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- Sleep apnea is a condition where you repeatedly stop breathing during sleep. Six million Americans have a diagnosis of sleep apnea, but another 25 million or more may be struggling undiagnosed. Sleep apnea is also becoming more prevalent among children
- Snoring is a related problem, caused by a restriction in your airway stemming from either your throat or nasal passageway, and typically precedes more severe sleep apnea by several years
- Lack of breastfeeding, the preponderance of processed food — which has predisposed several generations to a combination of obesity, malformed mouths and unnaturally small airways — and rampant vitamin D deficiency from lack of sun exposure appear to be primary causative factors for the steady rise in sleep apnea
- One of the most frequently used treatments is a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, which straps around your face and uses mild air pressure to keep your airways open while you sleep. However, CPAP does not address any of the potential underlying causes of sleep apnea
- Better solutions include oral devices that correct your tongue or jaw position, and oral myofunctional therapy, a form of facial muscle therapy that helps reshape your oral cavity and promote proper placement of your tongue, head and neck
The continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine was invented 40 years ago to treat severe cases of sleep apnea, a condition where you repeatedly stop breathing during sleep. The CPAP, which straps around your face, covering your mouth, nose, or both, uses mild air pressure to keep your airways open while you sleep.
You can usually tell someone’s using a CPAP from the tell-tale strap marks on their face first thing in the morning. Matthew Rozsa, a staff writer for Salon magazine, describes the sensation of CPAP as “extremely unnatural and unpleasant,”1 but like most other users, finds it preferable to the dead-tired feeling that sleep apnea causes.
According to the American Medical Association,2 6 million Americans have a diagnosis of sleep apnea, but another 25 million or more may be struggling undiagnosed.3 “Virtually anyone who snores is … on the spectrum for sleep apnea,” Rozsa writes. Indeed, snoring typically precedes more serious sleep apnea by several years.
Disturbingly, sleep apnea is also becoming more prevalent among children. So, what’s going on? Why are tens of millions of Americans unable to breathe at night, including children?
Ultimately, the answer comes down to a combination of lack of breastfeeding, the preponderance of processed food — which has predisposed several generations to a combination of obesity, malformed mouths and unnaturally small airways — and as discussed in the video above, rampant vitamin D deficiency from lack of sun exposure.
Sleep Apnea Can Cause Severe Debilitation
Sleep apnea occurs when you have obstructions in your airway that interfere with your breathing during sleep. The flow of air can be partially blocked or even completely stopped altogether. Central apnea refers to an inability to properly pull air in, whereas obstructive apnea refers to a frequent collapse of the airway during sleep, hindering breathing for periods that can last for several seconds. Mixed apnea is a combination of both.4
Snoring is a related problem, caused by a restriction in your airway stemming from either your throat or nasal passageway. It’s the vibrations as the air struggles to get through your soft palate, uvula, tongue, tonsils and/or muscles in the back of your throat that cause the snore.
A simple tip that can help prevent snoring is to place a small piece of inexpensive paper tape across the entire length of your lips at night to prevent mouth breathing. Obviously, do not use any type of industrial tape that can damage your skin.
This strategy works very well to virtually eliminate mouth breathing and, secondarily, apneic episodes. Of course, you should not do this if you have obstruction in your nasal passages, or a cold. Not only do these breathing disruptions interfere with sleep, they also promote poor health and chronic disease by:
| Reducing the amount of oxygen in your blood, which can impair the function of internal organs and/or exacerbate other health conditions you may have. |
| Accelerating cellular aging by shortening your telomeres. Recent research shows consistent CPAP use for at least three months will attenuate this acceleration.5 |
| Slowing down or preventing critical detoxification of your brain tissue, as your brain’s waste removal system, known as the glymphatic system, only operates during deep sleep. |
| Disrupting your circadian rhythm, resulting in reduced melatonin production and disruption of other body chemicals. |
| Increasing sympathetic tone, causing problems with bed-wetting among children, night sweating, night terrors, restless sleep and anxiety. |
| Interfering with deep sleep, contributing to lack of focused attention during the day. Children with sleep apnea also display troubling brain changes in areas involved with thinking and problem solving.6 |
Sleep Apnea Takes a Toll on Your Brain Health
As the list above suggests, sleep apnea can have a severe impact on your health, placing you at increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, mental health problems and dementia.7
For example, a 2015 study8 found that patients with sleep apnea and/or snoring were diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment more than a decade earlier than those without sleep apnea.
