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4 The breath of life 1 The Breath of Life Science has brought us immense gains in physical well - being but has, made us neglect the wisdom of the past. When we are tired and dispirited we turn automatically today to drugs Seeking perhaps a stimulant to counteract our fatigue or antidepressant to raise our mood. In doing so we overlook a natural pick - me - up which our forebears, informs the with great success to overcome these below - par ills. In terms of physical health, Science brings us great benefits, but often we ignore the wisdom of the past. When we are tired, we automatically seek to improve our mood by looking for drugs that may counteract our fatigue or depression. In doing so, we ignore the natural pick-me-up of our ancestors who had been very successful in overcoming these uncomfortable diseases. It is exceedingly about to excuse this oversight for theimportance of breathing must be apparent even to the mostunenlightened individuals. We know that humans can go forweeks without food and days without water but can survive foronly minutes air. Every day We need to absorb the about 35 lb of airwhich is six times our consumption of the food and ultimately responds. Each cellin our bodies needs its daily ultimately responds of oxygen and this It can onlyget from the air We breathe. Excuses for this neglect is extremely difficult, even for an ignorant man the importance of breathing is obvious. We know that humans can survive for weeks without food, without water, but without air, they can only live for a few minutes. We need to absorb about 35 pounds of air every day, six times the amount of food and drink we consume. Every cell in our body needs oxygen every day, only from the air we breathe. Lungs grow lazy Many people become shallow breathers because of the tension and physical inactivity of modern life. At rest we use only a fraction of our total lung capacity. If you lead a constantly sedentary way of life your lungs will grow lazy through lack of use