Modified by Mike White. Dr. Andreas Buchinger, Third generation physician administrator of the Buchinger Fasting Clinic in Bad Pyrmont Germany. At a 1998 lecture on fasting at Fort Mason, San Francisco. There is a direct relationship between breathing and aliveness. Oxygen is our primary nutrient.
Breathing is also related to positive emotions.
Stop now and hold your breath and try getting real excited. Passion, laughter, and high states of energy all require maximal breathing ease and volume. We have approximately 70 billion cells and they all interrelate with each other and are involved in countless biochemical reactions. And if you under breathe, your cellular functions and entire body machinery will become sluggish and you'll lose your vitality and age quickly. If you under breathe you will have insufficient blood oxygen, and that forces your enzymes to do extra work.