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Why You Shouldn’t Drink Coffee in the Morning Immediately After Waking Up – The Answer of Scientists

In the morning, the stress hormone naturally accumulates along with adrenaline to help us wake up faster. It is wrong to “add” coffee to it.

If you want to get an invigorating effect from a cup of aromatic coffee in the morning, you don’t need to drink this drink immediately after waking up. Otherwise, you will only experience an increase in stress levels and, as a result, excess fat in the abdomen.

Scientists have found that morning nervousness and anxiety in coffee drinkers can occur due to the “meeting” of caffeine with cortisol, a hormone produced in response to stress. By the way, it is cortisol that contributes to the formation of abdominal fat.

In the morning, the stress hormone naturally accumulates along with adrenaline to help us wake up faster. In fact, we get a natural burst of energy. And it’s wrong to “add” coffee to it. Adding caffeine to the hormonal “mixture” can make you feel completely unnecessarily nervous in the morning.

“There are clear recommendations on how to time the peak of cortisol and caffeine so that they do not conflict and do not produce negative effects. In essence, you need to make sure that caffeine is a ‘solo performer,'” explained nutritionist Tracy Lockwood Beckerman. “To get a boost of energy from caffeine, the best thing to do is just wait until your cortisol levels drop a bit. That is, drink coffee no earlier than 30-45 minutes after waking up.

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Written by Emma Miller

I am a registered dietitian nutritionist and own a private nutrition practice, where I provide one-on-one nutritional counseling to patients. I specialize in chronic disease prevention/ management, vegan/ vegetarian nutrition, pre-natal/ postpartum nutrition, wellness coaching, medical nutrition therapy, and weight management.

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