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Does Alcohol Help You Sleep? | The Peter Attia Drive Podcast — Whalespan

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Does Alcohol Help You Sleep? | The Peter Attia Drive Podcast

Peter Attia8m · 2022-03-30

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✕Not SupportedAlcohol consumption in the evening can compromise REM sleep, fragment sleep, and make it more unstable.✕Not SupportedAlcohol is not a sleep aid; it is a sedative that can be mistaken for sleep, fragments sleep, and significantly reduces REM sleep, leading to a lack of restoration.✓Well SupportedAlcohol consumption negatively impacts sleep quality.✓Well SupportedPeter Attia consumes 0-7 alcoholic drinks per week, rarely exceeding 2 drinks in a day, and typically consumes alcohol with dinner to avoid interfering with sleep.Well Supported

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Consuming alcohol earlier in the evening may allow it to clear the system before bedtime, mitigating its negative sleep effects.

◐Partially SupportedElevated body temperature, increased respiratory rate, and higher heart rate before sleep suggest sympathetic nervous system activation, which can negatively impact sleep.

◐Partially SupportedAlcohol disrupts sleep through metabolic byproducts like aldehydes or reduction in glutamate.

◐Partially SupportedAlcohol is a sedative and a GABA agonist, which can hasten the onset of sleep but does not provide restorative sleep.

◐Partially SupportedA single alcoholic drink consumed four to five hours before bed has no noticeable effect on Peter Attia's sleep biometrics.