The Superbowl is just days away and for many revelers that means enjoying some cocktails while rooting for their favorite team. Too much imbibing also means a Monday morning hangover. There are a lot of misconceptions out there about how to avoid and cure hangovers—like eating a late night snack to absorb the alcohol in your stomach or drinking coffee to cure a hangover. Here are a few mythbusters:
Myth: Alcohol helps you sleep well
Fact: Many people have a glass of wine to help them sleep, but actually alcohol disrupts sleep. While a nightcap may help you fall asleep more quickly it interferes with the quality of your sleep. You don’t spend enough time in the deepest cycle of sleep called the REM cycle and since you sleep more lightly you wake up earlier.
Are you stressed out? Here are some tell tale signs that you may be suffering from stress:
It feels like a jungle out there, and not the concrete kind. The weather is sweltering this week and that means we have to protect ourselves from the heat. Heat exhaustion doesn’t just occur when someone has been out in the hot wilderness without water. It can occur right in our homes, on a job site or any place where you are exerting yourself outside for long periods of time. The people most at risk for developing heat exhaustion are those who exercise outdoors and the elderly.