Alcohol does not help to sleep well and increases the chance of snoring, explains doctor

During the World Sleep Week, Pulmonologist Geraldo Lorenzi Filho, director of the Incor Sleep Laboratory, talked in an interview with CNN about how wine, and other alcoholic beverages, may even induce sleep, but that doesn’t mean it will be a quality night.

This is because alcohol reduces REM sleep, which one of the most important phases of sleep we dream of. He also indicates that people who “take a fuck” may even wake up earlier because they have inhibited a sleep phase. “So taking alcohol to help sleep is not a good idea,” says the expert.

Alcohol increases risk of snoring at night

Many people think it’s myth, but really people who drink before sleeping more. “Alcohol also relaxes the throat muscles, [então] The person snorkers more and has more sleep apnea, ”explains the ponda.

Lorenzi stresses that apnea is a real pandemic: one in three people in the city of São Paulo have this sleep disorder and some degree. “And today we know that half of the people who have insomnia have apnea,” he says.

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This content was originally published in alcohol does not help to sleep well and increases the chance of snoring, explains doctor on CNN Brazil.

Source: CNN Brasil

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