Today’s focus is caffeine.
Most people think caffeine only lasts a couple hours.
In reality, caffeine has a half-life of about 6 hours, meaning it can still affect sleep long after you drink it.
Today’s Adjustment
Avoid caffeine 8 hours before bedtime.
If you go to bed at 10 PM, stop caffeine by 2 PM.
Many people notice sleep improvements within days of making this change.
Today’s action is simple:
Move your last caffeine earlier in the day.
This is one of the most common sleep problems I see in patients.
If you're curious how caffeine interacts with sleep hormones, I explain it inside The Complete Guide to Better Sleep After 50
Tomorrow we address something that silently disrupts sleep for many people.
Doc Mike
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