Ray Peat Audio Archive

Buteyko Breathing - Bud Weiss, 2008-09-15 — Ray Peat Clip

This curated audio highlight features Ray Peat speaking in the interview Buteyko Breathing - Bud Weiss, 2008-09-15. The excerpt begins at 6:06 and runs for 46 seconds.

to you before, there was some question about the Buteyko method and why it works. Could you speak a little bit about that in terms of your thoughts about why reduced breathing would have the kind of profound effect that it is having? Okay. One of the effects of the thyroid hormone is to increase the consumption of oxygen in that means to increase the production of carbon dioxide. When the thyroid hormone is properly active, it increases the ratio of progesterone to estrogen. This shifts the