Altering breathing patterns fundamentally alters the body's internal chemistry, impacting immune system function and the response to inflammation and stress.

“As a final final point, I want to say that as you shift the way that you breathe, whether or not you're showing off more carbon dioxide or bringing in more oxygen, you are fundamentally changing the chemistry of your internal milieu have your body, and that has been shown to have important effects on the way that your immune system functions and the way that you deal with inflammation and all sorts of different sort of things that can enter your body and cause problems or conditions of stress, et cetera.”