When was the last time you thought about breathing? Most people usually do not. When we are healthy, breathing happens naturally and easily. Without much effect on our part, the human respiratory system works hard. Experts say we take about 20,000 breaths every day. One such expert is James Hoyt, a doctor at the University of Colorado’s Health Pulmonology Clinic, also called UCHealth. Hoyt is a pulmonologist, a specialist on respiratory disorders. On the UCHealth website, he notes that our “respiratory muscles are working every minute of the day, every day of our lives.” A muscle called the diaphragm separates the chest and abdominal cavities. As we breathe in, the diaphragm tightens. The chest cavity opens, and the lungs expand. When we breathe out, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, pushing air out. When you breathe deeply, the air coming in through your nose fully fills your lungs, and the lower belly rises. On its website, Harvard Medical School notes that deep breathing may slow the heartbeat, lower blood pressure and lower stress. Deep breaths help your body fully exchange incoming oxygen with outgoing carbon dioxide.
Title: Deep Breathing Helps the Lungs
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4464/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Deep Breathing Helps the Lungs' data-article-id='4995'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5792'>When was the last time you thought about breathing?</span> <span data-start-time='5792' data-end-time='9417'> Most people usually do not.</span> <span data-start-time='9417' data-end-time='16208'>When we are healthy, breathing happens naturally and easily.</span> <span data-start-time='16208' data-end-time='23792'>Without much effect on our part, the human respiratory system works hard.</span> <span data-start-time='23792' data-end-time='29938'> Experts say we take about 20,000 breaths every day.</span> <span data-start-time='29938' data-end-time='44083'>One such expert is James Hoyt, a doctor at the University of Colorado’s Health Pulmonology Clinic, also called UCHealth.</span> <span data-start-time='44083' data-end-time='51438'>Hoyt is a pulmonologist, a specialist on respiratory disorders.</span> <span data-start-time='51438' data-end-time='63958'>On the UCHealth website, he notes that our “respiratory muscles are working every minute of the day, every day of our lives.”</span> <span data-start-time='63958' data-end-time='72167'>A muscle called the diaphragm separates the chest and abdominal cavities.</span> <span data-start-time='72167' data-end-time='76458'>As we breathe in, the diaphragm tightens.</span> <span data-start-time='76458' data-end-time='82625'>The chest cavity opens, and the lungs expand.</span> <span data-start-time='82625' data-end-time='90917'>When we breathe out, the diaphragm relaxes and moves upward, pushing air out.</span> <span data-start-time='90917' data-end-time='101458'>When you breathe deeply, the air coming in through your nose fully fills your lungs, and the lower belly rises.</span> <span data-start-time='101458' data-end-time='113958'>On its website, Harvard Medical School notes that deep breathing may slow the heartbeat, lower blood pressure and lower stress.</span> <span data-start-time='113958' data-end-time='123813'>Deep breaths help your body fully exchange incoming oxygen with outgoing carbon dioxide.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' 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