Question: Dr.Joel Wallach DVM ND was asked about sleep apnea on a Creflo Dollar Health Conference he was invited to attend as the main speaker. He said, “sleep apnea is a normal sleep cycle. The stimulus to breathing is caused by the carbon-dioxide level in the blood. When your lying in your sleep and breathing properly, you blow off all the carbon-dioxide in the blood. You are asleep, so you’re not generating any and you stop breathing for 30 seconds. Then when you build enough carbon-dioxide, you start breathing again.” Could it be all that simple?
My older sister Suffers from sleep apnea. She has always been overweight (300-370). She had throat cancer and had an operation when she was in her thirties. Her weight increased and she started having weight issues. Her doctor told her she would need an oxygen machine to put on at night to help her breath while she slept. The machine was large and cumbersome and required maintenance so some nights she wouldn’t wear it.She always argued that if sleep apnea was so dangerous then why did she survive her nights without putting it on. After several years the equipment became smaller and easier to use so she uses it on a regular basis.