I love my caffeine, fact. It makes me feel good and gives me a great boost when I’m starting to flag. As I’m not a great morning person either, I would be unbearable if I didn’t have my cup of coffee to make me feel human in the mornings!
How many of us have spent long nights stuck in the office while we trawl our way through a particularly tough project? Too many of us to mention I’ll bet, and not many of us can say that those caffeine boosts haven’t helped us to get through it.
Resisting caffeine late at night is the hardest part. There’s nothing quite like a coffee to round off a meal in a restaurant, and this is the hardest one for me to say no to.
It is recommended that if you want to go to bed at a decent time and have a good night’s sleep, you must avoid all kind of caffeine in the evening. Scientific facts seem to back up these claims.
The experts have told us that caffeine will be in your system up to 10 hours after you last consume it. If this information is correct, we shouldn’t be drinking any caffeine any later than the afternoon. Everyone is different obviously, but this is the average time that they go off.
If you use sugar in your drinks, you will lose not only your caffeine boost but also your sugar rush; resulting in a crash. You may be able to sleep if you do this.
Try this little test to find out where you stand. If you have your last caffeinated drink at 2 pm, try it at 3pm the next day, 4pm the day after that and so on. You will then know when you can have your last coffee and still be able to sleep.
Make sure you do this carefully though in stages. Don’t jump straight to having your last coffee at 8pm. If this keeps you up all night you will have to drink it all the next day just to stay awake.
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