Wearing tape on your mouth while you sleep may sound like just another health fad. But is itreally just a trend? Between all of the conflicting information, how can you be sure it’s worth trying?
We’ve gathered all of the facts behind on how mouth tape is a worthy tool to add to your arsenal for protecting your health, starting with how it supports proper breathing.
If you haven’t heard already, breathing through your mouth isn’t the most optimal way to oxygenate your body. In fact, mouth breathing can actually harm your health.
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The nose, however, keeps the sinuses moist and humidified, controls the temperature of the air we breathe, and produces a miracle molecule known as nitric oxide.
Nitric oxide enters the bloodstream in two different ways: by breathing through the nose, as we just mentioned, and by eating foods rich in nitrates.
Nitric oxide produced during nasal breathing has been shown to:
Mouth breathing, on the other hand, worsens heart health, raises blood pressure, and increases your chances for lowered immunity and chronic inflammation.
But that’s not all. By putting tape on your mouth, you take your body out of a chronic state of stress.
Believe it or not, breathing through the mouth leads to over-breathing. Short, shallow breaths don’t provide the body with proper oxygenation. Over time, this puts the body into a panicked, stressful state of fight or flight.
Nasal breathing forces us to slow down and take deep, slow breaths that give us the oxygen we need. This activates our parasympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the “rest and digest” state.
When we breathe slowly and calmly through the nose, the diaphragm activates. This flat muscle, located below the lungs, expands to its fullest capacity as we nasal breathe.
That, in combination with the nitric oxide and proper breathing rate, helps our body come out of a state of chronic stress and decompress.
Since the body is no longer stuck in a state of panic, immunity skyrockets.
The immune system isn’t always iron-clad, but adding nasal breathing to the mix provides an extra layer of protection. The nose filters the air we breathe thanks to small hairs known as cilia, trapping harmful particles, dust, and bacteria.
Nitric oxide, as mentioned, kills bacteria in the air particles we breathe before the body has a chance to absorb them.
The mucous membrane, which is also responsible for trapping germs, lines the nose and runs down to the bronchi within our lungs. Between nitric oxide and your mucous membrane, the nose offers a multi-layered defense from illness.
By breathing through your nose during the day and continuing to nasal breathe by wearing tape on your mouth at night, you’ll lower your chances of catching a cold or virus.
Therefore, taping your mouth can keep you from laying in bed for days, feeling ill, and missing out on the things you need (and want) to be doing instead.
Wearing tape on your mouth can prevent more than colds, though. It may even keep you from getting cavities.
We do what we can to protect our pearly whites, from regular teeth cleanings to daily brushing and flossing, mouth wash, and more. However, despite our best efforts our mouths can still be left vulnerable.
What if something as simple as putting tape over your mouth could protect them? It can.
Saliva works within the mouth to coat the teeth in a protective layer that keeps them from being exposed to bacteria, germs, and plaque. The problem? Breathing through the mouth, especially at night, dries this saliva up.
Once the saliva evaporates, your teeth are left defenseless against cavity-causing germs. By taping the mouth, you’ll ensure that the saliva remains intact, keeping your mouth armed against cavities, tooth decay, gum disease, and bad breath.
But placing tape on your mouth won’t just prevent cavities, it can also prevent a poor night’s sleep.
Waking up after a seemingly sleepless night is no walk in the park. It’s hard to focus, your energy is down, and you won’t be able to tackle what the day throws your way with efficiency.
Placing tape on your mouth before bed can fix that.
By breathing through your nose at night, you’ll wake up less frequently than if you were breathing through your mouth. On top of that, you’ll fall asleep faster and experience deeper, quality sleep.
Wearing tape on your mouth reduces your chances of snoring, a common sleep disruptor. When you mouth breathe, the tissues within your airway are more likely to fall backward and vibrate against each other as you breathe, producing a snoring sound.
Mouth tape, however, works to combat snoring. When you tape your mouth, you’ll nasal breathe as you sleep, keeping your airway from becoming obstructed.
That means both you and your partner will experience uninterrupted sleep, giving you more energy during waking hours to be ready for whatever the day brings.
Now that we know that mouth tape does, in fact, improve your health, which mouth tape should you use?
In today’s world, it’s important to do your research before making a purchase.
Rather than blindly buying a product, you want to make sure your money is spent on quality solutions.
The same applies to selecting a mouth tape. You don’t want to use the first tape you can find, as some tapes contain chemicals within the adhesive that are harmful to the skin.
These chemicals cause rashes, irritation, and discomfort. Conversely, SomniFix offers a hypoallergenic, gel-like adhesive that is comfortable, latex-free, and gluten-free.
Place our tape on your mouth before you tuck yourself in to experience all of the health benefits that mouth taping has to offer!
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