According to science, we drink it at the wrong time. Which is the right one? Our health thanks, beneficial effects immediately, that’s why.
Coffee in Italy is an institution and on average 3-4 are consumed a day, a fact that would make us seem like the country that drinks the most a day. Yet while we stand at 6 kg per capita per year, Finland beats us with 12 kg per capita / year.
However, regardless of customary data, what matters is that coffee culture is increasingly widespread, not only in Italy, home of responsible roasting and attentive to raw materials.
There is also a growing awareness that this drink also brings important benefits to human health. The consumption of coffee continuous every day leads to a very long list of health benefits. It not only prevents chronic and degenerative diseases, including the lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but also cardiovascular problems and liver disease.
We talked about it in the article “Reduces the risk of acute kidney damage, drink one cup every morning“, In which we explain that its consumption in fact reduces the chances of acute kidney damage compared to those who do not consume the drink.
But when is it best to drink coffee to have the best beneficial effects that this black gold gives in abundance? Science appears to be unanimous in this regard. Here’s when.
What is the best time to drink coffee according to science?
L80% of Italians drink it every day several times a day unlike many other populations. But are you sure you know when is the best time to sip it?
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They think a lot in the morning as soon as they get up but it is not the best choice. The chrono-pharmacology expertsa branch of neuroscience that studies our natural biological rhythms, think that the best time to consume coffee, for example, is not as soon as you wake up, but in the middle of the morning.
Dawn actually brings with it very high levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) so bringing more tension with other caffeine-induced cortisol is not the best. It is therefore a question of creating unnecessary stress.
It is therefore necessary to delay the intake of caffeine for a few hours when this hormone is in the decline phase. When then? There are some times of the day when cortisol is very high: the first peak is between 8 and 9, then from 12 to 13 and between 17 and 18.30.
For a person who therefore gets up around 7, the best choice is therefore between 9.30 and 11.30 while another coffee could be drunk in the early afternoon, perhaps at 2.30 pm before returning to work or study.
Things change if you have to practice physical activity or take an important exam, in this case, regardless of the time, you can have a coffee even half an hour before the motor or intellectual effort.
Another recommendation concerns the sleepAccording to a study, consuming caffeine as early as 6 hours before going to bed can disturb sleep. So if you try not to go beyond mid-afternoon if you don’t want to risk staying up in the small hours and risk not falling asleep.