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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 367609" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>I'm over weight enough to snore and sleep with my mouth open - so dry mouth at night has been an annoyance for years. I've tried a number of things; water beside the bed, special mouth washes, lip salve... and (most shocking of all) weight loss.</p><p></p><p>They've had mixed results. At the moment, I'm going through a drink-lots-of-water phase, having just read a book on drinking enough. The ghist is that everyone should drink 1oz of water/tea/squash/juice for every pound they weigh. That equates to approx 2 litres a day if you weigh 10 stone. Double that for 20 stone!</p><p></p><p>It took a week to adjust to so much fluid, but then i felt subtly different, in a good way. Interestingly, now that I am drinking enough through the day, my mouth is less dry at night. It has made me realise that several cups of tea a day simply were not enough for my body, and i was mildly dehydrated for years = a drier mouth at night, and less available saliva. I just have to remember to stop drinking about 9pm, otherwise I get up several times during the night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 367609, member: 41816"] I'm over weight enough to snore and sleep with my mouth open - so dry mouth at night has been an annoyance for years. I've tried a number of things; water beside the bed, special mouth washes, lip salve... and (most shocking of all) weight loss. They've had mixed results. At the moment, I'm going through a drink-lots-of-water phase, having just read a book on drinking enough. The ghist is that everyone should drink 1oz of water/tea/squash/juice for every pound they weigh. That equates to approx 2 litres a day if you weigh 10 stone. Double that for 20 stone! It took a week to adjust to so much fluid, but then i felt subtly different, in a good way. Interestingly, now that I am drinking enough through the day, my mouth is less dry at night. It has made me realise that several cups of tea a day simply were not enough for my body, and i was mildly dehydrated for years = a drier mouth at night, and less available saliva. I just have to remember to stop drinking about 9pm, otherwise I get up several times during the night. [/QUOTE]
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