A Nappuccino is the current -ccino trend, which is telling about its benefits with sleep physicians, tikkars and professional athletes on social media.
This trend involves drinking coffee and then taking a 20 -minute nap for an immediately afternoon energy dip, many people experience thanks to our circadian rhythm.
With all the latest sleep trends, our team wanted to try it. Therefore, after the busy bank holiday weekend, our sleep writers Eve and Becky decided to try it.
Feeling less on energy, their lunch break provided the right opportunity to test whether the afternoon coffee nap could help them provide electricity through the day. What happened here …
What are the benefits of nappuccino?
A nappuccino means to take a nap after drinking coffee. Therefore, if you usually arrive for a cup of coffee or when you need a quick boost of energy, take a power nap, why don’t you mix the benefits of both with coffee blinks?
A Sleep Scientist and Professor at Stanford University of Medicine. According to Cherry Mah, it takes about 15 minutes to kick the effects of caffeine.
If you manage to close within 5 to 10 minutes after drinking your coffee, it has the ability to increase vigilance and productivity, as an energy from a quick comfort allowance and energy from coffee kick you wake up.
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Experience of Sleep Tech Author Eve
I often find myself in a lunch-lunch energy clutch, and was excited to test if a coffee nap could help me.
Therefore, on this Thursday after lunch, I drank a cup of coffee, set the alarm for 20 minutes, put it on me Somo Sleep Mask And took my first napukino to the couch.
I usually do not flow a problem, nor am I sensitive to caffeine. I often enjoy Sunday’s nap and sleep early at night, even when I drink coffee after 2 pm.
As long as I logged back to work, my brain was feeling less tarnished
But it seemed a difficult task to stop during working day. Di, this could happen because I was difficult to switch about thinking about what I would write about my nap in this article, or because I was not sleeping on the best mattress for my body.
I did not flow completely before my alarm ringing. Nevertheless, it was good to take time to lie down and relax. By the time I logged back to work, my brain felt less tarnished than just before lunch.
I wondered if the mid-day half-snooz would wreak havoc with my sleeping time, but by the time I rolled around 10 pm, I was feeling tired again and like Becky, there was no problem in sleeping.
Although the coffee blink helped me dip the energy of my afternoon, I will stick to my normal strategy of lunch break because I am getting movement and fresh air better cleans my mind.
Experience of sleep writer Becky
I doubted the potential benefits of a napukino as I find it difficult to sleep quickly, so 20 minutes did not feel like enough time. Still I tried to squeeze it on my lunch break.
Being a coffee lover, I consider caffeine as a enjoyment, any part of the day. However, in the last few years I had to lay coffee because it is wreaking havoc on my sleep. If I drink it in the afternoon, it was right on the shore.
I had my favorite cup instant coffee, set your alarm for 20 minutes and got correct in bed. As expected, I could not sleep, but remained in a state of rest, temporarily allowed to relax and relax myself.
“Are my 20 minutes already above?” What was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the alarm.
I woke up, stretched a little and logged back into work. I felt that the veil of pride was raised in my head, which gave me better mental clarity and energy to finish my day.
But, this is the place where trying to try Napchukino really surprises me. I hoped that I would be active myself and wake up at night and (due to extra comfort and caffeine) to wake up, but I was able to flow in peaceful sleep while sleeping. It is safe to say, I had a well -relaxed and restructural sleep all night.
Nappucinos: Our decision
Although it is true that we did not fully flow during our 20 -minute nepuchino, after which mental clarity was clearly noticeable.
We felt alert, focused and ready for power through the rest of our days
A combination of a power nap and caffeine did a good job for us in terms of working well for us, which we often feel after lunch – without disrupting our night’s sleep.
We felt vigilant, focused and ready for power through the rest of our days. The only defect? Time should be right. Take a nap for more than 30 minutes and your efforts will be wasted. Forcing yourself to sleep within 5 to 10 minutes after your coffee can also be a difficult task.
But overall, we were influenced by its benefits and think that it is definitely worth trying.
How to try a nappuccino
Want to expect the trend and try yourself ‘NAppUCCINO’? Here are three stages given to which you can follow to get coffee blinks:
1. Make yourself a coffee
The first step is to choose your favorite coffee drink. This can be anything from an aspresso shot to an iced latte.
The key is to sleep immediately- within 5 to 10 minutes, before the caffeine enters your system and you begin to feel its effects.
2. Set your alarm for 20 minutes
Depending on time, you can set your alarm for 20-30 minutes. However, if it lasts for 45 minutes or more, a nepuchino can be counterproduct.
This is because you can fall in deep sleep till then and struggle together Sleep inertia When you wake up – then the state of feeling disgusting and dull.
3. Relax and get fresh
As long as you wake up, caffeine has kicked in increasing its mental clarity and energy levels. Give yourself a few minutes to reset yourself, breathe and stretch before jumping back in your day.
Right, a nappuccino can become a nifty tool in your sleeping arsenal that can make you feel calm, refreshed and can be ready to take the rest of your days.
Is napping good for you?
The short answer is yes. studies Show that the nap not only improves your mood and energy levels, but also reduces blood pressure, which reduces the risk of heart diseases.
Nap When there is a natural dip in your circadian rhythm (internal sleep and wake bicycle of the body), there is an effective way of falling afternoon and pay your sleep debt that is caused by lifestyle factors such as shift work or care or any health conditions.
However, excessive nap during the day will only remove your sleep hunger. Result? A vicious cycle of lack of sleep at night and tiredness during the day due to lack of adequate rest.
Keeping your nap short (20 to 30 minutes) is the best way to maximize benefits without disrupting your sleep pattern.
3 other ways to avoid 3 3pm energy dip
If it is not for you to get a nap or choose for caffeine, then it will help reduce the post-lunch recession with other tried and tested steps …
Take care of your diet
As the fuel source of your body, the food you receive, both determines how energetic you feel and how well you sleep.
Breakfast and lunch during lunch can help you avoid Chinese accidents in the afternoon.
Complex carbs such as whole wheat bread, brown rice and oats, break up more slowly in the body, offer more continuous energy release than simple carbs such as sugars sweets that offer quick energy peaks.
Therefore, packing your food with complex carbs with other nutrients will help you feel the best.
Get morning sunshine
Through the day your energy peaks and troughs are controlled by your circadian rhythm, or an inner body watch. Emolting yourself in the natural sun in the morning, immediately after waking up, the sleep hormone presses the melatonin.
This helps to regulate your sleep-wake hormone cycle, so you have energy continuously through the day and sleep in the evening, causing you to sleep fast and sleep good quality sleep through the night. Finally, sleeping well at night will give you constant energy through day.
Walk lunch brake
By taking out lunch brakes out, you can just get a coffee nap, especially if you work on a computer.
Natural daylight and fresh air can blow the cobwee so that you feel refreshed to close your afternoon functions.
Plus gentle exercise such as walking is associated with many sleep benefits, which involves reducing the risk of sleep apnea by 10% and promoting deep sleep. Therefore, a lot of walking during the day contributes to improve better sleep hygiene and sleep quality so that you feel more energetic throughout the day.
