Struggling with weight loss can be frustrating, but it is miserable when youre also tired all the time. For people with apnea, there is a scientific connection between weight gain and sleep loss.
Yep! Not getting enough sleep is a known culprit to weight problems.
Chances are if you can not lose weight then an undiagnosed sleep disorder is disrupting your hormonal balance - leading to more weight gain.
Sleep apnea is a growing health concern. Doctors believe that up to 80 million Americans have sleep apnea and don't even know it.
First tackle the sleep problems. Then good sleep will start working for you in your battle to lose weight, instead of against you. Your efforts to lose weight will become much easier if you solve the sleeping problem first.
Sadly some apnea patients feel overwhelmed when using their CPAP therapy and suffer the consequences of not regularly using it. They notice unexplained weight loss and think it is just due to aging when it could have been prevented.
Here's some things to understand about the connection between apnea and weight gain:
1. Most of you don't have time to feel run down from lack of sleep. Your body's solution is to crave immediate energy by carbo-loading in the form of sugar, carbohydrates and other calorie rich foods. In a study by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, patients with the most extreme cases of sleep problems were also consuming the most calories, protein, cholesterol and saturated fat.
2. The Quebec Family Study found that short sleepers (five to six hours a night) were 35% more likely than average sleepers to have an 11-pound weight gain over six years.
3. It turns out that the best appetite suppressant is a good night's sleep. Poor quality sleep causes levels of the hormone ghrelin to severely increase in your gastrointestinal tract. This hormone is in charge of making you feel hungry. You increase your levels of ghrelin every time you get a bad night's sleep. - 14915
Yep! Not getting enough sleep is a known culprit to weight problems.
Chances are if you can not lose weight then an undiagnosed sleep disorder is disrupting your hormonal balance - leading to more weight gain.
Sleep apnea is a growing health concern. Doctors believe that up to 80 million Americans have sleep apnea and don't even know it.
First tackle the sleep problems. Then good sleep will start working for you in your battle to lose weight, instead of against you. Your efforts to lose weight will become much easier if you solve the sleeping problem first.
Sadly some apnea patients feel overwhelmed when using their CPAP therapy and suffer the consequences of not regularly using it. They notice unexplained weight loss and think it is just due to aging when it could have been prevented.
Here's some things to understand about the connection between apnea and weight gain:
1. Most of you don't have time to feel run down from lack of sleep. Your body's solution is to crave immediate energy by carbo-loading in the form of sugar, carbohydrates and other calorie rich foods. In a study by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, patients with the most extreme cases of sleep problems were also consuming the most calories, protein, cholesterol and saturated fat.
2. The Quebec Family Study found that short sleepers (five to six hours a night) were 35% more likely than average sleepers to have an 11-pound weight gain over six years.
3. It turns out that the best appetite suppressant is a good night's sleep. Poor quality sleep causes levels of the hormone ghrelin to severely increase in your gastrointestinal tract. This hormone is in charge of making you feel hungry. You increase your levels of ghrelin every time you get a bad night's sleep. - 14915
About the Author:
Pam McKee is the director of Clinical Support at MySleepMask.com, a ResMed Preferred Internet Provider of CPAP machines and supplies. She has produced a sleep apnea manual for new apnea patients, that you can download for free at MySleepMask.com.
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