Caf-Nap: New Napping Idea for Coffee Lovers

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Reviewed by Joseph Goldberg on February 21, 2012

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Michael J. Breus, PhD, American Board of Sleep Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Sleep Disorders, Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine, Atlanta.

Michael Breus, PhD Sleep Specialist: What is a "caf-nap"?There's another type of nap, what I call the caf-nap. This is where I have people take a lukewarm cup of coffee, drink it, and then close their eyes for 20 to 25 minutes.This allows them to get a little bit of stage 1, stage 2 sleep, and then the caffeine starts to kick in right when they wake up,and so they've gotten a little bit of sleep and now the caffeine can help get them through the rest of the day.

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