On average, those with untreated obstructed sleep apnea started experiencing cognitive impairment at the age of 77, compared to 90 among those without breathing problems. Meanwhile, those who used a CPAP machine started their mental decline at the same age as those who did not have sleep apnea.
The neurological impacts of sleep apnea likely have to do with the fact that it can weaken the integrity of the white matter in your brain, cause anatomical changes in your brainstem,9 and lower the volume of gray matter, the outer layer of the brain associated with high-level brain functions such as problem solving, language, memory, personality, planning and judgment.
Indeed, children with sleep apnea have been found to have substantially lower gray matter volume than those without sleep apnea.10
Recent research has also found that people with amyloid plaques in their brains who also have severe sleep apnea are more likely to have lower brain volume in the medial temporal lobe,11 which is an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease. However, there was no association between brain volume and sleep apnea among those who did not have amyloid plaques.
Common Causes for Sleep Apnea
The most frequently cited cause for sleep apnea in adults is obesity, which contributes by putting excess pressure on your upper airways, resulting in collapse and decreased neuromuscular control. As explained by Obesity Medicine:12
“Neck circumference, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio are also considerations when addressing overweight or obesity and suspecting sleep apnea. Neck circumference greater than 17 inches for men and 16 inches for women raise the risk of both obesity and sleep apnea.
Waist measurements equal to or greater than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women also raise the risk factor. Waist-to-hip ratio can also be calculated to assess for additional risk equivalent.
This ratio is determined by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement. The greater this ratio, the more significant the risk factors for sleep apnea and other obesity-related disorders …
Weight loss has been found to reduce the severity of sleep apnea as well as the development of the disorder. Overweight and obesity remain the most important modifiable causes of sleep apnea.”
Other common causes include physical obstructions such as enlarged tonsils or adenoids, aging and, believe it or not, vitamin D deficiency. As explained by Dr. Stasha Gominak in the featured video, vitamin D receptors in your brain stem actually control your ability to move in and out of the various sleep phases.
Vitamin D is also needed to produce acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that helps you get into the deeper, healing phases of sleep, and controls the normal paralysis that occurs during deep sleep. You also need the raw material, choline, to produce sufficient amounts of acetylcholine.
Choline is typically obtained from animal foods. The highest concentration is in egg yolks. To learn more about the hidden connection between vitamin D and sleep, listen to my interview with Gominak, or check out the accompanying Substack article.
Moving Beyond CPAP
While 80% of regular CPAP users report significant improvements in their sleep apnea symptoms,13 the machine was never intended to be a lifelong solution. As noted by the inventor of the CPAP, Dr. Colin Sullivan,14 it was always only intended to be a temporary measure, while the underlying factors are addressed. It was never designed as a permanent therapy.
As mentioned, one such factor would be obesity. Simply losing weight can often ameliorate the problem or eliminate it entirely. Another would be surgical procedures to remove obstructions, such as enlarged tonsils or adenoids.
The size and shape of your mouth and upper airway are also very important, and if this is the root of the problem, you have other options besides CPAP, including:15
• Oral devices — If your sleep apnea is related to tongue or jaw position, specialty trained dentists can design a custom oral appliance to expand your palate and bring your jaws forward to address the issue.
For adults, these appliances include tongue-retaining devices that shift the tongue forward without moving the jaw, and mandibular repositioning devices, designed to shift the jaw forward. You can learn more about this in “A Mouth Guard as Effective as CPAP for Sleep Apnea?”
