Been doing this for two months now (just using band-aids) and it's changed my life, quite literally. I've already lost 10kg (20lbs) because I have so much more energy I can work-out and get out and go for long walks and stuff, and I'm not craving junk food or sugar or anything so am eating much healthier and much less often (fasting is literally a breeze, when before I'd want chocolate as soon as I woke up because I was CONSTANTLY, brutally fatigued no matter how many hours sleep I had every night). This had changed my life in so many ways, thank you :)
I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Only then I figured out that I have been a mouth breather. Now I am consciously breathing through my nose during the day and tape my mouth during the night. I sleep amazing, wake up energized and rested, no concentration problems anymore, not irritated and innattentive through out the day. Just amazing
I started tapping my mouth at bedtime about two weeks ago after watching this interview. I sleep more soundly and wake up feeling much more refreshed. Easy to do with huge benefit. Thanks.
@@Michael-gi5th I ended up needing to use nasal spray to breath for longer periods of time at night which led to horrible rebound nasal congestion. So that ended that. My sinuses are back to normal and I purchased crisscrossed mouth tape a couple of weeks ago, but have yet to use it as I’m extremely lazy.
@@BillEFabian ah nice, hopefully you decide to do it, try and see how it works, I'm going to practice continuously during the day for a few weeks and then get tape, strangely my allergies aren't at me even though pollen count is high, maybe the lack of wind is helping greatly and warm weather
I've been mouth taping for a month since I watched this video, it feels great! I feel very calm in the mornings as if I had meditated. I also have had very stable energy levels, hence I have a much better concentration. I recommended it to my best friend and now she doesn't wake up during the night, she had dry mouth and headaches in the morning, all that is over and her energy levels are high and constant. Thank you so much!
As someone who has suffered from (and still do to a limited extent) nasal congestion and a deviated septum, I would just like to say this is really important information and thank you for sharing it. I wish more doctors knew this rather than recommending steroids and antihistamines etc.
Sir, just came across this video. I have nasal congestion and deviated septum like you. Did you try mouth taping? Are you using CPAP machine?. How did you fix your issues?
I've been taping for 2 years through the pandemic, no colds, more alert, more energy, no plaque on my teeth when l wake up, no 'boogies' in my nose; l highly recommend it.
Dude, use the medical micropore tape, lol. For those new to mouth taping, micropore tape is like the one from 3M, there are other brands though. It looks like paper, it's easy on the skin, made to tape down gauze on a wound. Get the widest width. Extra tips: tear off 2 lengths and tape slightly overlapping them one on top of another to get double the width to cover both upper and lower lips, then fold tiny flaps on both ends so you have tiny handles that make it easier for you to tear it off in your sleep if you need to.
Kinda wish I had done this since my teenage years. Never understood why even getting enough hours of sleep, I felt like garbage. First night sleeping with a taped mouth was a shocking difference. This advice should go hand in hand with Matthew Walker's message about the importance of sleep, especially its qualitative importance.
I have been mouth taping for a week now. My snoring has stopped and my energy levels are back. I am No longer tired in the afternoons . Feel like I did when I was a teenager
Unbelievable! Ive been mouth taping for almost two months now after seeing this vid with Dr. Burhenne and the change and sleep improvement have been monumental. Thank you for your efforts and making these videos.
Your podcasts never cease to provide a wealth of useful information, Mike. Been watching them regularly for quite a few months now. Would love to see you speak with the likes of Ori Hofmekler on Nutrition, Wim Hof on Breathing, Dr. Rhonda Patrick on cold/heat exposure and more! Thanks for all you do.
Great interview. I started mouth taping after seeing your own how-to video and have felt great ever since. I do want to point out one comment in the video that assumed this as being completely harmless in all scenarios. Although I do agree with this in most cases, one should consider NOT mouth taping after a night of drinking. I respect the fact that this channel fosters motivation to seek the most optimal health for oneself, but I just wanted to point out the obvious in that this could risk one's own life after drinking. Again, I really appreciate your content, it's really helped me change for the better!
Hi there Jose, Thanks for your comment, this is very important and not one that I've thought of. (I guess it's tacitly implied that binge-drinkers wouldn't be mindful enough to mouth tap.) That being said, the tape is not super-glue, can a quick involuntary reaction will rip it off. Your point is noted and I'm glad that you brought it up, Mike
I’m way late to find this...and I’m not a drinker myself...but i was wondering if there were any risks and I don’t understand how or why that is a big risk- Why exactly is it dangerous to do this after drinking ?
bodybalancer People who binge drink can vomit in their sleep without realising it, with a risk of inhalation. Apparently this was how Jimmy Hendrix died. Mouth taping could increase this risk.
This interview is timely for our family. We've noticed our 11 year old in the past year has been sleeping with his mouth open constantly and is always tired, has weight gain, and has had sudden allergies. He always has seemed to prefer breathing through his mouth growing up. His doctors say it's normal but we can tell it is not. We have an appt next week with doctor again and I will show her this video. Our son is athletic and straight A student but this breathing issue has begun to affect him adversely. I thank you so much for all your interviews but this one is exactly what we needed to support our concern about our son. P.S. I breastfed all our sons til 2 years old.
Hi there, Thanks for sharing! As Dr. B discussed, how a child breath ultimately affects facial and airway development, so it's important to get started early. My friend, Dr. Ben Lynch has his athletic children mouth-tape at night to ensure their nose-breathing as well. It may help with energy--I was a mouth breather as a kid and was pretty tired during school until I figured things out. Post a follow-up comment after you tinker and test with things! Mike
Well, nothing good comes easy! I’m struggling against some laziness to make this happen, but so far so good!! On day 2, last night was the first time mouth taping. I’m choosing to make this a habit, I already feel SO much calmer during the day while nasal breathing. Stress has dramatically decreased.
Just mouth taped for the first time last night and I’m impressed. Nice to hear from someone who has been doing this for a long time and has found success. Thank- you.
Wow, I have seen only two videos with this host, and I subscribed. How refreshing to find an interviewer more interested in listening to his guests and making them the focal point instead of himself.
