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Chapter 6. Who can benefit from the the WHM? WHM is not intended to undermine ‘conventional’ medical treatment. It is meant to help us understand the link between our quality of breathing on the billions of cells in our bodies and possible health problems and disorders
Healthy people. Taking cold showers and swimming in the cold weather gives the feeling that we are alive. Taking a cold shower is a great way to start the day and to find our self bursting with energy.
Athletes. Hydrotherapy, sitting in an ice bath speeds up the process of removing waste materials from the body. First the blood vessels constrict, then when the ice bath is over, circulation resumes more actively. Cold baths and alternating hot and cold baths leave the muscles less stiff following strenuous training.
Blood Pressure. The heart pumps the blood through the arteries, which generates pressure on the blood vessels. If the pressure rises too high, it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Doctors measure two values when testing the blood pressure: the higher (systolic) level and the lower (diastolic) level. Normal is considered 120/80.
Chronic high pressure can cause damage to the organs and other structures including the heart muscles, arteries, eyes, kidneys and brain.
Systolic is more variable and particularly responsive to stress.
Diastolic is a good indicator of heart disease. If higher than 95, doctors will recommend quitting smoking, eating a healthier diet, consuming less salt, losing weight, getting at least ½ hour of physical activity per day and learning how to manage stress. Cold exposure should be included in this advice due to its training effects on the blood vessels.
Cancer. Use the strength of the to make the body strong. Cold training and breathing play an important role in efforts to stay as physically fit as possible as positive as possible with healthy living. Whm does not cure cancer but gives patients extra energy every day so life can be lived more positively and actively. Improve life circumstances our self by doing all we can to achieve real progress.
Inflammation. People can control their own inflammatory proteins.
Rheumatism. Cold training and breathing exercises can be an effective supplement to regular treatment.
Crohn’s disease. WHM helps maintain balance in life and gains strength to stay in control of life.
Depression. Behavioral disorders prove to be surprisingly common among people with autoimmune disorders. People with autoimmune disorders suffer from persistent inflammatory reactions. Depression, autism and schizophrenia have been increasingly linked to the immune system. Psychiatric patients have higher concentrations of cytokines--signaling molecules for the immune system in their blood and brains.
The immune system works differently in the brain. The brain has its own immune cells: microglia. They are activated when the brain is under threat. Someone suffering from depression may have microglia in a permanent state of readiness. As a result the links within the brain function less efficiently. It is therefore important for the brain that microglia are not continually occupied trying to combat threats (real and imaginary.)
Appropriate treatment of depression varies based on its varying causes. Breathing exercises and cold training help alleviate depression on a chemical level. In combo with meditation, many are able to get at the root causes of their depression.
Asthma. An inflamed epithelium (the layer of cells that lines the airways) has an important relation to asthma. Currently asthma is mainly attacked by treating the symptoms, but it is still not clear why people get asthma in the first place
Dr. Buteyko -- “Asthma is the response to chronic, often unconscious, hyperventilation. When someone breathes too much for an extended period, the body protests, trying to prevent loss of carbon dioxide by making it more difficult to breath.” “No deep breathing, no asthma.” -- Buteyko
There are three changes during an asthma attack
The airways - the supply and waste removal systems cramp. The airways are surrounded by smooth muscle tissue that run deep into the lungs, continually supplying the alveoli with oxygen. During an asthma attack the smooth muscle can cramp up. Usually this occurs in the upper part but can occur in the lower. This contracts the airways, making breathing difficult.
Inflamed Epithelium - The lungs are covered with a thin layer of cells called epithelium. The epithelium can become inflamed in response to breathing in chemicals. Swollen epithelium make breathing more difficult.
Increased Mucus Production - The Epithelium comprises cilia cells and cells that produce mucus, which ensure that the lungs remain clean and sterile. Mucus captures dust and bacilli that cover the inside wall of the airways. The cilia transport the mucus away towards the throat. In an asthma attack, the epithelium produce extra mucus, so much that the cilia can have difficulty removing it, making breathing more difficult.
The common theme is inflammation of the airways. WHM represses inflammatory response and may reduce the need for anti inflammatory drugs. Buteyko emphasizes the importance of more shallow breathing. Breathing through the nose is sufficient to ensure that breathing is not done too deeply.
The WHM involves deep breathing but the after effect is calmer breathing and normal levels of carbon dioxide. The breathing exercises in the WHM are calm and controlled. In the case of people with asthma, breathing is too deep and out of control.
Arthritis. Arthritis is inflammation of the joints, a progressive condition in which the cartilage erodes steadily, causing pain and stiffness. Inflammation may be caused by excessive wear and tear but also by an inflammatory response to being overweight.
