Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

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Doodeedoo
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Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by Doodeedoo » Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:59 am

Intersting article in today's Globe and Mail newspaper:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... leep+apnea

David

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Re: Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by MichelleFL » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:17 am

Great minds think alike on the avatar... That is exactly how I look and feel in the mornings with my cup of coffee..
Newbie to sleep apnea. Anxiety and panic attacks. If I can do it, you can too! It's not as bad as you think.. :)
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Re: Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by Hawthorne » Wed Nov 05, 2008 12:30 pm

Doodeedoo - I posted the same article on the forum today! I thought it was interesting too.

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Re: Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by CorgiGirl » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:30 pm

The hormone thing is the reason that my endocrinologist suggested a sleep study -- I had been trying really hard to lose weight (lots of exercise and a restricted calorie diet) and had not lost a thing. I've been on CPAP for three months now and I can really tell a difference in my appetite. I used to feel hungry all the time, apparently because I had too much grehlin and not enough leptin. I really didn't know what feeling full was like...I thought it was a distended stomach. Now I'm realizing that my brain signals fullness and learning to stop eating when I feel it. I haven't lost any weight yet, but I have lost fat. I guess I'll attribute that to adding muscle through strength training....

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Re: Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by Babette » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:40 pm

So Corgi, tell me more when we go out to dinner Thursday night and make pigs of ourselves.

My latest crutch is mega doses of Vitamin B-12 and B-6 in timed release form. They seem to be taking the edge off my hunger. Of course, nothing would stop me from making that waffle last night... With peanut butter, apricot jam AND hot maple syrup.

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Re: Sleep apnea may sabotage your diet

Post by jnk » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:32 pm

From article:
Research shows that people who don't get enough z's eat food that is higher in calories and saturated fat
Funny. Just yesterday I was telling the guy in line next to me at McDonalds that very thing!
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