What Will You Do This Year? What do people do during the holidays? Many will drink too much and eat too much (please see the recent article “Don’t Stuff the Wrong Turkey” for help controlling excess eating.) What else do lots of us do? Stay up late with relatives and friends, talking and drinking – […]
What does alcohol do to my sleep? (10/11/10)
Alcohol and Sleep America’s favorite knock out drop is not its best. Did you know: An ounce of alcohol at bedtime will lead to 15-25 extra arousals during sleep? Imbibing alcohol at midnight has about 2-3 times the physiologic effect of alcohol at 6 PM? No one really knows the mechanism […]