129.The Link between Stress and Weight Gain: How Deep Breathing Exercises Help You Shed Pounds

Do you sometimes wish that there could be ways to shed some weight without having to go to the gym or doing heavy exercise?

One of the reasons you gain extra weight is stress; and it could happen anytime, whether we like it or not. If we could only find a way to handle our stress better, we could also reduce our chances of gaining weight. 

Gladly, there is a really basic and convenient way to avoid getting those unwanted pounds. 

Join me today as I share with you the magic of breathing exercises and how it benefits not only your mental but also your physical wellbeing. Learn how to do it using quick and easy steps!

What you will learn from this episode:

Learn how our unhealthy relationship with stress ultimately leads to weight gain;Find out how you can nurture both your mind and your body by means of simple breathing techniques; andDo it yourself: Get a step-by-step guide on how to do diaphragmatic breathing exercises

“Breathing is not only essential to our survival and one of the most important ways that we physiologically detox, eliminating toxins and waste from our body; but breathing is also a really powerful way to regulate our nervous system.” – Dr. Adrienne Youdim 

Today’s Health Bite:

When we engage in intentional breathing, we activate the vagus nerve, this nerve that connects the gut to the mind and to the heart. Deep breaths will trigger the parasympathetic nervous system and transmit that information to the brain and to the cardiovascular system, which then responds by slowing the heart rate, dilating the blood vessels so that the blood pressure comes downShort and shallow breathing, like when we do when we're anxious or scared, will inflate just the upper areas of the lung and actually stimulate the receptors that are associated with the sympathetic nervous response. So, you are perpetuating that fight or flight when we take short, choppy breaths; whereas deep breathing stimulates the vagus nerve and activates that relaxation response of the parasympathetic nervous system.

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