When to drink your 1st coffee?

"Everything is poison, everything is the heal; the dose determines both" - Paracelsus.

According to the National Coffee Association of USA, around 66% of Americans drink coffee on a daily.

In the United States, coffee is one of the most popular beverages and is often ranked just behind water in terms of consumption. It is a staple in the daily routine of many Americans, with millions starting their day from coffee.

Positive impact:

• Helps protect against type 2 diabetes.

• Helps improve liver health

• Helps improve heart health

• Improves metabolism

• May reduce obesity

• Helps reduce the risk for certain types of cancer

• Helps lower the risk for Parkinson’s disease

• Lowers your risk for Alzheimer’s 

• Helps fight against obesity

• Increased muscle strength and endurance

• Stimulates metabolism and the colon

Negative impact:

• Over-consuming caffeine can cause:insomnia; jitters; anxiousness; fast heart rate; upset stomach; nausea; headache; a feeling of unhappiness (dysphoria)

• Bone loss and possibly increased risk of fractures

• A cup of coffee with or immediately after a meal reduces iron absorption by 39%

• Higher levels cafestol and kahweol raise serum cholesterol, posing a possible threat to coronary health. 

• Caffeine has been confirmed to be physically addictive, with effects including intoxication, withdrawal, and dependence.

• Coffee can stimulate gastric acid secretion, potentially aggravating conditions like gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or peptic ulcers.

Make good use of coffee's benefits while keeping the drawbacks to a minimum.

Drink coffee 90-120 minutes after you wake up, not right away.

When you drink coffee affects how vigor you feel. Coffee blocks the adenosine hormone that makes you sleepy. Right after waking up, its levels are high. If you block it with coffee at this time, it will strike back as soon as the effect of caffeine wears off. And all the fatigue will hit you at once. The optimal time for coffee is 90-120 minutes after waking up, in this case, after the effect of caffeine wears off, adenosine will attach to the receptors more naturally, and you will not feel a strong wave of fatigue.

Drink your coffee a little while after you eat.

The optimal time to drink coffee is 30-60 minutes after a meal.

Drink coffee at least 6 hours before bedtime.

Caffeine taken 6 hours before bedtime has important disruptive effects on sleep and provides empirical support for sleep hygiene recommendations to refrain from substantial caffeine use for a minimum of 6 hours prior to bedtime.

For a healthy person 2 - 3 cups per day

Even though studies show that for adults consuming moderate amounts of coffee (3 - 4 cups/d providing 300 - 400 mg/d of caffeine), there is little evidence of health risks and some evidence of health benefits. Considering all the positives and negatives, it doesn't make sense to drink more than 2-3 cups.

Dark Roast Coffee

During the roasting process, toxic acrylamide is produced in the coffee bean. 

Researchers have determined more of the chemical is formed at the beginning of the roasting process and declines rapidly toward the end as acrylamide is eliminated from the bean. This means dark-roasted coffee contains lower amounts of acrylamide. Also a dark brown roast coffee blend is less effective at stimulating gastric acid secretion in healthy volunteers compared to a medium roast market blend.

Black or bulletproof coffee

Drink your coffee black, skipping the added sugar and milk or cream, as the antioxidant capacity of coffee may be significantly decreased by the addition of milk. If you want to add something to your coffee, try coconut oil or medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, which may help you burn fat and improve mitochondrial function. Start with a small amount, such as 1 teaspoon of MCT oil, working your way up to 1 or 2 tablespoons, to avoid gastrointestinal side effects. You can also blend in a pat of raw grass-fed butter. Also, adding gross-fed butter to coffee will help reduce Gastric Acid Secretion reaction to coffee.

Bulletproof coffee has too many benefits:

• Provides the brain with nutritious healthy fats

• Increases metabolism by 12%

• Reduces fat storage in the body

• Boosts muscle function

• Improves attention span

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Each mindful small step today will become a giant leap for your well-being tomorrow.

Warm regards,
Kos