Post by Owen on Jun 18, 2024 7:09:02 GMT
1 ~~~ Why You Should Never Sleep After Drinking Alcohol on a Plane, According to Health Experts ~~~ 13
Drinking alcohol before taking a nap on a plane could be dangerous — here's why.
You've likely read plenty of stories about what you should and shouldn't be eating and drinking to feel your best on a flight.
Stories that recommend avoiding the tap water on planes as it's likely riddled with germs (this goes for the ice, too).
And how you should skip gas-inducing foods at 35,000 feet as the air pressure changes can make an already uncomfortable situation worse.
Then, there's why you should never order pasta on board — less for safety and more because it's probably overcooked.
But now, scientists are giving us one more to add to the list: You should avoid alcohol, especially if you plan to nap on your flight.
In early June, a group of German researchers published a study on the "effects of moderate alcohol consumption" on passengers' sleep, oxygen saturation, and heart rate on long-haul flights in the journal Thorax.
Its findings will have you second-guessing that tipple.
To find out exactly what alcohol does to us on planes, the researchers asked 48 adults to sleep in a specially designed space that recreates the atmospheric pressure of a plane, as well as creates a similar overall environment.
Participants were asked to sleep for four hours on two occasions — once after drinking alcohol (the equivalent of two glasses of wine) and once without it.
The team found that even a moderate amount of alcohol had significant effects.
www.travelandleisure.com/why-you-should-never-sleep-after-drinking-alcohol-on-a-flight-8663047?
17 June 2024
Drinking alcohol before taking a nap on a plane could be dangerous — here's why.
You've likely read plenty of stories about what you should and shouldn't be eating and drinking to feel your best on a flight.
Stories that recommend avoiding the tap water on planes as it's likely riddled with germs (this goes for the ice, too).
And how you should skip gas-inducing foods at 35,000 feet as the air pressure changes can make an already uncomfortable situation worse.
Then, there's why you should never order pasta on board — less for safety and more because it's probably overcooked.
But now, scientists are giving us one more to add to the list: You should avoid alcohol, especially if you plan to nap on your flight.
In early June, a group of German researchers published a study on the "effects of moderate alcohol consumption" on passengers' sleep, oxygen saturation, and heart rate on long-haul flights in the journal Thorax.
Its findings will have you second-guessing that tipple.
To find out exactly what alcohol does to us on planes, the researchers asked 48 adults to sleep in a specially designed space that recreates the atmospheric pressure of a plane, as well as creates a similar overall environment.
Participants were asked to sleep for four hours on two occasions — once after drinking alcohol (the equivalent of two glasses of wine) and once without it.
The team found that even a moderate amount of alcohol had significant effects.
www.travelandleisure.com/why-you-should-never-sleep-after-drinking-alcohol-on-a-flight-8663047?
17 June 2024