Alcohol, Caffeine, NSAIDs: Their Temperature Effects Matter

Be aware of how food and drink affect your sleep: alcohol does not improve sleep quality, even though it might feel that way-and it particularly impairs REM sleep. 

Also, you may enjoy dark chocolate sometimes, but it contains caffeine.

Thirty seconds after your first sip, alcohol races into your brain. It slows down the chemicals and pathways that your brain cells use to send messages. That alters your mood, slows your reflexes, and throws off your balance. You also can’t think straight, which you may not recall later, because ...

1. We use only 10% of our brains. PET or fMRI scans show that much of the brain is engaged even during simple tasks. But there's also the fact that highly motivated people score higher on IQ tests, which suggests that we don’t always exercise our minds at 💯% capacity.
2. ...