Eyes closed eyelids in the middle of the day before fatigue almost, are especially popular two standard solutions: coffee or NAP.
The maximum effect for more alertness, however, are achieved when you combine the two together.
The exact procedure is critical so that you can after a short time, really again with fresh energy.
First coffee, then NAP
“Coffee Nap” is called tactics, which turned out to be a true miracle cure for unwanted tiredness.
This will be the first to drink coffee and then take a short NAP of maximum 20 minutes on hold. Yes exactly, in this order: first, drink and then sleep.
The first sounds surprising, since caffeine is for its counter-productive effects of Sleep known.
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Here, time plays a crucial role. It is important that it is put immediately after the coffee and ensure that the alarm exactly 20 minutes later, again from the sleep tear.
Because after the intake of caffeine it will take about 20 minutes, until it has made its way into the blood and from there into the brain to be paved.
Before the expiry of that 20 minutes, no invigorating to be so effect perceive and, accordingly, undisturbed sleep.
But why is at all, both coffee to drink, as well as NAP?
Caffeine against adenosine
Caffeine acts as a contrast to adenosine, the neurotransmitter that is responsible for signaling the body fatigue.
It activates certain receptors, which signal the nerves that it is time your activities to reduce them.
Since caffeine, however, is in its structure of adenosine is very similar, it can dock on the same receptors as adenosine, and thereby, so to speak, to block.
Adenosine has no possibility to transfer the body in the resting state, because the necessary receptors are already occupied by the invigorating caffeine.
This effect is increased a Coffee Nap, in addition.
Because even a short NAP, the body starts previously, the distribution of adenosine reduce. When the caffeine reaches 20 minutes, the brain finds it much more free to be filled receptors, as without cleansing NAP could have been.
The caffeine has a much stronger effect on the brain, because there are now a lot more nervous at the same time can tell you that back in Action is announced.
You will feel so fresh and active as if you had drank only coffee or only a Powernap held.
Larissa Bright Mouth
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