| 5 Simple Steps to Stop Snoring Posted: If you're a snorer in your household, you're probably getting a lot more sleep than anyone who can hear you. Try the following preventative measures. Steps - Avoid the things that make snoring worse: alcohol, sleeping pills, and coffee and rich foods before bedtime.[1] If you regularly take any kind of medication, talk to your doctor about alternatives. Some drugs can make snoring worse, including sleeping pills and sedatives.
- If you sleep on your back, buy yourself a few extra pillows and prop yourself up in bed, rather than lying flat on your back. Also, raise the head of your bed. An easy way to do it is to place several flat boards under the legs at the top end of the bed. A couple of old phone books under each leg should also raise the bed enough to do the trick.
- Sleep on your side. There's a good reason you don't want to sleep on your back: in that position, your tongue and soft palate rest against the back of your throat, blocking the airway. One way people train themselves to stay on their side is by taping or sewing a tennis ball to the back of their shirt, so whenever you roll onto your back, it's very uncomfortable.
- Address any nasal congestion.
- Try taking a decongestant or antihistamine if nasal congestion is causing your snoring. Use these only as a temporary measure if you suspect that a cold or allergy is to blame. Prolonged use of either can be harmful.
- Gargle with a peppermint mouthwash to shrink the lining of your nose and throat. This is especially effective if your snoring is a temporary condition caused by a head cold or an allergy. To mix up the herbal gargle, add 1 drop of peppermint oil to a glass of cold water. (Only gargle - do not swallow.)
- Change your sheets and pillowcases often to relieve nasal stuffiness, alleviate bedroom allergens. Try to vacuum your floors and curtains often too.
- Tape your nose open with nasal strips, available at most pharmacies. They may look odd, but who's looking? Following the directions on the package, tape one of the strips to the outside of your nose before you fall asleep. They work by lifting and opening your nostrils to increase airflow.
- Try mouthpiece devices -- also known as dental appliances, or mandibular advancement splints. They are usually small plastic devices worn in the mouth during sleep to prevent the soft throat tissues from collapsing and obstructing the airway. They do this by bringing your lower jaw forward and/or by lifting your soft palate. Some devices also stop the tongue from falling back over your windpipe.
Stop Snoring Caused By a Sinus Infection - Know that sometimes people become snorers because of sinus infections. Snoring is caused during a sinus infection because the mucus blocks the nasal passages.
- Follow some of the tips below to stop snoring when you are suffering from sinus infection:
- Do not forget to take the drugs prescribed by your physician for curing the sinus infection. Reduction of the infection will act as a remedy to stop snoring
- Consider using a sinus/nasal rinse. These are designed in such a way that the debris and mucus formed in the nose is completely flushed out. Rinsing will be helpful in relieving yourself of the snoring.
- You can place a nasal dilator strip on your nose channel. This will open the nostrils and can prevent snoring.
- You can use a menthol scent, which will be helpful in clearing the nose.
- You can try to have a warm shower or bath. Hot moist air will be helpful in draining the mucus from the sinuses, thereby reducing the possibility of snoring.
- You can raise the head portion of your bed. This will be helpful in reducing the amount of mucus draining down and blocking your nasal passages. When nasal passages are not blocked, you will not snore.
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- Consider the underlying cause. Discuss with your physician the possibility of a sleep disorder which may be more serious than just the snoring. The current gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea treatment is a CPAP device which opens the airway with pressurized air delivered through a mask or a nose-mounted appliance.
- There is surgery available now if your snoring problem is a function of sleep apnea.
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| How to Dry and Season Raw Sunflower Seeds Posted: Sunflower seeds are an ideal snack for those times when you need something to munch on. You can enjoy them while watching a movie, relaxing with a book, or doing whatever else it is you do. Steps - Buy some sunflower seeds. Make sure they are raw.
- Pour some of your seeds into a container, and add a small amount of water. Two tablespoons ought to be enough.
- Stir your seeds until all of them are moist.
- Use a coffee grinder to grid up some salt. It's recommended to use garlic salt with a touch of lemon pepper at a ratio of about 3:1. Sprinkle the resulting product on your seeds and stir vigorously until each seed is roughly equally seasoned.
- Dump your seeds onto a large flat plate, and spread them around. Put the plate in a microwave oven for a minute and a half. Once the time runs out, stir your seeds, and put them back in for another minute. Take them out, stir some more, try a couple of seeds to see how dry they are, and put them back in for the amount of time you deem necessary.
- When your seeds' shells give off a satisfying crack when you eat them and the seeds inside are crunchy and not soft, you're done.
Tips - To get rid of the coffee scent in your coffee grinder, wash it with vinegar.
- Be careful when tasting your seeds - they can be very hot inside after sitting in the microwave for a couple of minutes.
- Feel free to experiment with different spices in your seasoning.
- If you grind salt and spices in your coffee grinder, you will probably end up with coffee that tastes like garlic salt, no matter how well you wash it out. It is better to have one grinder that you use only for spices and a separate grinder for coffee.
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