To drink or not to drink

[Foreigner]

Came across this article

Don't drink before your nap on the plane. It could hurt you now and later

Combining the low air pressure and oxygen levels of an aeroplane cabin with drinking alcohol could be bad for your heart, a new study has found.

amp.9news.com.au

Over past many years I’ve tended to avoid alcohol onboard but this article suggests to not drink prior to flight

 

[Pushka]

Came across this article

Don't drink before your nap on the plane. It could hurt you now and later

Combining the low air pressure and oxygen levels of an aeroplane cabin with drinking alcohol could be bad for your heart, a new study has found.

amp.9news.com.au

Over past many years I’ve tended to avoid alcohol onboard but this article suggests to not drink prior to flight

Maybe a few of us could test it out and check our O2 levels by oximeter when flying. I'm on a long day flight in April, I'll do the drinking part although an 8am departure isn't all that amenable for drinking. But maybe I'll check the morning readings without it and then pm readings with it.

 

[clifford]

From an awful lot of experience, I find it very hard to sleep on a plane without having a few drinks (or prescribed drugs).

Despite what others may say, I'll keep doing what I think works best for me. Alcohol is better (and certainly much more pleasant) than Rohypnol, which I used to take as a prescribed medicine.

It may kill me at some stage, but in over 70+ years it hasn't come too close.

 

[drron]

From an awful lot of experience, I find it very hard to sleep on a plane without having a few drinks (or prescribed drugs).

Despite what others may say, I'll keep doing what I think works best for me. Alcohol is better (and certainly much more pleasant) than Rohypnol, which I used to take as a prescribed medicine.

It may kill me at some stage, but in over 70+ years it hasn't come too close.

There are several community studies that show males over 70 have a longer life expectancy if they drink alcohol even at rates that are considered moderate than non drinkers.
In China it was found that 70 year olds that had given up drinking had less life expectancy than non drinkers but those who kept drinking lived longer.

Now the Americans are the wet blankets in all of this producing evidence to the contrary. But then the swedes discovered heavy drinkers who didn't exercise had a lowered life expectancy but those with regular exercise did not. Of course a lot of the US research was from Yale in CT and Harvard in MA where the weather for a lot of the year is not conducive to exercise.

So if over 70 don't give up drinking but continue to exercise.

 

[TheRealTMA]

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Errr… to quote from the article… The finding isn't a surprise, Freeman said.

Who’s paying these people? I hope it isn’t my tax money!!

 

[SCM]

Alcohol leads to poor quality sleep - that is very obvious and self-evident, if you use any sports watch like garmin, this would be obvious after a week or two of using it.

That being said, what's the point of paying or redeeming for business class if you're not going to enjoy it? What's one night of sleep anyway.

 

[cove]

I remain quite happy with the Krug, the icy vodka with the caviar followed by a rich Cab/Sav. I then go to sleep for about 4 or 5 hours using my trusty Resmed sleep machine. When I wake up I go for movies that are not challenging. My next longhaul is in January.

 

[Justinf]

Yes but if I don’t have the booze, I don’t get to sleep.

 

[MonteCristo]

Alcohol leads to poor quality sleep - that is very obvious and self-evident, if you use any sports watch like garmin, this would be obvious after a week or two of using it.

That being said, what's the point of paying or redeeming for business class if you're not going to enjoy it? What's one night of sleep anyway.

Or, if it helps you to fall asleep at all on a plane, then poor sleep is better than no sleep at all.

I just haven't been able to sleep on long-haul flights in economy, but haven't tried drinking grog either. Maybe a couple of drinks would help.

 

[SCM]

Or, if it helps you to fall asleep at all on a plane, then poor sleep is better than no sleep at all.

Underrated point!

 

[Himeno]

I don't drink alcohol at all.

 

[offshore171]

I dont touch the turps in flight. It doesn’t taste very good in that environment and has a dehydrating affect on the body.

Prefer to sample things at the destination, specifically trying out whatever is the local speciality. Eg: a local Riesling in Alsace, a Bordeaux in St Emilion, a whisky in Scotland. When in Rome…

 

[DC3]

I dont touch the turps in flight. It doesn’t taste very good in that environment ..

Fortunately it doesn’t affect me in that way.

 

[Flyfrequently]

"So if over 70 don't give up drinking but continue to exercise".


Ah, the voice of reason thanks @drron

 

[Forg]

I’m not well travelled enough that the Stuff that comes with a business or first fare isn’t still a novelty … therefore, I still feel the need to give the pick of what they’re offering a try, including the booze. I guess part of that is the fact that they’ll often offer something which you know would otherwise cost you a fair whack in terms of drinks, whereas the food is normally not as good as an average cafe meal.

But in economy there’s usually nothing that exciting available … as an aside I’ve tried using a modicum of boozle to at least get me to sleep but it didn’t work in Y, so that’s not a deciding factor.

 

[Dr Ralph]

Drink. Discussion over.