The breath of life was breathed through man's nostrils, not through his mouth. Urban Dictionary defines a mouth breather as, "literally, someone who lacks enough intelligence that they never learned to breathe through their nose." The word slack-jawed refers to "a less than somewhat retarded p... Read More

Informed athletes practice nasal breathing during exercise and recovery. Breathing through the nose forces the airways open to remove waste more efficiently without the typical stress response induced by panting through an open mouth. George Catlin (Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life, Ninth Ed... Read More

"Savages" are mostly immune to dental disease. The percentage of skulls showing carious teeth of North American Indians was 9.5 percent — 3.9 percent for those living in the Pacific Northwest. Caries mostly belonged to tribal elders, usually affecting their molar teeth, rarely their canine o... Read More

Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) said … "There's no counterfeit air. The air is pressurized into us as an incoming process. "We have two hours and forty minutes of incoming breath during meditation — two hours to breathe and forty minutes to crap." George Catlin (Shut Your Mouth and Save ... Read More

According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … "Yawning is a suction, siphoning out the gas. Then you can breathe more through your nostrils." And nasal breathing helps preserve your teeth. George Catlin (Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life, Ninth Edition, 1891) wrote ... "If Civilized m... Read More