Effect of coffee on sleep | Matt Walker and Lex Fridman
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I’m so sensitive to caffeine that I feel a buzz off the 2-5mg of caffeine from decaf coffee lmao.. I can’t believe I used to drink a few cups a day of normal coffee. When I stopped my face lost all the puffiness and water it was holding, sleep better, anxiety gone. Honestly feels like I’m on anti-anxiety medication every day but I’m literally just not drinking coffee. If you’re like me and very sensitive just give it up, life changing.
Yep. Same for me. Cut it cold turkey. It was to the point i was getting panic attacks. It has improved my life. But i do miss the taste. I think i'll try some decaf.
What was it like getting off of it? Any significant withdrawal?
Hey sorry to bother but I currently one week off caffeine, people tell me it takes a good month for anxiety to drastically decrease off caffeine, how long did it take you if you don’t mind me asking?
"Coffee doesn't affect my sleep" says lad who looks exhausted all the time.
So mean 🤣🤣🤣
@@austinz9862You forget his, "I hate money" bit.
Next had a single drop of coffee until some years ago and drinking my last one around 14:00 max, no effect. But don't forget to keep parroting the new hero you will never hear from anymore in some months.
He makes me feel sleepy
😭
A lot of tobacco smokers & other addicts say it’s “just the ritual” Lex - Id test that out by seeing if you can go 7 days without caffeine. You’ll probably find even 48 hours is extremely difficult.
Idk I got Covid and didn't touch coffee for 3 weeks. Shortly after getting better I went right back to it.
Besides that bit if alertness it gives for a few hours and having to shit almost immediately after, I feel a day with coffee is very similar to without, and I noticed no difference in sensitivity to it.
S/o to all the abuelitas having a coffee literally before bed
What is S/o?
@@edwardleas592 shout out
They work so hard all day long it doesn't matter to them if they drink a cup right before sleeping;)
My Grandma on my Mexican side is 101 says whattup
Coffee takes 20 minutes to kick in so slam a cup of coffee and Nap for 20 minutes and you'll be going like bat out of hell
I had sleep deprivation issues because of coffee consumption. I dialled down my consumption to half of what I was drinking everyday and that seems to have solved the problem for me
For me, one k-cup in the morning into a 16oz cup, no more coffee after 10am. Works out pretty good. My sensitivity stays the same, and I feel like I'm pretty much off of it by bedtime.
His book “Why we sleep” is a must read although quite technical at times
Changed my life I changed eating habits used to eat late late no more coffee Nd stopped takin cocaine once a month that was a game changer I sleep like a lamb now in bed at 10 pm Nd up at 6am Nd in the gym at 630 am everything just got better good book 🤗🤗🥴
A book I thrust on so many people once I read it. Even thought about recommending it to the managing partner of the firm I work for but got scared
@@dvmtraining6231 yeah I hear ya I wasn't ready for what it fixed but it took a year for all my ducks ta start goin In the one direction then I gave it to my brother he didn't read it for 3months now his whole life is better from last year !wife better kids better he's better just cause he sleeps properly nd changed a few things but ffs it is a revalation of a book 🤗🇮🇪👍
Should read the rebuttal
Get his spam daily before watching some youtube clips, instant disqualifier.
I really hope people struggling with insomnia right now don't watch this and feel scared. The absolute worst thing for people like us is to try to maximise sleep, the key is to minimise anxiety about sleep.
what was there to be scared about? coffee making you lose sleep or quality of sleep should be well established for people with insomnia. and if they didnt know...I hope they watched this (cause its useful info)
@@dco1019 Some people have nightmares often like me, and sometimes people are incredibly impressionable to things they see or experience thats disturbing which can have a lot of negative things in mind when trying to go to bed, again someone like me, and those thoughts or memories especially after surfing the internet make it hard to go to bed. I don't have any sleep meds so my only options are to continue staying up until the next night which allows me to bypass falling asleep and just knockout, or I have to smoke weed which I don't like and a bit of it so I can leapfrog feeling too high and again just knockout without dreaming much.
I'd like to see a doctor and get sleep meds prescribed but I don't have health insurance so I'm worried about the meds being expensive to where I'd have to pay out of pocket
Sorry for rambling....
@@jkjkhoyolula yes I understand friend. Its not rambling. ive had my fair share of difficult nights. just that this was about coffee and the stuff about the timing and half life of caffeine might be pretty useful information to insomniacs. as they might not realise how coffee is influencing their sleep from that far away
@@jkjkhoyolula use a good quality indica. Small amount or as much and you'll need. Will eliminate bad dreams and help you sleep. Stay away from pharma imo
@@dco1019 I think the point that was being made here is about vicious cycle of having trouble falling, stressing about not being able to fall asleep, and making it worse. Caffeine is pretty bad for sleep, but to me, stress and anxiety from life are way stronger factors of insomnia. I've literally been going through it right now. One of those "the harder you try, the worse it gets" situations. I am trying to cut down on coffee too though.
