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What’s the Deal with Coffee?

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Let’s clear this up once and for all, shall we?

Coffee is NOT bad. High-quality coffee can actually be an amazing health food and is incredibly metabolic:
🚫Inhibits iron-absorption when taken with meals and is therefore protective against iron-overload
🔥Caffeine helps maintain the production of anabolic hormones thyroid and progesterone, or compensate for their deficiency
⛽Caffeine promotes the efficient use of fuel
🔋Caffeine is very protective to the liver, the battery pack of the body
💀Caffeine protects against carcinogens like estrogen as well as neurological conditions
🧹Caffeine inhibits the release of serotonin and/or supports uptake in nerves
☕It contains some magnesium and B1 (Thiamine)
🌱It contains chlorogenic acid, a powerful antioxidant (light roasts have more)
🩸Caffeine is excreted as uric acid, another potent antioxidant

There are so many benefits to drinking coffee, we should be drinking it all day, right? Not exactly.

Coffee is stimulating. In a body with an ALREADY outstanding nutrition and lifestyle foundation, it’s a GREAT complement. But most of us use coffee like a drug. And when we do this, it can have the complete opposite effect.

Because coffee is SO metabolic, we need to make sure we have ENOUGH FUEL to support the increase in metabolism it drives. The caffeine in coffee helps cells uptake carbohydrates, but if there’s not enough in the tank, blood sugar gets low. This will always put your body in a catabolic, survival state.

And this is why coffee gets a bad rap. The first thing we drink in the morning and throughout the day is coffee. We don’t understand why we feel exhausted, our energy is completely volatile, we get headaches and we have stress aka cortisol belly.

So how do you drink coffee the RIGHT way?
🥩🍊IDEALLY, 15-20 min after a well-balanced meal
❌NEVER on an empty stomach

This will make sure your body has enough fuel to physiologically support your body’s higher metabolism.

It’s important to note that:
-I always go for organic, as pesticides can remove a lot of the benefits, like copper.
-If you have any hormonal imbalances, it may be best to avoid it all together.
-Coffee can interfere with meds.

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This is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare professional before pursuing any changes to your personal healthcare regime.

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References

American Physiological Society. (2008). Post-exercise Caffeine Helps Muscles Refuel. Retrieved from: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701083456.htm.

East West Healing. (2011). Caffeine and Catabolism. Retrieved from: https://eastwesthealing.com/caffeine-and-catabolism/.

East West Healing. (2018). 5 Things You Need To Know About Coffee. Retrieved from: https://eastwesthealing.com/5-things-you-need-to-know-about-coffee/.

M, D. (2019).Coffee Cheer. Retrieved from: https://cowseatgrass.org/2015/11/20/242/.

Peat, R. (2006). Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen. Retrieved from: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/caffeine.shtml.

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