Contents:
- Medical Video: Scientists agree: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone
- What is that coffee nap?
- How to work coffee nap?
- Drinking coffee before napping is more effective than drinking coffee or just taking a nap
- Don't sleep for more than 20 minutes
Medical Video: Scientists agree: Coffee naps are better than coffee or naps alone
When chased deadline even though all night long stayed up late, you might have to struggle very hard to stay awake. Just drinking coffee is not enough to make your mind refreshed. For that, you need a more effective way to restore energy. A number of scientific studies have apparently managed to find the trick. Yes, you should try drinking coffee before taking a nap. The trick is also known as the term coffee nap this later became popular because of its efficacy. But what coffee nap is it really effective or just a trend? Directly refer to the following review.
What is that coffee nap?
Coffee nap or drinking coffee before napping is a practical way to naturally restore your energy. Unlike usual naps, this time you have to drink a cup of caffeinated coffee. After drinking coffee, you should immediately take a nap for 15-20 minutes.
How to work coffee nap?
Drinking coffee before taking a nap may sound strange to ordinary people. Because, you may often hear that coffee makes it difficult to sleep. In fact, the stimulant in coffee called new caffeine will be absorbed by the small intestine and blood for about 20 to 30 minutes after you drink coffee. So, actually the effect of caffeine from coffee will not be immediately felt after drinking.
In your body, caffeine functions to fight adenosine, a substance produced by the brain. This substance makes you feel tired and sleepy. If you only drink coffee, your body will still produce adenosine. Caffeine will be inferior to this substance.
While you are sleeping, your body will naturally clean adenosine. Napping 15-20 minutes is enough to get rid of this substance. After you wake up, caffeine does not need to fight too much adenosine in the brain because it has been cleansed when you take a nap. The result is that your mind and body become fresher and more energetic.
Drinking coffee before napping is more effective than drinking coffee or just taking a nap
A study by experts in the UK revealed that drinking coffee before napping proved to be more effective than drinking coffee or taking a nap. After waking up from coffee nap, the study participants made only a few mistakes in the driving simulation test given.
Other studies in Japan in the journal Clinical Neurophysiology also prove effective coffee nap than just take a nap then wash your face. Participants who drank short before nap coffee showed better results in a series of memory tests given by the researchers.
Don't sleep for more than 20 minutes
To maximize the effects of caffeine and take a nap, don't take a nap for more than 20 minutes after drinking coffee. Because, taking a nap will take you to the stage of deep sleep (deep sleep) If you enter that stage, the caffeine that is fully absorbed in the body will suddenly wake you up.
Instead of feeling refreshed, you will feel irritated and more tired than before. This is because your consciousness is "pulled" suddenly and the body is forced to work harder to pump the heart and drain blood to the brain. So, make sure you take a nap no more than 15-20 minutes.