I was exactly like Lex: drinking vast amounts of caffeine, so much that I could consume it before bed. I tapered off to near zero and it really did have a lot of benefits. I get tired at the "correct" time, wake up slightly before dawn, and I'm 1000x more productive in the morning. I can study and lift weights first thing in the morning which was always horrible before hand. Highly recommended. Also I've never had a gout flare-up since tapering.
thought coffee was benefical for gout flare ups?
Can't you just take your coffee to the gym?
Will Lex choose the 5 cups of coffee or the 10% deeper sleep. Find out next time.
… “On Dragon Ball Z”
He’s been choosing coffee for the last year or two. Starting to show on his face lol
He’s right about tolerance. I used to get more jittery than I do now off the same amount, and enjoy it more now…. I find when I’m getting sick my body doesn’t want coffee, I do think it is hard on some peoples liver. For even more antioxidants, herb tea is king: peppermint, fennel, sage, rosemary, nettle, and others. That is one of the secrets to the Mediterranean diet and longevity…
Ive actually heard the opposite, that coffee can have positive effects on your liver. Someone correct me if I am wrong
Even taking a 1 day break is awesome, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year! I also cut my morning dosage stopped st 2 instead 3-4! Relaxed all afternoon!
Super informative and valuable information in this episode! Thanks for uploading, sleeping well literally is life saving in all aspects.
The coffee you drink is important too, as coffee is one of the heaviest pesticided food there is. Best to go organic.
"Whoa! That tall child looks terrible! Get some rest, tall child! You can't keep burning the candle at both ends!" -John Mulaney talking about Lex Fridman
Sounds like Lex is as much of a coffee addict as me😊. Going without my late afternoon coffee even though my first is before 6am is hard to imagine. Great to hear more science about the health benefits, was a recent study on the benefits of coffee preventing dementia.
Any relation to Walker Texas Ranger?
Dude could totally be Chuck Norris's son 😂
He looks like if they made a CGI version of chuck at a young age 😃
guys i recently went organic coffee and its a life saver no more heart attacks
Its easy to stop coffee. Simply use pure honey in boiling water with a tiny amount of coffee.
Try a big dollop of honey in water before you sleep. You will have some amazing dreams. I dont know why but it enhances the dream state.....
Really?
don't drink coffee at all .. in a week or two, you will have more energy and clearer, more subtle, perceptions
not true
Exact opposite dude. Why does the US air force use caffeine for their pilots?
@@abraham802 if you’re a coffee addict… it’s absolutely true lol
When will the Australian Walker Texas Ranger prequel finally come to Netflix?
I was drinking my coffee, and he said try to stop taking it before 2pm, I looked at the time and it was 13:56 so I started drinking faster like it will make a difference lol .. I'm such an idiot sometimes ..
try comedy you are really funny
people were not meant to drink coffee daily, only sometimes
I have terrible sleep issues. Always have, have never been one to drink coffee either. So you’re telling me if I have a cup at 10 am it will actually help me fall asleep at midnight???
I just drank a coffee at 4pm. Guess I’ll have to go to sleep at 2am lol
holy shit his voice got so much deeper than it was on the joe rogan podcast
i know right! Is it natural to hit puberty so late in life lol
Could be stress.
TRT
It was probably the morning when they recorded this
Could be microphone things. Joe usually has his guests place the mic about a fist's distance from mouth, this looks closer meaning more bass picked up.
Looks like a Shure SM7B to me which is a famously warm sounding mic, and it's a dynamic which requires a lit of gain so being right on top of it is pretty important.
There is a Coffee, good Coffee and really good Organic Coffee prepared in the best machine.
2nd, no one including Matt is not focus *speaking about good sleep
Importance of having great mattress, clean pillow and blankets ... ☕️
Lex, take a 3 month break from coffee and then have a cup. You will be amazed at the effects that coffee produces.
Me: I can slow down my aging if I just sleep 8 hours per night
My baby: the future is now old man
Roasting frothy Coffee with a cold white ice cream lolly is next to heavenly. Dunk it in for a split sec and let the flavours run...💚🤍💛
Hey, genetically my family all look very young… I got an Oura ring in January and I’ve noticed that although it states most people get 1.5-2hrs of deep sleep each night…. I consistently get 3-3.5. I wonder if this is a contributing factor to my family looking young. I should get them all to see how much they get but I’m just thinking if I get 2-3x the deep sleep each and every night my whole life…. That HAS to have a positive impact on my aging.
