Coffee can be an excellent way to jump-start your morning, especially if you struggle with sleeping. Caffeine stimulates your brain, helping you wake up, focus, and accomplish tasks throughout the day. Plus, its antioxidant content offers many health advantages!

Studies have linked coffee consumption with lower risks of liver cancer, diabetes and stroke; one such study in Annals of Internal Medicine even suggests it might reduce depression risk. But to get maximum benefit and minimize any harm from drinking your cup responsibly.

Choose the Right Beans

Your choice of coffee beans has a significant effect on its health benefits, so selecting beans that contain an abundance of polyphenols – which provide many health advantages – will have the greatest effect. High altitude areas like Ethiopia or South and Central America tend to boast greater polyphenol content, while lighter roasts contain more polyphenols than darker roasts.

Finding the Right Brewing Technique

Your choice of brewing technique has an effect on both its nutritional content and flavor profile. Filtered or French press coffee offers purest tasting beverages without added sugars and ingredients found in commercially made varieties.

Consider Your Caffeine Sensitivity

While drinking four to five cups of black coffee daily has many health advantages, not everyone can handle such high doses of caffeine. Listening to your body and limiting intake to two to three cups per day for optimal hydration should you decide to indulge.

Sugar and flavored creamers are unnecessary additions that may also interfere with any potential health benefits from drinking coffee. When adding milk, opt for full-fat varieties from grass-fed cows; commercial low-fat and non-dairy options should be avoided altogether. As for sweeteners, try switching over to using stevia or monk fruit sweeteners instead of traditional cane sugar for maximum results.

Know When to Stop

It is recommended that no caffeine be consumed after 2 PM as it may prevent sleep quality. Furthermore, drinking caffeine late afternoon or evening increases the risk of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance.