01. Buteyko Body Oxygen Test (Buteyko Breathing Technique)

The Buteyko body oxygen test - Find out how you can easily measure your body oxygen content using a stress-free breath holding time test. This is the main test of the Buteyko breathing technique, while the video provides a precise and simple description of this breath holding test.

It is also called the Buteyko CP or Control Pause. The Buteyko test is done after usual expiration and only until the first signs of stress or discomfort. Learn about breath holding time test results in healthy and sick people based on tens of western studies and experience of Soviet and Russian medical doctors practicing the Buteyko breathing method. These Buteyko doctors tested thousands of people in the USSR and Russia and this Buteyko test became the practical foundation of the Buteyko Table of Health Zones.

Doctor Buteyko and his medical colleagues (over 180 doctors) tested more than 100,000 patients and found that the following relationships are generally true for the Buteyko body oxygen test:
1-10 s - critically and terminally ill patients, usually hospitalized
10-20 s - most sick patients with numerous complaints and, often, on daily medical drugs
20-40 s - most normal people and people with poor health, but often without serious organic problems.
40-60 s - good health (no chronic diseases).
Over 60 s - ideal health, with short sleep, very high energy levels, and amazing clarity of mind.

More about the Buteyko body oxygen test and Buteyko scientific evidence:
http://www.normalbreathing.com/index-measure-CP.php

http://www.normalbreathing.com/buteyko.php - Web page about the Buteyko method with links to scientific evidence, clinical trials, Buteyko breathing exercises and lifestyle modules.

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[plaidmike09]

For the test, should we fully exhale until theres no air in the system or let air remain like how we "normally" breathe?

[artour2006]

@plaidmike09

Usual exhalation, as the video says.

[amusingisthedawn]

I get bloated and have trouble breathing at list once a day. I did this test and felt like I was going to pass out after about 10 seconds... This is probably not a good sign huh?

[artour2006]

@amusingisthedawn

You surely need to slow down your breathing and get more than 20 sec as your first step.

[Acerbusss]

everytime i do the test i get different numbers!! i got 8, 15, 19 im not sure what im doing wrong

[artour2006]

@Acerbusss

if it is different after hours, it can be due to meals or other lifestyle factors or emotions.

If it is different within 10-20 min, it is very rare but possible due to dysregulated breathing (e.g., for some sleep apnea people), loss of CO2 sensitivity, and in a few more rare cases.

[artour2006]

Those who require help can get it here: normalbreathing(dot)com/learn.­php

[artour2006]

@karenrevision

Correct. Furthermore, if we go a little bit off from the normal conditions (40 mm Hg for alveolar and arterial CO2), so that CO2 can range from about 25 to 45 mm Hg, we can discover 2 physiological laws (CO2 vasodilation and Bohr effect), both of which are almost linear effects for this CO2 range telling to us that oxygen transport is linearly proportional to arterial CO2. Hence, when one has higher CO2, he has proportionally higher O2 content. For details, visit the main site.

[KorionDotNet]

I'm at 40s, I've got no cravings for junk foods etc. but my energy could be higher, my sleep is not that good and I have sinus issues.

[aliceihm]

God, I'm asthmatic, and I'm at 10 secounds...

[Burmoman]

compare the breathing...SIMPLES!

[artour2006]

@fullfist

You can learn more at NormalBreathing