Mouth taping might quiet your snoring. It may also hide a blood sugar problem
Mouth taping went viral as a sleep hack, but the research behind it is still small. A recent review of ten studies found a clear benefit in only two.
Loud snoring can be a sign of obstructive sleep apnea, where breathing stops or goes shallow again and again overnight. In the Sleep Heart Health Study of 2,656 adults, people with 15 or more breathing pauses an hour had about 1.5 times the odds of high fasting blood sugar, even after accounting for weight. That is an association, not proof that apnea causes high sugar, but repeated stress jolts at night are one likely link to insulin…
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