The INSIDER Summary:
- According to researchers, you should be drinking coffee the moment you most feel the need for it instead of right when you wake up.
- A cup of coffee likely won't give you an added boost if you're already a morning person.
Your morning routine goes something like this: wake up, scroll through Instagram, thencoffee. But according to a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology, having a cup of joe first thing in the morning may not always be the best plan.
Researchers at Boston College confirmed that the optimal time of day to consume caffeine is actually the moment you most feel the need for it (aka your brain is feeling sluggish) and not necessarily right when you wake up.
Here’s why: More isn’t always better when it comes to caffeine. In fact, if you’re a morning person—or happened to log a solid seven hours of sleep and woke up feeling more energized than usual—a cup of coffee won’t give you an added boost. Instead, it’s way more effective to think strategically and save the caffeine for when you really hit a slump. (Think 3 p.m.)
Sure, that slump might hit first thing in the morning, but if not, save yourself the jitters—and the hefty Starbucks bill.
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