<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">A cup of coffee has its own set of benefits and there are several studies that vouch for the positive effects of coffee on health from longevity, prevention of heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and even cancer. However, drinking coffee first thing in the morning could do more harm than good and lead to digestive issues, blood sugar imbalance, spike in stress levels among other things. </span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also early morning is probably the worst time to have coffee as our cortisol levels are already high at the time and drinking coffee could further increase the level of the stress hormone which may lead to mood swings and increase in anxiety.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So what is the best time to have coffee? What happens when we drink coffee immediately after waking up and that too on an empty stomach. Nutritionist Lovneet Batra in her recent Instagram post answers these questions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"For many people, coffee is an essential part of their morning routine, much before anything else, but do you know about the possible side effects that come from drinking coffee on an empty stomach," writes Batra listing reasons why coffee isn’t great first thing in the morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>IT COULD CAUSE BLOATING, NAUSEA, INDIGESTION</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">- Coffee may stimulate the production of stomach acid. This increase in the production of harmful stomach acid severely disrupts the digestive system of the body, causing issues like indigestion, bloating, nausea, etc.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>INCREASES STRESS HORMONES</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- First, it increases cortisol, which can negatively impact ovulation, weight and hormonal balance.” The so-called stress hormone—which, among other things, helps regulate energy and makes you feel alert naturally peaks around the time you wake up and interestingly, coffee stimulates cortisol production.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>IMPACTS BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">- Our blood sugar control is impaired when the first thing our bodies come into contact with is coffee</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>MOOD CHANGES</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Drinking coffee on an empty stomach can give you jitters, shakes, and other withdrawal effects, including mood changes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>HORMONAL TROUBLE</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Impacts the absorption of levothyroxine (the synthetic thyroid hormone), thereby impacting the conversion of T4 to T3 hormones.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>CAUSES INFLAMMATION</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Is a significant contributor to oxidative stress and inflammation in the body. Fatigue, skin problems, diabetes, and autoimmune conditions are just some of the conditions related to inflammation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In case you are wondering what's the best time to have coffee, Batra says one can have it in the late morning shortly after breakfast. Source: HT</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>