Sleep Apnea: Is it Really a Nutritional Deficiency? Dr. Berg Explains

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hey guys so recently I had a question about sleep apnea what causes it and what can you do about it so this is the condition which really affects someone’s sleep you see this a lot in diabetics is there a connection yes there is so when you have high glucose okay high blood sugar it depletes vitamin b1 Kevin thiamine because vitamin b1 is essential and maintaining normal function of your brainstem especially the breathing centers which connect to a nerve called the phrenic nerve which comes down from the brainstem and goes right to the diaphragm so the entire diaphragm the motor control the function of the movement of the diaphragm is controlled by this one nerve so if that nervous cut you’re not going to be able to breathe so what happens this part of the nervous system is under what’s called autonomic nervous system function now the autonomic nervous system works on automatic but you can also influence it too so right now I can stop reading if I want and then if I forget to breathe that autonomic nervous system will kick in there and breathe for me when I’m sleeping that system actually breathes for me so I don’t have to think about it so here’s a thing so when your spouse is let’s say snoring I’ll sudden you hear them stop breathing for a period of time dot sleep apnea that’s definitely involving these breathing centers right here so it’s really the the high-sugar okay which depletes a vitamin b1 which then you lose the function of the breathing centers I’m if you take a look at other symptoms of low vitamin b1 you have lactic acidosis that basically the situation where your pH becomes slightly more acidic and you’ll have problems breathing just from that alone or there’s another condition called dyspnea which is basically difficulty breathing it’s related to something called berry berry what is that that’s a vitamin b1 deficiency but people could have a moderate or a subclinical deficiency that might not show up on blood tests but it’s just gradually going into a major deficiency also there’s another condition called SIDS sudden infant death syndrome okay where this infant just stops breathing for no reason well that also is related to a severe b1 deficiency in an infant which basically affects the breathing centers again a lot of information you can find when you study beriberi or look at the relationship between vitamin b1 deficiency and SIDS you’ll find a lot of interesting research so that’s why it’s very important to make sure that the infant is breastfed or if you’re getting a formula that it has enough b1 and other nutrients because some of these formulas are just pure sugar avoid of a lot of good nutrition anyway I just wanted to point out that if you have sleep apnea you may want to start taking vitamin b1 and in addition to that take nutritional yeast because that will also support and prevent any other deficiencies from higher levels of Adam b1 alright thanks for watching hey so if you haven’t done so please press subscribe now that way you can be aware of all the new content that I’m putting out on a regular basis