If you want to stave off the afternoon crash, just have another cup of coffee or tea, and stop eating a huge sub and 20 oz. Coke for lunch. No need to putz around all morning fantasizing about coffee.
Probably some small rat study out there that says doing this will improve your cortisol release by 0.05%, but who cares? You'll never notice.
If you train yourself *not* to rely on coffee to wake up — you get better at that. Thus the gives you a boost instead of just getting you to baseline. And you probably end up drinking less overall and sleep better.
"My routine is 125ml of water, then 235ml of green tea (containing roughly 35mg of caffeine) and add in 295mg of sodium, and THEN I have my coffee (black, containing roughly 150mg of caffeine)"
for the love of God, who measures this stuff like that? You must be a riot at parties
I won't offer anything not hand-wavy, but without hearing this advice I've converged to the same conclusion. The three things that could be at play
1) not training your body to need caffeine to wake up. I did become dependent on it int this way, and this is distinct from caffeine addiction (which I have regardless of what time I drink coffee)
2) being caffeinated after letting your body wake up naturally. A while ago a friend told me that caffeine has a much different effect if you're tired vs awake. Anecdotally, I always have a lingering tiredness if I don't wait a bit, and get some exercise, before I drink any coffee
3) Generally, its good to wait a while before taking anything, other than water, into your body. Systems need to be revvin', or something. I feel sluggish if I eat breakfast early, but not if I wait a couple hours.
My work day seems to go better if I shower and prepare my breakfast before I have my coffee. Maybe there is something to this "wake up a little" before you have coffee concept. Who the heck knows.
Whoever said "dumb bro-science" is spot on. The point of the drug caffeine is to wake us up and stimulate our metabolism and GI tract. It is literally called a stimulant.
What kind of insane person would wait hours to drink coffee. Does this person also drink their first beer after the party is over?
Seriously though, stop with the life-hacks. Enjoy the little things in life like a cup of morning coffee and a beer with friends. The drive to "optimize" will ruin your quality of life in the long run. Butter on your toast won't kill you. Be normal, don't over do it, and life will be a lot better.
Hear hear. Its incredible how people change how they live every other week based on the latest bro-science
So I'll say something like "caffeine is a diuretic". And then someone else will say "yeah, but the water in coffee offsets the diuretic effect, so it's not dehydrating you technically" or something like that.
And it'll be a really boring argument.
The point is that drinking some water first, when you wake up dehydrated in the morning, may make you feel better.
Is it just "a boring argument" because you know you're wrong but don't want to admit it?
Also if you're not thirsty, you're probably not dehydrated. It's so weird how many Americans walk around thinking they're dehydrated all the time.
So I'll say something like "caffeine is a diuretic". And then someone else will say "yeah, but the water in coffee offsets the diuretic effect, so it's not dehydrating you technically" or something like that.
And it'll be a really boring argument.
The point is that drinking some water first, when you wake up dehydrated in the morning, may make you feel better.
While coffee is mainly water, it doesn't take that much caffiene to dehydrate you. The effect of water hydrating you isn't an overcoming factor. "Coffee" is very vague though. I weak cup of coffee with under 80 mg will be much different than an multi-shot espresso latte with 500 mg.
So I'll say something like "caffeine is a diuretic". And then someone else will say "yeah, but the water in coffee offsets the diuretic effect, so it's not dehydrating you technically" or something like that.
And it'll be a really boring argument.
The point is that drinking some water first, when you wake up dehydrated in the morning, may make you feel better.
While coffee is mainly water, it doesn't take that much caffiene to dehydrate you. The effect of water hydrating you isn't an overcoming factor. "Coffee" is very vague though. I weak cup of coffee with under 80 mg will be much different than an multi-shot espresso latte with 500 mg.
Are you unable to drink additional water, maybe a cup or two? If coffee is your only liquid, that might be the problem right there.
So I'll say something like "caffeine is a diuretic". And then someone else will say "yeah, but the water in coffee offsets the diuretic effect, so it's not dehydrating you technically" or something like that.
And it'll be a really boring argument.
The point is that drinking some water first, when you wake up dehydrated in the morning, may make you feel better.
While coffee is mainly water, it doesn't take that much caffiene to dehydrate you. The effect of water hydrating you isn't an overcoming factor.
Yes, it literally is. Can you please read at least a modicum of peer-reviewed research before posting your opinion?