This makes me wonder about the long term effects of the changes in sleep large doses of caffeine make. My dad used to drink coffee all day long. Usually a whole pot a day and then a cup at night after dinner, every single day. He died in his 80s with type 2 diabetes, and loss of vision in one eye due to several strokes. Granted his diet wasn't great, but I suspect things may have been different if he hadn't drank so much caffeine (not to mention the sugar he put in his coffee...😂).
This study was really eye-opening (no pun intended) for me. I am a heavy coffee drinker consuming up to 400-450 mg a day on most days. I often stop consuming caffeine by 6 pm and am in bed by 2:30 am and I can feel the sleep disruption on some days. For me, stopping around 2 pm would be ideal.
This makes me wonder about the long term effects of the changes in sleep large doses of caffeine make. My dad used to drink coffee all day long. Usually a whole pot a day and then a cup at night after dinner, every single day. He died in his 80s with type 2 diabetes, and loss of vision in one eye due to several strokes. Granted his diet wasn't great, but I suspect things may have been different if he hadn't drank so much caffeine (not to mention the sugar he put in his coffee...😂).
That's a lot of coffee, and I think by indirectly affecting sleep, it probably didn't help with some of those other health conditions!
This study was really eye-opening (no pun intended) for me. I am a heavy coffee drinker consuming up to 400-450 mg a day on most days. I often stop consuming caffeine by 6 pm and am in bed by 2:30 am and I can feel the sleep disruption on some days. For me, stopping around 2 pm would be ideal.
I think that would be an ideal strategy to test out, especially if your 2:30 a.m. bed time is unintentional (perhaps due to the caffeine?)
I'm a night person. I've always went to bed late when allowed.
Great read! Well-summarized research.
Thanks for reading Sam!
400 mg cafeine would be around 5 small cups, right?
Depends on where you buy it/how you make it, but generally that's right!