Clear your head
before happy hour. Stress kills men’s self-control—and could make you drink more, suggests a new study from the Netherlands.
Scientists asked two groups of men and women to perform a task before drinking alcohol. One was a brain-buster meant to tax the subjects’ minds, mimicking a tough day at work. Guys who took that test not only guzzled more booze than men who performed the easier exercise, they drank four times more than women who completed the hard task.