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Ep. 461: Bleepidy Bleep

The MeatEater Podcast

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The Effects of Breathing on the Brain

When you go down, your lungs shrink because you're full air. And the increase in blood being pushed to the brain. So more blood is shoved to your brain, which compensates for the lower arterial oxygen saturation that occurs when your body metabolizes the oxygen during a breath hold. It correlates to these like app, these different atmospheres that which pressure becomes noticeably different.

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