Other things to do for better sleep include regular exercise, maintaining a healthy diet, and avoiding consuming caffeine in the afternoon or evening.
Caffeine tends to stay in your system far longer than you might think. You have to be very intentional about when you drink coffee, tea, and soda… and how much of it you consume.
As per AASM, caffeine reaches a peak level in your body within 30 to 60 minutes, and it has a half-life of 3 to 5 hours.
Caffeine half-life refers to the time it takes for your body to eliminate half of it. So, if you drink a cup of coffee at 2 in the afternoon, with a half-life of 5 hours, half of that caffeine would still be in your system by 7 in the evening, and a quarter would still be present at midnight. That’s why it’s so important to limit caffeine intake to the morning.
Broadly speaking, you should limit caffeine consumption to no more than 300mg to 400 mg per day, which is roughly 3 to 4 cups of coffee.
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