By Andy | May 20, 2008 - 4:17 am - Posted in News, Sleep Habits, Snoring


Note: This guest post was written by Dr. Rick Donald. Check out his websites: www.stopmysnoringnow.com and www.slimtone.com.au

Snoring is a worldwide health concern that affects more than fifty percent of all adults and, yes, it can besnoring successfully treated without the need to spend any more money on ‘yet another’ stop snoring treatment, or even worse still, on dangerous surgery.

But there’s no such thing as a ‘wonder snoring cure’, so stop looking for it right now because it doesn’t exist! In fact, if you do ever read about one, put it in the snake oil category along with magic potions to re-grow hair on a bald head. It’ll simply be a con.

Instead, the two best natural stop snoring treatments are to firstly address your daily food and drink intake and secondly, assess the impact of the lifestyle choices that you have made on whether you snore or not.

Otherwise you will always be behind the eight ball, because these contributing factors that may well be causing your snoring in the first place will still be there to haunt you and your sleeping partner, night after noisy night.

For example, it’s common knowledge that milk can cause upper respiratory tract congestion, which then may exacerbate snoring. But most snorers are unaware that consuming certain specific carbohydrates groups after 3pm, such as potatoes and dried fruit, can also influence whether they snore of not. Read The Full Story…

By Andy | May 13, 2008 - 2:27 am - Posted in Sleep Apnea, Sleep Therapy

Sleep apnea affects numerous people. It is a condition where a person stops breathing while sleeping. It can affect anybody of any age, race, or gender. There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central and mixed. The cause of each type is specific and determining which type you have is necessary to see what type of treatment you should get.

Only your doctor or sleep specialist can tell you which treatment option is best for you.

1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (or O.S.A. for short) is about as bad as it gets. People may joke about it, butsleep apnea O.S.A. iscertainly no laughing matter because it can kill you. And according to the Mayo Clinic, up to 1 in 4 Americans suffer from this deadly health concern. Now this is a really worrying statistic to say the least.

- Positional therapy: Apneas be predisposed to be worse when sleeping on the back as gravity makes it more likely for the tongue to fall back over the airway and/or for the airway muscles and other tissue) to collapse and block the airway.

- Weight loss: Sleep apnea can be weight-related. Additional fat around the neck may make the airway narrower, making obstructions more likely to occur. For some overweight people, especially those with mild cases, losing weight can be an effective treatment. Read The Full Story…