And Do you consume coffee?
@@johannesschmitz6370 yes
Thank you for this second channel!
Like you Lex I don’t seem to be affected greatly by coffee.
I can drink a double espresso and go to bed and go to sleep and sleep really well and I wear a sleep monitor and my deep sleep is great.
Go figure.
Compare with and without coffee for a while.
it could be genetic does everyone in your family have a high caffeine tolerance?
If caffeine didn't affect you, you wouldn't have the urge to consume it so often.
Well, you would know, "Instant Coffee".
Thanks Lex for the questions and thanks Matt for the answers
Watching this while sipping on my coffee 😃
Caffeine is a drug mate, if u wanna go through life slightly high and miss out on the finer details of life go ahead, its like alcohol
I had to quit caffeine after getting COVID. My body became highly sensitive to even a small amount. It seemed like I was not able to clear it from my system as easily.
Good sleep was the only thing that improved the long-hauler symptoms. I still haven’t gone back to drinking coffee.
So covid is real?
I was the same way. I was a long hauler aka post covid syndrome. I can now have whatever I want. How are you now? Did you finally recover?
He keeps saying the bean has the benefits not the caffeine completely ignoring the main reason most people drink coffee. I would say that energy from caffeine can be a huge benefit.
I Quit coffee and feel way better. Don’t miss it at all.
Coffee appears useless to me and I don’t know why. It could be my perception but it seems from my perspective that I’m somehow resistant to caffeine or it affects me differently. Does anyone know why this can be the case or have a similar experience?
Adrenal fatigue probably. Not a good thing in other words
Same here it sometimes makes me go to the bathroom but so does a cup of water. Also strangely enough I’ve found coke also have very little effect.
I can too, drink a coffee or a redbull and still fall asleep with no problem, heck I sleep better after that coffee for some reason!
yes you can but you dont sleep good but you think you sleep good, you wake up multible times a night without even notice it
I have a big question about the coffee. I felt this could be the case, but took me years to finally find it out. So basically if I want anxiety, I just need to consume coffee. Simple as that, I feel uncomfortable with drinking it.. I start to be afraid of everything, I get super fast and reactive. Is this caffeine though? I switched to all kinds of teas, some claim to have a super high content of caffeine, and I am fine. And coffee makes me feel really good for some time, 30-60mins, but after I just want another cup of coffee and anxiety begins. But I reckon it is more how it affects my digestion, could it be for some people?
Joe Rogan had Michael Pollen on his podcast recently. Not 100% sure but I think he said the "caffeine release" from green tea is more constant than coffee for example, or something along those lines. Might be related to that? The clip is on TH-cam and he talks about how he felt after been 3 month without coffee. Really interesting
Caffeine puts you in "fight or flight" mode, I believe it releases adrenaline and cortisol within the body. A normal black tea contains roughly a half to a third of the amount of caffeine as a coffee. Green tea contains theanine, which reduces the negative side effects of caffeine, leaving a cleaner feeling of energy without the anxious jitteriness of coffee.
I have the same problem, i get panic attack or just anxiety, feeling like nausea in my stomac, i cant drink coffee. And of course, problems with sleep, if i drink it i get very bad. Many people drink liters at work and dpnt understand why i dont want it.
Yes, drinking coffee increases levels of anxiety. Green tea on the contrary contains L-theanine which causes relaxation in humans. Your perception of your bodily reaction to tea and coffee is true.
I drink coffee before bed, and I'm 80 years old. What works for you is not necessarily what would work for the next person!
Sure, but for the vast majority of people - this is simply bad for you
@@Will-kl5ri as I said... 'not necessarily what would work for the next person!' Don't try to mandate! To each his own!
@@MAC-ws8fz that kind of thinking leads to a lot of rationalizing of bad behavior imo - although I do understand everyone has differences in the way they react to certain things
@@Will-kl5ri Girlie, BETA!
@@MAC-ws8fz lmao I wish you were my grandpa
Damnit Matt Walker at it again, years ago on JRE he made us all realize we are dying early or will lose our memories from Alzheimer’s. Now he is trying to take the one last good thing we have! 😂😂
What did he say about Alzheimer’s?
I wonder if the enzyme matt is talking about here has a hereditary link or if it dictated by something else... I feel like my caffeine "metabolism" or "sensitivity" is much faster than my parents but that could be due to age or other factors as well.
Thanks Lex!
Ability in mental faculties you probably are not add or adhd. it seems to skip generations or may be inherent in male DNA. It would make sense its in male DNA. Long haul [ endurance running ] hunting is how our hominid ancestors learned to hunt.