I ran across your video and had never heard of mouth taping. But I realized when I was asleep I was breathing through my mouth, waking up with a stick mouth and dry mouth. After waking up and brushing my teeth my sinus started running. I spent a small fortune on an ENT; he could not find any problems. He never talked about mouth taping. I started mouth taping a few night ago and have found I am feeling better and have no problem breathing through my nose.
Thanks a lot for posting this. I follow your videos mostly for LCHF information. But this is great. I had asthma as a kid and had my tonsils and adenoids removed. I've been battling with insomnia for years. I mouth taped for the first time after watching this video two days ago and I thought I would not be able to sleep, but it was the complete opposite. I will keep you updated to see if this is actually life changing. I hope that it is. Kudos for all your work. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago and getting local information is difficult.
How to clear nose: 1. Take a few deep, long breaths (through your mouth if necessary) 2. After a good exhale, close your mouth and block your nose with your fingers 3. Gently nod your head back and forth until you need to breath 4. Resume breathing through your nose, if it's still blocked, repeat the process.
I was afraid of mouth taping. I thought I’d feel anxious and fearful but the opposite happened. I feel much more relaxed. My sleep has even improved. This amazing for a woman over 50. Question: Is it bad to trim nose hairs?
Same, I had the worst sleep all my life, and then, I've been mouth taping for 2 days now, and I can remember my every dream... Sadly, I'm also very depressed, so every dream I have is sad or of suffering.
Life saving info. I have been waking up every 2 hours with a mouth so dry it was frightening and it would take an hour to return to sleep. This has been for a few years and I have been going crazy. I tried a chin strap which didn't help. Have taped my mouth for 3 nights and dry mouth is gone. Thank you.
This topic is sooo frikken interesting to me! ive seen/experience the effects of Adhd, sleep, ect... and i feel ive found a culprit to alot of these underline issues now.
Great Information, Thanks Mike & Dr Mark. I Started Incline Bed Therapy about a month ago, and I have had similar results. Such as mouth breathing my nose is no longer stuffy in the morning when I wake, better sleep, more Oxygenated, improved body alinement .and one of the most of important benefits for me was I don't stop breathing in my sleep anymore *;* Definitely going to try Mouth Taping. Thanks Again.
I've been a mouth breather at night for as long as I can remember. I'm in my 50's now. When I lie down at night, my sinuses usually close. It's something about being in a lying down position that makes them close up. But it's not every single time, so I don't know. I watched this last night and afterwards I consciously tried to keep my mouth closed as I went to sleep. Surprisingly, my sinuses stayed open and I was able to fall asleep with my mouth closed. Plus, whenever I would wake up during the night, I would again make sure my mouth was closed and I was breathing through my nose. I got through the whole night with open sinuses! Maybe a one time thing, but I'll see tonight. I think I did breath through my mouth some, at some point in the night though, because my mouth was a little dry in the morning. But still, this was an interesting experiment. I may have to buy me some of that tape!
Watching this interview while walking on the treadmill and trying so hard not to breathe through my mouth lol! I’ve been mouth taping for a year now and I love it. I learned about it at a dental hygiene continuing education course. This concept is going to explode some day.. I just know it!
I just realized that this vid is four years old! I'm always researching natural health and yet this is the FIRST TIME I've come across this! I began taping my mouth at night about a week or so ago. Within a few days I got a gum infection flare up on a lower back molar! I hope this is a HEALING process and not a bad effect of mouth taping. It may not even be related. I don't know. BUT I seem to be sleeping better according to my FitBit Sleep chart. Still working on finding the most comfortable tape. I suppose everyone is different on the time lines for improvement and healing from mouth taping?
Yes people! Iv been doing this for about a month! Iv never slept better! And yes I do dream a lot more. I think this is when we are in the rem sleep? Not sure! But I feel so much better! I hope whoever is reading this try’s it! I haven’t had a problem yet!! Thank u James Nester for the book “breath” ❤️
Can't believe I watched an hour-long video about mouth breathing and mouth taping, but it was well worth it! Also, thanks a lot for the "key takeaways" in the description. Really helps now that I'm coming back
REVOLUTIONARY INFORMATION!!! I have been up to use the bathroom at night, and only after watching this, I have noticed what is the reason for me to wake up!!! Furthermore, I treat patients with TMJ, and now can help them more by addressing their sleep patterns! WOOHOO! Reading the book now... Thank you Mike and Dr Mark Burhenne!!!!
I started mouth taping about 9 years ago, but have been inconsistent. I only wish I had been. I would have been enjoying life a bit more. After this interview I will be from now on. I took VitD before bed last night and taped my mouth. I awoke this morning a different person. Instead of looking and feeling like the walking dead. Thank you for this interview.
First time I've heard of "mouth taping". Excited to try it! I wonder if dreams are more readily remembered because smell sensation is included. Memories associated with smell are much better retained in general...
Dr. Weston A. Price, DDS, who studied traditional cultures around the world in the early 20th century, saw changes in facial, oral and nasal structure within one generation after a culture abandoned their traditional diets and started including refined foods.
I had over 100 episodes per hour. I didn't care how I got my air then, I was simply afraid to go to sleep. thanks to weight loss surgery and low carb/keto that's all gone.
Wow, amazing! This is exciting. Thanks! When I was a teenager I noticed that I was breathing through my mouth. Mostly bothered me because I realized I looked stupid 😂 with my mouth hanging open. When I got serious about yoga at 18 I changed it! I learned to always breath through my nose during exercise. However, I know I sleep with an open mouth. Looking forward to working with this!
I mouth tape with just one small piece of masking tape placed vertically over the center of my mouth. No special tape, and not much tape. Does the trick for me.
@@charlotte22 Thank you 😊 . I will also want to try it. I have so much disturbed sleep. Recently , I quit all bad habits and now seeing sleepless nights. I think mouth taping might help me .
@@pdp_nag Good luck. Michael Breus and Andrew Huberman have both helped me improve my sleep. Some other things that help me (a confirmed insomniac): Exercise, getting sunrise light and mid-day sunlight, eating at the same times every day, sleeping at the same time every day, keeping the house lights dim for a couple of hours before bed including no screens, not doing anything mentally stimulating before bed such as Facebook, giving myself plenty of "Bored and Brilliant" time to think and write down thoughts so that my brain doesn't decide 3:30 a.m. is a good time for that.
