If at this moment you drink your coffee you are doing wrong

Welcome to ask Dr. Zac, a weekly News.com.au. This week, Dr. Zac Turner goes into the best time and the worst time to drink this cup of coffee.

Question: Dear Doctor Zac, I love coffee, but I also know that it can be a great stimulant helping -to spend the day. Is there a science behind what time of day can I have a coffee when it is more beneficial to give me this little zing in my step, whether you do the job, go to the gym or even stay -me awake at night during a movie? I am interested in any information you can give me. – Joel, 33, Gawler SA

Answer: Hi Joel, let me start with the hard truth: most people are drinking coffee at the worst absolute moment of the day, and it is sabotage their energy without even realizing.

Yes, I’m talking about that dear first thing at the morning coffee. The sacred moment in which the Australians with their eyes sprouted into the kitchen as the zombies that seek Espresso. But here is the shooter: This cup can set you for a massive accident before the tea in the morning.

You are drinking coffee too early, and here’s why it’s a problem

You see, your body already has its own integrated coffee machine. It’s called Cortisol. Every morning, about 30-60 minutes before waking up, the body begins to pump this natural energy hormone. When you have had a stretch and you have checked the phone, the cortisol is the maximum, that is, you are already wired (or you should be).

Now is where it is messy: if it is a coffee during this increase in cortisol, you are stacking caffeine on top of the natural stimulation of your body. It may seem like a great energy hacking, but it can actually cause disorders, anxiety and, over time, tolerance.

This means that your double daily trait is doing less and less for your approach and mood. And we don’t even talk about the dramas of the stomach.

Oh, and that midnight fall? What comes like a bus at 10am? Blame early caffeine. When he drinks coffee just after waking up, there is hardly fatigue to block it, so that when caffeine is worn off, it falls from a chemical rock.

The smartest time to drink

The golden window of the first coffee is 60 to 90 minutes after waking up. Why?

• The cortisol has reached and is declining gently, so caffeine will not turn around on the edge.

• Adenosine (the “tiredness” signal of the body) has begun to build -and caffeine can finally do its real work to block it.

Drink -then and feel more alert, avoid the shock and go through the caffeine wave as a professional.

But what if you arrive at the gym early?

Now, Joel: If you are from these rare people who enjoy exercising at sunrise (they cannot be related, personally), you can double the rules. Caffeine before training can increase resistance, motivation and power, whenever you sleep well. Just go easily to the dose. Even half a cup can do the trick.

Without sleep? Give it: Early caffeine can block the excess adenosine too soon, preparing for a post-goig. Sometimes caffeine training helps restore body sensitivity and prevents dependence.

One more thing … stop drinking after 14 hours

The caffeine has an average life of about six hours, so White Flat Innocent at 3 pm could still be wrapped in sleep at 9pm if you ask why you are wired at bedtime after the afternoon glass, now you know.

End word

Your coffee is not the enemy: your calendar is. Do bad and you will feel restless, dependent and shock. Do well and your cup becomes a tool that improves performance, which increases focus and feeling of feeling.

So the next time you roll up the bed and get to the Espresso machine, pause. Let your body wake up naturally. Then let this coffee work with your biology, not against.

Trust me, Joel – your myself thank you.

Yours in best sounds,

Dr. ZAC.