研究称打呼噜是因为舌头太胖

最近有研究称打呼噜是因为舌头脂肪也就是说舌头太胖了……

It’s long been known that losing weight helps reduce snoring and sleep apnea. Now an MRI study from the University of Pennsylvania has found that the culprit is not neck or chin fat, but tongue fat. Yes, the problem is fat tongues.

 

“Most clinicians, and even experts in the sleep apnea world, have not typically focused on fat in the tongue for treating sleep apnea,” says coauthor Richard Schwab, co-medical director of Penn Sleep Center. “Now that we know tongue fat is a risk factor and that sleep apnea improves when tongue fat is reduced, we have established a unique therapeutic¹ target that we’ve never had before.”

 

He means tongue diets.

 

Schwab found a strong correlation² between lowing tongue fat volume and lessening³ sleep apnea: “Future studies could be designed to explore whether certain low-fat diets are better than others in reducing tongue fat, and whether cold therapies, like those used to reduce stomach fat, might be applied⁴ to reducing tongue fat.” He is also looking into whether some snorers who are not obese⁵ might just have fat tongues.

 

Sleep apnea is a big deal: 22 million Americans stop and start breathing while sleeping, often causing high blood pressure, constant wake-ups, and the utter consternation⁶ of bedmates who, years later, still read studies about snoring prevention (no personal experience here whatsoever). The researchers note that snoring can occasionally also be caused by large tonsils or a recessed⁷ jaw⁸. Or fat tongues.

 

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