Every breath YOU TAKE
Aug 14, 2019
3 minutes
TEXT © HELEN FOSTER / TOP SANTÉ
You take around 20,000 breaths a day. Considering how vital it is, it’s a simple process. Breathing in makes your diaphragm tighten and move down, making space for your lungs to take in air. Oxygen from this air passes through your lungs into your blood vessels to circulate through your body. At the same time, carbon dioxide moves from the bloodstream into your lungs. On your exhale, the diaphragm goes back up,
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