No Caffeine After 2 PM

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Goal

Test whether an earlier caffeine cutoff improves falling asleep and nighttime HRV

Hypothesis

Last caffeine before 2 PM → shorter sleep latency → higher HRV

Caffeine's half-life is 5–6 hours; evening caffeine raises sleep latency and nighttime sympathetic tone

Phases

1

Baseline

7 days
  • Drink caffeine as usual, log the time of your last cup
2

2 PM Cutoff

7 days
  • No caffeine after 2 PM
  • Log the time of your last cup

Tracked Metrics

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Evaluation

Method: compare_phase_means

Design: baseline (7 days) → intervention (7 days)

Safety

Disclaimers

  • Not an invitation to increase total caffeine intake