>>11069790>Like I don't get what's happening if you stop breathingWhen you stop breathing, you stop getting rid of CO2; a waste product of metabolism. CO2 buildup causes an increase in your physiological pH, which can result in cell death in high enough concentrations.
In principle, you would ideally want to reduce one's metabolic rate in order to prolong one's lifespan. Reducing the metabolic rate of a cell would result in the reduction in one's cellular division rate. Because a cell can only divide a limited number of times before it goes G_0, increasing the time it takes to reach that limited number, would proportionally increase the relative lifespan of said individual.
Breathing less would have to be a product of a lower metabolic rate in order for this to work. Not the other way around
