A study shows that eating cheese may help reduce snoring.
It turns out that people who regularly scoff at the dairy staple have a 28% lower risk of developing sleep apnea – the closing of the throat – which causes severe snoring.
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Researchers have linked eating larger amounts of food to a lower risk of developing this disorder.
They claimed that not enough attention had been paid to the association with diet, writing in the journal Sleep Medicine: “This relationship may be crucial.”
People who snore have previously been advised to avoid dairy products, including cheese, before bed.
But the study of 400,000 Britons from Chengdu University in China found 20 ways in which cheese can reduce the risk of sleep apnea.
These include increasing testosterone and lowering blood pressure.
A recent study also found that people with a healthy diet were almost a fifth less likely to develop sleep apnea than those who ate fewer vegetables.
Dr Johannes Melaku, from Flinders University, said: 'It is possible that a healthy plant-based diet reduces inflammation and obesity, which are key factors in the risk of obstructive sleep apnea.
“These findings highlight the importance of the quality of our diet in managing the risk of obstructive sleep apnea.”
Sleep apnea occurs when your breathing stops due to obstruction of your airways during sleep.
