The founders of the entire foods use Apple Watch to get rid of their drinking habit, saying that it changed their life

Hole Foods founder John McKay revealed that his Apple Watch helped him drink alcohol years ago. He used the clock to track his lifestyle and identified how unhealthy habits were affecting his sleep.

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The founders of the entire foods use Apple Watch to get rid of their drinking habit, saying that it changed their life
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We saw many reports how Apple Watch saved the lives of individuals from fatal accidents. From time to time, Apple has been praised for users’ ability to protect during smartwatch’s emergency. However, it seems that Apple Watch is not only guarding users with emergency situations, but also proving to be a powerful tool to promote healthy lifestyle. In fact, his apple clock for Hole Foods founder John McKay also helped him to get rid of his alcohol addiction.

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In his recent conversation with Business Insider, McKay revealed that three years ago, he began his alcohol-free journey, and thanks to Insights from Apple Watch, he was able to remove his addiction. He shared that he was keeping an eye on his sleep using Apple Watch, which made him know that in a few days, he was sleeping well, while on others, he was not. In fact, his deep sleep was the most affected. “So, I started asking questions,” Okay, what did I do if I didn’t sleep well? ” “He told Business Insider.

Using these sleeping insights, McKay shared that he was to track his lifestyle and was finally able to identify three factors affecting his sleep: alcohol, irregular eating habits and exercise. “One was how much I exercised – more exercise led to better sleep. The second was if I ate a big food late, I did not sleep very well. And third if I used , So I lost their deep sleep.

Even whenever he drinks, he also tracked his sleep, and his apple watch helped him find out that whenever he consumed alcohol, his deep sleep was very impressed. “Total sleep falls, on average, about an hour (when drunk) …,” he revealed. Thanks to all this data, McKay shared that he began to bend towards a healthy lifestyle and eventually decided to completely quit alcohol.

According to The Sleep Foundation, a study based on around 160,000 participants found that about 90 percent of the respondents who regularly consumed alcohol in the evening reported at least one sleep related problem.

While Apple offers sleep tracking in his iPhone and Watch, McKay also noted that he used an app on Apple Watch -Autoslap to track his sleep. The app has been paid a payment, which is available on iOS. But this is not just sleep; The founder of Hole Foods also mentioned that he is using other health facilities such as heart rate, blood pressure, and other trackers, who are on the clock to monitor their lifestyle and make conscious decisions accordingly. “We can make plans for people and monitor people to help them be their own healthy versions,” he said.

In particular, during the launch of Apple Watch 10, Apple introduced a new sleep apnea detection feature for users. The purpose of this feature is to help users to track their sleep and to help in detecting and tracking sleep apnea, especially a condition that is often abandoned in millions. Apple reported that this new feature uses an accelerometer of the watch to monitor breathing disturbances during sleep. This feature can detect signs of moderate to severe sleep apnea. “Sleep apnea notification feature can see for breathing disturbances, when you sleep and inform you if they show frequent signs.”

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