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Did you know there's like a perfect time
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to have coffee?
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>> I didn't.
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>> Yeah, there's absolutely a perfect time
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based on your chronoype, too. One of the
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first things that I ask people all the
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time, I'll ask you, um, is the first
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liquid that crosses over your lips in
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the morning caffeinated?
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>> Yes.
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>> So, let's talk about why that's probably
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not the best idea. Most people don't
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know, but uh, sleep in and of itself is
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a dehydrative event. You lose almost a
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full liter of water just from the
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humidity in your breath by by breathing
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all night long. Caffeine is a diuretic,
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which mean it makes you have to go pee.
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You're already lost a liter. Now you add
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a couple of cups of caffeine, which
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makes you have to pee. You're going to
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turn into a raisin before this whole
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thing is through. Okay? So, we need to
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get some water inside of you. And so,
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one of the big recommendations that I
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give all of my patients is don't have
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caffeine for the first 90 minutes you're
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awake. In order to exit a state of
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unconsciousness, you need two hormones
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and you need a lot of them. You need
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adrenaline and cortisol, and they both
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wake you up. When you have a brain
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that's full of adrenaline and cortisol
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and you add caffeine to it, it's like
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it's like adding weak tea to somebody
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who's taking cocaine, okay? It's not a
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very powerful stimulant compared to the
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hormones that are in your brain that are
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a powerful stimulant, but if you just
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wait 90 minutes, cortisol and adrenaline
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naturally drop. If you have your
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caffeine, then it actually boosts the
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cortisol and gives you a bigger bang for
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your buck. So, you hydrate before you
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caffeinate. And about the amount
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somewhere between 15 and 20 ounces of
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water. If you can get that down in the
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first hour and a half that you're awake,
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3 to four cups of water.
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>> Okay. Well, that's a lot.
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>> Well, don't forget you've lost a lot of
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water while you're sleeping. And you
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might have lost it the previous day
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because let's say you worked out or
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things like