001: Nutrition for Freediving and to Improve Lung Capacity - Part 1

Welcome to the first episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. In this episode, I'll talk about nutrition specifically for freediving and improving your lung function and lung capacity, in order to make your lungs stronger, healthier and more flexible for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system, making it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria. This podcast can also help other athletes who are looking to improve their breathing and lung capacity, or anyone really who wants to improve their lung health and breathing, which at the same time helps to improve your overall health and therefore your quality of living. Time Stamps: 00:10 Introduction to the podcast 01:56 Nutrition for freediving and lung health / lung function 07:00 Lung and respiratory issues in freediving 09:10 Health and fitness for a strong respiratory system and lung capacity 12:15 Nutrients - the foundation of good health 13:35 How respiratory and breathing problems are on the rise! 14:58 Measles, a severe respiratory infection and how it's naturally treated / prevented 19:00 Vitamin A, being used to treat Measles and respiratory infections 21:10 Low Vitamin A and malnourishment while freediving 24:00 How Vitamin A is fundamental to the immune system 24:35 Understanding how nutrition is being used in studies 25:40 What Vitamin A does and how it's needed to produce epithelial cells, surface cells that line the lungs 28:27 Foods that have Vitamin A in them 32:00 How to best supplement with Vitamin A 34:32 Vitamin A deficiency in the West - the issue with people eating empty caloric foods 35:52 The issues with eating artificial foods or partially fractionated foods, like egg whites 36:54 Omega-6 oils, how too much will affect your omega balance and arachidonic acid / inflammation 37:54 The science involved in nutrition; leukotrienes, arachidonic acid and too much Omega-6 40:40 Advice for targeting nutrition for freediving specifically 42:20 Conclusion and discussing Part 2 of Nutrition for Freediving and to Improve Lung Capacity You can join the open source information network for this podcast at: To

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001: Nutrition for Freediving and to Improve Lung Capacity - Part 1 is an episode from The Power of the Breath & Epic Wellness by Renee Blundon.

This episode is 43:46 long.

This episode was published on Jul 25, 2020.

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