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#613 - Dr Peter Attia - The Health Metrics That Matter Most For Longevity
Modern Wisdom
The Effects of Alcohol on the Autonomic Nervous System
Alcohol is metabolized into different elements, but one of the metabolic byproducts of alcohol is quite toxic. And I suspect what's happening is the toxicity of that is changing the autonomic nervous system. So in what you want to be doing when you're sleeping is in a maximally parasympathetic state. When those things move in the wrong direction, so heart rate goes up, heart rate variability goes down, respiratory rate goes up and temperature goes up. All of those things happen when you drink. It's insane.
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