Why would drinking Green Tea before bedtime help or not one to sleep?

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I always drink Green Tea in the morning to wake up, but for some reason I also have been drinking it sometimes too when cant sleep and it seems to help, why would that be? Is it known for this?

Answer 1

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Green tea has quite a bit of caffeine in it, so drinking it before bed would be a bad idea.

In addition, tea is a diuretic, so that would also make it a bad idea to drink before bed -- unless you like getting up in the middle of the night to go pee.

Answer 2

No more than hot water.

Answer 3

Lack of caffeine

Answer 4

It contains caffeine. It will keep you awake.

Answer 5

Green tea? No.

Camomile, mint, and/or lavender teas might help though.

Answer 6

tea has caffeine..some people are sensitive to caffeine and it would interfere with sleep.

I never heard of anyone drinking tea to help them sleep unless its an herbal tea that has sedative properties, like chamomile tea.

Answer 7

Green Tea has caffeine in it therefore would not be good to drink before bedtime.

Answer 8

It’s the ritual that calms you down.

Answer 9

No caffeine. The drinking calms you