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A very elegant explanation of the cause for asthma is that it's due to subtle chronic hyperventilation. Asthma is simply a protection mechanism against the depletion of carbon dioxide in the body. Some people have genetic predisposition for this protection. CO2 is needed to balance the immune system and to relax muscle tissue, among other things. A thunderstorm imposes stress and that is enough to trigger the protection mechanism.

Many people , bear witness of how they have rid themselves of asthma by recalibrating their CO2 tolerance to sane levels.

And you can do this on your own, although there are people in many countries(not in mine though) that can help you with it.

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A very elegant explanation of the cause for asthma is that it's due to subtle chronic hyperventilation. Asthma is simply a protection mechanism against the depletion of carbon dioxide in the body. Some people have genetic predisposition for this protection. CO2 is needed to balance the immune system and to relax muscle tissue, among other things. A thunderstorm imposes stress and that is enough to trigger the protection mechanism.

Many people , bear witness of how they have rid themselves of asthma by recalibrating their CO2 tolerance to sane levels.

And you can do this on your own, although there are people in many countries(not in mine though) that can help you with it.

/jeorgen

A very elegant explanation of the cause for asthma is that it's due to subtle chronic hyperventilation. Asthma is simply a protection mechanism against the depletion of carbon dioxide in the body. Some people have genetic predisposition for this protection. CO2 is needed to balance the immune system and to relax muscle tissue, among other things. A thunderstorm imposes stress and that is enough to trigger the protection mechanism.

Many people , bear witness of how they have rid themselves of asthma by recalibrating their CO2 tolerance to sane levels.

And you can do this on your own, although there are people in many countries(not in mine though) that can help you with it.

/jeorgen

A very elegant explanation of the cause for asthma is that it's due to subtle chronic hyperventilation. Asthma is simply a protection mechanism against the depletion of carbon dioxide in the body. Some people have genetic predisposition for this protection. CO2 is needed to balance the immune system and to relax muscle tissue, among other things. A thunderstorm imposes stress and that is enough to trigger the protection mechanism.

Many people , bear witness of how they have rid themselves of asthma by recalibrating their CO2 tolerance to sane levels.

And you can do this on your own, although there are people in many countries(not in mine though) that can help you with it.

/jeorgen

A very elegant explanation of the cause for asthma is that it's due to subtle chronic hyperventilation. Asthma is simply a protection mechanism against the depletion of carbon dioxide in the body. Some people have genetic predisposition for this protection. CO2 is needed to balance the immune system and to relax muscle tissue, among other things. A thunderstorm imposes stress and that is enough to trigger the protection mechanism.

Many people , bear witness of how they have rid themselves of asthma by recalibrating their CO2 tolerance to sane levels.

And you can do this on your own, although there are people in many countries(not in mine though) that can help you with it.

/jeorgen

One explanation for why people snore, and specifically have sleep apnoea, is that it is a defense mechanism of the body to prevent hyperventilation. Don't laugh, it's perfectly possible to hyperventilate in a fashion that is all but unnoticeable. Try to breathe normally and then hold your breath after an outbreath, and measure how long you can hold it comfortably and be able to resume your normal breathing without a initial gulp for air! (Don't do this however if it feels uncomfortable or if your diabetic, or you get palpitations). The number of seconds you can hold your breath comfortably is a measure of how well you tolerate carbon dioxide.

40-60 seconds tolerance is optimal. If you have a low tolerance your "carbon dioxide thermostat" (capnostat) is out of calibration, and your body will start doing defense mechanism to counter the Co2 depletion by way of blocked nose, asthma, sleep apnoea etcetera.

This kind of thinking is admittedly a bit unorthodox, but more and more people belive in it and practice breathing re-training, particularly in New Zealand and Australia. I am a firm bliever in it and practice it myself.

The best info site on the net about it is
this site

If you speak Swedish check out my site andas mindre nu on the topic

(Both sites are non-commercial)

The technique of calibrating your capnostat back to normal is called the Buteyko technique after a Russian doctor who discovered the connection.

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On a more serious note, thake a look at the Buteyko site to see how much you should breathe.

Cheers
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