Do You Snore? Are You Sleeping With A Snorer? According to the research peeps OnePoll, 51% of Americans snore. Cue The drumroll because…there’s a new little product (thingy) that may just mute the snoring! It’s called MUTE! (Sounds like a relationship saver to me!)
Michael J. Breus, Ph.D. “The Sleep Doctor” joined me to talk snoring. He’s the Clinical Psychologist for Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He explained, many people breathe through their mouth, which causes a vibration in the back of the throat that can result in snoring.
Mute, he said, is an FDA-approved nasal dilator that sits inside the nose to increase airflow, improve nose breathing, and reduce snoring. (Not that I would know anything about snoring.)
Funny thing about snoring you gotta admit it’s kinda funny, but in truth it’s no joke. 39% of Americans who snore or live with someone who snores say their sleep is disrupted between one and three times each week. And it’s leaving them so tired that 34% are oversleeping, and 24% have fallen asleep at work.
Severe snoring, where the snorer stops breathing between inhalations, may be a sign of sleep apnea and should be checked by a sleep specialist. In our podcast chat here Dr. Breus explains what happens to your heart if you ignore severe snoring. Let’s just say it ain’t pretty.
So What About This New Little Thingy Mute?
- In product trials, 78% of Mute users could breathe better and 75% snored less.
- 59% of snorers are ages 45-54, 56% are ages 35-44 and 54% are ages 55-64.
- 51% of U.S. adults who snore are men and 57% of men admitted to being a snorer.
- More than any other region, 53% of residents in New York, Washington, Connecticut and the surrounding states keep their partners or housemates awake from snoring.
I’ll report back once I do a trial run, not that I snore or anything.
Seems both the Doc and I have experienced a ’bout’ of snoring after a bout of bourbon.
Enjoy our conversation.
Michael J. Breus is a double board-certified Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Sleep Specialist. He is one of only 168 psychologists in the world to have taken and passed the Sleep Medicine Boards without going to Medical School. He’s the author of four books with the newest book (2021) Energize! Go from dragging Ass to kicking it in 30 days, adds the concepts of Movement (not exercise), and Intermittent-Fasting to his already famous Sleep Chronotypes. And it was recently named one of the top books of 2021 by The Today Show. In his 3rd book (2017) ‘The Power of When’ which is a ground breaking bio-hacking book proving that there is a perfect time to do everything, based on your biological chronotype (early bird or night owl). Dr. Breus gives the reader the exact time to have sex, run, a mile, eat a cheeseburger, buy, sell, ask your boss for a raise and much more based on over 200 research studies. He is an expert resource for most major publications doing more than 400 interviews per year (Oprah, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, NY Times, Wall Street Journal etc.-list available). Dr. Breus has been in private practice for 23 years and recently relocated to and was named the Top Sleep Doctor of Los Angeles, By Readers Digest.
