Coffee after getting Up? Why an expert advises against it

A Morning without caffeine? For many, this is unthinkable. The coffee after getting Up is simply part and ensures that we can immediately after the ringing of the alarm clock, start with a bit of extra energy in the day. Get out of bed and down to the coffee machine? According to the American nutritionist and author Laura Cipullo, that is not a good idea. As Cipullo declared to “CNBC”, you should move his coffee consumption in the Morning, namely at a later time. (Read also: study shows: So many cups of coffee you should drink in a day)

That’s why coffee is after getting unhealthy

After getting the body produces the stress hormone Cortisol. This puts the body into excitement, you will feel restless without coffee. Who early in the Morning to Espresso, Cappuccino & Co. engages, reinforces this feeling in addition. The morning coffee can in combination with the shot of Cortisol in the body, you subsequently fall into a Deep. As soon as the caffeine and Cortisol were reduced, a feeling of fatigue and exhaustion.

When to drink his coffee should

Cipullo recommends, to wait with the first Cup of coffee of something. “Then drink coffee when the body produces less Cortisol, so about three to four hours after Waking up.” This means: the one Who gets up at seven o’clock in the morning, should I wait for the first Cup of coffee until ten or eleven o’clock in the morning. “I would say that the middle of the Morning or the early afternoon are probably the best time. This is the time when your Cortisol levels are at their lowest and you most from the stimulant [caffeine, editor’s note.] benefit.”

However, you should not stop from one day to the morning with the usual Cup of in the Morning – especially if you have to in the morning to drive a car. Here, it is recommended to lay on free days step-by-step the consumption to a later time, and to get used to the new coffee-rhythm. (Also read: cigarettes, alcohol, or coffee? This disturbs the sleep at the most)

When you should be the caffeine kick to get

But not only after getting Up but before going to sleep caffeine is not recommended. So caffeine may affect for up to six hours after consumption of the sleep, the US channel quoted a study. Those who go less than six hours prior to bedtime coffee drink, you can lose an hour of precious sleep. So who wants to to nine to bed, should not engage after three o’clock in the afternoon to coffee – some scientists even generally, to refrain from after two o’clock in the Afternoon entirely on the popular bean drink. Who still needs his caffeine kick, then you should rely more on green tea has significantly less caffeine.

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