Help Stop Snoring, Limiting Eating Before Bedtime
ARTICLE BY Max Taylor...
Raiding the refrigerator for a bedtime snack is a common enough occurrence in most households but before you bite into that sinfully rich dessert before going to bed tonight, you had better be aware that this is definitely not a good idea. There is a co-relation between snoring and when you eat. Besides that, what you eat also makes a difference. Read on to find out why a late night snack is not advised and how it can induce snoring. And to help stop snoring, the article also gives suggestions on how to make the necessary adjustments to your food intake to avert this condition. You will learn what to eat and when to eat to help stop snoring and also how alcohol consumption before bedtime too has a similar detrimental effect on the system and can induce snoring.
It’s getting to close to bedtime and your stomach is looking for a late night snack. You go to the kitchen and decide on a nice thick slice of chocolate cake. After brushing your teeth you tuck yourself into bed and within hours you feel the familiar hand of your spouse trying to wake you up so you’ll stop snoring.
Snoring is a problem that almost everyone has had to deal with at some point. Whether it was a parent who snored, a partner or their own snoring problem, it changed not only their sleep patterns but their stress level as well. If we don’t get a good night’s rest we can end up irritated, frustrated and angry with the person who snores, even if logically it seems that there is nothing they can do about it.
There might be something that can easily change the situation and help them to stop snoring. The solution might be found in their menu. The foods we eat can have a direct impact on whether or not we snore.
Eating right before you retire for the night gives your body less of a chance to digest the food. This can result in the food sitting within your stomach and depending on the size of the snack or the meal it can also cause you to feel pressure on your diaphragm. It is that pressure that can result in snoring.
Adjusting your meal time might help improve the snoring. If you are accustomed to eating dinner later in the evening at eight or nine o’clock, it might be wise to move that ahead several hours so that by the time you do hit the hay, the food will have been digested and it won’t result in a restless sleep that is filled with the sounds of snoring.
Experimenting a bit with eating times is wise in this case. It might be as simple as an hour difference in time that results in you snoring or not. That is a small change that can have a big result in not only your sleep but in the sleep of those who have listened to you snore night after night.
Snacks are often a regular routine of night time television viewing. Eating potato chips, popcorn or pretzels is a great way to add flavor to an evening of sports or movies. Choosing a different snack might help you to have a sounder sleep though. Some research suggests that honey has a positive effect on the airways and can help stop snoring. Eating an apple dipped in honey or having a cup of warm tea with honey will not only help with stopping the snoring but it won’t place such a heavy burden on your digestive system at the end of the day.
Overall the main points to remember when eating to avoid snoring are:
- Avoid eating late in the day.
- Avoid eating snacks that contain too many calories
- Avoid snacks that take a long time to digest.
Looking carefully at your diet and your dietary habits might result in not only a healthier eating pattern but also may help with a snoring problem. Simply adjusting what you eat and when you eat it could stop your snoring completely.
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