2024-04-09 19:20:59
It is the season of ‘spring fever’. A short nap is the best medicine. Here are some great tips to enjoy the best nap. It’s coffee.
It is common sense that coffee and sleep are polar opposites. However, one sleep expert claims that drinking coffee before a nap can help you wake up feeling more refreshed.
“It takes about 30 minutes for caffeine to be metabolized. “When you wake up, you get the dual benefits of a nap and the wakefulness of caffeine,” explains sleep expert James Wilson in an article on the homepage of a bedding brand.
There is also scientific evidence to support this.
According to a report by the New York Post on the 9th (Korean time), a study published in 2010 found that taking a nap right after drinking coffee can improve the brain’s ability to accept caffeine. Although coffee may seem to prevent you from falling asleep, it takes time for the caffeine to work. It is known that when caffeine is ingested, it begins to produce a stimulating effect in the brain after 30 minutes, and the effect peaks after one hour.
Experts advise that drinking caffeine right before going to bed and taking a nap for about 20 minutes is the ideal way to take a comfortable nap.
If you take a nap for more than 30 minutes, you can enter a deep sleep state, so you may feel drowsier than if you didn’t take a nap.
Additionally, to optimize your sleep at night, it is best not to drink coffee 6 hours before going to bed.
The ideal amount of coffee consumed before a nap is 2 cups (equivalent to 200 mg of caffeine).
Sleep expert Wilson drew a line, saying that consuming caffeine before a nap is not effective for everyone. It may work for some, but not for others.
However, he emphasized that regular naps have various health benefits, and the benefits are even greater for people who lack sleep time at night.
“Napping is a great way to overcome sleep deprivation symptoms. “Napping increases alertness and productivity and can be especially helpful for people who sleep outside of their natural circadian rhythm, such as morning people who have to wake up at 5 a.m. for work,” Wilson said.
“This can be a godsend for shift workers. Napping fills their sleep gaps and satisfies their sleep needs. “This is especially true when trying to sleep during the day,” he added.
Park Hae-sik, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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