We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
The second thing with alcohol is that it fragments your sleep. And we spoke about the quality of your sleep being just as important as the quantity. And alcohol through a variety of mechanisms, some of which are activation of that autonomic nervous system, that fight or flight branch of the nervous system. Alcohol will actually have you waking up many more times throughout the night.
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one of the problems with alcohol is that it's a sedative and what most people think of as the benefit of a night cap for your sleep is not really a benefit yes you quote unquote well i'll say you lose consciousness faster when you put yourself in bed it's hard to say that you're going into naturalistic sleep your sleep becomes more fragmented because the alcohol will actually stimulate the fight or flight branch of the nervous system it also releases weight promoting chemicals that's why you wake up more frequently
one of the problems with alcohol is that it's a sedative and what most people think of as the benefit of a night cap for your sleep is not really a benefit yes you quote unquote well i'll say you lose consciousness faster when you put yourself in bed it's hard to say that you're going into naturalistic sleep your sleep becomes more fragmented because the alcohol will actually stimulate the fight or flight branch of the nervous system it also releases weight promoting chemicals that's why you wake up more frequently and then the third part is alcohol will decrease the amount of rem sleep that you get particularly in the middle towards the later hours
Firstly, alcohol will litter your sleep with many more awakenings throughout the night.
Firstly, alcohol will litter your sleep with many more awakenings throughout the night.