Summary
Research suggests four in 10 of us do it and it can even get so bad it’s been blamed for the breakdown of relationships. Snoring can be a living nightmare for you and your partner. But what if there was something that works to give you – and the people around you – a more peaceful night’s sleep?
Listener Neville got in touch with a recording taken by his wife of him snoring – and it’s pretty loud! He’s seen various solutions from throat sprays to nasal strips and even a chinstrap which literally keeps your mouth shut while you sleep. But do any of them actually work? Are they the best thing since Sliced Bread – or marketing BS?
I speak to experts to find out including an Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon and a scientist who’s looked into the extreme end of snoring.
Once again this series we’re testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products. If you’ve seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there’s any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807.
PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, podcast fan. |
| 0:03.0 | Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party. |
| 0:06.7 | We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July |
| 0:09.0 | for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival. |
| 0:12.8 | We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting, |
| 0:15.3 | including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane, |
| 0:18.4 | and some bloke called Greg James doing his Radio 4 show called Rewinder. |
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| 0:28.0 | To book your free tickets, go to crossedwires. Live, forward slash fringe. |
| 0:34.4 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to a new series of sliced bread. |
| 0:44.2 | I am back to run more of your suggested wonder products through the evidence mill |
| 0:48.1 | to find out if they deliver on their bold claims. |
| 0:51.4 | Are they the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS? Today's suggestion |
| 0:56.1 | comes in from Neville Mason in Brighton. Neville, hello. Hello, how are you? Very good. Yourself? |
| 1:04.3 | Yeah, not too bad. Not too bad. Tell me why you got in touch, Neville. Tell me about your |
| 1:07.0 | email that you sent. So basically, I've been listening to your podcast. |
| 1:11.4 | Think they're brilliant. |
| 1:12.5 | Thanks. |
| 1:13.1 | What it is, I'm quite a snorer and I'm looking to the products that are on the market to see if any of them can help me. |
| 1:20.4 | How do you know you're a snorer? |
| 1:21.8 | Has someone told you or have you woken yourself up? |
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