Re:Ask HN: How do you become smarter?
by throw_away1525 on Friday March 31, 2023 @11:29AM
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Something no one has mentioned yet: stop drinking alcohol to the greatest extent possible. A lot of us in our 30s are into craft beer, good wine, expensive Scotch etc... try abstaining for a full quarter (3 months) and see how you feel after. Even if your consumption was within government health guidelines (<14 drinks per week for men, less for women, and government drinks are small) you will probably be amazed at the difference. I couldn't believe how much having a beer or two after work every day was affecting my sleep and then everything else.
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I'm 50+ and my brain cannot handle alcohol like it used to. When I finally stopped for three weeks, I was flabbergasted and overjoyed how much better my brain worked in terms of memory recall, word association, and vocabulary.
Re:Ask HN: How do you become smarter?
by PaulWaldman on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:51PM
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Alcohol's impact on sleep is well documented.
Is the moderate consumption described, a beer or two after work, directly impacting cognitive functions or is it indirectly impacted by sleep?
Re:Ask HN: How do you become smarter?
by quickthrower2 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @01:50AM
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I have some kind of CFS / Fibro and I meed to avoid alcohol (mostly)
and train at the gym to keep up with the average person who does what they want. But I remember back in the day a heavy night out per week means a constant state of fog. For what really.