To escape to an afternoon low, especially in the office everyday with a coffee after Lunch is a common practice.
However, this is at the expense of the night, the rest can go.
Because even if we no longer perceive the effects of caffeine after a few hours of aware of, it is still active in the body and can prevent us from coming in the evening to rest.
Caffeine is only slowly decomposed
In General, it takes 15 to 45 minutes, until you can feel after a Cup of coffee the effect of caffeine and more alert feeling.
Significantly longer it takes for the caffeine from the body is completely decomposed.
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the half-life of caffeine is about four to six hours.
This means that four to six hours after consumption is still about half of the caffeine in the blood.
A further four to six hours must pass before half of this remaining quantity is reduced.
Who drinks so around 10 o’clock in the morning a Cup of coffee with 100 mg of caffeine, will have to 22 clock in the evening still approximately 25 mg of active caffeine in the body.
It is not surprising, therefore, if someone can make because of a Nachmittagskaffes in the evening no eye: In the case of a 16-watch drunk coffee, spirits, six hours later, still 50 mg of caffeine through the bloodstream – the equivalent of more caffeine than a energy drink to find!
People react differently to caffeine
Are sensitive to caffeine and the speed with which the body of the substance can break down, from person to person in different ways.
Age also has an influence on how caffeine affects someone. Even if not resolved could be, what it is, so it seems that the caffeine in the higher age leads to a stronger effect as at a young age.
In addition, older people find it harder to fall asleep.
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A great influence on the sensitivity to caffeine has also, how much and how often it is consumed. At some point, the body is used to the fact that it requires considerably larger quantities, up to a noticeable effect occurs.
Coffee habits behind the questions
To find out how caffeine, a self-acting, so it is only useful for the exact self-observation.
You might even find that caffeine has no influence on the sleep experience, even if one uses after a hearty dinner, a Cup of Espresso.
Dr. Sampat, assistant Professor at the UC Davis Health, California, writes to ‘Self’: “If you have no problems falling Asleep at night and during the day, well rested feel, is it okay to drink late in the day coffee].”
Otherwise, he recommends as a rule of thumb, to consume the last coffee no later than eight to ten hours before bedtime.
It offers itself as a clear Directive, simply to accustom, to refrain from the lunch, to more coffee.
So at least the coffee should be as a trigger for sleep problems excluded.
Source
- The U.S. Food & Drug: Spilling the Beans: How Much Caffeine is Too Much?, archived from the original on 01.11.2019: https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/spilling-beans-how-much-caffeine-too-much
Larissa Bright Mouth
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