Dr. Matt Walker

I wish I could tell you otherwise.

I would say that based on that data, the principal protocol advice I would have for you is go to the pub in the morning.

That way, by the time you're about to sleep, the alcohol is out your system.

No, no, I would never.

As a public scientist, I would never advocate necessarily for morning.

I'm just kidding you.

But that's sort of one of the unfortunate consequences.

there does seem to be an impact to say that there isn't is just me not being truthful about the data but again if you think about the trade-off here if you're going out or you're having friends over and you're going to make an incredible evening of memories and you're going to open a favorite bottle of wine and have a couple of glasses of wine is your sleep going to be compromised yes it is

But maybe that's worth the trade-off for that specific night.

I would just not wish you to, and you've spoken a lot, and so has our dear friend Peter Atiyah and others.

There just doesn't seem to be any safe amount of alcohol.

But I would say think about that trade-off simply, however, don't make it a habit that you're doing it, you know, multiple nights a week or more.

That would probably be the advice.

Great.

It's very interesting.

There was somewhat of a dogma out there that we have to stop eating three or four hours before bed for optimal sleep.

If you look at the data, the data is quite a spread, no pun intended.

There are some people for whom that works very well.

And if they eat even two hours before bed, they just get disrupted in terms of their sleep.

Some of that is about people just feeling too full and not feeling comfortable.