Dr. Sarah Wakeman

Your hormones are more regulated, so you may have less acne. So all of those benefits you can often see in a very short time, and that can be reinforcing as you decide what you want your long-term goals to look like to really see what life is like with less or without alcohol.

Your hormones are more regulated, so you may have less acne. So all of those benefits you can often see in a very short time, and that can be reinforcing as you decide what you want your long-term goals to look like to really see what life is like with less or without alcohol.

Yeah, this is, I think, an area of growing research and understanding. And I think people are really interested in sort of drinking during menopause as well and what to think about all of that. A couple things. I think many of the symptoms that people experience during menopause, like hot flashes, will be made worse by any amount of alcohol. Really? Yes, because alcohol dilates your blood vessels.

Yeah, this is, I think, an area of growing research and understanding. And I think people are really interested in sort of drinking during menopause as well and what to think about all of that. A couple things. I think many of the symptoms that people experience during menopause, like hot flashes, will be made worse by any amount of alcohol. Really? Yes, because alcohol dilates your blood vessels.

Yeah, this is, I think, an area of growing research and understanding. And I think people are really interested in sort of drinking during menopause as well and what to think about all of that. A couple things. I think many of the symptoms that people experience during menopause, like hot flashes, will be made worse by any amount of alcohol. Really? Yes, because alcohol dilates your blood vessels.

So you may have experienced if you drink a couple glasses of wine, you actually feel flushed. Yes. Well, it's just going to amplify the experience you're having during hot flashes. So if you're trying to not have hot flashes, drinking is going to be your enemy in that because it's just going to make that worse. Same things like sleep disturbance are really common in menopause.

So you may have experienced if you drink a couple glasses of wine, you actually feel flushed. Yes. Well, it's just going to amplify the experience you're having during hot flashes. So if you're trying to not have hot flashes, drinking is going to be your enemy in that because it's just going to make that worse. Same things like sleep disturbance are really common in menopause.

So you may have experienced if you drink a couple glasses of wine, you actually feel flushed. Yes. Well, it's just going to amplify the experience you're having during hot flashes. So if you're trying to not have hot flashes, drinking is going to be your enemy in that because it's just going to make that worse. Same things like sleep disturbance are really common in menopause.

Mood changes and alcohol may impact all of those. And it can be a tough cycle because you may be drinking because your mood is actually low and you're having a hard time falling asleep. But then alcohol is actually running counterproductive and making those symptoms worse over the long haul. Let's talk a little bit about sleep because. Yeah.

Mood changes and alcohol may impact all of those. And it can be a tough cycle because you may be drinking because your mood is actually low and you're having a hard time falling asleep. But then alcohol is actually running counterproductive and making those symptoms worse over the long haul. Let's talk a little bit about sleep because. Yeah.

Mood changes and alcohol may impact all of those. And it can be a tough cycle because you may be drinking because your mood is actually low and you're having a hard time falling asleep. But then alcohol is actually running counterproductive and making those symptoms worse over the long haul. Let's talk a little bit about sleep because. Yeah.

Doesn't alcohol impact your sleep in a very negative way? Yeah. And people may be surprised to hear that because it makes you fall asleep quicker. So often people are like, oh, alcohol helps me sleep because I fall asleep so quickly. But when we think about sleep architecture, there's different cycles to sleep. People are probably familiar with REM sleep is that deep, rapid eye movement sleep.

Doesn't alcohol impact your sleep in a very negative way? Yeah. And people may be surprised to hear that because it makes you fall asleep quicker. So often people are like, oh, alcohol helps me sleep because I fall asleep so quickly. But when we think about sleep architecture, there's different cycles to sleep. People are probably familiar with REM sleep is that deep, rapid eye movement sleep.

Doesn't alcohol impact your sleep in a very negative way? Yeah. And people may be surprised to hear that because it makes you fall asleep quicker. So often people are like, oh, alcohol helps me sleep because I fall asleep so quickly. But when we think about sleep architecture, there's different cycles to sleep. People are probably familiar with REM sleep is that deep, rapid eye movement sleep.

But there's different cycles that your body, your brain naturally cycles through in the night. And the balance of those cycles is really important to get restorative sleep, which is when your body rests and heals. And what alcohol does is it changes the makeup of those cycles. So you go more quickly into deep sleep and you have less time in sort of the normal phases of sleep.

But there's different cycles that your body, your brain naturally cycles through in the night. And the balance of those cycles is really important to get restorative sleep, which is when your body rests and heals. And what alcohol does is it changes the makeup of those cycles. So you go more quickly into deep sleep and you have less time in sort of the normal phases of sleep.

But there's different cycles that your body, your brain naturally cycles through in the night. And the balance of those cycles is really important to get restorative sleep, which is when your body rests and heals. And what alcohol does is it changes the makeup of those cycles. So you go more quickly into deep sleep and you have less time in sort of the normal phases of sleep.

And so your sleep architecture is disrupted and you don't get that same restful sleep. You may wake up at two in the morning, you know, after you've fallen asleep really quickly, but then you wake up and can't fall back asleep.

And so your sleep architecture is disrupted and you don't get that same restful sleep. You may wake up at two in the morning, you know, after you've fallen asleep really quickly, but then you wake up and can't fall back asleep.

And so your sleep architecture is disrupted and you don't get that same restful sleep. You may wake up at two in the morning, you know, after you've fallen asleep really quickly, but then you wake up and can't fall back asleep.