{"id":42130,"date":"2020-12-21T12:36:45","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T01:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?p=42130"},"modified":"2021-12-14T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T01:44:22","slug":"fun-fact-the-key-to-a-good-nap-is-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/health-beauty\/fun-fact-the-key-to-a-good-nap-is-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"FUN FACT: The Key To A Good Nap Is Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Coffee<\/a> = caffeine = will keep you up all bloody night if you have a cup too close to bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know and believe this^ to be true. Truer than true. We are still not over the trauma from that one time we thought we\u2019d be okay having a cappuccino at 4pm and were counting the cracks in our bedroom ceiling until the wee hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, apparently, the whole, \u2018no coffee if you want to sleep\u2019 thing is a big fat lie. Apparently<\/em>, coffee is actually the key to a good nap. And this isn\u2019t just us making stuff up, it\u2019s scientifically proven fact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allow us to explain: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of us experience a mid-day slump where we feel like we could just lay down and zonk out. While we typically view caffeine as something that stops us from sleeping soundly, it can be great to have right before that 20 minute power nap. Researchers have found that combining a nap with a caffeine leaves you better off as you wake feeling much more refreshed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Daniel Pink discussed this research with Life Hacker,<\/a> explaining that it all has to do with how long the caffeine in coffee actually takes to hit your system: roughly 20 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the basic idea is that by the time you finish and wake from your 20 minute nap, the coffee helps wake you up even more and you feel ready to take on the world (or just all the emails you\u2019ve been procrastinating responding to). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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