Household food staple may help reduce snoring, according to study

EATING cheese may help reduce snoring, according to a study. People who regularly scoff the dairy staple were found to have a 28 per cent lower risk of sleep apnoea — closing of the throat — which causes severe snoring. Advertisement 1 Cheese may help reduce snoring Credit: Getty Researchers linked higher intake to a reduced likelihood of developing the disorder.

They claimed not enough attention had been paid to the connection with diet, writing in the Sleep Medicine journal: “This relationship may be crucial.” Snorers have previously been advised to avoid dairy products, including cheese, before bed. But the study of 400,000 Brits by boffins from China’s Chengdu University found 20 ways in which cheese can lower sleep apnoea risk.



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