This makes so much sense!!! I have been extremely tired even though I've healed a lot of my allergies/ inflammation through diet and eating real foods and taking tons of gut healing supplements, and BOOM, my sleep went crazy! I'm like shouldn't I be sleeping like a baby now that I'm healthy and not waking up with anxiety or nausea?? I've realized the first thing I think of in the morning is how frustrated I am waking up with a dry open mouth and a stuffed up nose (I sleep right by a wood burning stove, and its winter!). Yeah it makes so much sense now why my nose mucosa is like nonexistant for the past month and why I've turned into one of those people who huff and puff just to take a bite of their salad hahaha! I've been diffusing eucalyptus at night which has helped tremendously, but I think this is a deep routed issue that mouth taping will hopefully help even more!
Hi there, Very interesting. We have a fire pit in the backyard and that causes stuffy nose too; the wood burning stove may affect your nasal passage--not much you can do in the winter though I guess. Try peppermint essential oils too, they help. But also just re-training your nasal passage to be the primary mode of breathing may help over time. Happy Taping! Mike
40:49 - San Pellegrino is also the most sulfate rich of the mineral waters. That is a good thing. I do disagree with the characterization of it as alkaline, though. Not according to my measurements (5 to 6 pH at various times) if 7 is considered neutral. Perhaps when it comes out of the spring as still water it is alkaline but not after carbonation (CO2 creates carbonic acid, a mild acid buffer). Carbonating anything will push it to a lower pH.
I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea… I’m 50 years old, 6’ 195 lbs.. I’ve snored for as long as I can remember… I was told that I needed to sleep with a cpap but I’ve been researching alternative means to cure this.. I recently came across mouth taping and nose breathing and it seems like a viable alternative.. Never knew how important the ol snout was.. Thanks for all the info and I’ll be working to reverse this!
AWESOME video. i nose breathe during day, but breath through mouth when excercising, so will change this, plus mouth taping @ night for sleepobviously. Again, thank you!
Wish I knew this as a child! Now in my 50s & have lots of mouth issues that I now understand to be due to my mouth breathing. As I get older I'm noticing it's hard to breath walking hills, needing to mouth breath. I'm definitely going to try this.
Saw the whole interview - which happens seldom to me considering its length - and I dare to say it was an "eye opener". And an nose opener of course:-) Thank you very much for the infos. There is so much to unlearn these days.
I had heard mouth taping was good but forgot. I am glad to learn this is a way to help my gums as on one else has been able to help me with this problem. Thank you for the information!
You can also swish your mouth with green tea and even swallow if you like, neutralizes your mouth. Can also buy toothpaste with arginine that remineralizes the teeth.
I started using denture paste to "tape" my mouth shut because micropore tape keeps coming off. It works so much better, and is much stronger and durable.
Interesting that my comment was apparently removed from this video. So, briefly, tracing back a bit further, one of most common reasons for 'sleep apnea', is cranial plate misalignment, due to internal stresses/injuries that effect your structural alignment, blows to the head, or possible birth trauma from the use of forceps, or a cranium that does not restore to it's neutral position, after moving through the birth canal. Neuro-Cranial Restructuring, is a sure way of restoring cranial alignment. My granddaughter, who at 18 years had need of a CPAP machine, due to sleep apnea - I had a snoring problem - were cured by this process.
A CPAP machine with a nose and mouth mask works fine for us mouth breathers. I position my pillow so my head so it's slightly tipped back so my airways are wide open and have a humidity reservoir built into my machine. I don't snore or have dryness, and have very few wakeful nights.
CPAP is noisy and may disrupt the sleep of your partner and others in the household and the machine is a nightmare to travel with. Speak from experience with a family member who uses CPAP.
@@camellia8625 cpap machines are ery quiet. Much quieter than someone in the house snoring like a freight train and waking up in loud gasps when they start breathing again is much more disruptive to the household. So is dying because your family doesn't care about the fact that you have a life threatening illness and only concerned about themselves having a good night sleep.
during the night I clench my teeth andbreath through my nose BUT my mouth falls open even tho i dont breath through it :S I never breath through my mouth during the day. I feel like taping my mouth in the night may make my clenching worse. Also I hate dreaming, I remember my dreams a lot and I enter them often as soon as I fall asleep. But I feel with vivid dreams I wake up more tired,. In my sleep study also they saw I often skipped sleep stages and went straight to deep sleep. Even tho I clench :S
I recommend sleep hygiene, no blue lights, positional sleep training, try nasal strips to possible rule out UARS, and allergy meds taken in the evening. ENT evaluation to rule out turbinate enlargement, airway narrowing, fat in the Neck, deviated septum. Also mouth taping for active gerd patients would concern me. So a Home study test or PSM needs to be done to see if patient has CENTRAL OR MIXED, or obstructive sleep apnea. A patient with low AHI may have a high RDI and still have sleep disordered breathing. just my 2 cents. Get an ENT eval..look for tongue scalloping... Use the STOP BANG score as a beginning point.
I think this doctor is selling it as a fix for all. Yeah, he mentioned it won't fix obstructive sleep apnea. At the same time he claims that mouth breathing causes the facial structure, and not possible the other way around? What about the genetic factors with shared traits? Did their parents teach them how to mouth breath or were they more inclined to do so with their facial structure? The Darwinian Dentistry? I can see why it's a small group.
High Intensity Health I have actually tried the method and it works brilliantly! At first I was afraid the tape wouldn't come off and I would pass out in my sleep becuase the tape I use is very strong. But I fell asleep a lot faster and stayed asleep longer. The tape also comes off in the sleep from time to time. I also noticed a change in my tounge. Before, my tounge turned white with bacteria build up but now, its a very very slight build up. Thanks for the tip!
I'd like to give much more likes! He is right...after 2 years of focusing on nose breathing and this year also started to mouth taping at night, I am very thankful for this knowledge...I watched it maybe 2 years ago...here I am again...It's about much much more than just taping your mouth! By the way - you are preventing forming the cavities at night! Even oxygen helps to form the cavities at night.
Maybe I missed it, but this would not seem to address Central Sleep Apnea ( as opposed to Obstructive Sleep Apnea); in CSA the cessation of breath is brain center related, not mouth/throat breathing related.
