Amy & Aron's

I've been writing a lot of awesome posts for my holiday gift guide and I am so happy with that. We have a lot more coming that I can't wait to show you. Today I want to share something a little more personal.

Have you or do you know someone that suffers from sleep apnea? The seriousness of apnea varies considerably and depends on how long the sleep stoppages are how many happen. Also referred to as sleep-disordered breathing, or SDB, apnea occurs widely in adults and children. Experts estimate apnea affects 1 in 15 people or 18 million Americans.

For those of you that don't fully understand what apnea is, here is a little bit of info I got from the My Natures Rite website.
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As we fall asleep, we move from stage one (drowsiness) into stage two where muscular activity is inhibited (blocked).  This is a function that occurs primarily to keep the dreamer from physically acting out the movements of their dreams that will occur in the next stage, REM sleep.

Unfortunately, as we age, the inhibition of skeletal muscles causes an unintentional reduction in the signal to the diaphragm muscle.  In stage two sleep, our breathing becomes shallower due to insufficient signal strength to the diaphragmatic muscles.  In sleep apnea sufferers, breathing will stop completely.

When the carbon dioxide level gets high enough, the brain intervenes and causes the body to make a large and immediate inhalation.  This causes a large pressure differential in the pharynx and literally sucks the sagging soft palate into the airway.  This obstructs the flow and causes a loud “SNORT” disturbing sleep or awakening the subject. 

Upon awakening or returning to stage 1 sleep, the reduction of muscle tonus for entry into stage two sleep is released and respiration begins again in a somewhat normal manner.  Then the cycle repeats again.

The problem is caused by the reduction in signal from your brain that reaches your diaphragm.  Shortly after your breathing stops, you take a rapid inhalation and this sucks the soft palate into the airway with a snort; disturbing your sleep.  The appropriate intervention is to enhance the communication from your brain to your diaphragm so that you breathe deeply and steadily throughout the night.  This is true for central and obstructive diagnosis.  They both have the same root cause, the obstruction simply exacerbates the problem.

The patented bouquet of herbs in Sleep Apnea Relief by Nature’s Rite enhances respiration, relaxes muscles that restrict nervous flow and increases drowsiness.  It represents a holistic natural solution to sleep apnea.  It is non-habit forming and no preconditioning is required.  What’s more, it addresses the cause of the problem without drugs, machines or surgery.

This product is designed to increase the respiration of sleepers so that it does not stop during the transition from Stage II to REM.  This keeps Sleep Apnea from disturbing their sleep without the used of CPAP.
It's important to note that this product gets at the root cause of sleep apnea and so it works for BOTH obstructive and central.  You see, the obstruction simply exacerbates the real issue which is central.

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We had the opportunity to try is Nature's Rite Sleep Apnea Relief. It's a capsule of a blend of herbs that make the magic happen.

I had sleep apnea when I was a baby and my mom was terrified. I was born in the very early 80's and the "at-home" technology wasn't as far along as it is now. I was born 9 weeks early and was not quite ready yet. My family would take turns holding me and at night time I slept on a very unreliable mat that would alarm falsely and scare everyone to death. The mat had a sensor on it to alert my parents if there was a stop to my breathing.

From what I am understanding, it alerted everyone in the whole house. I have heard so many times from my older relatives how sickly of a little baby I was and how happy they are that I survived infancy. I am 35 now- YAY, I made it pretty far from the doctor that told my then 18-year-old mother, "Don't expect much". That's a completely different post, though.

Aron suffers from sleep apnea. It causes so many disturbances. He flips and flops and snores so bad. It even disturbs my sleep. I worry so bad about him not waking up. I can always tell when it happens. He breathes in and after a long pause, he does a very deep inhale that is very uneven. After that, he breathes normally again.

There have been so many times that the pause is so long, I shake him. That works. He's a bigger guy. All I can do is shake him. The Nature's Rite Sleep Apnea Relief makes a more restful sleep and makes better days. I could only imagine the exhausted feeling after a long night of attacks.

This is an awesome additive into his diet. I do recommend checking ith your doctor or pharmacist before adding anything into your regimen.

I received this for free in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. If you have any questions about this product please feel free to email us directly at [email protected] or [email protected]