Sleep Apnea

The group that only slept five and a half hours per night lost more muscle than the one who got eight and a half. It was due to their respiratory exchange ratio, where they were preferentially burning both muscle and fat in their deficit. The real kicker is that metabolism didn't actually slow down in that study. You're burning the same amount of calories per day from your BMR, but now more than we're coming from.

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