How Breastfeeding Shapes Our Breathing and Oral Health
00:00:00.000 | I'm not telling people what to do, and I'm not shaming anyone for doing anything.
00:00:04.020 | I'm just telling you what I have learned, okay?
00:00:06.700 | Our ancestors, we used to be breastfed for a minimum of three years.
00:00:11.360 | And in some cultures, four years, five years, six years, right?
00:00:14.720 | When you are breastfeeding a kid, it pulls the face out, okay?
00:00:18.200 | They develop proper nasal breathing because they can't breathe if they're not breathing
00:00:22.840 | through their noses, right?
00:00:23.840 | And they're breastfeeding for a long time.
00:00:26.000 | And they're doing this, how many times a day?
00:00:28.120 | Eight times a day when they're very young, 10 times a day.
00:00:31.120 | This develops proper oral posture, nasal breathing from the get-go, helps pull the face open.
00:00:36.960 | But it still makes a difference when you're older because when you chew, you help tone
00:00:41.680 | the airway.
00:00:43.240 | And when you don't chew, that airway can get flabby, you know, can get out of shape just
00:00:47.960 | like any other part of your body, which makes it more apt to cause problems when you're