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stop drinking coffee on empty stomach: gut expert

self-described “gut expert” from austin, texas, took to the social media platform to explain how her health and body changed after having something in her stomach before she guzzled down the hot beverage.

by denette wilford

nov 3 2022
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a nutritional influencer is weighing on why you should never drink coffee first thing.
olivia hedlund, a functional nutritional therapy practitioners and self-described “gut expert” from austin, texas, took to the social media platform to explain how her health and body changed after having something in her stomach before she guzzled down the hot beverage.
hedlund made sure to add the disclaimer that this was simply her own experience and personal story and not medical advice.
“if you drink coffee first thing on an empty stomach, stop what you’re doing and listen,” she says. “you are messing with your hormones.”
she explains: “coffee is not only acidic, so it’s hard on our stomach in the morning, but it literally causes our bodies to go into a stress response, to shoot out cortisol, and to put us in kind of a ‘fight or flight state.’”
hedlund added that the stress response is what causes those shakes and jitters after that first cup of coffee, but it also gives a person that “really good feeling where we feel like we can conquer the world.”

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it’s that imbalance, however, that can take its toll on the body, especially for women and those battling stomach issues or hormonal imbalances.
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since she started having coffee after having a bite to eat, hedlund noticed she now has “less anxiety, clearer skin, less hormonal breakouts and sustained energy.”
she also doesn’t suffer from that “midday slump” and isn’t “always suck in ‘fight or flight’” mode.
“i used to drink multiple cups of coffee on an empty stomach, feel like i was on top of the world, and then i would have a bunch of hormonal acne and wonder why,” hedlund detailed.
“it’s because your body is stressed out,” she noted. “have something small before you have a coffee, make it your goal. i promise you will notice a difference.”
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denette wilford
denette wilford

denette wilford is a multimedia journalist at the toronto sun. she began her career at tv guide canada before going freelance for more than a decade, writing for huffington post, food network, etalk, hgtv, 24 hours toronto, and raptors, leafs and toronto fc magazines until landing at the sun, where aside from writing anything and everything, she also brings you your midday sun newsletter every weekday.

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