of deployed service members are drinking at least one a day. a report finds the drinks can cause soldiers to fall asleep on the job. let s bring in dr. debbie, an associate professor at the nyu school of medicine. this is from the pentagon. they have an official science blog and posted a study that found that field soldiers are more likely to fall asleep on duty if they ve been drinking these energy drinks. why? there are a couple of reasons mostly related to the caffeine. there is an issue with the effect of caffeine itself and also the effect of lack of caffeine if you are used to having it. caffeine keeps you awake and alert and helps with memory but if you have too much of it then what happens is your body becomes more dependent on it. when you don t have it or right before you are about to have that next hit of caffeine, i guess, then it starts to wear off and you might feel more sleepy and more sluggish. you also have long-term effects of caffeine where it interferes with sleep
anything that bothers the brain. sleep apnea causes high blood pressure and diabeteses. and the sleep architecture itself could affect the people s over all health and thinkingability. you heard the term body shaming. there is a little bit of snore shaming. but if you have the issue it is treatable. that is something we point out. how do people get help? it is funny, a lot of patients, particularly women whisperçó it. i think i i think it is something. and the great thing about the