Is it bad to drink coffee after 4pm?

About this episode

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! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: ⁠⁠Is taking milk with coffee good for you?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠What is the coffee cup test in job interviews?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠What happens in the brain when we lie?⁠⁠ A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First broadcast: 7/10/2023 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices