Is it bad to drink coffee after 4pm?

According to the British Coffee Association, we drink around 98 million cups of coffee per day in the UK. That’s around one and a half cups for every single person in the country! It’s said that drinking coffee in the evening or even late afternoon has a negative impact on sleep quality, but a lot of people do so anyway.

Coffee contains various molecules, such as antioxidants and caffeine, which has a psychostimulant effect and is therefore behind the links to disrupting sleep. Our bodies don’t all metabolise caffeine in the same way though; that varies from person to person.

Are some of us more sensitive to it than others? What quantity should we aim for? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!

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A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.

First broadcast: 07/10/2023

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