A study conducted by a sleep clinic in Newcastle has shown that the seriousness of sleep apnea patients was directly related to its weight. After the examination of records of 20 years, it became clear that, as their patients have gained weight and increased your BMI, the frequency of its apnoeas increased.
There has been a link between sleep apnea and overweight, but it is interesting to find a study that shows the relationship between the two so directly. On average men put 10 kg and 12 kg of women when for the first time, they visited the clinic, but while no specific reason was nominated for because they put on weight, increasing the severity of your sleep apnea was a consequence of course.
Weight and sleep apnea are closely linked
Dr Jeffry Pretto, who made the analysis of clinical data, said: "how many times each time people actually stop breathing, or delay your breath significantly-this brand is very attached to the body mass index. How bodyweight people rises, the severity of your sleep apnea gets worse. Another interesting conclusion is the occurrence of severe obesity-that is if they have a body mass index of more than 40. In 1987, only 3 percent of people who were referred to us for sleep studies that we classify as having morbid obesity. In 2007, which was up 15 percent. He is gone by a factor of five. "
Without successful treatment for sleep apnea can become a vicious cycle. Sleep apnea makes you tired during the day, giving it less energy to be active and exercise. This takes you to gain weight, increasing the severity of their apnea, making it even more apathetic. The cycle goes on and on. Some people also blame cravings for carbohydrates increase fatigue, which leads to weight gain.
To break the cycle, you first need to get treatment for sleep apnea. CPAP therapy treatment, the most successful and widely adopted for sleep apnea, will relieve or greatly reduce the frequency of apnoeas, giving you the energy and enthusiasm during the day to allow you to be more active and exercise.
From there, the circle repeats itself in the opposite direction, more energy, more exercise, lose weight, less apnoeas, more energy, etc. It takes determination, perseverance and patience, but by weight loss can reduce the severity of your sleep apnea and, in some cases, inasmuch it completely.
While easier said then done, if you are suffering from sleep apnea, then it is important to try to at least keep your current body weight, if possible, and ideally Look gradually lose weight. One of the biggest problems with sleep apnea is it typically gets diagnosed too late, on average about seven years of suffering, when most people are more than 40 and a lifestyle change becomes very difficult to implement.
One of our Forum members, scourserpaul, started now using the Atkins diet to reduce your weight. You can track your progress on your thread sleep apnea and diet.
Weight loss when you have sleep apnea is far from easy, but it gets easier as you go along as previously mentioned the positive cycle takes effect. The health benefits are not confined only to sleep apnea reduced, so it's certainly worth making a concerted effort to.
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