The oral appliance approach has been recognized as part of the standard of care for sleep apnea since about 1995, and oral appliances are typically recommended as the first line treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea for adults. One source where you can find a treatment specialist familiar with oral appliances is the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.16
• Oral myofunctional therapy (OMT) — OMT is a form of facial muscle therapy that helps reshape your oral cavity and promote proper placement of your tongue, head and neck. To find a qualified therapist, see the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy’s website.17
• Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) devices — These devices include a removable mouthpiece that is worn for 20 minutes once a day for six weeks, while awake. The device stimulates and tones your tongue and upper airway muscles to prevent them from collapsing during sleep.
• Surgical intervention to enlarge your upper airway by moving your upper and lower jaw forward.
Learning to consistently breathe through your nose rather than your mouth can also be very helpful. Mouth breathing results in over breathing, which lowers the availability of oxygen. By consistently breathing through your nose, your breathing volume will be brought back to normal. This in turn allows for optimal oxygenation of tissues and organs, including your brain.
I have just completed a 40-hour course on respiratory physiology and breathing with the leading breathing expert in the world, Peter Litchfield, Ph.D. I hope to have him on my podcast later this year to discuss his mind-blowing work, which is absolutely essential for anyone with a breathing disorder.
He uses a clinical grade capnometer in his work to objectively assess what is going on with the breathing so there is absolutely no guessing. The capnometer can be purchased for about $3,000 or rented. It’s absolutely fascinating work that I am excited to share in the near future.
Guidance for Parents
As mentioned, more and more children are also being diagnosed with sleep apnea, which can have lifelong consequences. In his article, Rozsa quotes Sullivan, the inventor of the CPAP:18
“I’ve spent a lot of half my career looking at pediatric sleep apnea, sleep disorder breathing, and I do think that trying to intervene early, identifying kids who have the risk factors, gives us a chance of preventing it.”
While obesity is a risk factor for children as well as adults, an increasingly common root cause is related to an improperly shaped mouth and incorrect positioning of the tongue, caused by lack of breastfeeding and being raised on infant formula and processed foods.
Dr. Weston Price’s pioneering work showed how diet can affect your entire mouth, yet most people are still clueless about this effect, and how the size and shape of your oral cavity affect the placement of your tongue and your overall ability to breathe properly.
Our mouths have actually gotten progressively smaller through the generations due to lack of breastfeeding and not chewing enough, combined with poor childhood nutrition thanks to a preponderance of processed food devoid of crucial nutrients.
Breastfeeding helps expand the size of your child’s palate, shifting the jaw forward — two important factors that help prevent sleep apnea by creating ample room for unobstructed breathing.
Tongue placement also plays an important role, as revealed in a 2015 study on pediatric patients.19 The newborn palate is as soft as a drum, and if we place into it a bottle, pacifier, a spouted cup or the child finds his or her thumb, the palate may deform, making the nasal airway smaller.
Having an abnormally short lingual frenulum20 can also result in impaired orofacial growth in early childhood, reducing the width of the upper airway. The upper airway is very pliable, so this increases the risk of it collapsing during sleep.
The study found that children with an untreated short frenulum developed abnormal tongue function early in life, which also impacted their orofacial growth and led to disordered breathing during sleep.
The researchers suggested pediatricians and otolaryngologists should systematically examine the lingual frenulum in children exhibiting difficulties such as trouble sucking, speech impediments, snoring or other breathing problems.
They also noted that while removing the frenulum can be helpful, it typically will not resolve all abnormal breathing patterns, so oral myofunctional therapy, both pre- and post-surgery is recommended to restore normal breathing through the nose.
The Importance of Breastfeeding
Diet is also important for proper formation of the mouth, and starts with breastfeeding. One of the reasons sleep apnea is now starting to affect a growing number of young children may have to do with lack of breastfeeding, which sets the stage for abnormal development of the child’s mouth. A processed food diet during early childhood further adds to the problems created by an improperly shaped oral cavity.
Dr. Kevin Boyd,21 a dentist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago who is a major advocate of baby-led weaning, has compared modern Westernized infant feeding regimens to what he calls “ancestral-type” on-demand infant feeding regimens and the subsequent differences in mouth and facial bone structure.22
It turns out that when children are fed the way they were designed to be fed, it stimulates the structure of the mouth and facial bones to develop in an optimal way. This begins with EXCLUSIVE breastfeeding, ideally for the first six months, followed by a gradual introduction of solid food while continuing to breastfeed for up to two years.
