Most people around the world love to start the day with a cup of coffee.  Everyone wants to drink their morning coffee outside in the sun, whether it’s their garden or a coffee shop. 

It is known that coffee has a lot of benefits for the human body, but if we drink it on an empty stomach it can cause serious health problems.

You must know that drinking a cup of coffee on an empty stomach early in the morning 
will increase the amount of hydrochloric acid inside your digestive tract. People who suffer from gastritis will know this for sure. The thing is when you’ve had a heavy meal, this acid can trigger some digestive problems due to the fact that it interferes with the breakdown of proteins. This further leads to other digestive problems including bloating, bowel inflammation and irritation and in the worst case scenario, colon cancer.

For these reasons, many experts warn that coffee should never be consumed in the morning when you wake up. The reason is that the coffee will increase the level of cortisol very quickly and the body will take a long time to return to its normal state. This hormone controls our biological clock and the ability to stay awake. Along with cortisol, drinking coffee on an empty stomach increases the acid levels in your stomach, thus leading to a feeling of nausea and bloating.

These are sufficient reasons to make you put your morning habit of drinking coffee under consideration. What most health experts would advise is to have breakfast first before you brew your morning coffee. In case you are not the breakfast-loving type, at least make sure to fortify your morning coffee with some milk or butter as this will lessen the harmful effects.

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