Skimming the comments (i.e., those missing the lede)...the arc of the article is this: breathing is another form of eating. It's how your body consumes addition

Skimming the comments (i.e., those missing the lede)...the arc of the article is this: breathing is another form of eating. It's how your body consumes additional resources and persists. You breathe all day. Every day. One breath probably won't kill you. But take enough breaths of the wrong micro-substance and that aggregation will likely shorten your life. Perhaps significantly. Conclusion: If watching your (food) diet is important so is you gases (i.e., air) diet. Makes sense.