Snoring is such a common problem that a lot of people have even learnt to live with it, ignoring its existence altogether. But there are people still who suffer a lot from this condition caused by loose tissues blocking the air passage within the throat. Unfortunately these loose tissues only seem to get activated when it is in a restful position. That is the reason we do not snore when we are active during the day but snore when we are sleeping.

What happens when we sleep? The tongue and the jaw drop and fall back. This reduces the width of the air passage causing blockage to normal airflow. This is coupled by the fact that there is already pressure existing within the air passage from the wind that is passing through. All this causes a vibration which is noisy - and this is called snoring.

Snoring, however tough and stressful it might be can be prevented if we can create a situation where the muscles would not get any chance to fall back or drop. Therefore the first advice to prevent snoring is not to sleep on your back but on your sides. The simple reason is that when you are lying down on our back, the muscles and tissues are able to fall back and thereby obstruct the air passage.

One of the earliest home remedies for prevention of snoring was stitching tennis balls to the sleeper's pajama tops as these balls prevented the sleeper from turning on his back during sleep. The more he lay on his sides, the less he would snore.

The other way you can prevent snoring is to lose some body weight. People who maintain ideal body weight tend to snore less. This is because heavier individuals have bulkier necks that contain a lot of loose and extra muscles which block the air passage at the throat and nasal level. Therefore if you lose weight, chances are that you would also simultaneously snore less.