Caffeine metabolism tends to slow down with age
@@fattysl26 true
The David Bowie of sleep.
coffee really helps with programming
i can't do shit without it, i tried giving up... i played games and watched youtube at office for a month
quitting doesnt seem sustainable
thats what every addict say lol
Does caffeine accumulate in your body?
If I go from 2 to 3 cups a day, will I have more caffeine in my system the day after?
If yes, will this caffeine surplus accumulate like this every day? And how does the body finally handle excess amount?
Yes, it does accumulate. But no, you won't get steadily more and more dosed.
Hasn't Dr David Sinclair said that antioxidants were basically bs or we he just saying that in refernce to aging?
I'm clicking on these links and I'm not getting Chuck Norris. What gives, Lex?
Is instant coffee as beneficial as freshly brewed coffee?
🤢
Actually some studies show it’s healthier I stand and drip I forgot why tho but removes something negative
My mom drinks coffee right before bed lmao
Is green tea as beneficial?
This guy's hair is amazing.
Serious question. Decaf has the exact same effect as regular coffee. Why is this?
It doesn't. If it feels that way it's probably placebo.
@@libertyprime9307 Thanks for replying but not a placebo.
@@muinagh Do you have to shit immediately after drinking decaf?
@@libertyprime9307 No. Not that i remember. Been a while since I tried it.
Coffee has more stimulants in it than just caffeine.
10 hours before bed I'm in bed 🤣
Yeah right 10 entire hours??
Correct I’m actually trying to quit coffee because obviously my teeth but also energy drinks tea whatever because I do I drink it like water I mean I drink water throughout the day but I can go to sleep right after it doesn’t do anything for me and I would like to have that effect again
I like cacao, I am replacing coffee with it. Just one coffee per day
So when do I drink my PBR hard coffee?
Thank you 🙏
Plot twist: lex is just that sleep deprived that he can drink coffee like water and sleep like a new born.
I wonder if this applies to other drinks such as pop and tea?
Iirc tea doesn't have the stress/anxiety effects of coffee because it contains another chemical that counteracts the side effects of caffeine. I think What I Have Learned channel mentions a study that dives into this subject. Just search caffeine and/or anxiety on his channel. Personally, I stopped getting jerks and jolts after switching to tea from coffee. Anyway, cheers!
thank you
I love the smell, but I'm the same as the interviewee, it kind of fucks me up to the point where I am so wired I become anxious
I thought coffee used to nake me anxious until I learnt that the anxiety was an underlying issue from within. I began dealing with the anx and now coffee is my friend.
Anxiety is a personal issue which is not caused by coffee but rather made apparent.
Does coffee help you meditate? Maybe moderation is more important than we think!
Personally, caffeine disrupts my deep meditation.
I just wish I had half the hair Mathew Walker has.
So what he is saying is "never stop taking heroin" .. got it
2PM?! IN THIS ECONOMY?!?!
Dont drink cofee after 2pm
He'll I don't even ingest caffeine after 9 am and it fucks with my sleep
It is the caffine.
Great info... now I have some great info for Mr.Walker......... that golden hair color isnt it my friend lol!
BS... how you come up with 10 full hrs... I know many people who have drank coffee before sleep for there entire life and are very healthy in there 70,s.
anecdotal approach coming in strong. how will his years of sleep research hold up now
It’s the fact that your taking so much caffeine, lol
Big fan of cannabis and it sucks with my sleep lol
Am I the only one curious as to why he has plasters on both hands?
I have adhd
Bad advice for me
Quitting cold turkey makes your head explode.b
Chuck Norris looks good for being 82
sounds more like just don't drink coffee at all lol
Lex looks exhausted.
Oh nevermind. I clicked because I thought that was Chuck Norris.
The guy doing the interview looks like hes hasnt slept in days and he's claiming caffeine doesn affect him. all addicts think that.
he seems tired, low in energy and depressed, get some SLEEP mate !
Can the people that disliked the video please explain. Genuinely why? Do you disagree? I find it weird this would be downvoted..its just a conversation based on facts due to research. S
I disliked your comment too
Google Alexey Guzey and make your own assessment.
Lex, now i know why you look half asleep althe time,
Thumbnail is a lie, I thought it was Chuck Norris.
Is this Chuck Norris' handsome English doctor cousin?
Chuck Norris is back...he'll yeah
Same here,
Did you ask him about veganism?
lex is afraid of dying early haha
I've become one with the Mud ☕.
I can drink coffee at night and still sleep like a rock
I drink tea in bed, I’m fine ✋🏻
chuck norris looking younger
Death before decaf
Coffee..the original drink of religious Muslims wanting to stay up at night worshiping God.
Holy fuck, because i know hes right the first thing i thought is " matt ti sovsem axuel" and heres is 20:30 and i just drink one
lex sounds like he need a good night sleep lol he sounds tired af