Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Okay.

So back to the sleep apnea because, you know, people having these awakenings where there are multiple wakings in the night, obviously this is happening during different stages.

What, how does sleep apnea, untreated sleep apnea affect sleep, the sleep architecture?

Right.

Yeah.

I wonder if anyone's, or maybe you can tell me if anyone's ever looked at, you know, because you mentioned deep sleep is really important for this, you know, cleaning out the toxic waste.

These are aggregate protein aggregates, amyloid beta 42 being one.

I wonder if anyone's ever looked at like people with

Alzheimer's disease to see if any of them have sleep apnea, like the untreated sleep apnea.

Right, and you're also disrupting your sleep architecture and not getting enough sleep.

So people with untreated sleep apnea then probably do have problems with working memory.

you mean, so it does that not while you're on it, but like, that's it.

Yeah.

Is this why men have a lot more attentional issues?

Right.

Okay, well, let's talk about treating sleep apnea.

I know we can talk about CPAP and what that is, and it certainly works.

Yeah, it's a blunt instrument.

It works.

Long-term adherence, maybe not so great.