In this episode Ryan and Lauren discuss the science of alcohol and how it impacts exercise, sleep, your relationships, fertility, memory, overall brain health, and more.

This one is more scientific than our other episodes, but we make it easily to digest and understand. Ryan and Lauren are passionate about this topic and have plenty of experience drinking and not drinking, so tune in and follow us if you like our energy.

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Cited Research:

Daviet, R., Aydogan, G., Jagannathan, K. et al. Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank. Nat Commun 13, 1175 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28735-5

https://www.healthline.com/health/facts-about-alcohol#facts

Contribution of alcohol use disorders to the burden of dementia in France 2008–13: a nationwide retrospective cohort study Schwarzinger, MichaëlBaillot, S et al. The Lancet Public Health, Volume 3, Issue 3, e124 - e132 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30022-7/fulltext

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0741832900001245?via%3Dihub

https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM198705073161902?url_ver=Z39.88-2003%F0%9D%94%AFid=ori:rid:crossref.org%F0%9D%94%AFdat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed