That’s one of the reasons why the longer we drink coffee, the more coffee we require to feel the buzz we grew to love in the first place. So if we want to perk up, we need to consume an even higher volume of coffee. But eventually, as the body is wont to do, the brain figures out what is happening and begins to generate more receptors the adenosine can bind to (the body wants to sleep, after all). Adenosine is left out in the cold, so to speak, and since caffeine does not slow down brain activity, the result is that we no longer feel tired. As we consume it, the caffeine molecules reach the brain and compete and bind with the same receptors in the brain that adenosine would normally bind to. Caffeine, as it turns out, is a drug that is similar in chemical shape to adenosine. This is why we feel tired as the day goes on, and why we then reach for that cup of java to perk us up when we can’t just take a nap. As it builds up, it binds to receptors in the brain and actually slows down and calms brain activity.
When we wake up and as we go about our daily activity, a chemical called adenosine slowly accumulates in the brain. Let’s back up and examine the science of why we get tired. Early morning is actually the worst time to drink coffee. It turns out that we have had it all wrong. Modern science has a way of looking at traditions and often turning them upside down. Surely that discovery happened in the morning! Funny thing, though. Morning coffee is a tradition handed down from generation to generation, embedded into our psyches maybe from the moment some cave person discovered that a beverage could be made from burnt beans. It’s coffee, the second most traded commodity on Earth (after oil). The aroma, as it wafts up, makes you happy and wakes you up just a little bit with anticipation. It was a late night and you have a 9am meeting.
#The coffee buzz full#
I want to give back the opportunity to enjoy daily cup (s) of joe to trying to conceive, pregnant and breastfeeding mums by offering a range of coffee designed specifically for them: a range that is fair trade, with all bad acids removed for those that are breastfeeding (as acidic foods are known to wreak havoc on some breastfeeding babies), is gentle on pregnant stomachs that are already in a sensitive state, and comes in a range of full strength, half strength or decaf options so that we as pregnant women can decide which cup of coffee is right for us.This article originally appeared on AlterNet.
This realisation created a burning desire to eliminate the guilt and worry we may feel while consuming coffee by sourcing and roasting specialty coffee made specifically for the unique needs of mums. What I realised was that drinking coffee during these important life moments is influenced as much by internal emotion and guilt as it is by actual scientific data. And on the off chance that I reach for the on switch of my coffee machine for a second time during the day, exhausted and desperate for not only the small caffeine hit, but also the relaxing ritual of sitting down with a hot cup of coffee that I missed from pre-pregnancy days, the overwhelming sense of guilt that I felt was enough to make me tip my freshly brewed cup down the sink. Chasing after my one year old son while pregnant with my second child only compounded my longing for a second (or third, or fourth.) cup of coffee to keep me going throughout the day. As pregnant women, not only do we miss out on what, for many of us, is a longstanding caffeine ritual that starts the day and keeps us going throughout, but there is also a huge amount of guilt associated with caffeine intake while pregnant and breastfeeding. After becoming pregnant with my second child, I found myself struggling with the limitations of the one cup of coffee that is recommended per day for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Like any expecting mum who is also a huge coffee lover, I researched the effect of caffeine on the body while trying to conceive, and subsequently on my baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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