{"id":44999,"date":"2026-10-24T08:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/how-untreated-osa-can-affect-metabolic-health-and-what-to-do-about-it\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T06:36:13","slug":"how-untreated-osa-can-affect-metabolic-health-and-what-to-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/how-untreated-osa-can-affect-metabolic-health-and-what-to-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Untreated OSA Can Affect Metabolic Health (and What to Do About It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Improving Your Metabolic Health With OSA<\/p>\n<p>Ready to take action? \u201cFocusing on a healthy lifestyle can improve your OSA and metabolic health,\u201d says Ho. These steps can support metabolic health if you have OSA.<\/p>\n<p>1. Find Substitutes for Processed Food<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee if there are processed foods that you can decrease or cut out from your diet and find healthier replacements that perhaps have less processed sugars or saturated fats or more dietary fiber,\u201d says Ho. Eating healthfully (with foods low in saturated fat, sodium, and sugar) can stabilize blood sugar and improve heart health.<\/p>\n<p>2. Set a Movement Goal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind enjoyable ways you can move more and set a realistic and achievable goal around this activity that you can maintain long term, even during busy weeks,\u201d says Ho. That could be starting small with 10 minutes of activity two to three days a week.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/sleep-apnea\/how-osa-can-affect-metabolic-health\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for Improving Your Metabolic Health With OSA Ready to take action? \u201cFocusing on a healthy lifestyle can improve your OSA and metabolic health,\u201d says Ho. These steps can support metabolic health if you have OSA. 1. Find Substitutes for Processed Food \u201cSee if there are processed foods that you can decrease or cut out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":45000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[36,4570],"class_list":["post-44999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-mixtv","tag-sleep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}