I must confess I don’t think too much about breathing, or about my nose and only when it’s plugged or Jenny is nudging me to turn over in my sleep, does it get much attention and yet it plays a rather big role in keeping all of us alive and healthy. James Nestor is a very entertaining science writer with great anecdotes to keep the reader engaged and though he may be short on the scientific intricacies, the book did have more than a ring of truth about it. For one, I immediately started to pay attention to my breathing and continue to, even a week after I closed the book. I have even tried some of the anti-snoring suggestions in the book, so far with limited success.
Nestor ends his book with an Epilogue that has these suggestions: Shut your mouth, breathe through your nose(inhale for 5.5 seconds in, exhale 5.5), exhale, chew, breathe more on occasion, hold your breath, how we breathe matters. An interesting read and possibly very important.