You're not tired, you're dehydrated
Why the fourth coffee never fixes the afternoon, and what does.
"Most people think that caffeine is what's going to solve their energy issue. Most of the time it's because they're actually dehydrated."
"Drink your coffee, yes. But make sure the bases are taken care of, and that your body is absorbing the water you're actually drinking. Or you chug three more coffees."
Why the coffee stops working
Caffeine borrows energy. It does not replace what you are short on.
One stick in the morning, before the coffee does the heavy lifting.
Shop dos hydrateAnother coffee versus a stick of dos
Wears off in about two hours
Pulls more water out of you
Pushes the crash to 5pm
Keeps you up at night
585 mg sodium, 200 mg potassium, 60 mg magnesium
Helps your body hold the water you drink
No caffeine, no sugar, no crash
One stick in the morning, that is it
"I was on four coffees a day. One stick in the morning and the afternoon slump just stopped showing up."
"Cut back to one coffee because I stopped needing the rest of them. Falling asleep is easier now."
"I thought I needed more caffeine. Turns out I just was not absorbing the water I was already drinking."