Instead of the using a tape (3M Micropore Surgical or Somnifix).. any thoughts on those anti-snore chin/head strap that are also designed to keep the mouth closed?
Im starting mouth taping, but im so uncomfortable right now trying to breathe through my nose and not my mouth. And its so loud lol.... doubt im sleeping tonight until I get myself mentally stable trying to calm my heart rate.
10:45 Probably just a mistake, but a huge one. Our diets changed (agricultural revolution) around 10,000 years ago, give or take a few thousand years at best. Certainly not 800,000 years ago. That is just completely wrong, as homo sapiens is only roughly 200,000 years old.
Patrick B, yes that is very troubling. Even if we were to think of the homo genus as just a long continuum going back a couple million years, it was the relatively recent agricultural revolution that was the major change in diet. This is troubling because he seems to have a wealth of knowledge but flubs an _every school boy knows_ fact. I read his book and I do not recall him mentioning humans becoming more _agrarian_ hundreds of thousands of years ago.
How about if you have a deviated septum? I may want to give this a try but also don’t wanna suffocate or give potential heart damage due to trying so hard to breath so hard into nose? Anyone have any answers to this?
Great video. I just want to tell you something else nose breathing does for you. It gives you a better speaking voice. I am a voice expert and have found that most of the time nose breathers have a better voice. This is from an increase of nasal resonance.
Have been mouth taping for about 7 months and for the first time since I was a small child I haven't experienced allergy symptoms. However, I cannot find any research pointing to that side effect, just curious, is anyone aware of such research? :)
Ppl can TRY to shame you about anything. Only if you care will you FEEL shame. I breastfed all 5. For roughly 2 yrs each. In public when they were infants. GASP. Using my breasts for what they were made for, unlike hoochies who run around flaunting their breasts and getting props for it. Who cares what uneducated ppl think? Ignorance is the shameful thing, not breastfeeding.
Wow.... I thought mouth taping would possibly be bad on health by I guess it would be beneficial for mouth breathing sleepers. This could prevent asthma is my contention. Nose breathing could also change your sinuses and allow more to come out when blowing nose.
Just listened to chapters 5 and 6 of the book "Hindu-Yogi, Science of Breath." By Yogi Ramacharaka/Atkinson? Mentioned a lot of things about mouth breathing back in 1903. Did not realize this went back so far. He said mouth breathing only happened to "civilized" people, native people did not mouth breath back then.
Been doing this for two months now (just using band-aids) and it's changed my life, quite literally. I've already lost 10kg (20lbs) because I have so much more energy I can work-out and get out and go for long walks and stuff, and I'm not craving junk food or sugar or anything so am eating much healthier and much less often (fasting is literally a breeze, when before I'd want chocolate as soon as I woke up because I was CONSTANTLY, brutally fatigued no matter how many hours sleep I had every night). This had changed my life in so many ways, thank you :)
If you have sleep Ania,is it recommended?
I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Only then I figured out that I have been a mouth breather. Now I am consciously breathing through my nose during the day and tape my mouth during the night. I sleep amazing, wake up energized and rested, no concentration problems anymore, not irritated and innattentive through out the day. Just amazing
Do you still tape and how’s the results so far
Do you feel like it diminished your ADHD?
Don’t worry. ADHD is not real so you definitely do not have it.
Yeah!!
use nasal dilators and mouth tape for better results
I started tapping my mouth at bedtime about two weeks ago after watching this interview. I sleep more soundly and wake up feeling much more refreshed. Easy to do with huge benefit. Thanks.
exciting,for as long as i can remember i wake up feeling un-refreshed . looking forward to trying this
Still do this?
You still doing it?
@@Michael-gi5th I ended up needing to use nasal spray to breath for longer periods of time at night which led to horrible rebound nasal congestion. So that ended that. My sinuses are back to normal and I purchased crisscrossed mouth tape a couple of weeks ago, but have yet to use it as I’m extremely lazy.
@@BillEFabian ah nice, hopefully you decide to do it, try and see how it works, I'm going to practice continuously during the day for a few weeks and then get tape, strangely my allergies aren't at me even though pollen count is high, maybe the lack of wind is helping greatly and warm weather
I've been mouth taping for a month since I watched this video, it feels great! I feel very calm in the mornings as if I had meditated. I also have had very stable energy levels, hence I have a much better concentration. I recommended it to my best friend and now she doesn't wake up during the night, she had dry mouth and headaches in the morning, all that is over and her energy levels are high and constant. Thank you so much!
As someone who has suffered from (and still do to a limited extent) nasal congestion and a deviated septum, I would just like to say this is really important information and thank you for sharing it. I wish more doctors knew this rather than recommending steroids and antihistamines etc.
Sir, just came across this video. I have nasal congestion and deviated septum like you. Did you try mouth taping? Are you using CPAP machine?. How did you fix your issues?
@@jayygmail I have a nose congestion problem too. Are we allowed to try the mouth tape or will we die?
I've been taping for 2 years through the pandemic, no colds, more alert, more energy, no plaque on my teeth when l wake up, no 'boogies' in my nose; l highly recommend it.
Dude, use the medical micropore tape, lol. For those new to mouth taping, micropore tape is like the one from 3M, there are other brands though. It looks like paper, it's easy on the skin, made to tape down gauze on a wound. Get the widest width. Extra tips: tear off 2 lengths and tape slightly overlapping them one on top of another to get double the width to cover both upper and lower lips, then fold tiny flaps on both ends so you have tiny handles that make it easier for you to tear it off in your sleep if you need to.
Kinda wish I had done this since my teenage years. Never understood why even getting enough hours of sleep, I felt like garbage. First night sleeping with a taped mouth was a shocking difference. This advice should go hand in hand with Matthew Walker's message about the importance of sleep, especially its qualitative importance.
I have been mouth taping for a week now. My snoring has stopped and my energy levels are back. I am No longer tired in the afternoons . Feel like I did when I was a teenager
How about now ?
Adam you still nose breathing?
His dead now. Lol
Rip Adam White. Died what he liked to do the most, taping his mouth.
@@snufte bruh
Unbelievable! Ive been mouth taping for almost two months now after seeing this vid with Dr. Burhenne and the change and sleep improvement have been monumental. Thank you for your efforts and making these videos.
