CPAP and Weight Loss — Nah?
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I have severe sleep apnea, diagnosed 8 years ago. I had UPPP laser surgery and my condition worsened. I have been on bi-pap sucessfully for 8 years and have lost 40 pounds over these years, but my condition continues to worsen!!! My pressure settings have gone from 10-5 to 12-7 to 16-10 at present
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Sorry to rain on the parade… but as a person who has tried them all, I have to agree with T on this one. I too lost 25-30 lbs. on the Akins diet… but quickly gained it back (and more). At first I felt great…. But then I started getting weak and almost fainted a couple times. I was in heavy ketosis. I was told by my brother in law (a doctor) that this could bring about kidney or pancreas failure if prolonged. I stopped right then. I am a 335 lb man who is desperately (as many others) looking for the way to loose weight and keep it off. I have been on my CPAP now for 7 weeks and with sensible eating habits have lost almost 20 lbs! Jabes – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -T Sconyers wrote in message <6g7egn$…@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>… >In article <1998040318313301.NAA02…@ladder03.news.aol.com>, > ginger…@aol.com (Gingerdos) wrote: >>I have started on the Dr. Atkins diet. I’ve been on it 6 weeks and have loss >25 >>lbs. I have found this to be the easiest diet to stick to so far. Anyone >>interested, pick up Dr. Atkins New diet revolution in the book store. >Sigh. >The Adkin’s diet was quite popular in the 70’s, until people >started keeling over from the side effects. Its basic premise >is that by eating mostly protein and fat, and by avoiding all >forms of carbohydrates, you can literally make yourself so sick >(by going into ketosis) that you’ll start to lose weight. >This is also the basic premise of liquid protein diets, which >are also notoriously bad for your long term health. Among other >things, excessively high protein diets can screw up your digestive >system, cause muscle loss (rather than fat loss), and trash your >kidneys. There have been folks who have needed to go on dialysis >after staying on such a diet for long periods of time. Oh, and >the weight comes back after going off of it, since you’ve not >really changed your eating habits. >IMHO, Atkins and his ken are back as a reaction to the more >sensible low-fat, high carb diets, which can admittedly be hard >to maintain in this world of fast food and all-you-can-eat joints. >Personally, I try to eat as many whole grains, fruits, and veggies >as possible, though it can be a struggle at times. >My suggestion is to find an eating plan that is healthy for you >in the long-term and learn to adjust to it, rather than trying >another fad diet that may cause you serious health problems >down the road. You may or may not lose weight this way, but you’ll >have a better shot at maintaining your health. >T Sconyers, who is clearly unfond of high protein fad diets
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I have started on the Dr. Atkins diet. I’ve been on it 6 weeks and have loss 25 lbs. I have found this to be the easiest diet to stick to so far. Anyone interested, pick up Dr. Atkins New diet revolution in the book store.
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Congatulations…….I’ll pick the book up. Thanks.
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In article <1998040318313301.NAA02…@ladder03.news.aol.com>, ginger…@aol.com (Gingerdos) wrote: >I have started on the Dr. Atkins diet. I’ve been on it 6 weeks and have loss 25 >lbs. I have found this to be the easiest diet to stick to so far. Anyone >interested, pick up Dr. Atkins New diet revolution in the book store.
Sigh. The Adkin’s diet was quite popular in the 70’s, until people started keeling over from the side effects. Its basic premise is that by eating mostly protein and fat, and by avoiding all forms of carbohydrates, you can literally make yourself so sick (by going into ketosis) that you’ll start to lose weight. This is also the basic premise of liquid protein diets, which are also notoriously bad for your long term health. Among other things, excessively high protein diets can screw up your digestive system, cause muscle loss (rather than fat loss), and trash your kidneys. There have been folks who have needed to go on dialysis after staying on such a diet for long periods of time. Oh, and the weight comes back after going off of it, since you’ve not really changed your eating habits. IMHO, Atkins and his ken are back as a reaction to the more sensible low-fat, high carb diets, which can admittedly be hard to maintain in this world of fast food and all-you-can-eat joints. Personally, I try to eat as many whole grains, fruits, and veggies as possible, though it can be a struggle at times. My suggestion is to find an eating plan that is healthy for you in the long-term and learn to adjust to it, rather than trying another fad diet that may cause you serious health problems down the road. You may or may not lose weight this way, but you’ll have a better shot at maintaining your health. T Sconyers, who is clearly unfond of high protein fad diets
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Pneumologie 1997 Aug;51 Suppl 3:776-778 [Do patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome treated with nCPAP therapy lose weight]? Hein H, Kirsten D, Magnussen H Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf der LVA der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Zentrum fur Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie. A simple therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome is weight reduction, which we always recommend before initiating and maintaining nCPAP-therapy. We documented the body weight of 123 patients (9 women, 114 men; age 53.8 +/- 10 years, initial apnoea-hypopnoea-index 40.7 +/- 22.6/hour) before and after 582 +/- 391 days nCPAP-therapy. Absolute and relative (Broca Index: weight [kg]/[height [cm] -100] x 100) body weight was 97.8 +/- 19.4 kg resp. 128.3 +/- 24.3 units before and 97.3 +/- 18.2 kg resp. 127.8 +/- 23.5 units during therapy (not significant). Body weight changes ranged from +22 to -26 kg. Only a subgroup of patients with a Broca index between 100-119 exhibited a significant weight change from 86.8 +/- 10.4 to 88.5 +/- 10.4 kg. We conclude that our recommendations to lose weight were unsuccessful in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, although nCPAP-therapy generally improved well-being. —–== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==—– http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading
