I love my caffeine, fact. It makes me feel good and gives me a great boost when I’m starting to flag. As I’m not a great morning person either, I would be unbearable if I didn’t have my cup of coffee to make me feel human in the mornings!

The thing is, the boost runs out and your find yourself needing another one, and then another one. If I have to work late and know that I must finish before I can even think of going home, those caffeine drinks are a necessity to make sure I get through it.

Resisting caffeine late at night is the hardest part. There’s nothing quite like a coffee to round off a meal in a restaurant, and this is the hardest one for me to say no to.

Now you may be asking why I’m denying myself something that I enjoy so much, because of the experts, that’s why. You know the ones; they tell us that drinking caffeine late at night will stop us sleeping.

Caffeine is supposed to hang around in our systems for anything up to ten hours. So on that premise; if you have your last coffee at 4 p.m it will still be there at 2 a.m. Although this open to debate depending on the individual and the fact that everyone’s body acts differently without the caffeine boost.

Those that also sweeten their drinks are more than likely to have a ‘crash’ than others, due to lack of caffeine and sugar. It is those who crash that tend to get to sleep quicker.

Your best bet is to test yourself and how your body reacts. Take your last cup later each day and gauge the reaction and whether you can sleep or not.

Ensure that you do this gradually though; only by having that drink 30 minutes or an hour later per day. This makes sure that you get your cut off point without a sleepless night.

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