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Why do people snore and how to stop snoring?

Snoring is a sleep disorder. Snoring is a loud, hoarse, or harsh breathing (vibratory) sound that happens while one is a asleep. It happens when the airways at the back of the throat are obstructed. Every time you breathe your throat muscles are vibrating and when your airways are blocked or irritated – and when those vibrations are stopped – you snore.

When you are awake, you breathe in through your nose (and mouth) and the air passes in a steady stream that easily goes through your throat and down into your lungs. However, when we are asleep, these same muscles relaxes causing the airway in the back of your throat to become narrower. When air passes through the narrower opening, it hits and cause the relaxed soft floppy palate tissues surrounding the opening to vibrate like a flag in the wind, which in effect cause the sounds of snoring.

Symptoms of Snoring

Snoring can also lead to excessive daytime sleepiness, lack of concentration, dry and sore throat, weight gain, headaches, hypertension.

Causes of Snoring

- Sleep apnea : Sleep apnea, a disruption of breathing while asleep, is a deceiving sleep disorder. Not everyone who snores has sleep apnea–and not everyone who has untreated sleep apnea snores.
- Overweight.
- Deviated nasal symptom.
- Tongue enlargement.
- Sleeping on your back.
- Allergy.
- Poor muscle tone of the palate.
- Small oropharynx (area of your throat that passes the vocal chords).
- Nasal blockage.
- Cigarette Smoking.
- Alcohol and sleeping pills.
- Aging.
- Goiter- Swelling of the thyroid gland present in the neck.
- Breathing through nose.
- Eating a large meal shortly before bedtime.

How to cure Snoring

- Steam inhalation, tea, nasal strips.
- Follow a regular sleeping pattern.
- Sleeping on the side.
- Avoid caffeine before sleeping.
- Take little bit of honey before sleeping.
- Nasal Separator – fits into both nostrils keeping nasal passages open.
- Loose weight.
- Elevate your head when you sleep.
- Steer clear of dairy products before going to bed. Dairy causes mucus buildup.
- Don’t drink alcoholic beverages, take sleeping pills, tranquilizers, or antihistamines right before going to sleep, they will cause your muscles to relax and limit your air passage way.
- Quit smoking
- Dry air can irritate membranes in the nose and throat. Keep your room moist.
- Surgery attempts to increase the size of the airway to make nighttime breathing easier and stop snoring.

Exercises that can help:

- Repeat each vowel (a-e-i-o-u) out loud for three minutes throughout day.
- Place the tip of your tongue behind your top front teeth. Slide your tongue backwards for 3 minutes a day
- With mouth open, move jaw to the right and hold for 30 seconds. Repeat on left side.
- With mouth open, contract the muscle at the back of your throat repeatedly for 30 seconds.

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How to take care of obesity using some natural home remedies.

The definition of obesity varies depending on what one reads, but in general, it is a chronic condition defined by an excess amount body fat. A certain amount of body fat is necessary for storing energy, heat insulation, shock absorption, and other functions. There are different home remedies to reduce weight :

- Salt helps in reducing weight. Add limejuice and salt to lukewarm water and drink empty stomach in the morning to reduce weight.
- Soak 4 to 5 garlic pieces in milk and boil it till the milk is reduced to half. Eat the garlic along with the milk. Garlic helps in removing the unnecessary fat from the body.
- Regularly taking cow’s milk with honey also helps in reducing weight.
- Including snake guord regularly in diet helps in reducing weight.
- Grind carrot and add to butter milk and drink regularly to lose weight.
- Papaya ( not the ripe one) cooked with dhal helps in reducing weight.
- Mix black pepper powder in vegetable soup and vegetables. It not only enhances the flavor of your food items but also helps in controlling obesity and burning excessive fat.
- Eat papaya or vegetable soup as your dinner for 2-3 months if you want a quick weight loss. This works in controlling obesity.
- Drink green tea or ginger tea as ginger is very effective in burning excessive fat in your body.
- Mix small amount of honey and fresh ginger paste. Take this with half tablespoon guggul to control obesity.
- Prepare a drink by adding half teaspoon fresh honey and half teaspoon fresh tulsi paste in a luke warm water. It is an effective home remedy for obesity control.
- You can also try this most common and simple home remedy for obesity. Add half teaspoon fresh lemon juice and half teaspoon fresh honey in a luke warm water. Take this every morning with an empty stomach.
- Eat tomato in early morning as it is beneficial in keeping cholesterol level to the normal and reduce fat.
- Horse gram is also very effective in controlling obesity. Soak 1-2 tablespoon of horse gram in a glass of water and allow it to rest overnight and take the soaked solution every morning in an empty stomach.
- Eat a lot of cabbage, can eat as a salad or added to other food. Try to replace one meal with a cabbage meal.
- Eating 10-12 fully grown curry leaves every morning for 3 to 4 months may be helpful in weight loss for obese and overweight people.
- Eating a tomato in the morning before breakfast for 3 to 4 months may be helpful in weight loss for obese and overweight people.