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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...😂).

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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!

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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.

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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?)

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I'm a night person. I've always went to bed late when allowed.

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Great read! Well-summarized research.

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Thanks for reading Sam!

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Oct 25Liked by Brady Holmer

400 mg cafeine would be around 5 small cups, right?

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Depends on where you buy it/how you make it, but generally that's right!

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