Your podcasts never cease to provide a wealth of useful information, Mike. Been watching them regularly for quite a few months now.
Would love to see you speak with the likes of Ori Hofmekler on Nutrition, Wim Hof on Breathing, Dr. Rhonda Patrick on cold/heat exposure and more! Thanks for all you do.
Great interview. I started mouth taping after seeing your own how-to video and have felt great ever since.
I do want to point out one comment in the video that assumed this as being completely harmless in all scenarios. Although I do agree with this in most cases, one should consider NOT mouth taping after a night of drinking. I respect the fact that this channel fosters motivation to seek the most optimal health for oneself, but I just wanted to point out the obvious in that this could risk one's own life after drinking.
Again, I really appreciate your content, it's really helped me change for the better!
Hi there Jose,
Thanks for your comment, this is very important and not one that I've thought of. (I guess it's tacitly implied that binge-drinkers wouldn't be mindful enough to mouth tap.)
That being said, the tape is not super-glue, can a quick involuntary reaction will rip it off.
Your point is noted and I'm glad that you brought it up,
Mike
Hopefully the obvious is that drinking could risk ones life!
I’m way late to find this...and I’m not a drinker myself...but i was wondering if there were any risks and I don’t understand how or why that is a big risk- Why exactly is it dangerous to do this after drinking ?
bodybalancer People who binge drink can vomit in their sleep without realising it, with a risk of inhalation. Apparently this was how Jimmy Hendrix died. Mouth taping could increase this risk.
Don't drink then
It really works!!! My wife's been using it and I've been sleeping like a baby
Lmao this took me a second
This interview is timely for our family. We've noticed our 11 year old in the past year has been sleeping with his mouth open constantly and is always tired, has weight gain, and has had sudden allergies. He always has seemed to prefer breathing through his mouth growing up. His doctors say it's normal but we can tell it is not. We have an appt next week with doctor again and I will show her this video.
Our son is athletic and straight A student but this breathing issue has begun to affect him adversely.
I thank you so much for all your interviews but this one is exactly what we needed to support our concern about our son.
P.S. I breastfed all our sons til 2 years old.
Hi there,
Thanks for sharing! As Dr. B discussed, how a child breath ultimately affects facial and airway development, so it's important to get started early.
My friend, Dr. Ben Lynch has his athletic children mouth-tape at night to ensure their nose-breathing as well.
It may help with energy--I was a mouth breather as a kid and was pretty tired during school until I figured things out.
Post a follow-up comment after you tinker and test with things!
Mike
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Well, nothing good comes easy! I’m struggling against some laziness to make this happen, but so far so good!! On day 2, last night was the first time mouth taping. I’m choosing to make this a habit, I already feel SO much calmer during the day while nasal breathing. Stress has dramatically decreased.
I saw this over 3 years ago. I have been mouth taping every night since. Thank you. Huge improvement in my sleep.
Just mouth taped for the first time last night and I’m impressed. Nice to hear from someone who has been doing this for a long time and has found success. Thank- you.
Will it really help bc i sleep with my mouth open n snore.
I cant seem to keep the tape in place. I musta open my mouth during sleep and the tape doesnt seem to work for me. Any suggestions.
@@disnaleeYES it works
Wow, I have seen only two videos with this host, and I subscribed. How refreshing to find an interviewer more interested in listening to his guests and making them the focal point instead of himself.
I ran across your video and had never heard of mouth taping. But I realized when I was asleep I was breathing through my mouth, waking up with a stick mouth and dry mouth. After waking up and brushing my teeth my sinus started running. I spent a small fortune on an ENT; he could not find any problems. He never talked about mouth taping. I started mouth taping a few night ago and have found I am feeling better and have no problem breathing through my nose.
Sky High cool. Keep us informed. Thanks
Thanks a lot for posting this. I follow your videos mostly for LCHF information. But this is great. I had asthma as a kid and had my tonsils and adenoids removed. I've been battling with insomnia for years. I mouth taped for the first time after watching this video two days ago and I thought I would not be able to sleep, but it was the complete opposite. I will keep you updated to see if this is actually life changing. I hope that it is. Kudos for all your work. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago and getting local information is difficult.
Need that update! Or we'll think you're dead
I would like an update also
Started doing this a week ago. My sleep is much more restful and I'm tossing and turning less. Thankyou for being on the forefront of health!!
Still do this? How is it now?
@@CoachHeyward yes. Every night. Also mewing as well.
How to clear nose:
1. Take a few deep, long breaths (through your mouth if necessary)
2. After a good exhale, close your mouth and block your nose with your fingers
3. Gently nod your head back and forth until you need to breath
4. Resume breathing through your nose, if it's still blocked, repeat the process.
I died, what now?
iSexuallyIdentifyAsPrettyGood
Have you tried restarting it?
swell guy
And now everyone in my class thinks I Am possessed
I was afraid of mouth taping. I thought I’d feel anxious and fearful but the opposite happened. I feel much more relaxed. My sleep has even improved. This amazing for a woman over 50. Question: Is it bad to trim nose hairs?
Started taping about a week ago. Finally, dreaming or should I say remembering hat I dream.
Interesting effect!
Same, I had the worst sleep all my life, and then, I've been mouth taping for 2 days now, and I can remember my every dream... Sadly, I'm also very depressed, so every dream I have is sad or of suffering.
@@1yoan3 try a carnivore diet and then reintroduce foods to see if you are reacting to any of them.
Oh wow yes! I started mouth taping a month ago, and my dreams have been so vivid!
Wow really!!! Can’t wait to try
Life saving info. I have been waking up every 2 hours with a mouth so dry it was frightening and it would take an hour to return to sleep. This has been for a few years and I have been going crazy. I tried a chin strap which didn't help. Have taped my mouth for 3 nights and dry mouth is gone. Thank you.
That’s me right now. Up every 3 hours to spray biotene in my parched mouth…..stumbled on this, gonna try tonight
This topic is sooo frikken interesting to me! ive seen/experience the effects of Adhd, sleep, ect... and i feel ive found a culprit to alot of these underline issues now.
