Do you have sleep apnea? Lack of rest could be making you fat.
Research shows that sufficient sleep is as important as diet and exercise for weight loss. 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. By Molly Kimball | NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on August 09, 2016 at 6:30 AM, updated August 09, 2016 at 6:31 AM 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. …
Too Much Or Too Little Sleep Linked With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk.
Published on June 6, 2016 Sleeping less than 4 hours or more than 8 hours a night increases the risk of dying from some types of coronary heart disease, such as heart attacks and unstable angina pectoris, according to a study by Norwegian and Taiwanese researchers. “This is the single largest study that has looked at how sleep duration affects the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Our results show that enough, but not too much sleep is important for a healthy lifestyle,” says first author and postdoctoral fellow Linn Beate Strand at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Department …
Why Snoring Can Be Dangerous For Your Cardiovascular Health.
By ERIC BOODMAN | JANUARY 6, 2016 Your snoring might sound like a tractor revving up, but it could actually indicate that the cells in your veins are breaking down. Scientists have long known that obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder that often causes snoring, can increase your risk of cardiovascular diseases, but they didn’t know exactly why. Now, a team of doctors at Columbia University has pinpointed a Rube Goldberg-like chain of events that explains how this damage might occur, and found that some commonly prescribed anticholesterol drugs can prevent it. “We were prepared for anything and this just came up,” said Dr. Sanja Jelic, …
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