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Is it better to breathe through your nose or mouth when you are exercising?
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Nose: The nose is an air processor. It warms, filters and humidifies the air you breath so that when it gets to your lungs it is clean, warm and moist - just the way the lungs like it. By mouth breathing your lungs have to work harder because the air hasn't been processed.
Answered 7/29/2012
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