With a sea of research, tons of articles, and people talking about coffee. It can be hard to get to a good conclusion. First of all, for everyone out there that are highly addicted, tell yourself the question, do I want to be addicted to anything in my life? (Reading, exercise, meditation, creating, maybe?)

Most of you know that coffee has some benefits, for example, it can lower your insulin sensitivity, so go ahead and drink (1-5 cups) a day. But where I want to go a little deeper today is when we should drink it.

Many people like their morning coffee and that are for a good reason, in your wake-up stage, your body produces serotonin for you to get more alert, and coffee boost this process. But this is a natural process in the body that you probably don't want to "boost" too much.

Do we have a more natural way?

• Get some sunlight (through the window is not enough)
• Drink a big glass of water
• Cold Shower
• Exercise

So how long should we wait before we can have our first cup? After around 90 minutes awake, your hormones will be more balanced and a cup at this time will not hurt the natural way of waking up.

My coffee journey

I have been drinking coffee for more than fifteen years and I have gone through the journey from being highly addicted, to more healthy consumption. I can clearly remember my first office job, where I had at least three cups. Plus one cup directly when I wake up and one more when I came home from work.

I'm now down to two cups a day and trying to delay my coffee until I feel more awake and balanced. My second cup comes together with my lunch and that is enough for me. I sleep wonderfully even with a two-year-old in the bed, but that is not the best part. The best part is that I now have more control over my body and a day without a cup would not hurt me a bit (even if I would prefer a cup or two).

Today I have been touching a little bit about the habits and routines we have during the day. These are areas that I definitely will be writing more about in the future. I will end with a big thank you and a quote.

Everyone should believe in something.
I believe I gonna have another coffee.
~ Unknown