{"id":4329,"date":"2020-05-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/?p=4329"},"modified":"2023-01-29T15:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:13:29","slug":"take-a-coffee-nap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/take-a-coffee-nap\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a coffee nap?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/coffeenap-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all know when we are feeling sluggish or tired we like to reach for our favorite Java or take a nap.&nbsp; What if I told you that research shows if you do both the results are much better than one or the other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the catch \u2013 YOU DRINK the coffee first and then take a 15-20 minute nap right away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">H<strong>ow does this work? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adenosine is a byproduct of brain activity, and when it accumulates at high enough levels, it&nbsp;plugs into these receptors and makes you feel tired. But with the caffeine blocking the receptors Adenosine is blocked.&nbsp; How and why\u2026Adenosine and caffeine compete for similar receptor sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/nap_big-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/nap_big-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/nap_big-1-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whenever you sleep- adenosine is cleared from the brain. Short naps of up to 20 minutes <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">does<\/g> not put you into <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">deep<\/g> sleep and <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">allows<\/g> the caffeine around 20 minutes to get through your gastrointestinal tract and bloodstream anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to do- drink a coffee as <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">quick<\/g> as possible \u2013 and one with more caffeine and immediately go to sleep- even if it takes you <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">long<\/g> time- try- the catch make sure to set your alarm for 20 minutes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Give it a try! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember a 12 oz cup of coffee contains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 calories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Single spoon of sugar &#8211; 16 calories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Single shout of cream &#8211; 50 calories<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">95-165 milligrams of caffeine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know when we are feeling sluggish or tired we like to reach for our favorite Java or take a nap.&nbsp; What if I told you that research shows if you do both the results are much better than one or the other? Here is the catch \u2013 YOU DRINK the coffee first and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/take-a-coffee-nap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take a coffee nap?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","wpupg_custom_link":[],"wpupg_custom_link_behaviour":[],"wpupg_custom_link_nofollow":[],"wpupg_custom_image":[],"wpupg_custom_image_id":[],"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":1,"tcb_editor_enabled":1,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4329"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4329\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}