I had a significant increase in snoring and scored 35 – and then an immediate decrease as I went back to paying closer attention to added sugar intake. For dinner: pizza, wings, veggies with blue cheese dressing. For lunch I had an Italian meat sandwich with condiments and salad with dressing. The week after the challenge, I tested this theory by eating foods that I would normally eat. While I have not discussed this with my doctor yet, I am convinced that added sugar intake is a source of the tissue inflammation and likely the cause of my snoring. My Snore Score average went from above 50 to single digits. I thought it was an anomaly but the scores over the next few nights proved otherwise: After one day of the challenge, my Snore Score dropped to 1. The day before the challenge my Snore Score was 77. I lost about six pounds and Shannon and I both seemed to be getting better sleep.īut what does sugar have to do with sleep? And what about the snoring? I noticed that I initially had to resist getting up and looking for a snack, but by the end of the week I didn’t feel the urge so much. We made it through the challenge, and had a little fun with it along the way. Day two we had stuffed peppers with a no sugar added sauce that was a little pricey but very good. On day one she made a chicken and black bean salad with homemade avocado dressing – it was absolutely delicious. We planned and prepared some food for the week: hard boiled eggs, roasted almonds, cheese sticks, veggies and fruits. This led to a couple of heated discussions, “There is no way bacon has sugar!” Turns out it does.

Nonetheless, we were very surprised about how much of the food we typically eat has added sugar. We eat fairly well most of the time so it wasn’t too difficult to stay on track. But it’s only seven days – challenge accepted.Ĭompleting the challenge with Shannon made it so much easier. I don’t normally eat or drink a lot of sugary foods, but when I do, I go all in. I thought I’d give the challenge a go after hearing about the success others had. Then came the seven day No Added Sugar Challenge (NASC) and the week that just may have saved a life. Or as my wife put it, my snoring was horrible. My Snore Scores averaged above 50 and I ranked in the 86 th percentile of SnoreLab users. Things weren’t really improving that much. I finally found out how bad I snored and I began to try several remedies including exercise, diet, mouthpieces, and pillows designed to help snoring. Thankfully, my wife Shannon chose to wear ear plugs instead of leaving me! I tried a number of things to reduce my snoring, but had little success. The doctor said my snoring was most likely the result of enlarged tissue in my airway due to ageing, lack of fitness, drinking alcohol before bed, weight gain, and some medications. It took me a long time to be able to say that but last year I participated in a sleep study that categorically confirmed I am what they call a “heavy snorer.” We were stunned to hear that snoring can effectively stop straight away with some healthy adjustments to what you eat … Ask anyone about snoring and they’ll tell you that losing weight it a great way to reduce it – but this story isn’t about weight loss.

This story comes from Richard who contacted us about his amazing success with the No Added Sugar Challenge.

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