Biden’s Alcohol Czar Says He Wants To Limits On How Much Beer You’re Allowed To Drink

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57 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Obviously this isn't an attempt to impose limits, but rather to provide health guidance. 

I say the following as a person who enjoys alcohol:  it's really not good for you.  I wear an Oura ring to measure biometrics overnight, and the impact of just one drink on your heart rate, body temp, heart rate variability, and other factors is tremendous.  

The problem is:  how do you determine such suggestions?  If you say "two drinks per week" as he proposes, most drinking Americans will tune you out.  The current recommendation, two drinks max per night for men, is probably a good compromise if you want a single message.  The more nuanced message is more like "try to drink only a few nights per week, one drink is OK, two max".  But we suck at nuance.

 Not to mention what it does to your memory.

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I applied for i. I was shaking and my heart wasn’t able to function properly for that position. 

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18 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

 Not to mention what it does to your memory.

Heart rate and heart rate variability are two different things.  

Lower resting heart rate is generally good.  Mine is typically in the 46-50 bpm overnight.  If I have one drink, it is roughly 5 bpm faster until about 8 hours after I've had that drink.  It's quite fascinating how consistent it is -- if I finish the drink at 7PM, then at 3AM I can see my heart rate lower until morning.

Higher heart rate variability is generally good.  It basically shows that your heart is adaptable to changes.  Alcohol deadens your reflexes, and higher heart rates reduce the time for variability.

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Why is heart rate variability a good thing?

Your body has many systems and features that let it adapt to where you are and what you’re doing. Your heart’s variability reflects how adaptable your body can be. If your heart rate is highly variable, this is usually evidence that your body can adapt to many kinds of changes. People with high heart rate variability are usually less stressed and happier.

In general, low heart rate variability is considered a sign of current or future health problems because it shows your body is less resilient and struggles to handle changing situations. It's also more common in people who have higher resting heart rates. That’s because when your heart is beating faster, there’s less time between beats, reducing the opportunity for variability. This is often the case with conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart arrhythmia, asthma, anxiety and depression.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21773-heart-rate-variability-hrv#:~:text=Heart rate variability is where,issues like anxiety and depression.

I also see a tangible difference in my sleep quality.  In the above one drink example, I typically wake up around 3AM and have a hard time getting back to sleep.  I'll usually go read for 30 minutes or so to relax.  I get up during the night when I don't drink, because my prostate is old, but I generally feel more relaxed and have a much easier time getting back to sleep.

I type all of this as I enjoy a cocktail, so I don't practice what I preach.   

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14 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

Heart rate and heart rate variability are two different things.  

Lower resting heart rate is generally good.  Mine is typically in the 46-50 bpm overnight.  If I have one drink, it is roughly 5 bpm faster until about 8 hours after I've had that drink.  It's quite fascinating how consistent it is -- if I finish the drink at 7PM, then at 3AM I can see my heart rate lower until morning.

Higher heart rate variability is generally good.  It basically shows that your heart is adaptable to changes.  Alcohol deadens your reflexes, and higher heart rates reduce the time for variability.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/21773-heart-rate-variability-hrv#:~:text=Heart rate variability is where,issues like anxiety and depression.

I also see a tangible difference in my sleep quality.  In the above one drink example, I typically wake up around 3AM and have a hard time getting back to sleep.  I'll usually go read for 30 minutes or so to relax.  I get up during the night when I don't drink, because my prostate is old, but I generally feel more relaxed and have a much easier time getting back to sleep.

I type all of this as I enjoy a cocktail, so I don't practice what I preach.   

I missed the "variability" when I first read your post. I caught it after I quoted you and bolded the second "heart rate" but I was committed to the joke at that point. 

 

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57 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

I missed the "variability" when I first read your post. I caught it after I quoted you and bolded the second "heart rate" but I was committed to the joke at that point.