Ray, co-creator of the Flex behaviour change app, talks through some of the small steps that can help us shift our habits around alcohol and improve our chances of a better night’s sleep.

Related links and more information

• Matthew Walker gives an overview on how both alcohol and caffeine have surprising impact on our sleep - part of TED talk series on the science of sleep (5 mins) "How caffeine and alcohol affect your sleep | Sleeping with Science, a TED series" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ9FfzMKBNc
• What impact does alcohol have on the chemistry of sleep? Useful summary from Sleep Foundation:: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/alcohol-and-sleep
• Interesting recent UK research looking at 30yrs of data covering the relationship between alcohol, getting older and poorer sleep for men vs women: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62227-0-
• Talks at Google podcast: Why sleep matters (Matthew Walker) - 56mins https://talksatgoogle.libsyn.com/ep56-matthew-walker-why-sleep-matters

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