If you are like most Americans, you start making coffee as soon as you wake up.
Drinking coffee first thing in the morning helps you be more alert, energized, and even happy.
However, caffeine isn't the only thing that can help you wake up faster.
There's also one other factor that plays a role in how coffee can affect us: the time we drink it.
When you wake up, your body is producing high doses of cortisol, the stress hormone that leaves you feeling anxious.
The best thing to do is to wait for your cortisol levels to go down before you drink your morning coffee.
However, make this change little by little.
Try not to drink more than 4 cups of coffee a day, and don't have any less than six hours before you go to sleep.
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If you are like most Americans, you start making coffee as soon as you wake up.
Drinking coffee first thing in the morning helps you be more alert, energized, and even
happy.
The compound that has this effect on you is caffeine, which inhibits your brain from producing
adenosine, a sleep-promoting hormone.
Caffeine keeps adenosine from reducing our blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature,
the three main factors that cause drowsiness.
However, caffeine isn't the only thing that can help you wake up faster.
According to one study, even smelling coffee can be enough to wake you up after a bad
night's sleep.
There's also one other factor that plays a role in how coffee can affect us, the time
we drink it.
According to nutritionists, if you want to feel awake and alert in order to perform your
daily tasks as well as you can, drinking coffee as soon as you wake up may not be your best
option.
Why?
When you wake up, your body is producing high doses of cortisol, the stress hormone that
leaves you feeling anxious.
If we drink caffeine during this time, our cortisol levels will increase even more.
So, if you are an especially anxious person, this can be very harmful.
The best thing to do is to wait for your cortisol levels to go down before you drink your morning
coffee.
If you don't, both your caffeine and cortisol levels will drop a few hours later, leaving
you feeling even more tired than you normally would.
If you're already set in your routine and can't make it through the morning without
coffee, try drinking it 2 to 3 hours after you wake up.
However, make this change little by little.
If you're already used to drinking coffee first thing in the morning and then make a
sudden transition, you may experience headaches or unwanted tiredness.
Remember that the best way to feel alert when you wake up is to get a good night's sleep.
Try not to drink more than 4 cups of coffee a day, and don't have any less than 6 hours
before you go to sleep.