Alternative methods of feeding for those who cannot breastfeed, for whatever reason, are specially designed cups. Feeding a child from a cup with a small arc cut out for the baby’s lower lip is far better than using baby bottles with synthetic nipples.
This kind of cup encourages the baby to use their oral anatomy similarly to how it is used at the breast. Avoid the temptation to use a regular spouted cup as it will discourage correct oral function, including encouraging the tongue to rest up and the palate to form the proper width and develop the airway.
The reason to avoid using a baby bottle is because it does not allow the natural suction a baby exerts on the breast. The slightest pressure of the baby’s tongue pushing on the baby bottle nipple rewards the baby with milk, thus encouraging incorrect use of the oral anatomy.
It was assumed that babies massage the milk via a peristaltic wave motion, pressing the nipple up against the roof of the mouth. Alas, all of these assumptions have been solidly disproven by renowned lactation researcher, Donna Geddes, Ph.D.23,24
What actually happens is, a vacuum is created when the middle of the baby’s tongue comes down, which helps express milk from the breast. Next, the forward part of the baby’s tongue pushes the mother’s nipple inside, right behind the two front teeth. This motion explains why ancestral feeding widens the jaw, and pushes both the upper and lower jaws forward. It also pushes the cheekbones in the mid-face forward.
The sucking motion on the breast essentially acts like a piston that pushes the baby’s mid-face outward. When a child is bottle fed, none of this happens, resulting in a narrow facial structure and poorly defined jaw. The anatomically incorrect palate and poorly aligned jaw bone also crowd teeth, resulting in crooked teeth.
Treating Root of Sleep Apnea Can Result in Better Health
If you or your child snores or has sleep apnea, I would encourage you to find a qualified sleep specialist to identify the root cause and help you address the sleep apnea at the foundational level. Many have little in their tool bag besides a prescription for a CPAP machine, so you may have to do some homework and search around a bit.
While a CPAP can provide symptom relief, it does not address the root problem, and is difficult to use, clean and maintain to boot. Besides, a mask on your face and a noisy, EMF-emitting machine next to your bed hardly encourage deep, restorative sleep.
As a general rule, the oral devices and OMT tend to be among the best solutions, as over time they will improve the size and functionality of your mouth and airways so that you don’t need either anymore. Ideally, you’d want to use them together.
If you’re about to become a parent, also remember that how and what you feed your baby can go a long way toward preventing sleep apnea from ever becoming a problem for your child.
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One is forgetting all the unnatural toxic chemicals world government is pouring into the earth atmosphere for the fictitious ‘global warming’, that everyone inhales daily…..with a multitude of daily flights (are they electric planes? hypocrites) spewing that poison on everything. Look at what is being dumped into the oceans around the world on a daily basis, that people have no clue is going on. A body can handle a lot, but a constant bombardment?
All the lies and ‘secretly’ labeled ingredients they put in processed foods and natural foods; the ingredients if many people knew they were eating they never would have.
All the perpetual war machinery with multiplied war’s grinding on, destroying air quality, (air does not stay in one place around the globe), spewing THEIR unholy ‘carbon’ everywhere, destroying their ‘precious’ wild and domestic animals, destroying food and water. Saving their precious Gaia and eliminating humans.
Funny how those pushing global warming never seem to fall on their sword and lead the way to extinction. Funny how all the exterminate whitey and most humans and global warming pushers are mostly all old white men and old white women headed up to or are 80+?
What will eventually surface is that much sleep/breathing issues are due to what man is doing to interfere with the natural environment and earth processes (and human’s) for their agenda’s, and not a natural cause. All allergies are on the rise too-my dad never had an allergy in his life, until he consumed a few gmo corn Frito’s one day and his tongue and throat swelled up almost instantly. But hey, what’s wrong with a pharmaceutical Dr RX written c-pap…it’s just another MASK. I wonder if some place their covid mask over their face first, then their c-pap. Just to be sure.
