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● Good breathing means proper allocation of carbon dioxide (CO2).

 

Did you know that CO2 is NOT poisonous?  Did you know that CO2 is good for you?  Did you know that CO2 is precious and essential to your health and performance?  Did you know that you exhale only about 15% of the CO2 entering the lungs (at rest)?  Did you know that if you exhale too much CO2 you may be in serious trouble?

 

● Proper allocation of CO2 is about regulating acid-base physiology.

 

Carbon dioxide regulates the pH level of extracellular body fluids, like blood and cerebrospinal fluid; electrolyte balance, like sodium and potassium; blood flow, like to the brain and to the heart; kidney physiology, like bicarbonate regeneration; and delivery of oxygen and nitric oxide (for vasodilation) by haemoglobin.

 

● Extracellular pH = bicarbonates ÷ carbon dioxide, OR pH = [HCO3‾] ÷ PCO2.

 

The Henderson-Hasselbalch (H-H) equation, known to virtually everyone who has studied basic physiology, tells us that pH in blood, cerebrospinal, lymph and interstitial fluids (around cells) is regulated by the relationship between the presence of carbon dioxide, PCO2, regulated by breathing, and bicarbonate concentration, [HCO3‾], regulated by the kidneys.

 

● Carbon dioxide deficiency, HYPOCAPNIA, can result in profound physical and mental changes.

 

Disturbing pH and electrolyte balance, by exhaling too much CO2, may have immediate and long-term effects that trigger, exacerbate, perpetuate, and/or cause a wide variety of emotional (anxiety, anger), cognitive (attention, learning), behavioural (public speaking, test taking), and physical (pain, asthma) changes that may seriously impact health and performance.

 

● The CapnoTrainer® tells you about your own CO2 allocation.

 

Track real-time breathing behaviour with CapnoTrainer software on your own computer screen.  Learn about how your breathing behaviour affects you.  Learn to engage healthy breathing.  Use a CapnoTrainer® at home or in the office while receiving live Internet-based (or in-person) learning sessions from a Certified Breathing Practitioner.