Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jasonthorsness 376 days ago
“They compared each participant’s brain activity on two separate nights — one when they consumed caffeine capsules three hours and then one hour before bedtime, and another when they took a placebo at the same times.”

As someone who consumes lots of coffee I worry a little about that and always read caffeine articles but in this case doesn’t everyone already know caffeine right before bed is a bad idea?

1 comments

Caffeine has a long half life. Some experts recommend you stop by 11am. Not everyone knows that
Shouldn't the recommendation depend on when you go to sleep, rather than a blanket recommendation for a specific time?
Are you saying not everyone wakes up at 5 AM and goes out for a run straight out of bed? /s

Sorry for the sass, but it's so tiring to have one's circadian clock ignored all the time - or worse, met with tips and techniques on how to "fix" it.