I really like this quote, pasted from another thread I just put it in. Particularly the cause of adrenaline and oestrogen being low blood sugar and CO2 at night, and the need to eat well to stabilize sugar.
This is from a KMUD show in January
"Q: When we breathe through mouth rather than nose at night, this can get rid of too much CO2 and this is a problem?
Q: is it more of a treatment than cure?
This is from a KMUD show in January
"Q: When we breathe through mouth rather than nose at night, this can get rid of too much CO2 and this is a problem?
Ray Peat said:yes the medical analysis is that people don’t breathe enough at night, but when you look at the blood chemistry the usual thing is that they hyperventilate during the night, because as their blood sugar is pushed down to sleep, their adrenaline comes up periodically and this makes them have in effect higher estrogen, higher inflammatory hormones which drives hyperventilation and blows off too much Carbon Dioxide. Then they don’t breathe for a while so they wake up feeling like they have died or have not been breating enough . The best chemical for this is Diamox (Acetazolamide ) that causes the body to retain more carbon dioxide, it prevents the body from losing too much carbon dioxide which keeps it in the blood.
It’s well established as a cure for sleep Apnea, also used by skiers to prevent altitude sickness, because altitude sickness is a lack of CO2 not oxygen.
Q: is it more of a treatment than cure?
Ray Peat said:Sometimes 2-3 days of a thyroid supplement is all a person needs, and their own gland will take over. Same with sleep apnea, sometimes they can get out of the stress, and reset. Usually though you have to work on finding why the hormones are going bad, especially at night, and get your blood sugar stabilized, get a good diet of enough protein and fruit and supplement the Thyroid as long as it’s needed.