"Can These Foods Help Cure Snoring?"

Treating Snoring with Food

Many believe that snoring is a sign of deep sleep. In reality, snoring is a condition that poses serious health risks. What foods can help treat snoring? Let's find out:

1. Shiitake Mushrooms

Shiitake mushrooms are rich in active substances like mushroom polysaccharides, mannitol, and trehalose, which enhance immune cell activity, improve autonomic nerve regulation, and boost detoxification. Consuming 50-150 grams of mushrooms daily can help eliminate fatigue.

2. Honey

Honey lubricates the throat and clears respiratory passages. Adding honey to soothing bedtime tea can prevent snoring.

3. Scallions (Green Onions)

Scallions contain volatile oils, nicotinic acid, vitamins B1, B2, A, fatty acids, and mucus. For the elderly, those prone to fatigue, and chronic disease patients, stir-frying scallions with eggs or making scallion pancakes with about 15 grams of scallions daily can improve fatigue and restore energy.

4. Coriander (Cilantro)

Coriander, also known as cilantro, contains camphor alcohol, dihydrocarvone, and limonene. Lactic acid is a major contributor to muscle soreness, fatigue, and lethargy. Combining alkaline substances from seaweed and radish with coriander's active ingredients neutralizes lactic acid produced during muscle activity. Eating about 100 grams of coriander, seaweed, and radish daily can alleviate fatigue.

5. Red Dates (Jujubes)

Before bedtime, soak your feet in warm water to relieve fatigue. Then, chew on about 100 roasted red dates slowly. Continue this for a week and observe the effects. If positive, continue until the snoring stops!

6. Bananas

Bananas are rich in potassium ions, essential for maintaining normal muscle and nerve function. Eating two bananas daily can improve overall fatigue. Seniors can include bananas in their breakfast for better energy replenishment and fatigue reduction.

Tips for Managing Snoring

1. Strengthen physical exercise and maintain good lifestyle habits.

2. Avoid smoking and excessive alcohol, as smoking aggravates respiratory symptoms and exacerbates snoring, nocturnal respiratory disorders, and hypoxemia, especially when consumed before sleep.

3. For those who are obese, actively work on weight loss through exercise. Our experience shows that a weight loss of 5%-10% or more is effective.

4. Snorers often experience decreased blood oxygen levels, accompanied by hypertension, arrhythmia, increased blood viscosity, and increased cardiac burden, which can lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Monitor blood pressure regularly and take antihypertensive medications promptly.

5. Avoid taking sedatives and sleeping pills before bedtime to prevent further suppression of respiratory center regulation.

6. Adopt a lateral sleeping position, preferably on the right side, to prevent the tongue, soft palate, and uvula from relaxing and falling back during sleep, which can worsen upper airway obstruction. Placing a small ball at the back can help maintain the lateral position.

7. Post-surgery snorers should consume soft foods and avoid hot food. Avoid strenuous activities.