SLEEP APNEA is a medical condition which stops you from achieving a full, rejuvenating, good night’s sleep. This happens, because you stop breathing, sometimes hundreds of times a night, often without even realizing it.
Your breathing gets interrupted because the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and cuts off the airway. This condition affects overweight people more because their neck is heavier, and the weight of the neck then collapses the airway.
Sleep apnea reduces blood oxygen to dangerously low levels, so your body is starving for oxygen. So how does this make you fat?
You become chronically exhausted, which increases your cortisol levels, causes junk food cravings, and almost guarantees weight gain.
It’s a vicious cycle; sleep apnea makes you fatter, and the fatter you get, the worse your sleep apnea becomes.
Sleep Apnea is the worst-case scenario however many of us a sleep-deprived and this, just like Sleep Apnea, can result in increased cortisol levels and turn on your FAT Program. Creating a lifestyle which allows for a consistent pattern of quantity and quality sleep is vital for your health.