Great Information, Thanks Mike & Dr Mark. I Started Incline Bed Therapy about a month ago, and I have had similar results. Such as mouth breathing my nose is no longer stuffy in the morning when I wake, better sleep, more Oxygenated, improved body alinement .and one of the most of important benefits for me was I don't stop breathing in my sleep anymore *;* Definitely going to try Mouth Taping. Thanks Again.
Incline bed therapy??
I've been a mouth breather at night for as long as I can remember. I'm in my 50's now. When I lie down at night, my sinuses usually close. It's something about being in a lying down position that makes them close up. But it's not every single time, so I don't know. I watched this last night and afterwards I consciously tried to keep my mouth closed as I went to sleep. Surprisingly, my sinuses stayed open and I was able to fall asleep with my mouth closed. Plus, whenever I would wake up during the night, I would again make sure my mouth was closed and I was breathing through my nose. I got through the whole night with open sinuses! Maybe a one time thing, but I'll see tonight. I think I did breath through my mouth some, at some point in the night though, because my mouth was a little dry in the morning. But still, this was an interesting experiment. I may have to buy me some of that tape!
taping my mouth tonight for the first time thank you for all this info i am a mouth breather and have been for years
I've been doing this for 20 years after a Buteyko seminar. Never had a problem.
Favorite channel, bar none. I have been following a keto diet for a few months now... I have NEVER FELT BETTER. I am thirty but now I feel 17 again!
Are you still eating keto?
Watching this interview while walking on the treadmill and trying so hard not to breathe through my mouth lol! I’ve been mouth taping for a year now and I love it. I learned about it at a dental hygiene continuing education course. This concept is going to explode some day.. I just know it!
Do you still do this?
@@CoachHeyward I do not. I should though.. just got out of the habit.
I just realized that this vid is four years old! I'm always researching natural health and yet this is the FIRST TIME I've come across this! I began taping my mouth at night about a week or so ago. Within a few days I got a gum infection flare up on a lower back molar! I hope this is a HEALING process and not a bad effect of mouth taping. It may not even be related. I don't know. BUT I seem to be sleeping better according to my FitBit Sleep chart. Still working on finding the most comfortable tape. I suppose everyone is different on the time lines for improvement and healing from mouth taping?
Yes people! Iv been doing this for about a month! Iv never slept better! And yes I do dream a lot more. I think this is when we are in the rem sleep? Not sure! But I feel so much better! I hope whoever is reading this try’s it! I haven’t had a problem yet!! Thank u James Nester for the book “breath” ❤️
Can't believe I watched an hour-long video about mouth breathing and mouth taping, but it was well worth it! Also, thanks a lot for the "key takeaways" in the description. Really helps now that I'm coming back
I totally agree with Dr. Burhenne. OSA is not just due to a narrow airway. Breathing volume also needs to be considered.
REVOLUTIONARY INFORMATION!!! I have been up to use the bathroom at night, and only after watching this, I have noticed what is the reason for me to wake up!!! Furthermore, I treat patients with TMJ, and now can help them more by addressing their sleep patterns! WOOHOO! Reading the book now... Thank you Mike and Dr Mark Burhenne!!!!
I started mouth taping about 9 years ago, but have been inconsistent. I only wish I had been. I would have been enjoying life a bit more. After this interview I will be from now on. I took VitD before bed last night and taped my mouth. I awoke this morning a different person. Instead of looking and feeling like the walking dead. Thank you for this interview.
Vit D at night had been shown to worsen sleep. Take it in the morning instead and it would improve sleep
@@rickymort135 I sleep better if I take Vitamin D before bed, and I feel drowsy all day long if I take it in the morning. Everyone is different.
@@konstantin6140 hmmmm I might have to try that
First time I've heard of "mouth taping". Excited to try it! I wonder if dreams are more readily remembered because smell sensation is included. Memories associated with smell are much better retained in general...
How did it go?
Dr. Weston A. Price, DDS, who studied traditional cultures around the world in the early 20th century, saw changes in facial, oral and nasal structure within one generation after a culture abandoned their traditional diets and started including refined foods.
Epigenetics at work.
Weston Price was a quack. Debunked.
I love this channel. quality over and over,
Thank you! I'm grateful that your'e tuning in,
Mike
I started tapping my mouth 2 nights ago at bedtime, I sleep more soundly and wake up feeling good. I used KT tape thanks Mike it’s a huge benefit.
Wicked cause that's what I've got handy too 😅
How did you get on?
I had over 100 episodes per hour. I didn't care how I got my air then, I was simply afraid to go to sleep. thanks to weight loss surgery and low carb/keto that's all gone.
I started mouth taping 3 days ago. I can sleep better, my attractiveness had gone up 78%, I'm fending off girls now, and I just made $700k
When you grow up you’ll be fending off women
78%, I only need a 3.2% increase in attractiveness so I should give this a shot.
Who's the man 👊
Wow, amazing! This is exciting. Thanks! When I was a teenager I noticed that I was breathing through my mouth. Mostly bothered me because I realized I looked stupid 😂 with my mouth hanging open. When I got serious about yoga at 18 I changed it! I learned to always breath through my nose during exercise. However, I know I sleep with an open mouth. Looking forward to working with this!
Has it worked for you?
I mouth tape with just one small piece of masking tape placed vertically over the center of my mouth. No special tape, and not much tape. Does the trick for me.
Are you doing it still. Does it give benefits
@@pdp_nag I still tape my mouth every night. I currently use hypoallergenic first aid tape/medical tape. Yes I see benefits.
@@charlotte22
Thank you 😊 . I will also want to try it. I have so much disturbed sleep. Recently , I quit all bad habits and now seeing sleepless nights. I think mouth taping might help me .
@@pdp_nag Good luck. Michael Breus and Andrew Huberman have both helped me improve my sleep. Some other things that help me (a confirmed insomniac): Exercise, getting sunrise light and mid-day sunlight, eating at the same times every day, sleeping at the same time every day, keeping the house lights dim for a couple of hours before bed including no screens, not doing anything mentally stimulating before bed such as Facebook, giving myself plenty of "Bored and Brilliant" time to think and write down thoughts so that my brain doesn't decide 3:30 a.m. is a good time for that.
