Quality of Life Is Controlled By Brain and Body O2 Levels

Definition of quality of life

Quality of life definition is nearly impossible since various groups of people imply and value various parameters and their significance in possible definition of quality of life. In addition, life quality can be applied to an individual, society, or social group. However, most people would agree that there are certain factors that indicate poor or low quality of life in an individual, group, or society. For example, poverty, high crime rates, illiteracy, high infant mortality, high rates of divorces, stress, addictions, wide prevalence of chronic diseases, and low life expectancy are all factors that reflect low life quality. They are also called quality of life indicators. Based on such general ideas, it is possible to introduce quality of life as an integrative factor that could be subjectively measured using certain criteria.

Quality of life research

Clinical experience of Soviet and Russian doctors suggests that virtually all above-mentioned negative factors are connected, on a physiological level, with low body oxygenation due to ineffective breathing patterns that became very common in the general population during last several decades. Consider medical facts.

Minute ventilation rates (chronic diseases)

Condition	Minute ventilation	Number of people	All references or click below for abstracts
Normal breathing	6 L/min	-	Medical textbooks
Healthy Subjects	6-7 L/min	>400	Results of 14 studies
Heart disease	15 (±4) L/min	22	Dimopoulou et al, 2001
Heart disease	16 (±2) L/min	11	Johnson et al, 2000
Heart disease	12 (±3) L/min	132	Fanfulla et al, 1998
Heart disease	15 (±4) L/min	55	Clark et al, 1997
Heart disease	13 (±4) L/min	15	Banning et al, 1995
Heart disease	15 (±4) L/min	88	Clark et al, 1995
Heart disease	14 (±2) L/min	30	Buller et al, 1990
Heart disease	16 (±6) L/min	20	Elborn et al, 1990
Pulm hypertension	12 (±2) L/min	11	D'Alonzo et al, 1987
Cancer	12 (±2) L/min	40	Travers et al, 2008
Diabetes	12-17 L/min	26	Bottini et al, 2003
Diabetes	15 (±2) L/min	45	Tantucci et al, 2001
Diabetes	12 (±2) L/min	8	Mancini et al, 1999
Diabetes	10-20 L/min	28	Tantucci et al, 1997
Diabetes	13 (±2) L/min	20	Tantucci et al, 1996
Asthma	13 (±2) L/min	16	Chalupa et al, 2004
Asthma	15 L/min	8	Johnson et al, 1995
Asthma	14 (±6) L/min	39	Bowler et al, 1998
Asthma	13 (±4) L/min	17	Kassabian et al, 1982
Asthma	12 L/min	101	McFadden & Lyons, 1968
COPD	14 (±2) L/min	12	Palange et al, 2001
COPD	12 (±2) L/min	10	Sinderby et al, 2001
COPD	14 L/min	3	Stulbarg et al, 2001
Sleep apnea	15 (±3) L/min	20	Radwan et al, 2001
Liver cirrhosis	11-18 L/min	24	Epstein et al, 1998
Hyperthyroidism	15 (±1) L/min	42	Kahaly, 1998
Cystic fibrosis	15 L/min	15	Fauroux et al, 2006
Cystic fibrosis	10 L/min	11	Browning et al, 1990
Cystic fibrosis*	10 L/min	10	Ward et al, 1999
CF and diabetes*	10 L/min	7	Ward et al, 1999
Cystic fibrosis	16 L/min	7	Dodd et al, 2006
Cystic fibrosis	18 L/min	9	McKone et al, 2005
Cystic fibrosis*	13 (±2) L/min	10	Bell et al, 1996
Cystic fibrosis	11-14 L/min	6	Tepper et al, 1983
Epilepsy	13 L/min	12	Esquivel et al, 1991
CHV	13 (±2) L/min	134	Han et al, 1997
Panic disorder	12 (±5) L/min	12	Pain et al, 1991
Bipolar disorder	11 (±2) L/min	16	MacKinnon et al, 2007
Dystrophia myotonica	16 (±4) L/min	12	Clague et al, 1994

Bear in mind that modern normal subjects also have about 12 L/min or double normal ventilation. Laws of physiology teach us that overbreathing must lead to low body and brain oxygen levels. There are also additional negative effects of hypocapnia (low CO2 levels) that make nerve cells overexcited. As a result, people become more prone or susceptible to greed, violence, hostility, addictions, infidelity, exaggerated levels of stress and inability to cope with mild forms of stress, poor immune function and development of chronic diseases. Bear in mind that while about 200 Soviet and Russian doctors have been working or restoration of normal breathing parameters (slowing down automatic breathing patterns of their patients), and improved quality of life in their patients was a side effect of breathing retraining. That testifies about the crucial role of breathing in various factors related to quality of life.

As these MDs found, restoration of normal body and brain oxygen values leads to natural elimination or nearly complete disappearance of chronic diseases, high stress levels, laziness, problems with addictions, and many other negative effects of the disturbed human brain and poorly oxygenated body. Therefore, body oxygenation and breathing patterns are key factors that control life quality and physical health in humans. This means that low body oxygen levels automatically worsen quality of life, while high body oxygenation provides conditions necessary for normal quality of life and physical health.

