Do you have sleep apnea? Lack of rest could be making you fat

nola.com ^ | 08/09/2016 | Molly Kimball

[BenLurkin]

There's no question that sleep is intricately tied to weight. How big a factor is it? Perpetual sleep deprivation can undermine weight loss efforts as significantly as adding a Big Mac to our regular daily diet.

Research is so strong for the case for sufficient sleep as a weight loss aid that as a nutritionist I look at sleep as the third element in the trifecta of factors that impact our weight, right alongside diet and exercise.

So it should be no surprise that sleep apnea – a condition where people stop breathing during sleep, as often as 30 times or more per hour – can negatively influence a person's weight.

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We eat more when we're sleep deprived – studies show as many as 550 extra calories a day – likely because sleep influences levels of hormones that affect our feelings of hunger and fullness. We crave more carbs when we skimp on sleep, too.

Even when we cut back on calories, sleep deprivation can still make it harder to shed extra pounds. Researchers have found that, among study participants who have the same caloric deficit, those who are sleep deprived lose less body fat, and they actually lose more lean muscle mass.

[mumblypeg]

C-pap machines are available online, amazon and ebay.
Just purchasing the thing directly, instead of hassling with doctors and insurance, is waaaay less expensive.
The machine and the tubing must be wiped clean with a bleach solution daily, to kill bacteria.

[SgtHooper]

Wouldn’t hurt to tap a bud pipe into the tubing for the medicinal users of Mary Jane!

[going hot]

Yeah, Paradox has the actual physiological explanation of how it works, and one can get into even more detail.

Bottom line, what goes in the top signals what is there to evacuate.

[jetson]

I’ve never gotten used to the C-Pap. The scary part of sleep apnia is the build up of Co2 in your lungs.