This makes so much sense!!! I have been extremely tired even though I've healed a lot of my allergies/ inflammation through diet and eating real foods and taking tons of gut healing supplements, and BOOM, my sleep went crazy! I'm like shouldn't I be sleeping like a baby now that I'm healthy and not waking up with anxiety or nausea?? I've realized the first thing I think of in the morning is how frustrated I am waking up with a dry open mouth and a stuffed up nose (I sleep right by a wood burning stove, and its winter!). Yeah it makes so much sense now why my nose mucosa is like nonexistant for the past month and why I've turned into one of those people who huff and puff just to take a bite of their salad hahaha! I've been diffusing eucalyptus at night which has helped tremendously, but I think this is a deep routed issue that mouth taping will hopefully help even more!
Hi there,
Very interesting. We have a fire pit in the backyard and that causes stuffy nose too; the wood burning stove may affect your nasal passage--not much you can do in the winter though I guess.
Try peppermint essential oils too, they help.
But also just re-training your nasal passage to be the primary mode of breathing may help over time.
Happy Taping!
Mike
Beatles mono vinyl box set in the background... this guys opinion gets much more credence in my eyes now
😄
40:49 - San Pellegrino is also the most sulfate rich of the mineral waters. That is a good thing. I do disagree with the characterization of it as alkaline, though. Not according to my measurements (5 to 6 pH at various times) if 7 is considered neutral. Perhaps when it comes out of the spring as still water it is alkaline but not after carbonation (CO2 creates carbonic acid, a mild acid buffer). Carbonating anything will push it to a lower pH.
I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea…
I’m 50 years old, 6’ 195 lbs..
I’ve snored for as long as I can remember…
I was told that I needed to sleep with a cpap but I’ve been researching alternative means to cure this..
I recently came across mouth taping and nose breathing and it seems like a viable alternative..
Never knew how important the ol snout was..
Thanks for all the info and I’ll be working to reverse this!
How are you doing? Your health issues fixed?
@@jayygmailbump
Why I just found this now??? I grow up with mouth breathing and I don't know it's dangerously wrong... :'(
Check out "Mewing" if you mouth breathe.
AWESOME video. i nose breathe during day, but breath through mouth when excercising, so will change this, plus mouth taping @ night for sleepobviously. Again, thank you!
Wish I knew this as a child! Now in my 50s & have lots of mouth issues that I now understand to be due to my mouth breathing. As I get older I'm noticing it's hard to breath walking hills, needing to mouth breath.
I'm definitely going to try this.
Love all these mouth taping videos. It has helped me!! "No one has died from mouth taping" 😂😂
I've been doing this and I see a difference.
Saw the whole interview - which happens seldom to me considering
its length - and I dare to say it was an "eye opener". And an nose opener
of course:-)
Thank you very much for the infos. There is so much to unlearn these
days.
Sascha Myshkin thanks so much! Super fascinating indeed.
Glad you enjoyed.
Maybe drink the kambucha with a straw?? Just a suggestion! Loved the talk!
I had heard mouth taping was good but forgot. I am glad to learn this is a way to help my gums as on one else has been able to help me with this problem. Thank you for the information!
You can also swish your mouth with green tea and even swallow if you like, neutralizes your mouth. Can also buy toothpaste with arginine that remineralizes the teeth.
I started using denture paste to "tape" my mouth shut because micropore tape keeps coming off. It works so much better, and is much stronger and durable.
I have been mouth tapeing for about 4 months every night no lie it's changed my daytime life fantasticly I also use nasel dilators 👍💪💪💪
Interesting that my comment was apparently removed from this video. So, briefly, tracing back a bit further, one of most common reasons for 'sleep apnea', is cranial plate misalignment, due to internal stresses/injuries that effect your structural alignment, blows to the head, or possible birth trauma from the use of forceps, or a cranium that does not restore to it's neutral position, after moving through the birth canal. Neuro-Cranial Restructuring, is a sure way of restoring cranial alignment. My granddaughter, who at 18 years had need of a CPAP machine, due to sleep apnea - I had a snoring problem - were cured by this process.
What are your thoughts on the Wim Hof method, or other methodologies that utilize deep breathing through the mouth like Qi Gong or Tummo?
Your volume on this and another video is not the best. But I love all the subjects you cover.Thanks for sharing
So helpful, so informative! Can’t wait to get the tape and try Mouth Taping!
A CPAP machine with a nose and mouth mask works fine for us mouth breathers. I position my pillow so my head so it's slightly tipped back so my airways are wide open and have a humidity reservoir built into my machine. I don't snore or have dryness, and have very few wakeful nights.
Cpap is awful. Lowers metabolism.
CPAP is noisy and may disrupt the sleep of your partner and others in the household and the machine is a nightmare to travel with. Speak from experience with a family member who uses CPAP.
@@tigertalks1567 stopping breathing for several minutes during the course of the night has a tendency to stop metabolism in a final sort of way
@@camellia8625 cpap machines are ery quiet. Much quieter than someone in the house snoring like a freight train and waking up in loud gasps when they start breathing again is much more disruptive to the household. So is dying because your family doesn't care about the fact that you have a life threatening illness and only concerned about themselves having a good night sleep.
please comment on the wim Hoff metod...the ice man
I've got the course... haven't gone through it yet though
during the night I clench my teeth andbreath through my nose BUT my mouth falls open even tho i dont breath through it :S
I never breath through my mouth during the day. I feel like taping my mouth in the night may make my clenching worse.
Also I hate dreaming, I remember my dreams a lot and I enter them often as soon as I fall asleep. But I feel with vivid dreams I wake up more tired,. In my sleep study also they saw I often skipped sleep stages and went straight to deep sleep. Even tho I clench :S
I recommend sleep hygiene, no blue lights, positional sleep training, try nasal strips to possible rule out UARS, and allergy meds taken in the evening. ENT evaluation to rule out turbinate enlargement, airway narrowing, fat in the Neck, deviated septum. Also mouth taping for active gerd patients would concern me. So a Home study test or PSM needs to be done to see if patient has CENTRAL OR MIXED, or obstructive sleep apnea. A patient with low AHI may have a high RDI and still have sleep disordered breathing. just my 2 cents. Get an ENT eval..look for tongue scalloping... Use the STOP BANG score as a beginning point.
