4 ways to drink coffee that only make you more tired, not more alert

Coffee has many benefits, from helping you stay awake to helping your liver detoxify. However, not everyone realizes that the way they drink coffee is secretly harming their health, especially their liver and digestive system.

Drinking coffee is good for your health, but you should avoid the following:

Drinking coffee before breakfast

Many people have the habit of drinking coffee right after waking up in the morning. They want to wake up quickly with coffee. However, consuming caffeine on an empty stomach can increase the level of the stress hormone cortisol, according to the health website Healthline (USA).

Adding too much condensed milk to coffee can easily cause high blood sugar.

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Additionally, cortisol levels are naturally high in the morning. Adding caffeine only exacerbates this, leaving the body more prone to anxiety and restlessness rather than alertness. Furthermore, drinking coffee on an empty stomach increases stomach acid, leading to feelings of nausea, heartburn, and anxiety.

Use coffee to "cure" lack of sleep

Coffee can temporarily wake you up, but it cannot overcome the fatigue caused by lack of sleep. Some people think that drinking a lot of coffee can make up for short or light sleep, but this is completely wrong.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) says that lack of sleep impairs information processing, memory, and negatively affects mood. Caffeine only temporarily masks feelings of fatigue but does not restore the brain. Using coffee to help the body overcome fatigue caused by lack of sleep only makes the feeling of fatigue worse, even leading to a state of weakness.

Drink too much

Moderate amounts of caffeine, about 200-400 mg per day, equivalent to 1-3 cups of coffee, help increase alertness. But when you exceed that threshold, especially above 500 mg/day, side effects will appear.

Too much caffeine can cause anxiety, rapid heartbeat, insomnia, and nervous fatigue. Long-term caffeine abuse can even lead to caffeine resistance, meaning the body needs more caffeine to stay awake. This puts pressure on the heart and nervous system.

Adding too much sugar, milk or cream

A cup of black coffee without sugar has very few calories. However, when you add syrup, condensed milk, fresh cream or refined sugar, the cup of coffee becomes a drink containing a lot of sugar and calories.

When you drink it, your blood sugar level increases. But after only 1-2 hours, your blood sugar level drops and your body becomes tired, unable to concentrate, and even feels restless. It is best to drink your coffee black or add a small amount of milk if needed, according to Healthline.

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