Mouth breathing and ADHD

Recently I did a free teleseminar comparing the benefits of nose breathing to mouth breathing. I have had a very positive response from lots of mouth breathers, saying things like “nose breathing calms me down”, “nose breathing makes a huge difference to anxious children”, “I sleep better”, “this has enabled me to get grounded for the first time in my life”.  Several of these people happen to have a variety of medical conditions and/or learning challenges.

I mentioned in the teleseminar that mouth breathing might be related to ADHD. Since then I have been overwhelmed by how many people with an ADHD diagnosis for themselves / their children or have various neurodivergent symptoms have come forward to tell me what a difference nose breathing has made to them, within days.  Then Patrick Mckeown, author of the Oxygen Advantage, posted me some research about ADHD, sleep disorders and nose breathing – it is frightening that no parents of ADHD children seem to have been told these simple facts. Quoting from one of the many statistics in this research paper “40% of children suffer from Sleep Disordered Breathing (SBD) develop ADD, ADHD and/or learning disability”.  Why aren’t we telling our hard-pressed parents and teachers about the merits of nose breathing, which is, after all, a free resource to everyone?  If you ask google you will find many similar posts.

Please let me have your feedback for you, your family or students. 

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