Practical info for the smarter drinker
Take the Night off, Brain – I’ve Got Liquor The night starts off well enough. You’re with your friends, enjoying a few drinks, everyone is laughing and talking and having a great time. After a while, though, you begin noticing changes. You’re slower, more lethargic, and strangely sleepy. It feels as though your mind is …
Let’s say that you’re at a restaurant with your friends, and everyone is ordering drinks. All around you, people order beer after beer after beer, with no apparent consideration for the hangover that awaits them in the morning. So you, being the sensible one of the group, opt for a glass of red wine. According …
Alcohol’s effects on blood pressure may seem intuitive: too much alcohol is bad, and high blood pressure is bad … so alcohol must cause high blood pressure. That seems reasonable, right? Well, yes and no. Like with most things, it all depends on many factors beyond the alcohol itself, including your age, how much you …
Electrolytes! Everybody wants more electrolytes, even though we don’t know what they do or where to find them. The good news is that electrolytes can help with a hangover (among other things) and are really easy to find, because they’re everywhere. Specifically, it’s the primary ions of electrolytes that are what’s important, and they include: …
Alcohol makes you sleepy because you’re old, old-timer! Put down the pint and hit the sack before you bust your hip! Just kidding. Alcohol can make people of any age sleepy, because it’s a muscle relaxant and a sedative. But, what does that mean, exactly? The truth is that alcohol and its effects on the …