SHR # 2550 :: Is the Rise In CO2 From Your COVID Mask Actually Doing You Some Good? – Anders Olsson - You do it unconsciously up to 20 times a minute at rest. Over 28,000 times a day. Yet you give little if any thought to it. That was until you had to wear a COVID mask. Now CO2 is on everyone's mind. People are making all types of assumptions and leaps to conclusions. These same people who never thought about their breathing before are now experts. There are experts out there who have spent decades studying breathing and breath. They understand things about CO2 that you don't! My guest today is one of those experts. And he knows that CO2 isn't a byproduct waste-gas of oxygen. Just like oxygen your body uses CO2 for some very important processes. And the modest accumulation of blood CO2 may be doing you some good. So much so that there are people who regularly breathe in such way as to raise blood CO2 levels purposefully. Tune in today and hear a conversation you won't hear anywhere else.