Mercola is a physician?? Not one word about the main issue which is O2 saturation. Anybody with an O2 level below 92% (normal is 95 to 100%) can get a prescription for a CPAP. The positive pressure created by a CPAP is not enough to enlarge the opening between the base of the tongue and the soft palate and it shouldn’t be , that would be dangerous. The design is to enhance O2 saturation levels in the blood when the inhalation of ambient pressure air is not sufficient to do so. Same thing with people walking around with nasal cannulas and O2 bottles. If your lungs are compromised or your rate of inhalation is not normal you raise the level of O2. Being morbidly obese has WAY more to do with being O2 compromised than being breast fed or not.
Retired cardiac RN
Slightly off topic…
There is an app you can download called Yuka (there are several) where you can scan food & products & it informs you of the harmful chemicals/ingredients contained in the product then gives you suggestions for alternative products. I love the app & use it all the time.
Download the app, then go into your bathroom & scan all the products you use that touches your skin…shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, soap, lotions, detergent, cosmetics, fragrances, etc. You will find that many include toxic ingredients that disrupt your endocrine system, impact your hormones, and causes low testosterone.
Speaking of cosmetics…lipstick…many lipsticks contain mercury. Toxic metals cause all kinds of heath problems…including hair falling out.
Anything with a fragrance will most likely contain phthalates…causing low T.
Plastics, too. Plastic is the worst thing for testosterone. Throw out all your plastic food storage containers. And don’t cook your food in plastic in the microwave. You know those plastic bags of steamed veggies you can throw in the microwave? Don’t do it. Steam in stovetop in glass cookware.
Don’t use non-stick pans either. I’ve pretty much thrown out all plastic in my kitchen & store & cook food in glass or I use a cast iron skillet.
We live in a heavily toxic environment. Fasting is the best way to heal your body. Even if you don’t need to lose weight.
Learn to fast in a healthy way. Our bodies should be in a feast or famine state at all times. Feast on healthy whole foods, then fast. This is your body working in the most primal state…like our cavemen ancestors. Men & women should fast differently, too.
This book is great for both men & women, but mainly designed to educate women how to fast with their hormones in mind.
Fast Like a Girl by Mindy Pelz
I don’t wear lipstick often, but when I do… amazing
or crayons…
“Mister, your dog’s in a lot of pain.”
I’m sure it is! You deserve to feel beautiful, too!!
Which reminds me…the other day I went into a women’s beauty store to buy a specific shampoo. There was a sign on the door that said they would not tolerate hateful opinions & attitudes, and that EVERYONE deserves to feel beautiful.
I thought to myself, “So what you’re saying is that fags shop here too??”
Anyway, they didn’t have what I wanted & I don’t think I’ll be going back. Ugh!!!!!
and yet you still went in… hmmm
Why would you want to continue supporting a business that dislikes you?? Curious mostly
Food for thought. Either you are principled, or not.
I SAID….I didn’t buy anything & won’t be going back!!
But, yes, I walked in with a BIG HATEFUL attitude. Does that count??
No, because you disguised it behind pleasant chatter and smiles.
edited:
I don’t think I’ll be going back
so you still might if they get the right brand?!?
WINNING!!!
Yes, yes, fine, give yourself a little tiny pat on the back.
Here’s what you need to understand about women….
We LOVE our products & do not like changing them out. But, we don’t want to be poisoned either. ‘They’ are jacking with all our shit that we love. Our products, food, & clothing. I’m pretty pissed about that, because every time I turn around there are fewer & fewer places I can shop.
The store I went to was not a big name brand store. It was a little shop in rural TX. I’ve been there many times. This is the first time I’ve seen that sign. But, yes, I see that they have sold out to that woke shit, and I don’t care for it.
All I was trying to do was find a shampoo made with all natural ingredients so I wouldn’t die an early death. Is that so bad????
Now, why don’t you thank me for providing you with some life-saving information that you can pass on to your wife?????
My dear, we already do not eat processed foods, ALL our cookware is cast or stainless yada yada yada. We DON’T use apps to feed the data mining asswipes or support any businesses that required us to mask or is woke.