Type II Diabetes (A disease of prosperity). Type I (juvenile diabetes). The body hardly produces insulin. The immune system accidently destroys insulin producing cells. Patients must inject insulin or use an insulin pump. 1 in 10 diabetes patients has type I, the other 9 type II. Type II is adult onset:
The body is resistant to insulin and does not respond properly to insulin (insensitivity)
Risk of developing type II diabetes increases with weight, lack of physical activity, age and family history, becoming more common among young people.
Treatment includes drugs, adapting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity.
Obesity, Type II diabetes and inflammation are all linked. In people who are overweight, the body responds less well in people who are overweight. Inflammation of fat tissue plays a role. The protein cytokine IL-1 plays a role in inflammation and is more active in fat around the waist. A sister protein is IL-37 provides protection against both inflammation and insulin sensitivity.
Cold training and breathing should be explored as a method to help address inflammation. Obesity is an inflammatory disease. Not exercising enough and eating too much makes us overweight, but the inflammatory response plays a greater role in the downward spiral. Control the inflammation and it becomes easier to control everything else in line.
Inflammatory proteins can be controlled with drugs or by changing the diet, adding more physical activity, breathing exercises and cold training.
Brown fat is also an important indicator in obesity level. Brown fat is produced when the body is cold. Brow fat is mainly produced when 2 proteins (PRDM 16 and BPM 7) are activated in response to cold. Brown fat is produced when the body’s cold, an important source of fuel used to maintain the right body temperature. The more we work or play outside in the cold the higher the level of brown fat we will have. Brown fat balances out with fat stored as fuel (white) Brown fat has more mitochondria than white fat and is a better source of fuel. More brown fat allows more fat to be burned in the cells-and the more weight can be lost.
Fatigue. Nutrients like fats, proteins and carbohydrates are bund at the cellular level. Energy is required by all the muscles and organs when in use and at rest.
Like a normal fire, the burning process requires both fuel and oxygen. Oxygen is inhaled and absorbed by the lungs. It is then carried by the blood to every cell in the muscles and organs.
Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is the body's primary energy source. ATP is broken down to release Energy. Different energy systems provide ATP. When we need energy we have five ‘storage pots’ which all prove ATP in their own way: (1) Fat, (2) glucose (aerobic) (3) glycolysis (anaerobic) (4) creatine phosphate (5) Free ATP
Energy requirements depend on the intensity of the activity. Each storage pot has a different capacity and availability. Fat is used for light, long lasting activity in which energy is released slowly. Free ATP is used for extremely intense activity (short bursts of power)
The body is using energy all day, even at rest. Our bodies have enough fat to keep us alive for days. A health body first burns the fat stored in the muscles then taps into the subcutaneous fat reserves. The greater the effort, the more the body relies on creatine phosphate and free ATP. The different energy systems work together but the relative contribution of each one varies depending on the duration and intensity of the activity. The less intense the activity, the more low energy fats are used as fuel.
People suffering from chronic fatigue tap into sugar reserves rather than fat, rather than fat, while at rest. They use energy as if they were constantly engaged in physical activity. Reserves are not being replenished and the body feels exhausted. Their bodies ar ‘on’ all the time, even at rest, so they feel exhausted in the morning. The body has become a sugar burning machine.
Breathing is an important factor for the body being ‘on’ active rather than at rest. There is a disrupted balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the blood (VANder Poel.) A shortage of carbon dioxide in the blood raises the pH value. The carbon dioxide shortage is caused by breathing too deeply and too rapidly.
Breathing exercises and mobilitizing brown fat have beneficial effects for people suffering from fatigue. Breathing exercises and cold training are not expensive drugs and have no severe side effects.
Varicose Veins. Cold training improves blood flow and functioning of the blood vessels.
Cold Hands and Feet. Cold showers equal less problems with cold hands and feet.
After being exposed to extreme cold, the body responds by generating heat. When the cold stops, the body continues to generate heat.
Breathing exercises also help. The ration of oxygen to carbon dioxide should be around 3:2. Breathing quickly causes us toexpel too much carbon dioxide, causing the vessels to contract, making circulation less efficient, which is noted immediately in the hands and feet (extremities)
Reduce Inflammation. The secret to a long life is to reduce inflammation.
Ëx[sure to cold always brings us back, completely and intensely, to the here and now.¨
Under stress? Take a cold shower. Do the same when tired for an energy shot. More contact with our body equals more relaxation and less stress. If we have good health, shelter, food and drink we have no good reason to spend the day agitated and flustered. Take a cold shower to freshen up.
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