Why You Shouldn’t Drink Coffee As Soon as You Wake Up
Or any kind of caffeinated beverage — it could interfere with your ‘Cortisol Awakening Response’ and negatively impact your mental health.
For a long while, I had a morning routine which whilst not much of a routine — the itinerary was small, and it didn’t include cold showers or meditation — still gave me a predictable pattern to follow at the dawn of each day, a point at which my mind is not really in the mood for making decisions and having some daily habits to lean on provided me with some welcome mental relief. Well, at least that’s how things worked for a while, until last year when I gave up smoking cigarettes and consequently was no longer able to enjoy my morning cup of coffee, which was pretty much the only part of my morning routine worth talking about.
Why could I no longer enjoy my morning coffee? Well, when you give up smoking cigarettes it’s very common to experience a change in your tolerance to caffeine because nicotine can speed up the rate at which your body processes and clears caffeine. Without that nicotine coursing through your veins, your body begins to hold on to higher levels of caffeine, levels that you are not used to. This can cause unexpected side effects when you have a highly caffeinated drink like coffee…
