Dr. Nathan Bryan

Those are the over-the-counter.

And then the main prescription medications are the Omeprazole and the Pentoprazole.

Oh, so Gaviscon.

So number one, it's got aluminum in it, which should absolutely be avoided.

But yeah, it looks like a buffer.

It's got an aluminum hydroxide, which is a strong base, so it's neutralizing the stomach acid production.

But it's a neutralizing agent, but anything that contains aluminum you should absolutely avoid.

You know, when we talk about the enzyme that's found in the lining of the blood vessels, when we started this segment, that same enzyme is found in our epithelial cells, in our upper airways, in our sinuses.

So just like exercise can activate nitric oxide production in the lining of the blood vessels, deep breathing, nasal breathing activates that enzyme in the epithelial cells of our sinuses.

And so when we do nasal breathing, it's activating the enzyme to make nitric oxide.

And now we're delivering that nitric oxide gas into the bronchioles, the lower airway.

It's dilating those bronchioles.

Moreover, it's dilating the pulmonary arteries.

So now we're improving oxygen uptake, oxygen delivery.

And that's why nasal breathing and deep breathing has been shown to lower blood pressure.

Oh, yeah, again, going over the past 20 years.

Yeah, no, I think there's a lot of people.

I mean, obviously, your girlfriend, there's Patrick McKeown in the UK.

Yeah.

Now, I think the benefits of that are pretty well, and mechanistically we understand the benefits of it.