Except for your morning wheat bran, no food is more fiber-rich than beans. And beans are especially high in cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. Eating a cup of any type of beans a dayâparticularly kidney, navy, pinto, black, chickpea, or butter beansâcan lower cholesterol by as much as 10% in 6 weeks.
The most common type of sleep apneaâobstructive sleep apneaâoccurs when the airway is blocked, causing pauses in breathing and loud snoring. Since sleep apnea only occurs while youâre sleeping, you may only discover you have a problem when a bed partner or roommate complains about your snoring.
The effect of sleep fragmentation on daytime function. Habitual snoring may affect the snorer's health and performance during the day by causing the snorer to arouse or suffer sleep fragmentation (repetitive arousal from sleep); it is also a source of disturbance for the snorer's bed partner.