Lifestyle factor:	Body oxygen < 30 s	Body oxygen > 50 s
Energy level	Medium, low, or very low	High
Desire to exercise	Not strong, but possible	Craving and joy of exercise
Intensive exercise with nose breathing	Hard or impossible	Easy and effortless
Typical mind states	Confusion, anxiety, depression	Focus, concentration, clarity
Craving for coffee, sugar and junk foods	Present	Absent
Addictions to smoking, alcohol, and drugs	Possible	Absent
Desire to eat raw foods	Weak and rare	Very common and natural
Correct posture	Rare and requires efforts	Natural and automatic
Sleep	Often of poor quality; > 7 hours	Excellent quality; < 5 hours naturally

Sleep: Learn how to sleep less and better naturally and have more refreshing sleep. Quality and duration of sleep are closely connected with our unconscious breathing patterns. When our breathing is light and easy, we sleep better and are happier with less sleep. Furthermore, people with very high CP (body oxygen level) require very little sleep: only about 4 hours for 60 s CP and 2 hours for 3 min CP. Read more ....

Digestion: Quality and duration of digestion are also regulated by breathing. This is logical since blood and oxygen supply for the digestive tract depends on breathing. When we are sick, our digestive organs are sluggish: we try to have smaller and frequent meals. When we breathe less, more oxygen and blood is provided for the stomach, liver, pancreas and colon. Hence, with very high CPs, people have good health and can digest the same meals about twice faster ...

Energy: For most people, body oxygen level (CP) predicts their energy level. When our breathing is heavy, we have less oxygen in body cells. Hence, it is normal that, with less than 20 s CP, most people complain about chronic fatigue. People with high body oxygen levels have good health and great energy levels.

Performance: Our long-term accomplishments are controlled by our automatic breathing patterns. When we overbreathe, it is hard to be consistent and follow long-term goals in any area. When we breathe normally and in good health, our mind is better focused on reality and the body is full of energy. As a result, we have better performance in many areas, like job, sports, hobbies, and many others.

YouTube Video Quality of Life and Health Depend on Body Oxygen Levels. How could chronic diseases undermine quality of life? Why do sick people have poor sleep, sluggish digestion, low energy level and reduced performance? What was different in the past when diseases of civilization were rare? Why did people have good health some centuries ago? What is the ideal quality of life? Life quality is influenced or even controlled by our unconscious breathing patterns that provide all cells with vital oxygen. When we breathe more air, we cannot improve blood oxygenation since it is nearly maximum for very small normal breathing. Therefore, the main immediate result of overbreathing is less CO2 in the lungs, blood and body cells. this causes problems with oxygen delivery to cells.

Most modern people have poor life quality with numerous negative symptoms, like feeling sleepy after eating. This is a definite sigh of low body oxygen levels. Read more...

Another common sign of poor quality of life is feeling tired after eating. This is possible only in people with tissue hypoxia (or those who have less than 20 seconds for the body oxygen test). Read more ...

Reference Web Pages: Breathing norms, Medical Graphs and Tables about Breathing Rates (Minute Ventilation) and Body Oxygen in Healthy, Normal and Sick People
Breathing norms Parameters, graph, and description of the normal breathing pattern
6 breathing myths 6 myths about breathing and body oxygenation (prevalence: over 90%)
Hyperventilation Definitions of hyperventilation: their advantages and weak points
Hyperventilation Syndrome in the Sick. Table 1. Western scientific evidence about prevalence of CHV (chronic hyperventilation) in patients with various chronic conditions (34 medical studies)
Normal Minute Ventilation in Healthy Subjects: Easy and Light Breathing (14 Studies)
Hyperventilation Prevalence Present in Over 90% of Normal People (24 medical publications)
HV and hypoxia How and why deep breathing reduces oxygenation of cells and tissues of all vital organs
Body oxygen test How to measure your own breathing and body oxygenation (a simple DIY test)
Body oxygen in healthy Table 4. CP (body oxygen level) in healthy people (27 medical studies)
Body oxygen in sick Table 5. CP (body oxygen level) in sick people (14 medical studies)
Buteyko Table of Health Zones with clinical description of most common zones
Morning HV Morning hyperventilation effect or how and why critically ill people are most likely to die during early morning hours

References: CO2 Effects Web Pages
Vasodilation: CO2 expands arteries and arterioles facilitating perfusion (or blood supply) to all vital organs
The Bohr effect How and why oxygen is released by red blood cells in tissues
Cell Oxygen Levels and oxygen transport are controlled by alveolar CO2 and breathing
Oxygen Transport depends on breathing and these two effects (Vasoconstriction-Vasodilation and the Bohr effect) are parts of two diagrams that summarize influences of hypocapnia (low CO2 content in the blood and cells) on circulation and O2 delivery
Free Radical Generation takes place due to anaerobic cell respiration caused by cell hypoxia. Hence, antioxidant defenses of the human body are also regulated by CO2 and breathing
Inflammatory Response is controlled by breathing since hypoxia leads to or intensifies chronic inflammation through over-expression of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1, while normal breathing reduces these processes
Nerve stabilization takes place due to calmative or sedative effects of carbon dioxide in neurons or nerve cells
Muscle relaxation or relaxation of muscle cells is normal at high CO2, while hypocapnia causes muscular tension, poor posture and, sometimes, aggression and violence
Brochodilation - dilation of airways (bronchi and bronchioles) by carbon dioxide, and their constriction due to hypocapnia
CO2: Best Natural Cough Suppressant and "home remedy" since it calms urge-to-cough nerve receptors located in the tracheobronchial tree and larynx
Blood pH regulation and regulation of other bodily fluids
CO2: Lung Damage Healer: Elevated carbon dioxide prevents injury and promotes healing of lung tissues
CO2: Skin and Tissue Healer
Synthesis of Glutamine in the Brain, CO2 fixation, and other chemical reactions
CO2 myth "CO2 is a toxic waste gas" myth
Breathing control How is our breathing regulated? Why hypocapnia makes breathing uneven and erratic?

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