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Breathing through the nose has many benefits compared to mouth breathing. There are ways to force breathing through the nose, for instance by mouth taping. It is, however, normal that nasal passage variates. This article describes the normal physiologic variations in nasal breathing. Mouth taping is not needed to change it!

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