Exactly 💯!!!
I think this doctor is selling it as a fix for all.
Yeah, he mentioned it won't fix obstructive sleep apnea.
At the same time he claims that mouth breathing causes the facial structure, and not possible the other way around?
What about the genetic factors with shared traits? Did their parents teach them how to mouth breath or were they more inclined to do so with their facial structure?
The Darwinian Dentistry? I can see why it's a small group.
I wish I knew this as a kid, now im 16 (still young) and almost completely rely on mouth breathing.
The good news is you can re-learn how to breath through your nose while sleeping!
Cheers,
Mike
High Intensity Health I have actually tried the method and it works brilliantly! At first I was afraid the tape wouldn't come off and I would pass out in my sleep becuase the tape I use is very strong. But I fell asleep a lot faster and stayed asleep longer. The tape also comes off in the sleep from time to time. I also noticed a change in my tounge. Before, my tounge turned white with bacteria build up but now, its a very very slight build up. Thanks for the tip!
Excellent interview!
I'd like to give much more likes! He is right...after 2 years of focusing on nose breathing and this year also started to mouth taping at night, I am very thankful for this knowledge...I watched it maybe 2 years ago...here I am again...It's about much much more than just taping your mouth!
By the way - you are preventing forming the cavities at night! Even oxygen helps to form the cavities at night.
Maybe I missed it, but this would not seem to address Central Sleep Apnea ( as opposed to Obstructive Sleep Apnea); in CSA the cessation of breath is brain center related, not mouth/throat breathing related.
What is the name of the tape?
Oh My! I've got to try this! I have TMJ and have woken up with jaw pain from sleeping with my mouth wide open. Thanks for this video!
I nose breath while biking, boosted my endurance, lowered my heart rate, recovery was faster
Mouth taping worked fine until I suddenly needed to cough. The air forced back nearly ripped my throat out. It was very painful.
have you tried sleep q
@@Chris-eo1bp what is sleep q?
Tape vertically: if need be you can let air out on the sides.
You can release the air from a cough through your nose....
Sorry but I laughed at this
Instead of the using a tape (3M Micropore Surgical or Somnifix).. any thoughts on those anti-snore chin/head strap that are also designed to keep the mouth closed?
You should interview dr Mike Mew
Im starting mouth taping, but im so uncomfortable right now trying to breathe through my nose and not my mouth. And its so loud lol.... doubt im sleeping tonight until I get myself mentally stable trying to calm my heart rate.
3M makes a 2 inch micropore paper tape, sold in a perfect little dispenser. Sold in 2 packs on Amazon. The absolute best for mount taping! Try it...
Key takeaways really apreciated
Nice Job Mike,what's the best safest tape to buy
Yes I would b very interested in clynical tests for the mouth breathing at night . Thank you
10:45 Probably just a mistake, but a huge one. Our diets changed (agricultural revolution) around 10,000 years ago, give or take a few thousand years at best. Certainly not 800,000 years ago. That is just completely wrong, as homo sapiens is only roughly 200,000 years old.
Blasphemy! The world is only 2018 years old!
Patrick B, yes that is very troubling. Even if we were to think of the homo genus as just a long continuum going back a couple million years, it was the relatively recent agricultural revolution that was the major change in diet. This is troubling because he seems to have a wealth of knowledge but flubs an _every school boy knows_ fact. I read his book and I do not recall him mentioning humans becoming more _agrarian_ hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Hypothesis not fact
@@cornstar1253- Yes, a hypothesis but the best one at the moment.
He said 8000 years not 800,000 :)
this doctor is brilliant!!! thank you for cool facts!!!
How about if you have a deviated septum? I may want to give this a try but also don’t wanna suffocate or give potential heart damage due to trying so hard to breath so hard into nose? Anyone have any answers to this?
Great video. I just want to tell you something else nose breathing does for you. It gives you a better speaking voice. I am a voice expert and have found that most of the time nose breathers have a better voice. This is from an increase of nasal resonance.
good topic, very keen/excited to try and make habit!
How about mouth taping during exercise? Good? Bad?
49:55, thank me later
Hahaha
Huge laugh in the middle of this Starbucks!
Thanks boo.
can I thank you now?
Sungazer nailed it!
I have sleep apnea and am a mouth breather. Can I do mouth tapping if I use CPAP machine?
Have been mouth taping for about 7 months and for the first time since I was a small child I haven't experienced allergy symptoms. However, I cannot find any research pointing to that side effect, just curious, is anyone aware of such research? :)
Here is a video that may have some possible answers to that which you seek. ruclips.net/video/74F22bjBmqE/видео.html
Thanks for the advise
Thank god I never developed a mouth breathing habit. Might be why I don't snore either. EDIT: I do regularly have very chapped lips though.
Grateful for the mention of BR but stigma also needs to be mentioned. Women are SHAMED for breast feeding.
Not as much in Europe.
Civilised women do it in private. Leave the public breast feeding to the 3rd world
Ppl can TRY to shame you about anything. Only if you care will you FEEL shame. I breastfed all 5. For roughly 2 yrs each. In public when they were infants. GASP. Using my breasts for what they were made for, unlike hoochies who run around flaunting their breasts and getting props for it.
Who cares what uneducated ppl think? Ignorance is the shameful thing, not breastfeeding.
Wow.... I thought mouth taping would possibly be bad on health by I guess it would be beneficial for mouth breathing sleepers. This could prevent asthma is my contention. Nose breathing could also change your sinuses and allow more to come out when blowing nose.
That's the idea, Arthur!
Getting back to primal breathing patterns has a lot of carry over :-)
Thanks for tuning in,
Mike
Excellent content. Many thanks.
Just listened to chapters 5 and 6 of the book "Hindu-Yogi, Science of Breath." By Yogi Ramacharaka/Atkinson? Mentioned a lot of things about mouth breathing back in 1903. Did not realize this went back so far. He said mouth breathing only happened to "civilized" people, native people did not mouth breath back then.
James Nestor has a book called Breathe
What is the recommended tape type and brand so it's safe for the lips ?
I tried skin tape and I hated the smell. I saw a comment that someone used a bandaid, and I tried it. No smell. 👍
What is the best tape to use for mouth taping