Title: A Lifestyle Approach to Remedy Snoring

 

Author: Kevin Meates

 

Article:

If you want to remedy snoring, you have to find the underlying

cause. Snoring is not an affliction like the common cold, where

you wake up one morning and you’ve just got it. It is something

that normally arrives slowly over time. Most people can’t

remember the day and date that their snoring started. It was

sometime in my mid 30’s or some such vague description is the

normal response to a question on its arrival.

 

The lifestyle approach to remedy your snoring, doesn’t treat it

as a condition or a disease. But rather treats snoring as a

symptom, or a warning, that the body is out of balance.

 

I like to think of snoring like the ground proximity alarm in a

modern jet aircraft. (The one that goes “WOOP! WOOP! PULL UP!

PULL UP!”, if the aircraft gets too close to the ground when

it’s not supposed to). If you are a pilot, you’d prefer not to

hear it. But if you did, you would be grateful for the warning

before dire consequences arrived. I'm sure the warning siren

must be very annoying when it is activated but a lot less

painful than the alternative. Likewise snoring is annoying, but

not responding to the warning may have more serious

consequences.

 

The above example may seem extreme but the reality is there has

been an enormous amount of research in recent years linking

snoring to a range of serious conditions such as hypertension

and coronary disease.

 

The human body is a truly amazing machine. It has the ability to

self regulate a complex array of interacting chemical and

electrical processes within fine tolerances. This ability of

homeostasis means the body can keep the internal systems (e.g.

blood pressure, body temperature, acid-base balance) in

equilibrium despite changes in the external environment.

 

However if the body is subjected to persistent extreme

conditions outside the normal bounds of function then it may not

be able to rectify the situation without help. For instance if

your body gets cold, it starts to shiver to maintain its core

body temperature. But if your body is subjected to sub zero

temperatures without any external heating then shivering alone

will not be able to stop the inevitable deadly conclusion. But

the act of shivering is, in itself, a warning for you to take

some action; put some warmer clothes on for example.

 

Snoring can be set off by a number of different balance upsets

such as your diet, your breathing, your stress levels, and your

physical environment. If you systematically work through these

factors two important things are going to happen. You’re

eventually going to stop snoring and you’ll end up with a

healthier body.

 

Once you start you may be pleasantly surprised, as often, a

snoring solution doesn't always require a big change in your

lifestyle.

 

Copyright © 2004 Kevin Meates

 

About the author:

Kevin Meates writes for

http://www.snoring-solutions-that-work.com where you can find a

set of strategies for overcoming all types of snoring problems.