{"id":7524,"date":"2018-07-03T04:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T09:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.consumerhealthdigest.com\/blog\/\/?p=7524"},"modified":"2019-08-02T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T13:09:32","slug":"snoring-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consumerhealthdigest.com\/blog\/snoring-myths.html","title":{"rendered":"Debunk these 5 Misconceptions about Snoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFor a generation as blessed with knowledge as we are, the extent and nature of misinformation about sleep are rather surprising. It wasn’t until very recently that we even had research-backed information to explain why humans sleep at all! Sleep has always been such an innate aspect of the human existence that there’s precious little dialog on it.<\/p>\n

It’s only recently that ideas such as sleep hygiene, better sleep practices, sleep enhancement products, sleep ailments, snoring aids, and other solutions have become a part of the mainstream of idea exchange. <\/p>\n

Still, however, there are way too many myths and misconceptions about sleep – and these need to be debunked. In this guide, we’re going to focus our attention on snoring – asleep ailment, and arguably one that’s most ravaged by myths. <\/p>\n

Myth #1 – Snoring is Normal Bodily Reaction\/Indicator of Good Sleep<\/h2>\n

That’s crazy, really. If you’re the kind of person who thinks snoring is funny, and nothing else, then you probably need to read this guide more than once! To know better, let’s try to understand why snoring occurs. <\/p>\n

When you fall asleep, your throat’s muscles relax. Your tongue tends to fall backward. The throat, in this situation, becomes ‘narrow’. Because of this, the air moving in through your nose causes the throat to vibrate, producing grunting sounds. <\/p>\n

This is snoring. The ‘sound’ of snoring (which is essentially what most people consider snoring to be) is an outcome of the narrowing of the throat cavity, which in turn means that the natural flow of air in and out of the body is impeded (and there’s nothing funny about that). <\/p>\n

Narrower the airway, more the vibration, and hence, louder the snoring. When the throat walls collapse completely, there’s almost no space for oxygen to flow into the body, which makes the sufferer feel choked. <\/p>\n

So, there’s nothing ‘normal’ about snoring, and it certainly isn’t an indicator of good sleep (quite the contrary). <\/p>\n

Myth #2 – Snoring is a Men’s Problem, Primarily. <\/h2>\n

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Nothing could be far from the truth. Though there’s no scientific research that has tried to find out why the world believes so, we think it’s high time people stopped believing this idea. <\/p>\n

There’s nothing inherent about snoring that should naturally make it more prominent in men. Here are some reasons why the general belief is that women don’t snore:<\/p>\n