How Sleep Apnea Drives Weight Gain, Memory Loss, High Blood Pressure, ADHD, And More

How Sleep Apnea Drives Weight Gain, Memory Loss, High Blood
Pressure, ADHD, And More | This episode is brought to you by
ButcherBox Sleep is a major cornerstone for an energetic, joyful,
healthy life. Unfortunately, millions of people are affected by a
condition called sleep apnea and an estimated 80% of cases go
undiagnosed. Sleep apnea is an extreme form of sleep deprivation
where you wake up several times throughout the night. You can’t
sleep, you can’t breathe, and as a result, you lack oxygen. You
don’t even realize you’re waking up throughout the night. This lack
of sleep drives weight gain and blood sugar imbalances. It can also
raise your risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart
attack, heart failure, stroke, and more. In this minisode, Dr.
Hyman speaks with his colleagues at The UltraWellness Center, Dr.
George Papanicolaou, Dr. Elizabeth Boham, and Maggie Ward, about
patients they have treated for sleep apnea. They share cases on
issues ranging from anxiety to low libido to high blood pressure in
which sleep apnea was a contributing factor. George Papanicolaou is
a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and
is Board Certified in Family Medicine from Abington Memorial
Hospital. He is also an Institute for Functional Medicine
Practitioner. Upon graduation from his residency he joined the
Indian Health Service. He worked on the Navajo reservation for 4
years at the Chinle Comprehensive Medical Facility where he served
as the Outpatient Department Coordinator. In 2000, he founded
Cornerstone Family Practice in Rowley, MA. He practiced with a
philosophy centered on personal relationships and treating the
whole person, not just not the disease. He called that philosophy
“Whole Life Wellness”. Over time as the healthcare system made it
harder for patients to receive this kind of personal care Dr.
Papanicolaou decided a change was needed. He began training in
Functional Medicine through the Institute of Functional Medicine.
In 2015, he established Cornerstone Personal Health—a practice
dedicated entirely to Functional Medicine. Dr. Papanicolaou joined
The UltraWellness Center in 2017. Elizabeth Boham is a physician
and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The
UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and
lecturing she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of
optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition
every day in her practice and is committed to training other
physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has
contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on
Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of
the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been
featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and
media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and
Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal
from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to
keeping your breasts and whole body well. Maggie Ward, MS, RD, LDN
is the Nutrition Director at The UltraWellness Center. Maggie holds
a master’s degree in Nutrition from Bastyr University which focuses
on using whole foods for holistic Nutrition Therapy. In addition,
she completed her requirements to become a registered dietitian at
Westchester Medical Center in NY. Prior to joining The
UltraWellness Center team in 2008, Maggie worked at The Brooklyn
Hospital Center in New York providing nutrition counseling to
children and families dealing with HIV. She also taught at the
Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and other sites throughout New
York City, teaching nutritionally focused cooking classes for
children and adults. Much of her focus is on food allergies,
digestive disorders, inflammatory conditions, Pediatrics and Sports
Nutrition. Maggie has been counseling individuals, families and
business groups on therapeutic diets to address various health
concerns for more than 15 years. Her ongoing clinical training
through the Institute for Functional Medicine uses a systems
biology approach when working with those who suffer from chronic
and acute conditions to help them find their path to healing. She
has a passion for cooking and reconnecting people with their
potential to heal using whole, organic and local foods. This
episode is brought to you by ButcherBox. When you sign up to
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butcherbox.com/farmacy.  Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length
conversation with Dr. George Papanicolaou, “Treating The Underlying
Causes Of High Blood Pressure” here:
https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/HighBloodPressure Find Dr. Hyman’s
full-length conversation with Dr. George Papanicolaou, “Is Anxiety
All In Your Head, Or Is It In Your Body?” here:
https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Anxiety Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length
conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Boham, “Why Eating Less and
Exercising More is a Recipe for Weight Gain” here:
https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/WeightGain Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length
conversation with Maggie Ward, “Is Gluten-Free A Fad Or Is Gluten A
Real Threat To Our Health?” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/Gluten
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