Are you Breathing Well?

The lungs are the organs of respiration, providing oxygen for life and health and expelling waste carbon dioxide a by-product of the human body’s metabolism. The lungs also warm the incoming air and clean it of any dust particles.

There are two lungs: the left one is divided into two lobes and the right one is divided into three lobes. The lungs in total contain approximately 2400km (1500 miles) of airways and 300 to 500 million alveoli. The alveoli have a total surface area about the size of one side of a grass tennis court. If all of the capillaries that surround the alveoli were unwound and laid end to end, they would extend for about 992km (620 miles).

Each fully developed lung weighs about 1.1 kilograms (2.5 pounds), so the entire organ weighs about 2.3 kilograms (5 pounds).

 Many people breathe is such a manner that it is detrimental to their health, especially people who have a chronic condition. Breathing Well pdf.