002: Nutrition for Freediving and to Improve Lung Capacity - Part 2

The Deep Dive with Renee Blundon

Welcome to the second episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. This episode is part two about nutrition to improve your lung health and lung function for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system to make it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria.

This episode will focus on vitamin D and N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in detail and will also touch on a few other important vitamins and nutrients. We'll also cover some super interesting info about the oxidative stress and free-radical damage caused in in the body from freediving, and what foods and supplements can help your freediving recovery.

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

Time Stamps:

• 00:00 Introduction to the podcast
• 01:50 Recapping Episode 1 - Nutrition for freediving, vitamin A & omega balance
• 03:25 Intro to Part 2 of Nutrition for Freediving & lung issues in freediving
• 04:57 Vitamin D - an essential nutrient that your body absolutely needs
• 05:45 How they treated patients with respiratory issues with sunlight and cod liver oil
• 08:20 How is cod liver oil effective for lung and respiratory health?
• 10:30 Freediving in the wintertime in regards to vitamin D
• 13:50 How vitamin D and cathelicidins boost the immune system
• 14:37 Tips for getting vitamin D from sunlight
• 17:39 With COVID-19 are freedivers erring on the side of caution?
• 19:14 Should you get a Vitamin D Test? If so what do you look for?
• 21:27 Foods that are rich in Vitamin D
• 22:00 How to supplement with Vitamin D
• 22:40 N-Acetyl Cysteine - Needed to make Glutathione, an important antioxidant
• 23:49 Oxidative Stress and Free Radical Damage Caused from Freediving
• 29:29 Glutathione & NAC in regards to COVD-19 and other viruses and bacteria
• 34:10 Foods Rich in N-Acetyl Cysteine
• 35:15 N-Acetyl Cysteine Supplementation
• 35:55 Omega 3 Supplementation
• 36:23 Conclusion, recapping and discussing Vitamin C

Resources:

Why Taking Vitamin D Pills Could Help the Fight Against TB and HIV https://theconversation.com/why-taking-vitamin-d-pills-could-help-the-fight-against-tb-and-hiv-56238

Oxidative Stress in Breath-Hold Divers After Repetitive Dives https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23813458/

A Rapid Review of the Evidence for Effectiveness in Treating COVID-19 https://covid19-evidence.paho.org/handle/20.500.12663/1089

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