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Sleep Apnea Weight Loss

How to Lose Weight with Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea weight loss should be recommended in all overweight patients with obstructive apnea. Decreasing body weight is a logical target to reduce OSA burden but also to improve a range of health outcomes and quality of life.

As obesity is the most important risk factor for apnea episodes, sleep apnea weight loss would be expected to lead to an increase in upper airway dimensions and an improvement in sleep breathing disorder.

The extent of weight loss and degree of improvement are not always directly related, although it has been shown that a 1 percent change in weight is associated with a 3 percent change in AHI.

It has been shown that weight loss can lead to an improved sleep efficiency, decreased snoring and improved oxygenation of the blood.

In cases of dramatic weight loss by extreme dieting or surgery, OSA severity is improved and in some patients abolished.

The Problem With Sleep Apnea Weight Loss

If your sleep apnea is due to obesity, then weight loss is your lifesaver. However...there is a catch...right?

Well, it depends on you!

Dietary weight loss remains challenging; therefore, achieving and maintaining a target body weight is difficult. Bariatric surgery, as a potential treatment modality for sleep apnea, has shown impressive short-term improvement in obstructive apnea severity and should be considered in apneics with a BMI greater than 35 mg/kg2.

I think you know very well that substantial weight loss by non-surgical means is both difficult to achieve and even harder to sustain. Therefore, sleep apnea weight loss is an effective but difficult long-term therapeutic strategy.

The treatment for sleep apnea through weight loss is not for lazy people. Don't get me wrong...I said lazy, not tired because of your sleep apnea. You should be very motivated, not only to start you sleep apnea weight loss program, but to continue and make a habit from it.

What is your motivation? Do you have the following symptoms?

very loud and annoying snoring (your bed partner is very upset about this problem)

you can't breathe in your sleep (you can die in sleep)

in day time, you want to sleep anywhere. It doesn't matter if you are at work, at cinema, driving or you are in a meeting.

can you make love? Really...can you? Oh, you can? Just wait a while. Don't treat your sleep apnea. It will be interesting...

high blood pressure and stroke. For me, this is very scary, because with stroke you can have a permanent braid damage and remain paralyzed for life. This is not the way I want to enjoy my life!

Should I continue?

diabetes

increasing weight (like would not be enough...)

abnormal heart rhythm

congestive heart failure

and...Death!

If you add the fact that you are overweight, have fear for surgery, and you can't sleep with a CPAP machine...then I think you are very motivated to try a sleep apnea weight loss.

How to Lose Weight

Loosing weight begins with a change of mentality. You must understand that if you have sleep apnea, it's not enough just to eat less. It' important how, when and what you eat.

Your nutrient diet should help you to have a better sleep, so you will start to become increasingly active during the day. From this point is best to start doing exercises. The key is to combine all the natural cures for sleep apnea, to have an effective treatment...remember?

Today, there are millions of different products that claim to help you lose weight quickly and easily. There is no miracle weight-loss cure, however. The only way to lose weight safely and effectively is through diet and exercise. This is what I do every day, and that's why I need a strong motivation. To stay on this track.

I will give you some advise to find the best nutrient diet that can help you to loose weight and have a better sleep. This will improve your daytime sleepiness, and give you the opportunity to start your Burn The Fat exercises.

With your nutrient diet you should...

do an efficient colon cleanse

Why? Because cleaning out the colon (to get rid of toxic residue) will help improve your energy level so that you can get more out of your sleep apnea weight loss plan.

regulate your metabolism
Why? Because the metabolism shows you how well your individual body functions burns the calories.
improve your digestion

Why? Because digestion affects the entire health of the body and metabolism, including detoxification, to support weight loss.

improve your blood sugar

Why? Because blood sugar has an important role in energy production. If the body cannot utilize its sugars than it will not be able to produce energy. Your nutrient diet should support the pancreas to help with insulin production to utilize blood sugar.

stimulate the production of infection-fighting blood cells to improve your immune system

Why? Because a weight loss diet can leave your immune system weakened.

improve circulation and regulation of blood pressure

detoxify your blood stream

prevent a build up of fat in the liver and the arteries

have an effective body detoxification

Why? Because detoxification improves the efficiency of the colon, which is extremely important for good health. Poor colon health results in the re-absorption of toxins into the human body resulting in low energy and excessive fatigue.

shoot for a healthy weight as determined by your height.

Why? Because being underweight can be just as dangerous as being overweight.

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