Professional soccer player Erling Haaland swears by a good night’s sleep. To do this, he resorts to a questionable practice, among other things, as he recently revealed in a podcast. A sleep doctor is critical of “mouth taping”.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland is one of football’s most respected professionals. A documentary about the now 23-year-old was released last year. At that time he spoke about his questionable diet. Utopia reported. Now the football star is causing irritation again in his role model function – this time it’s about his sleeping practices.
As Haaland explains during an interview with Youtuber Logan Paul in the podcast “Impaulsive”, good sleep is important to him. To ensure this, according to Haaland, he would wear glasses with a blue light filter three hours before going to bed.
Haaland: “I think sleep is the most important thing in the world”
“I think sleep is the most important thing in the world. To get a good night’s sleep, simple things like blue-blocker glasses and blocking out all signals in the bedroom are really important in my opinion,” explains the footballer.
However, a recently published overview study, which appeared in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, questions the supposedly positive effect of blue light filter glasses. Accordingly, there is currently a lack of sufficient scientific evidence to make statements about improved sleep quality. It has also not been proven that blue light filter glasses reduce visual fatigue in the eyes after computer use. Utopia reported.
Tape your mouth shut for better sleep? Caution!
But Haaland goes even further to supposedly improve his sleep. According to his own statements, he tapes his mouth shut. In the podcast, Haaland says after podcast host Logan Paul addresses the topic of plasters for the mouth: “I sleep with them.” Both men agree that breathing through the nostrils is increased.
On social media, this procedure is referred to as “mouth taping” and is also recommended. The promise: you will feel more rested the next day; Breathing through the nose would strengthen the immune system. But the benefit has not been proven.
“There is no serious study that has examined this and has come to such a conclusion,” classifies the sleep doctor Prof. Martin Konermann the trend to the ZDF.
But what is true is that breathing through the nose while sleeping has advantages over breathing through the mouth. The air is filtered, i.e. purified, by the fine hairs in the nose. There are also immune cells in the nasal mucosa that produce antibodies. In the case of dust or pollen, this can be good for the body’s defenses. The air we breathe is not cleaned through the mouth, which means pathogens can enter more easily. Colds can result.
“In addition, the nasal mucosa swells at night”
Sleep doctor Konermann also warns against taping your mouth shut before falling asleep. The air could then become tight, especially for people with a pronounced curvature of the nasal septum or polyps. “In addition, the nasal mucosa swells at night,” says the expert.
If you breathe through your mouth at night, you don’t get enough air through your nose – which is why a tape on your mouth is anything but helpful. However, if you use a commercially available plaster, there is probably no risk of suffocation, as Konermann explains to ZDF.
“Our bodies have built-in self-preservation mechanisms. (…) Then a small alarm clock rings in the head, which ensures that the sleeper wakes up and then he also opens his mouth.” The patch is not so strong that it cannot be overcome.
Sources: Podcast “Impaulsive”, ZDF
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