It's really worth looking into. Highly recommend James Nestor's book Breath. It backed up everything I knew about pranayama but was never explained properly by science. For example, the yogis said we had a finite amount of breaths in a lifetime. Literally, didn't quite make sense. Scientifically, slower breathing and longer exhales are better for health. Thus, less breaths = more lifetime? And the Tibetans had toomo breath (that Wim Hof arguably stole) which increased their body temperature to withstand cold - hence why The Iceman can icebath. The breath is so fascinating when you really get into it!
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That is very cool to have the yogis' claims backed up with science. While hanging out with Tibetan monks in France in the '70s they spoke of being able to withstand the cold through breath. At the time it had to be taken, simply, on faith. There was a pose which involved working ones hands up along the spaces between ones ribs; leaning to left and right each rib level and using breath. It seemed to work on a subjective level, yet it is cool to hear scientific explanations for it as well. 😎👍