Merely yank’n ur chain and you so easily take the bait.
But to respond to the womens comment, one I prefer the natural beauty of the ladies. Beauty is far deeper than the skin and all the ‘you musta married an ugly broad’ anons go wild. But, nope, the wife is very pretty and one I do not deserve.
Does she use soap? Detergent? Lotion? Toothpaste?
Better make sure she’s not using anything with toxic chemicals. I will tell you that I was very surprised with some of the products I was using because I’m conscientious about this kind of thing. A lot of deodorants out there that may contribute to breast cancer.
All things in moderation.
Yes, we live in a toxic world and we mitigate that toxicity as much as possible. But, thankfully, our bodies are designed to off load and shed a lot of this toxic rubbish and fend off all manner of nasty bugs etc.
Its another form of fear when you overly are concerned about eliminating all this toxicity. Where does trust that God will sustain or keep you healthy as designed? No, that does not absolve us of eating and maintaining as healthy a lifestyle as possible but, imo, focusing on ‘health’ like some here to the point of enema’s and elixirs for everything, for me is a bridge to far. But to each their own.
Edited: I have a lot of respect for mark, comment isn’t to bash him but merely point out its not a focus I’d undergo. I’ll trust God for my health instead.
Matthew 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Moderation, get some…. 🙂
I am not a fanatic. I could easily be, but I know where to stop so I still enjoy life. And I very much do things to enjoy life.
I just pay attention to the products I use. Simple as that. I eat well about 4 days a week. Eat out about twice a week. And have a day I eat pure crap. So, certainly not a fanatic.
Eat drink and be merry… for tomorrow we all may die.
Which is a possiblity it seems more likely every day now. lol
Enjoy life… cheers
But, thankfully, our bodies are designed to off load and shed a lot of this toxic rubbish and fend off all manner of nasty bugs etc.
Oh, forgot to add…
Yes, our bodies are brilliant and can fight off toxins. However, modern humans do things that go against this…for example…the armpit hair is supposed to help draw toxins out of the breast tissues. But what do women do these days?? We shave.
I won’t even mention the other area…
You see this is where I start running into the issues. Of all the women that have had breast cancers, how many can be contributed to shaving or antiperspirant usage?? That usage of these products MAY cause cancers.
Whats not known is perhaps the real causes, like diets, obesity or some other chemicals introduced in any manner of way. I just have a problem with maybe, possible, could be or might from the ‘experts’. We ALL know now that the experts are full of shyte and the could be’s are guesses at best.
knuckles?!?!
Well it makes sense to me. We are supposed to have hair in certain places but for vanity we shave it off. I don’t think the human body came with extra parts we didn’t really need.
Anyway, while it makes sense, I’m not about to walk around in the world with hairy pits. So, I will continue to shave. See?? NOT a fanatic.
And, yes, shaving “knuckels” may need to be rethought some day…I’ll leave it there.
Gotta jet. Gonna go get a big juicy hamburger & fries.
Link for Yuka:
Thank you. I was being quick & lazy with my comment.
I’ve wondered for years about common household stuff like our bathing soaps, shampoos, etc. — even dishwashing liquids/dishwasher soaps …
Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea
There is a very high prevalence of OSA in obese individuals and a high prevalence of obesity in patients with OSA. The pathophysiology of OSA is intimately linked to obesity.
First step, if you are overweight, lose some pounds.
It’s to the point where when I gained weight after the Army (when I developed apnea), I had to lose the weight again to prove to incompetent doctors that it was not the cause.
Isn’t Fatfuk Syndrome THE actual “pandemic” here in the U.S.S.A.?
Nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight.
More than 1 in 3 men (34.1%) and more than 1 in 4 women (27.5%) are overweight.
More than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) have obesity (including severe obesity).
About 1 in 11 adults (9.2%) have severe obesity.
– N.I.H.
https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/overweight-obesity#:~:text=Adults,-Age%2Dadjusted%20percentage&text=the%20above%20table-,Nearly%201%20in%203%20adults%20(30.7%25)%20are%20overweight.,obesity%20(including%20severe%20obesity).
