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- AlcoholAlcohol can help you fall asleep, then breaks up the second half of the night, cuts REM sleep, raises your heart rate and lowers HRV. Less, and earlier, is better.
- Evidence: Strong
- Medium effort
- Free
- Works: tonight
- HRV, resting heart rate and temperatureWhat your overnight HRV, resting heart rate and skin temperature mean, what moves them, and why to compare them only with your own baseline.
- Evidence: Some
- Low effort
- Free
- Works: 1–3 weeks
- Waking at 3 a.m.Brief wake-ups are normal. What to do when you can't get back to sleep, and when it's a sign of insomnia.
- Evidence: Some
- Low effort
- Free
- Works: 1–2 weeks