consolidated into the Three Breathing Principles. Enjoy!
Diaphragmatic breathing exercise as a therapeutic intervention for control of oxidative stress in type 2 diabetes mellitus
Oxygen-induced impairment in arterial function is corrected by slow breathing in patients with type 1 diabetes
Diaphragmatic Breathing Reduces Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress
Impaired circadian modulation of sympathovagal activity in diabetes
Thickness of the basement membrane of bronchial epithelial cells in lung diseases as determined by transbronchial biopsy
Hemoglobin βCys93 is essential for cardiovascular function and integrated response to hypoxia