Welcome to the first episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. In this episode, I'll talk about nutrition specifically for freediving and improving your lung function and lung capacity, in order to make your lungs stronger, healthier and more flexible for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system, making it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria.

This podcast can also help other athletes who are looking to improve their breathing and lung capacity, or anyone really who wants to improve their lung health and breathing, which at the same time helps to improve your overall health and therefore your quality of living.

Time Stamps:

• 00:10 Introduction to the podcast
• 01:56 Nutrition for freediving and lung health / lung function
• 07:00 Lung and respiratory issues in freediving
• 09:10 Health and fitness for a strong respiratory system and lung capacity
• 12:15 Nutrients - the foundation of good health
• 13:35 How respiratory and breathing problems are on the rise!
• 14:58 Measles, a severe respiratory infection and how it's naturally treated / prevented
• 19:00 Vitamin A, being used to treat Measles and respiratory infections
• 21:10 Low Vitamin A and malnourishment while freediving
• 24:00 How Vitamin A is fundamental to the immune system
• 24:35 Understanding how nutrition is being used in studies
• 25:40 What Vitamin A does and how it's needed to produce epithelial cells, surface cells that line the lungs
• 28:27 Foods that have Vitamin A in them
• 32:00 How to best supplement with Vitamin A
• 34:32 Vitamin A deficiency in the West - the issue with people eating empty caloric foods
• 35:52 The issues with eating artificial foods or partially fractionated foods, like egg whites
• 36:54 Omega-6 oils, how too much will affect your omega balance and arachidonic acid / inflammation
• 37:54 The science involved in nutrition; leukotrienes, arachidonic acid and too much Omega-6
• 40:40 Advice for targeting nutrition for freediving specifically
• 42:20 Conclusion and discussing Part 2 of Nutrition for Freediving and to Improve Lung Capacity

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