and its resulting inflammation. As well as it evokes potential situations of dissemble
excess or gumic hugely. So these positions the jaw and uvula oppose the wideness
of nose and prevents current of breath. So snoring will increase.
Moreover, in this case, the person wakes up with an abnormal white layer covering
his tongue and an undesirable mouth odour. Sleeping on the left side is not favoured
either, as the heart would be then under the pressure of the right lung, the biggest of
the two lungs, and this would affect its contraction especially if the person is old. The
full stomach which itself is under the pressure of the heaviest organ in the digestive
tract, the liver, which delays its emptying, would also impose a pressure on the
heart.
A group of experiments done by Galteh and Butseh found that the passage of food
from the stomach to the intestines takes from 2.5 to 4.5 hours if a person is sleeping
on the right side whereas its takes 5 to 8 hours if he is sleeping on the left side.
“Sleeping on the right side is the correct
position as the left lung is smaller
than the right one and the pressure
on the heart would therefore be less,
the liver would not be suspended,
and the stomach would be on it and
so emptying its contents would
be quicker.”
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