Do any government agencies presents actual truthful facts anymore? Who knows but For the love of God, people, 42% of Americans are obese? Auntie sees Boteroesque people EVERYWHERE.
( Where’s Stucky been? Auntie is concerned.)
Such polite wording.
How about this instead? Lose some weight fatass!
LOL, I do tend to be polite to strangers,but that ends when you get to know me. I have been called blunt.
Pegleg, forgot to add my handle.
Good article, especially for those of us (i.e. me) who are wondering if I have enough of a sleep problem to be addressed medically.
Losing weight is job #1, while an intensive program of remedial breast feeding may also help. Really would prefer to not go to bed with an “appliance” in my mouth…
I was one of those guys who thought needing a machine to keep breathing while you sleep was Gods way of hinting that you would be home soon.
Then I got chinaflu and then asthms and then would wake up gasping and having to pee. ( your brain turns on the pee feeling when your o2 level drops )
My doctor informed me that no one has ever died from lack of sleep. I changed doctors after that. The haze and brain deadness after a week of not sleeping caused me to almost loose my job. The process to get the cpap was long and involved and should have been a quick trip to walmart but fuckno its medical The damn cpap phoned home to tattle on weather I was using it enough. The goal was to get to an average of 6 hours a night but again since no one takes statistics anymore the math they used was shit. They devided total hours used by days for the entire time instead of first week average vrs 2nd week average so after 5 weeks my “average” was still low for total but for the week I was over 7 hours a day. They decidid to pull the cpap from me and sent a return box. I told them to molon labe bitches and then they turned it off remotly. Hah removed the simms card and it came on in stupid mode. Reset to my settings and I have had it for just over 2 years.
My deductable was not met when I bought it so I had paid every cent on that thing and they thought I was gunna give it back.
So anyways if you are a normal person with normal smarts take the cpap script and buy it online and cut out the bullshit. Mask types are inportant and I have success with the air pillow design but the full face was a fail.
Great! Now go buy Hooked on Phonics online, too.
Two reasons………………joining the democrat party and SUCKING NIGGER COCK.
If niggers and fags and Jews and sucking cocks ceased to exist what would be left for you to comment on ?
What is wrong with you?
Its done to trigger emotionally unstable democrat KARENS like you karen.
Its time you grew up…………you dont control what others write on the interweb.
What is wrong with you karen ?
Why do you and the other democrat karens here hide behind the anonymous handle ?
Why the cowardice to face other commenters here with unique user name.
You must have daddy issues ?
Was he SUCKING NIGGERCOCK instead of raising you ?
Its grow up time KAREN !
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Republicans are just as bad, if not worse you arse.
Great, another device that allows the deformed to breed and pass on their respiratory deformity to descendants.
Perhaps you’ve grown a little cynical…
But you know that whatever the waitress brings,
you will drink it and always be full.
After a series of medical issues following a kidney transplant due to PKD a genetic disorder that puts many into renal failure and dialysis or death .
The kidney I received had a CMV virus that went wild 6 months out from the transplant . It crippled me with GBS & Blood clots because I was more sedentary for several months regaining my balance and ability to walk I put on 40 pounds and was diagnosed with sleep apnea !
No effort to address the cause just a push for a machine to wrestle with nightly . It worked ok but very uncomfortable .
My remedy get my ass moving as much as possible and lose the 40 pounds and toss that machine .
The medical bunch continued to push to use the machine and buy the regular maintenance items !
So what is the real objective of the medical community
Keep you dependent and soak my insurance or help me get well ??
Keep you dependent and soak your insurance, but you knew that already, right?
What the covid thing should have done was to totally open your eyes to the fact that the medical industry is not caring. They offer a ‘product’, it is a business and it is an industry where billions are made. Lack of understanding and knowledge because many doc’s do little of their own research and only trust and rely and believe what the pharm reps selling the meds tell them.
The real objective of the Health Insurance Co. controlled medical community is to make as much fucking money as possible.
It’s a racket and the only one that is bigger is the MIC.
prayers to you a fellow tbp’er, get well sir.
