09/27/2023
A simple switch with significant impact.
At Lancaster Dietitian, we believe education is an important factor to behavior change. To assist you in making realistic, often small, changes to improve your health, it helps to know the “why.”
Prioritizing a meal before reaching for caffeine can help you to:
* Reduce stomach irritation and chances of experiencing reflux by not introducing acidic coffee to an already acidic empty stomach
* Improve digestion; feeling less urgency to move your bowels quickly and experience less overall GI discomfort
* Manage your blood sugar by reducing the rapid rise and fall of blood sugar levels
* Reduce your body’s stress response. Caffeine can stimulate stress hormones like cortisol which may exacerbate feelings of stress or anxiety when consumed on an empty stomach
