Quality sleep and a healthy weight are inextricably linked.
Our lifestyle prevents weight loss
The modern Friendswood lifestyle makes it extremely challenging to maintain a healthy weight.
We spend time in heated homes and offices, commute by car, and obtain high-calorie food in Houston with very little effort.
Mere survival for prehistoric man was dependent on daily activities which kept metabolisms humming.
If you had to grow, gather, or kill everything you ate, traveled by foot or horseback, and lived in a chilly cave, you wouldn’t need a Spring gym membership to look svelte in your animal skins.
Our lifestyle restricts healthy sleep
Our modern lifestyle also makes it challenging to sleep. This makes daily activities more difficult.
How many friends and family members do you know who struggle to obtain quality sleep every night?
Some men and women can’t fall asleep in the first place. Maybe that’s why so many of us can whiz through a season of our favorite Netflix series in a couple of nights.
Perhaps you wake up at two or three a.m. and can’t go back to sleep. Your mind starts worrying over all the things you have to do in the morning.
Or…perhaps your sleep problems are due to sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a disorder where you have frequent, recurring pauses in breathing while sleeping. These pauses can last for up to 60 seconds. They are caused by soft tissue in the back of the throat that relaxes and blocks the airway. When the brain is not getting enough oxygen it interferes with important physical processes.
Unhealthy weight and unhealthy sleep?
Now that we’ve talked about sleep problems, let’s look at weight problems. How many poor sleepers also have a weight issue? If you suspect a connection, you are absolutely right.
Poor sleep prevents weight loss
Poor sleep isn’t just irritating. It’s detrimental to our health. Sleep deprivation messes up the hormones that regulate our appetite. Leptin is one of those vital hormones.
OUR LOCATIONS:
The Woodlands 6922 W Rayford Rd #100
Spring, TX 77389PHONE: 281-320-2000
Dentists use oral appliance therapy to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Patients wear a custom-fitted removable oral appliance at night. The appliance fits somewhat like a sports mouthguard.
How does an oral appliance work?
An oral appliance prohibits your airway from collapsing. It either holds the tongue or jaw in a forward position.
Contact Houston Sleep Solutions:
OUR LOCATIONS:
The Woodlands 6922 W Rayford Rd #100
Spring, TX 77389PHONE: 281-320-2000
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OUR LOCATIONS:
The Woodlands 6922 W Rayford Rd #100
Spring, TX 77389PHONE: 281-320-2000
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