How We Breathe

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What do catching our breath, diving underwater and singing a tune all have in common? They all require us to take a deep breath, which supplies us with enough oxygen to perform other activities. We don’t usually give much thought to breathing, but we definitely notice if it gets interrupted.

The posts below touch on what happens when we breathe, a process that starts the moment we are born, and how it affects other parts of our body.