Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Train your breathing — improving your CO₂ tolerance with breathwork can buffer your body's reaction to elevated levels
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Train your breathing — improving your CO₂ tolerance with breathwork can buffer your body's reaction to elevated levels
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But we can also build our CO₂ tolerance using breath-holding techniques and engaging in high-intensity exercise, which produces lots of CO₂ and provides a natural way to build tolerance.
Number one, you can actually just become more resilient to CO2. So, if you work on your CO2 tolerance, this will help. Especially if you're CO2 intolerant.
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