Until the mid-90s blood banks did not have screening capability for more than a few blood disorders, so “good” blood that was given to patients was not in every case so good.
Have a 30 year friend…he had gotten way over weight starting in his late 40s (in he is in his early 60’s) and has stayed that way…developed severe sleep apnea…then started having serious seizures that sent him to the hospital twice.
I did some research and sent him these vids below and gave him a bottle of Vitamin, D with K2, and Super B-Complex with an 8333% (100mg) super high dose of B1 AKA Thiamin!
Seizures stopped!
A couple of months later I asked him what brand of vitamins was he taking, turns out when the bottles I gave him ran out he stopped taking it.
You can lead a horse to a treatment…but…
mark, have you tried b1 in the form of benfotiamine?
And off topic, I’ve been making yogurts based on william davis md book “supergut”. don’t know if it is working yet, but he doesn’t sell anything besides the book, so that is a clue. He’s the guy who wrote the wheat belly book back a while ago. Interested in your thoughts. The gut biome is so important.
For all interested, I am a caricature artist who specializes in open casket funerals.
~Inna Propriate
Ha!
“What was the deceased’s favorite activity?”
My BMI is always around 25 (and never was above 26 in my life).
Starting at a new job with tons of new things thrown at me, plus needing to get up at 5:20am to beat the rush hour traffic at least in the morning, did stress me out in 2019 and I snored like crazy (according to my girlfriend) and still often felt not well rested at all in the morning.
So I bought a used CPAP on craigslist, experimented with different masks for it, and finally -after some unpleasant experiences such as waking up several times per night with a bloated stomach full of air- was able to get my 7.5-8 hours of undisturbed sleep again.
While my most serious issues went away together with the big job stress, I still snored a lot. So I looked into other options such as oral devices and was even seriously considering NMES when I read a tip somewhere:
“If the idea of NMES is to stimulate the tongue muscle during sleep so the tongue doesn’t fall back and block the airway, why not try to ‘learn’ a constant stimuli of your tongue [muscle] yourself?”
Meaning you have to put the tip of your tongue at the front of your palate (not against the back of your teeth, you will push them out over time!)
and make this the default position of your tongue every waking minute, when you’re not talking or eating. At first you have to consciously check for that, every few minutes and every time you remember it.
If you then trained that into your subconscious, your tongue will be held [by your tongue muscles] in the same position when sleeping.
This totally works for me. For 3 years now I sleep almost always like a baby and wake up by myself after ~8 hours sleep.
None of you dipshits actually gets it….. LOL
Most utility companies give you a huge discount on your electric bill for needing “life preserving medical equipment”, of which CPAP qualifies.
When you buy or rent a CPAP with a prescription from your doctor, you are given a form to file with your utility company and they give you a reduced electric rate.
The really great thing is, that basically the home test the doctor will give you to diagnose you, is one no one can pass. It is designed to fail, to pump as many CPAPS on the market as possible. You have to be an idiot not to take advantage of it, in many States it will literally save you thousands of dollars a year. Once you get the electric bill discount, you file the CPAP in your attic and forget it. Your Welcome…..
That’s actually great advice.
We should defraud better than average?
Damn. And just why would that be bad advice? Once bent over, screw them from here till sunday.
Frozen pineapple – leaves first.
ouch, but teach the kids these days to like it.
You show who you worship. Mammon. And you are all for Big Government as long as it benefits you. You can only blame the evil you rant about upon yourself.
I have never heard that and I have been on one for 10 years.
edit: Turns out they don’t quite have that program here, but I was surprised what is available in a lot of places.
OBESITY
My dad had it for many years, as do my brother and I. What we do to deal with it is to use sufficient pillows to prop the head at an angle that keeps the jaw closed. The tongue then doesn’t slide back and block the throat. I can’t sleep on my stomach, but if I could it seems that would deal with it too.
Ive heard chiropractors have helped in certain instances where people are so locked up in their backs that their ribcages dont expand freely and causes labored breathing.
I developed sleep apnea after having four 155mm artillery rounds explode underneath me.